BlueAngel

Ah, thank you billvon, really appreciated. Yes, point taken, I'll look into the DZ's you mention and consider the company at each when deciding where to go. You are absolutely right, if I have the people around who do what I want to do, they will naturally be able to point me in the right direction. Thanks again for a useful reply. I think you may have helped me reach my decision already :D.

Ah, thank you Wendy. This is indeed my plan. I was rather surprised at the responses I've got so far, everyone seems to be misreading what I have said and presuming I'm suggesting cutting corners and blindly diving out of planes. This was not what I intended, and, upon re reading what I've said, neither what I actually said nor even suggested. Still, thanks for clarifying the situation for me, I'll ensure I go somewhere else to ask questions in future. Apologies to all for any misunderstandings. I'll be sure to phrase any further questions more clearly to avoid similar misunderstandings.

Ah, many thanks dragon 2, I really appreciate your reply. I appear to have given the impression that I'm being reckless as to wanting to do this as quickly as possible, which was not my intention. It is merely that jumping out of planes isn't exactly what I want to do long term, I would prefer to be able to get into BASE as quickly and safely as possible (I appreciate that this may not be a subject to discuss here, but perhaps over at basejumper.com so I'll leave that matter for now). Given this, yes, I will be focusing on canopy control and precision landings as well as controlling free fall instability, but still, i would like to move on from skydiving as quickly as possible (as and when it is safe to do so, please let this be understood). Also, yes, I have done my AFF and almost have my A license. I appreciate I'm only new to this sport, but I do know what I want to do, and I'm just trying to find out the best way to go about it, as safely and quickly as possible. Many thanks to all the replies telling me I'm not focusing on safety, but I apologise, I had not presumed that it would have been assumed that I wanted to do this training at the expense of safety. Still, thank you all for your concern, but really, I'm not trying to throw caution to the wind, but ask how to go about doing it as quickly as possible with full regards as to safety and the development of appropriate experience. There are only so many times I can say this before it becomes redundant.

Many thanks jimmy, I fully agree with what you are saying, I certainly didn't mean to suggest I wanted to rush through the jumps at the expense of learning how to skydive, rather get them done as fast as possible with the objectives you mentioned fully accommodated for. As I mentioned, I appreciate after you replied, I'm not skydiving as an end in itself, but rather as a necessary skill I need to master to move on to what I specifically want to to. Still, I fully agree with what you said, and fully accept that reputable and cheap are not usual bedfellows, but still, given that I don't want to sacrifice safety, what are the cheapest options available to me? Apologies for not making this clearer in my original post.

Ah, I'm quite keen on learning to use a wingsuit and other advanced skills, but I want to do it as safely as possible. For this I need to do a course and I need a minimum of 200 jumps before I can do any of the reputable courses. Hence the requirement for 200. Sadly I don't really want to spend too much time skydiving itself, as, for me, it is a means to get the skills I need to do what I want, rather than an end in itself. Also, I'm a firm believer in getting things done as quickly as is reasonably practicable in order to make sure the experience is best used (i.e. no month long periods of inactivity).

Hey all :) Just wondering, does anyone have any suggestions on where I can rack up as many jumps as possible as quickly and cheaply as possible. i'm looking to get 200 jumps done out of the way as quickly as I can, but need to find a DZ which is reputable and cheap to get them done... can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm happy to travel anywhere in the world given the cost of this endeavor, so yeah, any suggestions gratefully received :) Thanks in advance :)