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Where is the cheapest place to skydive that is LESS than 300 miles from Dallas Texas?

Above and is it possible to skydive anywhere at the age of 17 or is 18 the Texas state law? What state doesn't require you to be 18?

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1. I don't know about Texas law, but some drop zones will let you jump at 16, most will ask that you are 18 for legal reasons. The best place to find a dropzone is at www.uspa.org. There are a couple websites you need to check out to get good info on skydiving. http://www.uspa.org is the website of the United States Parachute Association, the governing body for sport parachuting in the United States. There is a list of member dropzones on the website along with all sorts of great info on the sport. The official site for the British Parachute Association is: http://www.bpa.org.uk/links.htm The official site for the Canadian Parachute Association is: http://www.cspa.ca/ http://www.dropzone.com is another great resource for everything about skydiving and some BASE too. http://www.skydiveradio.com is just fun and a good place to feel like you’re at the drop zone when you can’t physically be there. If you’re not sure about skydiving but want to fly you should look at the vertical wind tunnels. http://www.skyventure.com/ is the website for skyventure which operates many tunnels in the United States, Europe and Asia. I love flying in the tunnel. I don’t do it very much, I’d rather spend my money on skydives, but it is a great place to learn, work on my flying skills and just have a lot of fun! Make sure that you contact the drop zone you want to jump at directly. There are a few scams out there, one of which is 1800skyride. They will take your money and send you to any dropzone they want too but only about three dz’s in the country except skyride tickets. So please, please, please contact the dropzone directly. The tandem is a great jump. I’d get video too. I made one tandem a little over two years ago and came back to start student training (good info about student training at uspa.org) and got my license. I’ve been jumping for two years and have a few hundred jumps. I love this sport and I sincerely hope that you’ll become a full time skydiver and I’ll be able to make some jumps with you at a boogie! Blue Skies! Black Death! And EFS!!!!