Vannes
Centre de Parachutisme de Vannes
Aérodrome de Vannes-Meucon
56 250 Monterblanc
Tel: (0)2 97 60 78 69
Fax: (0)2 97 44 59 02
E-mail: parabret@clubinternet.fr
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Pilatus A28 et 1 cessna 185
Ouvertures:
Tous les jours de mars à septembre Tous les week ends de février
à novembre.
1 salle vidéo et 1 salle de réparation
1 carreau électronique
avec cible en mousse
Hébergement:
30 lits, Camping, Club house et bar
salle de musculation et 2 cours de tennis
http://veloce-skydive.com/
Michèle (Technical Director, training. Speaks some English - nice lady [and cute!]))
Sylvan (Tandems, manifest, training, rigger - speaks very good English - nice guy)
Job Hervé (Tandems, Rigger, etc etc)
Manu (manifest)
Guillaume (packer and general jump-dude)
By car - Emeraude ferries to St Malo. Then it takes between 1H 35m and 4Hours (depending on who is navigating - eh Kev?:)
From StMalo, follow signs towards Rennes and then Lorient/Vannes. On arrival at Vannes, look for signs to 'MEUCON' or Airport signs.
Before you reach the control tower, take a left signposted to the Parachute Centre.
(you can also exit the RN before reaching Vannes and take a short cut across country.
Take the exit and follow signs to Elven, and then to Monterblanc. From Monterblanc, follow signs to airport (or campsite - the signs run out just after the pizza place in the military zone, so take a left towards the campsite)
By Air - about one hour flying time from Jersey. Brendon McCarthy has flown it several times with Kev McIlwee and may be able to advise.
3,800M lifts are 135FF ish (you can also jump lower, but why?!)
Rigs are available at no charge if you are training. Minimal charge if you have a 'b' license.
Helmets and altis also available, but not much choice. No suits for loan or hire unless you are one of their courses.
You need to have your A license and will need to join the Federation Francais de Parachutism to cover insurance etc.
You can jump up to 15 days in a year but are then expected to join the club (about 250FF?).
Tandems are quite cheap if you have a friend who wants a bit of excitement...
Pack jobs are 30FF but they only have one guy (Guillamue), so there may be a queue if you dont pack yourself!
'JOB HERVE' does the rigging and also tandems etc, talk nicely to him and also to 'MICHELE' the 'Directeur Technique'
The pack room is nice and roomy (except some weekends!). DONT put their rigs directly on the floor - use a mat or Job will be most displeased...
Watch out for the turbulance if the wind is coming from behind the clubhouse - it can be a real shit!
They dont mind if you land the other side of the grass runway and walk back (but please watch out for the planes!).
Camping is available cheap (30FF) to skydivers and 2-3 bed basic rooms are also onsite at 40FF per person, per night. Book in advance if you can.
If you are fussy, you might want to take your own bedding etc.
Hotel la Voltige might be an idea. It's just around the corner, has a good cheap restaurant, and is far less basic than the DZ rooms.
0033 02 97 60 72 06 (as recommended by Richard "no chute yet" Pedley)
Super-U within a few miles for shopping, and a decent little bar/cafe/shop is also quite close and near to the Marine Barracks (you can tell by the amount of porn on sale in the shop)
Ask for directions when you get there. The shop is open on Sunday and also does reasonable take away pizzas and sandwiches etc.
Theres a club bar at the DZ, but no food available (except from a vending machine - nuke it yourself). There is a small kitchen and TV lounge by the bar for club members to use (Microwave, kettle etc) but we didnt use it.
The Bar-du-Centre in Monterblanc does a three course lunch (with wine included!) for 50FF. Useful on non-diving days.
If it's really claggy weather, theres some surfing at the coast (Quiberon - ask Richard/Kev) and Vannes town has a nice shopping centre.
(market day Saturday)