The Skydive Center provides both the beginners and experienced jumpers with all kinds of skydiving services. You can try tamden jump, AFF, solo jumping as well as various training courses. All parachutes are packed under the supervision of FFA Certified Riggers.
Among others, the Skydive Center offers a professional Skydiving Exhibition Team. Their exhibition or demonstration jump is a skydive performed primarily for the enjoyment of your spectators, whether it's a festival, sports event, party, convention or any other event. Their professional demonstration team provides a team of skydivers exiting an aircraft to perform freefall formations and aerial acrobatics.
You can just imagine canopies in the air with trails of smoke, streamers and a banner advertising any of your product. It can become a great way to get your audience's attention. Plus the excitement doesn't stop, because skydiving is so unusual, it often gets a lot of media coverage.
The tandem skydive is by far the most popular choice for first time jumpers. Requiring only ten minutes of instruction, the student can experience the thrill of free fall with relative ease. The student is attached to an instructor with a special harness. They both exit the aircraft together and descend under one parachute. During the entire skydive, the instructor is safely guiding the student. An appointment is highly recommended.
All tandem jumps are made from an altitude of 14,000 feet. From 14,000 feet, your freefall lasts approximately 65 seconds, compared to the 30 second freefall from 10,000. The parachute ride will last between 5-7 minutes, depending on the number of turns you do while in the air.
IH Bass Jr. Memorial Airport is a small asphalted airport located directly next to the road 13 – the main crossing between I-98, I-59 and I-49. It serves as a public airport and lies at 95 meters above sea level, just 2 miles west of Lumberton. Its runway is 3000ft (914m) long and 75ft (23 m) wide. The airport has a vast grassy landing area.
Lumberton is a small city in Lamar and Pearl River counties of Mississippi. From New Orleans you take I-59 North until you get to Highway 13. Go west towards Lumberton, through the town and it is approximately 4 miles until you get to the airport. It will be on your left. Skydive Center are the only building on the airport. Travelling from Hattiesburg (north) you just change the above directions and after reaching Hwy 13 you continue RIGHT. From Gulfport/Biloxi you can take I-49 North until you get to Highway 13. Go west (towards Lumberton). It is approximately 19 miles to the airport. From Pensacola, Florida it would be best to go I-10 to Gulfport and take I-49 North.
Contacts: Skydive Center, Lumberton, Mississippi, 3865 Hwy 13, Lumberton, MS 39455 Tel. (504) 481-2225 For more information you can go to: www.skydiveacadiana.com
Source: Skydive Center website Thanks to Paul Cozic. All images are property of Skydive Center. Text: Thomas
