Skydance offers tandem jumps for those casual adventurers who just want to try it once! Notice the four-legged jumper about to land.
| Location |
| 24390 Aviation Avenue |
| Yolo County Airport |
| Hours |
| Wednesday - Sunday; 8am - sunset |
| Phone |
| (530) 753-2651 or (800) SKYDIVE |
| Website |
![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small} http://www.skydanceskydiving.net/ |
Always wanted to go skydiving? Here's your chance! Skydance offers two ways to get started:
Tandem Assisted Freefall — An hour of instruction followed by a flight to between 9,000 and 14,000 feet where you and the instructor you are strapped to jump out and freefall for 30-60 seconds before deploying the parachute. Skydance also offers a tandem jump from 18,000 feet - that's 90 seconds of freefall!
Accelerated Freefall Program — A comprehensive training program starting with a full day of instruction. This is the training program that will set you on the road to making jumps by yourself and with others.
Every year they stage a jump demonstration before the July 4th Fireworks in Community Park. As they are jumping commentary is provided over the public address system. Should you have an opportunity to visit Skydance, be sure to check out their photo album, which includes some disturbing nude skydiving photos. Spectators are always welcome; weekends are the best time to come out and watch.
For more information about the sport of skydiving, check out Dropzone.com.
In 2007, an episode of Mythbusters featured Skydance.
How was your jump?
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It is my understanding that Skydance runs one of the largest and best drop zones in the world. — JasonAller
2006-02-02 22:48:54 Just googled "skydance skydiving death" - at least three people have jumped out of a plane to their death at this place. —PaulThober
2006-02-03 04:07:35 Well, that's always comforting. —JohnNapier
2006-02-03 04:14:46 From what I've been able to tell from a little internet research, both the top two comments are true. Which only goes to show that skydiving does come with some risk. That being said, it seems they also have twice yearly 30,000 foot drops. That's just insane. Almost makes me want to spend the time and money to get my class D certificate so I could jump on one of those outings... —EricKlein
2006-02-13 16:27:05 I've jumped at dropzones throughout the US; Skydance is a great place to make your first (and subsequent) skydives. They are one of only 5 or 6 places in the world flying the PAC750XL, a plane designed for skydiving. Spectators are always welcome, but pets aren't. —LisaBriggs
2006-05-18 12:43:43 I did a tandem jump there last year. Their staff did a great job, I felt very safe and had a lot of fun. —GoKerby
2007-07-31 17:36:37 I saw a tandem and some singles come down during the Plainfield volunteer firefighter pancake breakfast —StevenDaubert
