Skydiving Grenchen Solothurn - experience a tandem parachute jump

Report by Jan Lurvink on 06.11.15

Everything was wonderful.
Good and professional atmosphere at the airport. (Grenchen in my case)
Any time again!

Perhaps worth mentioning two bureaucratic minuses and one plus:
- The information letter enclosed said "Grenchen near Solothurn daily from March to October". But that wasn't true.
- The first jump date was only confirmed by email the day before. That was too short notice for us. We immediately canceled by phone and the cancellation was confirmed. The next day, the jump master called from the airport: Yes, where are you? -
+ Extending one of the two vouchers beyond the expiration date for the next season was no problem. Thank you very much!
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Flightbase comment:

Hello Mr. Lurvink

Thank you for your feedback. In principle, the jumps can be made daily during the specified time. However, in order for the aircraft to take off, we need a minimum number of jumpers to cover the costs. In the low season it may therefore happen that no jumps can be made on one day because too few people have registered.

We are very sorry that the jump leader on site did not notice your cancellation. We will check where the mistake was.

Your Flightbase Team

Report by Ruth Friedli on 15.10.15

It was a very nice experience. I had a positive experience of the preparation and the flight. The only thing was that when the farm parachute opened, I was shocked by the massive "jolt". I also had chest pains for three weeks afterwards. Perhaps it would have been helpful to announce this. Then I could have held on to the straps and cushioned the whole thing.

Report from Chris on 30.09.15

A top experience due to the very friendly instructors, despite the relatively short introduction.
The relatively slow ascent in the plane, then the palpitations just before the jump, the tearing in the face during the free flight and the gliding after opening the canopy - so many impressions in such a short time. Could be addictive ;-)

Report from Suter on 17.09.15

It was a super great experience to recommend. It's a shame that some of the flight attendants speak so little German. For us it was not such a problem as we all speak and understand a little English.