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09-28-2008, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by scorpion611
Does WMU offer a skydiving club? Do any of the others offer it? I know ERAU does.
But WMU has a terrific flight team, 31 or so Cirrus SR-20's and 22's, a piper supercub on floats, senecas and seminoles, a few new FTD's (280 degrees of view), and a remarkable safety record (for good reason) with NO fatalities, ever.
WMU College of Aviation
I moved there from Florida and did four years to earn a BS in AFS. Just need a thicker jacket in the winter.
09-30-2008, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by tylervet
WMU does not have a skydiving club. I can see the chiefs at the school falling out of their seats over that one. <robot voice> "Safety, safety. Deemed not safe." </robot voice>.
But WMU has a terrific flight team, 31 or so Cirrus SR-20's and 22's, a piper supercub on floats, senecas and seminoles, a few new FTD's (280 degrees of view), and a remarkable safety record (for good reason) with NO fatalities, ever.
WMU College of Aviation
I moved there from Florida and did four years to earn a BS in AFS. Just need a thicker jacket in the winter.
But WMU has a terrific flight team, 31 or so Cirrus SR-20's and 22's, a piper supercub on floats, senecas and seminoles, a few new FTD's (280 degrees of view), and a remarkable safety record (for good reason) with NO fatalities, ever.
WMU College of Aviation
I moved there from Florida and did four years to earn a BS in AFS. Just need a thicker jacket in the winter.
I grew up in Germany and 3 years in Chicago, now I live in the Mojave dessert. That's one of the reasons I don't really want to go to any of the ones in Florida. I grew up with snow and rain and I can't stand all the sun there is here.
But a skydiving club sounds fun. In the colleges that do have a skydiving club, do you have to pay extra to join or is it all free?
10-01-2008, 09:02 AM
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WMU does not have the skydive club that you want (as said above), but there IS a Drop Zone about 40 mins away. If you have your USPA license it's $20 a jump to 10k agl. Student jumps a $60 a jump to get your certificate. I would recommend WMU, but things have changed a lot since I went there when they had Cessna's so I can't say a whole lot about their new curriculum.
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