Take Your First Parachute Jump at Townsend Airport
 | Author:
Matt Nelson
MT43 News Correspondent |
Take Your First Parachute Jump at Townsend Airport
Matt Nelson
When you have seen people parachuting have you ever wanted to jump with them? It looks exhilarating and scary at the same time. What an adrenaline rush that must be! Coming here at the Townsend Airport you can have your chance beginning Thursday, September 7th until Sunday, September 10th for beginners who would be flying in tandem with an instructor, and again on the following week from September 14th until Sunday, September 17th. Experienced jumpers are also invited to participate on the second weekend as well.
Although DZONE®Skydiving is listed as being in Bozeman, their actual operations are at the Three Forks Airport. The company also has another base in Boise, Idaho. They will be coming to Townsend on the dates listed above since the runways at that airport will be getting repaved. Their operations will be out of the hangar owned by Wade Litton, located at the South end of the airport, facing the runway.
Quoting from their website ((https://dzoneskydiving.com/montana-bozeman/),
“First-time jumpers are especially welcome since we offer tandem skydiving that you can enjoy with minimal preparation and training. Here’s what you should know about outdoor skydiving:
Tandem skydiving is an amazing way for first-time jumpers to experience the thrill and freedom of free fall. It exposes first-time jumpers to the skydiving adventure with minimal expectations from the student.
You are physically attached to your instructor and your parachute at 4 points by a harness and connectors built to FAA TSO specifications. Because of the tandem harness setup, you will need only a brief amount of training before making your first skydive.
Just like learning to drive a car, or fly an airplane, dual instruction (tandem) is the best way to experience your first skydive, being able to communicate with your instructor during your experience.”
Owner Abbie Mashaal and his 8 other well-qualified staff members are very excited about their jumping operations. Look at the bios of these guys: Ty Matthews is part of the ground crew and is also a video editor. Sam Schultz, Ellis Ulery, and Connor McQuillan are pilots of the company’s two Cessna 182 airplanes, Eric Skroch and Michael Missroon are instructors, and Mathew Bartlett is a former Special Forces soldier and jumper. Kyle Jones is a professional parachute packer. The res rest of the crew are also very experienced parachute packers as well.
This past Sunday I talked to three people right after they landed after making their first jumps, and their wide grins said it all. Fantastic, Wonderful, and Very Exciting were some of the words they said. Although I didn’t have a chance to talk to one lady who is probably in her 50s or 60s, she had the same wide grin.
Give DZONE® Bozeman a call at (406) 586-JUMP [5867] to arrange your first parachute jump here in Townsend.
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Image 1 Caption: 1st time jumper Megan
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Image 2 Caption: 1st time jumper is this elderly lady.
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