|
| net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = }} Skydive Empuriabrava is the brand that has been commercially operating Empuriabrava Aerodrome (on the Empuriabrava residential estate of the town of Castelló d'Empúries, Costa Brava, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain) since 1985. Since it began operating its main activity has been skydiving although it also offers photo flights, aerial and tourist advertising, and runs a school of aviation for private pilots. == History == Since 1973, weekends have been a time for skydiving at Empuriabrava Aerodrome, managed by the ''ParaClub Girona'' section of ''Aeroclub Girona''. In 1975, the management of the aerodrome changed hands when it was bought by the company ''Promotora Deportiva del Ampurdán'', which in 1984 was sold to the company ''Anglo Costa Brava de Inversiones''. This company leased the facilities to the company ''Centro de Paracaidismo Costa Brava'', the professional skydiving management firm. The business name of the aerodrome, which until then had been ''Centro de Paracaidismo Costa Brava'', changed to ''Skydive Empuriabrava'' in 1985. In 1987, ''Anglo Costa Brava de Inversiones'' sold the concern to the company ''Fórmula y Propiedades S.L''. ''Centro de Paracaidismo Costa Brava'', the company in charge of the skydiving operations and tenant of ''Anglo Costa Brava de Inversiones'', continued with the same lease arrangement for the facilities. It was in this period that the aerodrome won acclaim in Europe for its work. ''Centro de Paracaidismo Costa Brava'', owned by the American partners Mitch Decoteau, María Peterson and the Swiss Roland Hilfiker, brought the method known as AFF (Accelerated freefall) to the aerodrome. This is an innovative method for teaching skydiving that involves a tandem jump with a professional instructor, which places skydiving within everyone's reach and does not require specific training (it is even available for people with physical disabilities). In 1986, Jaime Comas Espigulé joined the company. In 1985, work at the aerodrome involved five people and the company did not own any light aircraft: a Cesna 207, the first used at Girona airport, was rented. The first Pilatus was not bought until 1987, two years later. The period from 1985 to 1994 saw the first milestones on a European scale. Jumps at Empuriabrava aerodrome rose from 12,000 to 35,000 a year. By 1985 it was now one of the few aviation centres open continuously throughout the year. The Christmas Boogie, an international event for skydivers who meet to take part in unusual competitions and group jumps, attracted 1,000 registered participants in 1987 and had to be moved to Girona Airport so that aircraft such as the DC-3 and the Caribou could be used. Freefall and precision landing jumps were performed and in 1992, with the arrival of the Olympic flame for the Barcelona Olympic Games, a demonstration freefall jump featured a representation of the five Olympic rings. The aerodrome changed hands again: in 1994, Peter Jones, Ivan Coufal and Jaime Comas Espigulé bought ''Centro de Paracaidismo Costa Brava'' and jumps at the aerodrome rose to 134,000 per year, making it the aerodrome with the highest number of jumps in the world. The meetings and exhibitions that had been staged for years became increasingly consolidated benchmarks on the world skydiving calendar. The mild winter temperatures of the Empordà region turned the Boogie Christmas meeting into Europe's largest event and required a much larger fleet of aircraft to cater for the 12,000 jumps. The Speed Star competition, which involves ten skydivers from the same team forming a star formation as fast as possible in the air, became a characteristic feature of the event. This was also a period of records and the site became home to the Spanish Formation Skydiving team and the French Freefly World Champion team. It also offered the highly spectacular discipline of wingsuit flying. In order to rationalise the business situation after all the aerodrome's changes of ownership over the years, in 2005 ''Skydive Empuriabrava'' acquired ''Fórmula y Propiedades SL'', which it owned until 2012 when the company was bought by a sovereign wealth fund from Dubai through the company Skydive Dutch BV. From that time onwards, investments were made in the facilities with a view to making it a key centre for skydiving lovers. It has now been the centre with the highest number of jumps in Europe since 1998. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skydive Empuriabrava」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|