We’re super excited to have started flying our new aircraft, the Pacific Aerospace (PAC) 750XL. The paint job turned out fantastic. This aircraft is specifically designed for skydiving operations and to be a speedy an extremely efficient jump platform. The PAC can hold up to 16 jumpers, however, we will typically fly it with 12 for efficiency. Over the next several months we will continue to make interior improvements with a goal of having the nicest PAC in the country.
Skydive Atlanta, Georgia's longest running skydiving facility, is open almost every weekend year round and holds DoD Paractroop Carry certification.
This past week Skydive Atlanta’s new aircraft, a 2005 Pacific Aerospace 750XL, started it’s journey in the painting process. The engine was removed for some work and the aileron and elevator flight controls have been removed. Here you can see the old paint has been stripped off and it will soon get it’s base coat of white. 
The work is being performed in Mena, AR by the same company that last painted our former King Air, N55MG. That paint job turned out amazing so we can’t wait to see how this one will go. We are currently reviewing several different design options with our blue and yellow color scheme.
In the February issue of Parachutist magazine, Skydive Atlanta had a nice surprise as we have a photo featured in an article entitled “We’re Not Here For Tandems.” The article is an expose’ all about Team Blackstar, an all African-American skydiving group that met up at a boogie in 2014. The photo features Danielle Williams with Sam Kemokai walking back from the landing area at our 2014 Summer Boogie. They were regular weekly fun jumpers at Skydive Atlanta back in 2013/2014. It’s a great article to celebrate black history month and we are proud to be featured as part of it. Photo credit – Ro Asgari
This Friday, February 2nd, the Silver Wings start their annual winter training. The training cycle will last the entire month of February. Each year the Wings use the downtime from demonstration jump season to train new instructors, certify demonstrators with PRO ratings, and build jump numbers for newly certified jumpers. Greg Windmiller will hold a week long canopy course focused on target accuracy and hold classes for B License canopy training requirements.
hundreds of dropzones around the world, Burble is the leader in dropzone software. Since before our move to Thomaston, Georgia in 1998, we have used Skywriter manifest software. Starting with version 1, then switching to a highly customized version 2 in the late 2000’s. While Skywriter is free, it has limitations and the need to use several other different programs.
Skydive Atlanta has launched a new website for 2019. The site replaces our aging website which had its last major update in 2016. Aligning with our sister DZ, Music City Skydiving, the site is nearly a mirror image of that company’s site. In addition to the update, Skydive Atlanta will begin using the Burble reservation, manifest software, and customer management platform. These exciting changes are part of an overall effort to refresh the DZ with more changes to come soon.