Hey Seaweed Knees
Yes we were flying at Peterlee, but I only got 120 Nomad hours last summer. Friendly DZ and nice people but not too many jumpers! The best weekend was when I made 13 loads on 2 days. We were only flying weekends and then Wednesday and Fridays afternoon, if the weather was for skydiving!
The problem is that I can’ t afford to work like this, because I am only paid when airborne with the Nomad. No flying = No money! Small dropzone = small money!
If I end op at a small DZ this year I have to find another flying job with more money. I hoped that it was possible to find an operator flying cargo with a Nomad. But no one is using them for commercial use in Europe anymore.
Our Nomad is going for the “UK Parachuting” Center this year and I hope that they have more jumpers and more flying than Peterlee!
Anyway.. How fast and how many jumpers do you take to altitude? I think our nomad is quit slowly. We take 15 jumpers to 13500 and it takes about 25 min.. Warm days it can take 30 min.
We have 420 BHP each side, what about you?
Regards,
Michael Fogh