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From: rand@skydiver.Eng.Sun.COM (Iconoclast at large)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Request for info on Californian skydiving.
Keywords: skydiving california
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Date: 25 Feb 91 20:18:53 GMT
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In article <516@spam.ua.oz> ross@spam.ua.oz.au (Ross Williams) writes:
>Dear SkyNetters,
>
>I will be in California in late-March/early-April and am considering
>skydiving there. Can anyone recommend any good drop zones
>to visit (DZ phone numbers would be helpful here too)?
>Any other advice about US skydiving for tourists would be of interest
>as well.

When you talk about skydiving in California, you typically will be 
talking about either Northern (near San Francisco) or Southern (near
Los Angles) California.  In the south, there are two primary drop
zones.  The first is Perris at (714) 657-3858 or (714) 657-8260.
They have 2 Twin Otters, a King Air and a DC3 usually parked there.
The other drop zone in the south is called Elsinore and I believe they
have at least a Twin Otter and a DC3 (I'm also sure I'll be corrected
on all of the above inaccuracies by a S.Cal reader/jumper).

In northern California, there are two primary drop zones.  The first is
Lodi at (209) 369-1128 and they have a DC3, Twin Beech, and 2 Cessnas.
The other drop zone is Yolo at (800) 752-3262 or (916) 753-2651.  They
have a King Air and 2 Cessnas.

As to other advice:  There are some drop zones that are particular as to
the gear that is jumped out of their planes, so I would check that out
before you invest a lot of time traveling to one place or another.  You
won't have much trouble if you have a fairly "american" brand such as
a Vector or Racer.

Rand
rand@skydiver.eng.sun.com