Do you ever find yourself looking for a spot to grab lunch and hope that spot turns into an adventure? Take a trip to the municipal airport in Deland, FL. This airport is pretty close to both Daytona and Orlando and worth the trip. There are two restaurants at Deland Airport and we ended up at The Perfect Spot, which was the perfect choice! The Perfect Spot is right at, and run by, Skydive Deland – one of the premier skydiving schools in the country. We ended up going on a cool weekday and there was plenty of activity. I am told that on good weather weekends the place is PACKED! While it was a bit cool we decided to eat on the patio and watch the jumpers. There was constant activity. Jumpers at Deland are ‘dropped’ from two different altitudes and as quickly as the jump plane can discharge passengers from each altitude it is back on the ground reloading and its up again. In fact, so the jump plane does not get held up on the active runway it takes off and lands on the cross-wind runway (Deland does not have an tower). If you feel adventurous in trying something new you can sign up to make a tandem jump or even take skydive lessons. Feeling less adventurous but want to try something new try a Chromy’s Boerewors, a South African spiced sausage. You can literally spend hours watching skydivers fall from above. Or if you just like aircraft there are many interesting types that either visit or a full-time at Deland.
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