Chris Ehlbeck wrote:



I'm not a skydiver but know quite a few and have been to quite a few
drop zones. Everyone I've been to has been on the airport property.

The FAA will never tell you you can't jump into a certain place, other
than places like stadiums full of people. That's not thier job. The
fact that there's a jump zone depicted on a chart doesn't mean that it
necessarily was blessed by the FAA.


To
me it doesn't make sense to have the jumpers land several miles away and
then retrieve them and bring them back to the airplane. But it doesn't
make sense to me to jump out a perfectly good airplane either! So long
as everyone does what they're supposed to it can and does work.

It makes no sense from a safety standpoint to jump into an airport.
It's done because it is convenient.



And in fact every instance that I'm aware of, an off airport jump for a
demo is the one that requires FAA approval and I've always seen someone
from the FAA there.

That will be a waiver for jumping in to places like stadiums.