Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #503 (14-20 Feb. 2022)

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Oliver – Completed AFF
Mitch – Completed AFF
Chris – Completed AFF
Betsy – Completed AFF
Ms Lee – A License

Ben – 1st Jump with Johnny
Adam – First Canopy Course
Nellie – 1st Jump Back
Renee – First Jump in 10 years – 440!

Dylan – 100th Jump
Jayden – Late 700
Drewy – 1800
Ben – 12’000th Jump

Monday 14th February – first Learning Curve Camp of the year.

photo of the LCC day 1: list of attendees & coaches

Students for today were Oliver and Kaitlyn doing AFF Stages 2 & 3. Saeren did a Coach jump. The weather was not the best to start off the week however a few loads got done. Some good seminars also got done and Harvey’s landing video was well received.

Tuesday – another fantastic day for skydiving as the LCC week continued. Chris did AFF Stage 2, Oliver and Kaitlyn did Stages 4 & 5. Daniel and Dylan did Coach jumps. Harvey’s landings were well appreciated and the seminars continued. The weather was still a bit ‘iffy’ but loads got done.

Oli AFF Stage 4 – looking good – Photo Sara

Wednesday – Our lone Tandem today was Max. New students Adam and Betsy arrived for their 1st Jump Course and achieved Stage 1. Chris did Stages 3, 4 & 5, and Oliver did Stages 6, 7, 8 & 9 – completing his AFF Course. Congratulations! Ms Lee and Patrick did one Coach jump each, and Daniel and Adam did two. Weather was a little better today and quite a few loads got done. The LCC was going well.

Betsy and Oli TAFF Stage 1 – Photos by John

On Thursday Betsy did AFF Stages 2, 3 & 4, Mitch did Stages 4, 5 & 6, Luke did Stages 7 & 8, and Kaitlyn did Stage 6, phew! Toni, Craig and Jake did two Coach jumps, Harley and Patrick did one, and Oliver joined Sara’s Canopy Course. The weather was improving and loads got done. More seminars and Harvey’s landing videos made the day special.

Mitch AFF Stage 4 – doing some turns – Photos by Adrian

Friday was good and busy. Sara’s landing seminar was running smoothly. Our student were getting stuck into it; Iggy did AFF Stages 2, 3 & 4, Betsy did Stages 5, 6, 7 & 8, Chris did Stages 6, 7, 8 & 9 and Mitch did Stages 7, 8 & 9 – completing their AFF Courses. More Congratulations! Hannah did a Coach jump. Regular jumpers started arriving for the weekend. It was a pretty good Learning Curve Camp week. On ya Harvey and all the coaches, and well done to everybody who attended.

Betsy AFF Stage 8 – tracking for days – Photos by Adrian

Saras’ Canopy Course Kids. L-R:Dylan, Vera, Marcela, Adam, Mrs Lee, and Dan – Photo by Sara

Canopy course thur and fri. The course was great! Alot of learners attened and gained vauable canopy knowledge and experience over the 2 day course. The weather was fantastic

Landing seminar during learning curve was a very good for all levels of experiences. A definate improvement from day 1 to the last day

Sara

Canopy retrieval No.8 , Oli’s cutaway main. For the next Newsletter. No Koalas injured, licenced fire arm and land owner’s permission

Saturday arrived and so did lots of fun jumpers. Our Tandems today were Larissa, Tiffany, Jayeesh, Katrina, Brett and Jonathon.

Another 1st Jump Course got under way. Joaquin, Liam & Rangiuru all got their AFF Stage 1 done. Other students also got stuck into it. Ryan did Stage 4 & 5, Scott did Stages 4, 5 & 6, and Betsy did Stage 9 – completing her AFF Course, congratulations no.4 for the week!

Oliver, Daniel C & Daniel S did Coach jumps. Both Cessna Caravans kept the loads moving. There were lots of skydivers here having a ball. The clouds were terrific!

Joe tandem canopy TAFF Stage 1 – Photo Sara

Scott AFF Stage 6 doing great – Photo Adrian

Driveway getting a touch up – Photos by Skydive Ramblers

There were more Tandems on Sunday – Jeanette, Dianne and Alfred all made the great leap! Yahoos were heard from the ground! Joaquin got her AFF Stage 2 done. Rangiuru did Stages 2 & 3, and Scott did Stages 7 & 8.

Felipe, Daniel C, Chris, Shelby and Renee all did Coach jumps, and Oliver did another two jumps. It was a nice day Sunday. Lots of smiles and happy faces. It was a great week.