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    i don't know if there is one for SKYDIVING.
    
    but, i think there is one for CRAZY!
    
    :^}
    tony	who_does_crazy_things_himself_and_is_just_pulling_your_leg

    
    I wonder if there are many women that do skydive.. i know
    a lot of men who think i'm crazy for trying it, but i guess
    danger and adventure really just turn me on...
    
    .. Angela
    
    

         I took a jump when I was in college and had a blast.  If I'd
    had more money I'd have gone up again that day to take another jump.
    Write me if you'd like more information.  Of course I live in
    California, so I can't provide any information about a skydiving
    school.
    
    ASP

    re: .0
    
    Where are you located?  There's an airport in Orange, MA that
    has a program which I and a few of my not-wrapped-too-tightly
    friends are planning to take this summer.  In all honesty, I'm
    not all that psyched to jump out of a plane (hell, I don't even
    get a kick from jumping out of bed in the morning), but that
    stuff about floating through the air. . .awesome, rad, way
    cool, etc.  
    
    Actually, what I really want to do is free-fall, but as I understand
    it, one has to log a number of static line jumps (read: $ + $ + $)
    before qualifying.  Mike - is parasailing skydiving with one of
    those rectangular chutes?  That's ultimately what I'm aiming for - 
    like free-fall from 12K ft. then pop open a parasail (?) at about
    3K, ride the drafts for a half hour or so, then work the control
    lines and touch down light as a feather. . .  oh yas!
    
    Steve
    

    The telephone number for the Orange airport is 508-544-8189.
    
    I live fairly near it, but was unsure if they still offer
    parachute jumping instruction. It is no longer listed in
    our phone book yellow pages under parachute jumping. There
    is one place listed in Haverhill called New England Adventurers.
    
    Bonnie

    There hasn't been any skydiving going on at Orange for about 6 years
    now.  Teaching methods have changed a bit in the past 5 years, you
    now have a few different options depending upon where you go.  The
    options (depending upon where you go) are static line jump, tandem
    jump, and Accelerated Free-Fall.  In a static line jump your parachute
    is deployed automatically as soon as you clear the airplane.  For
    a tandem jump you are wearing a harness that is attached to the
    harness of an experienced skydiver and you skydive as a single person.
    In AFF you leave the airplane with two experienced skydivers from
    aroun 12000 feet, perform a few simple maneuvers, and then deploy
    the parachute.  Most drop zones use large rectangular canopies for
    students these day, with automatic devices on the reserves should
    you end up descending too quickly at too low an altitude.
    
    Here's a list of New England DZ's, I don't know which programs are
    offered by the various ones, so it is probably best to call for
    information before deciding which one to try.
    
Connecticut Parachutists, Inc.,  Box 507, Ellington, CT 06029 203-871-0021

Jenn-Air Inc.-Pepperell SPC, Nashua Rd, Rt 111 E. Pepperell, MA 01437
508-433-9948

Massachusetts Sport Parachute Club, PO Box 122, Turners Falls, MA 01376
413-863-8362

New England Skydivers, Northampton Airport, Nothampton MA, 413-586-1889

Skydive Lebanon, Upper Guinea Road, RFD #1, Box 1255 Lebanon ME 04027
207-339-8863

Stardusters PC, PO Box 95, Rt 169 S. Woodstock CT 06267 203-928-4652


Rich (665 jumps)    

    
	RE: .0

	See also - Note #1453 in the ASKENET conference (ANYWAY::ASKENET).

	Jon