Todd Dowsley – 200th Jump Kristina Hicks – 600th Jump Terry Frey – 1st jump at 18,000ft John Hannon – 300th Jump
Monday 24th February – A slow start to the week. Not much happened today.
Tuesday. A better day for skydiving. Student Samuel Mason return and completed Stage 2 and 3 of his AFF course. Brendon Hunter completed stage 4 and 5 of his AFF course. The local crew kept the plane full all day.
Wednesday was a great day for jumping, the weather was perfect. Student Sam powered though Stages 4,5 and 6 of his AFF course and Brendon completed stage 6 and 7 of his course. Tandem jumper for today was Susan Macrea – congrats on taking the leap.
Thursday. The two student were back at it again both Sam and Brendon completed stages 8 of their AFF course.
MS Exposed jumpers were back out training to beat the Naked skydiving record, and Tim Davies from the Today Show did a Tandem skydive with Darren for the cause.
Funtastic Friday was here. Lots of skydivers were here for the cheap jumps. We got a lot of loads up today. MS Exposed jumpers were still training very hard for the record jump on Saturday.
Saturday was a huge day at the Dropzone. Tandems for today were Jarred, Nicholas, Kaycee, Luciuous, Craig and Lauren – Big congrats too all who jumped. Student Guy Gobourn completed 3 jumps today, Angus Johnson returned and did Stage 1, 2, and 3 of his AFF course. Jack did Stage 2 and 3.
MS Exposed jumpers took their clothes off and took to skies, with 3 jumps competed today, unfortunately they only successfully got 22 into formation (record is 24). All participants will try again tomorrow.
Sunday 1st March. Another beautiful day in paradise. Tandems for today were Juliette, Lindsey, Ryan, Gladys, Leonard and Breearna – congrats too all. Student Guy continued through his AFF course. Jack Judge and Angus both completed Stages 4, 5 and 6 of their AFF course.
MS Exposed gave it another 3 jumps at trying to beat the Naked Skydiving record, but fell short again.
Went with them today for my first ever skydiving. It was amazing, exhilarating and exciting. Don't be scared, there's nothing terrifying about it. Once you are out of the plane, it feels like you're flying.
“amazing, exhilarating and exciting” – by Jeremy So