Chris

Well, maybe we can say the universe seeks balance…  with the exceptionally beautiful weather we were blessed with the last two jumps, maybe we were owed a bit of bad weather.  In the last three years we’ve onl […]

Sometimes Murphy’s Law hits often and frequently…  and it did so today which caused just three jumpers to enjoy a cool refreshing splash down into Lake Thonotosassa in near perfect conditions.  To those who han […]

We were all glad to see that the weather was once again favorable. Jump altitude was just over 2,000 ft which gave an additional bit of hang time to enjoy the magnificent view.

A great mission with all troopers easily hitting the DZ from 1.5 to 2k AGL. And it was great to have leaders from the 82nd Association join us today to watch the drop and participate in the Orlando Area At Large […]

Great drop today from 2k feet… Once the “wind dummies” of the first stick landed, all others easily hit the DZ. 😀

Scrubbed mission due to thick persistent fog… Still grabbed a few pics of paratro […]

Some days the wind is crazier than others… all jumpers made it safely to the ground but not necessarily where they should have. Most jumpers will tell you that it’s the challenging jumps that they remember… this […]

A challenging jump for sure on this day but all Phantom troopers made it safely to the DZ. We nearly filled two birds today as we ran back to back drops with about 26 jumpers. A great day of jumping!

On this date the PAB conducted a jump refresher training course for paratroopers heading to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. In addition to the Jump refresher, a brush up on Jump Master skills was […]

Phantom participated in the Tico Warbird Airshow this weekend. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate and as the winds were too high to safely jump, we had to stand down both days. However, at least we did g […]

A great day to jump. Weather was pretty close to ideal. A bit of wind of top but real nice on the ground. Two shout outs today… First, congrats to one of our newest members Sam for his graduation from college a […]

A fantastic jump! Our two lift mission turned into a dual stage single lift due to the Drop Zone not being able to get us our second lift. We had two passes at 1500’ with some of our new members and followed t […]

WATER JUMPAn excellent summer mission…. operating out of our home DZ, Skydive City in Zephyrhills, FL… we put two plane loads into Lake Thonotosassa (Hillsborough County (NE of Tampa)). This was followed by a wel […]

1st Annual Airborne SOB Jump Fest and 75th Anniversary of Market Garden And POW MIA day event. An excellent event with several drops from the Tico Belle (C47).Use this link to register for next year’s ev […]

A routine training mission… but from 3,000ft. After two weeks in a row of stand downs due to weather, we got a great break and had favorable winds which allowed the higher jump altitude. Lots and lots of hang time!