Located just across the North Carolina state line in Chester, SC, we are about an hour drive from Charlotte and Columbia and within easy reach of Asheville, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Charleston. Our full-service dropzone offers tandem skydiving, learn to skydive programs and one of the nation’s largest skydiving events, CarolinaFest.
Whether it’s your first time tandem skydiving or you’re a seasoned skydiver with thousands of jumps, we hope you will come see what our SC skydiving community is all about.
Because of the wonderful instructors and staff at Skydive Carolina, we felt incredibly safe and secure throughout our entire visit and jump. Thanks again! See you soon!!!!!
Total Jumps: 1,000
USPA: USPA MEMBER: 997, C-8990
I was born and raised in Charlotte NC. I literally grew up in aviation as my father and grandfather were both pilots and mechanics. I was still in diapers my first airplane ride and from then on my life as an airport bum began. When Vietnam started building up, I was drafted into the Army at age 19. I qualified for Officer Candidate School or Flight School and naturally chose the latter. A year later, I was in Vietnam flying Huey helicopter gun ships. Then, it was back to the States for a year tour as a Cobra gunship Instructor, fixed wing transition, and back to Vietnam. This time I was flying fixed wing doing classified missions in Vietnam and Cambodia. My next assignment was Macdill Air Force Base in Tampa FL where I began skydiving after flying a Huey for the base spot parachute club. I had several stateside assignments where I continued jumping and flying jumpers. After a tour in Turkey, again doing classified work, I was assigned to the USAPT Golden Knights with primarily responsibility for the flight department. I retired from the Golden Knights after 20 years Army service and began a second career as an airline pilot, first with Orion Air and then Northwest Airlines. I took an early retirement from Northwest and moved to Singapore to begin my third career as a international corporate pilot flying the Asia Pacific region. Five years later I returned to Charlotte to begin my fourth career flying news helicopters. I retired, for the final time, eight years later, as the Chief Pilot of a fleet of 50 news helicopters based across the US.
Flying for Skydive Carolina is a pleasure. After being with the sport for almost 50 years as a both a pilot and jumper, I can say I have never been associated with a finer group of professionals who love the sport and are eager to share both their knowledge and enthusiasm. A first class operation!
We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our staff members and our community. We aim to inspire and motivate those around us while encouraging learning and teaching. We will remain committed to teamwork, camaraderie and accountability to reach our goals of delivering services better than anyone else. We will develop leaders for the skydiving community.
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