Monday, September 8, 2008
A few months ago I found out Mr. Brett was going to have his bachelor party in Scottsdale Arizona. Hearing this made me very excited because I knew this was going to be a perfect opportunity to leave a few days before hand and check out the largest skydiving center in the world in Eloy Arizona. Not only is it the largest dropzone in the world, but it is also home to one of the nicest wind tunnels in the world. Just to give you an idea of the massivness of this place, here is a list of airplanes they have to cater to all the crazies that enjoy leaping from...errr...not so perfectly build airplanes.
• 3- SUPER TWIN OTTERS 23 skydivers (each)
• 4- SKYVANS 23 skydivers (each)
• 1- KING AIR A100 16 skydivers
• 1- DC-3 43 skydivers
• 1- BEECH 18 10 skydivers
When I arrived, I honestly felt like I was Clark W. Griswold pulling up to Wally World for the first time. It was early in the morning and completely dead....after all it was a Wednesday morning. I headed over to the wind tunnel and purchased an hour block which is equal to about 70 skydives. If you are not familiar with wind tunnels, they are training grounds to allow people learning to fly, to practice flying or flailing for hours at a time. They are very expensive and much harder than the videos you might have seen on the internet. Shit, I couldn't even stand up in it...I heard it was hard, but I really had NO IDEA (watch the video, you shall see). When I arrived, As I arrived at the highly anticipated wind chamber, I was ready see how shitty I really am in the sky.
All the people there were really nice and I
All the folks that I drank beer with on Wednesday night were super friendly (and funny). The coaches in the Tunnel were amazing flyer's and extremely helpful....
The trip to skydive Arizona was fun. It was another one of those trips that I completely winged from beginning to end and everything worked out perfectly. I didnt know where I was staying, how I was getting there, or how long I was going to stay. It turned out everything worked out perfect. I even got to make a few jumps which was nice. I will be going back next year to redeem myself in the tunnel.
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