We have a full time pilot on call so
we can jump Wednesday through Sunday and
federal holidays. Our
SUPER
OTTER
flies all day long Saturdays and Sundays. We plan to resume
weekday jumps in the summer.
New
Bed and Breakfast in Orange, VA
This Weekend, July 4-5, 2009,
we plan to jump all day long Saturday and
Sunday as usual.
Click
here for Weekday Jump Schedule Updates
8 AM AFF weekend
start time is now in effect. EXPERIENCED manifest opens 8:00 AM weekends.
Updated 07/02/2009
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NEW CYPRES AADs in stock, April 2009 DOM.
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JUMPSUITS IN STOCK!
Standard
jumpsuits in assorted sizes and colors. If you need a new
jumpsuit, ask at Student manifest to see what we have in
stock. This is much easier than ordering (and waiting months for) a
custom suit. $200 tax included, ready to put on and jump!
(Sorry, you can't jump it till it is paid
for!)
SUPPORT
SKYDIVE ORANGE! Buy a BRICK to help fund the imminent construction
of our new hangar.
MANIFEST HELP WANTED weekends-
Email
if you are interested. This involves signing in
licensed skydivers, communicating with the pilot, fueler,
checking jumpers' paperwork, and making sure the plane flies
on time. All day weekends, somewhat flexible schedule. If you
are good at fitting round pegs in square holes, Square pegs in
round holes, and coordinating a changing schedule on an ever
changing basis all day long while tending to a stream of
customers, this job just might be for you!
GLOVES!
We have a complete inventory of our best selling gloves.
cold hannys?? 
AADs are mandatory at Skydive Orange. In
fact they are mandatory at all leading Virginia and Washington
DC / Maryland area skydiving places!
BEST
SKYDIVING VIDEO I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME!
(22 Meg Bearly skydiver cartoon)...the link went bad! If
anyone knows where this cartoon can be found, I'd like to know.
Probably got in copyright troubles.
Outstanding
Russian 8-Way Team Video!
And of course our Skydiving
video and Skydiving Photos
In the summer, check out Planned
Weekday Jumps for $19*
Weekday Super Otter jumps!!
WILL
THE HAPPINESS NEVER CEASE???
All
kinds of great things are happening at Skydive Orange,
Virginia!
Ah, The Skydive Orange Super Otter!
Now in stock:
Fresh batch of CYPRES AAD's and batteries in
stock. They're constantly coming and going, so you'll always get
a fresh Cypres 2 when you get one from us. PD Slinks (soft
links) are here now.
BATTERIES
in stock for- CYPRES, Pro Dytter, Pro Track, Neptune.
Operating
Hours- There is more weekday activity in the
summer. See When
do I arrive? for student arrival times. Contact
us and check that we will be open before you come to skydive. We plan to jump
the Otter
all day long Saturday and
Sunday every weekend year round weather permitting! Weekdays, our schedule varies greatly from
day to day: WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY - by appointment in the heat of the
busy summer season, when we have a full time Otter pilot available, ready to fly the
Otter if there is enough interest, which can work well for progressing AFF
students.
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Planned Weekday Jumps:
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This Schedule helps LICENSED SKYDIVERS know when we plan to fly the planes for student
skydivers so licensed skydivers can join us for WEEKDAY
$19 OTTER JUMPS! Any time we can rustle up a few
weekday Otter loads, $19 weekday Otter jump prices apply for experienced
skydivers to 13,500ft., with.$15 low passes to 5,500ft!!!! Check the
$19 OTTER WEEKDAY JUMP page for updates.
This schedule lets first time Tandems and repeat AFF know when we
plan to jump so they can schedule their jumps on the best jump days.
Email
or call
before coming out for weekday jumps! They might be cancelled if we expect low
attendance.
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You
set the schedule! Tell us when you want to skydive!-
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This week, we have
jumps Scheduled:
Thursday, July 2,
8 Tandems start arriving at 2:00 so far...
Friday, July 3,
Lots of tandems and repeat AFF
students starting 10:00 AM, so plan on joining us
anytime Friday, we expect to fly the Otter hard all day
Friday, and...
...we have room for more Tandems
and student skydivers these days, and of course, for the USPA license
holders among us, $19 weekday
otter jumps ($15.00 weekday low passes!). In any
case, email or call me to verify we
are jumping as planned on weekdays!
This Weekend, July 4-5, 2009,
we plan to jump all day long Saturday and
Sunday as usual.
NEXT weekend, July 11-13,
2009, of course we'll be doing our usual Friday
$19 weekday
otter jumps ($15.00 weekday low passes!) for the USPA license
holders among us on Friday, and we are gonna be
jumping hard Saturday & Sunday all day long.
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8 AM
weekend winter AFF start time.
EXPERIENCED MANIFEST OPENS 8:00 weekends
Updated 07/02/2009 -
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**WILL THE HAPPINESS
NEVER CEASE?**
*$19
Weekday Super Otter
jumps are for the ride up for current,
licensed USPA member skydivers.
**Happies??
Click if you have speakers,
especially you hippie dippie types with way too much time on your
hands.
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Call Ned (540) 943-6587 for
almost all information
- or phone the Hangar to check what is really
going on there:
(540) 672-5044 student manifest
if you wanna
let it ring
(540) 672-5054 for experienced manifest desk or
to leave a message, although there's no guarantee there will be anyone
there to get back to you
(540) 672-6484 is our courtesy phone, like if
you are calling your friends who are jumping and don't want to disturb the
busy manifest folks.
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Y'ALL are the ones who make
this list, really, not me! So Y'all tell me when else you wanna jump on
weekdays!
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Tandem jumps
are available 7 days a week, sometimes on short notice, sometimes we need
to know way ahead. Tell
us when you'd like to jump and we'll try to arrange it. Check our Events
Calendar for planned long weekends and such.
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EMAIL OR CALL BEFORE
COMING OUT WEEKDAYS to make sure we're operating as
planned.
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We do like to plan to jump our marvelous Otter,
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