The only TandemMonday 21st was Zachary Bos. He had a ball!
Students everywhere. Gareth Coley did his Stage 4, and Lachlan Noe and James Whyte did Stages 4, 5 & 6 of their AFF Courses. Gert van den Burg did Stages 5, 6 & 7 of her AFF Course, Finn de Bruin did Stages 6, 7 & 8 and Judd Hills did Stages 7, 8 and 9 – completing his AFF Course. What a day!
Gareth looking good on AFF Stage 4 – Photo by SaraLachlan AFF Stage 4Lachlan AFF Stage 5 – keeping steadyLachlan AFF Stage 6 – diving forward – Photos by OliMJames AFF Stage 4 – Photo JohnHJames doing great on AFF Stage 5 by himselfJames AFF Stage 6 – Photos by SaraGert AFF Stage 5 – first time flying by himselfGert AFF Stage 6 – first time flying by himselfGert diving into AFF Stage 7 – Photos by AdrianFinn AFF Stage 7Finn AFF Stage 8 – Photos by FischJudd AFF Stage 7Judd AFF Stage 8Judd AFF Stage 9 all done – Photos by Adrian
Tuesday 22nd was quiet. We needed a break.
More Tandems came along on Wednesday 23rd . Karina Baker was keen and Aiden Christiansen did one for his 12th birthday-Surprise! Aiden is the great-great grandson of the famous Chick Clayton. Our students kept at it. Gert van den Burg and Lachlan Roe did Stages 7, 8 & 9 and Finn de Bruin did Stage 9 – all completing their AFF Courses. Congratulations!
Karina tandem exitKarina tandem freefall – Photos by AdrianAiden 12th Birthday tandem – Photo SaraGert AFF Stage 8 tracking for days – Photo AdrianLachlan AFF Stage 8 – smiling on his last freefall stage – Photo OliMFinn AFF Stage 9 – Photo JohnHNick refresher – Photo SaraEthan Refresher – concentrating on his alti – Photo OliMMitchel B-Rel 3Mitchell B-Rel 4Mitchell tracking – Photos by JohnHMinkley flying his new Katana – Photo Adrian
Thursday 24th was fairly quiet and Friday 25th more so. Oh well, maybe we still needed a break. 🎄🎁🍾🥂🍫🎄
Then on Saturday 26th new students Rhiannon Osborne, Tayla Gordon, Kylie Mackie and Connor Rattray all started their training and did Stage 1 of their AFF Courses. Glynn Caballero was back for Stage 2. The regular fun jumpers kept the plane full.
Tayla TAF Stage 1Kylie TAF Stage 1 – Photos by JohnJGlynn AFF Stage 2 delta – Photo Kurt
We had a few Tandems on Sunday 27th. Mia Wilkinson, Beverly Rayston, Matthew Hodyess, Noah Cory and Ally Inglis all took to the skies.
Plus there was our students. Aaron Blishen, Tayla Gordon, Rhiannon Osborne, Kylie Mackie and Connor Rattray all did Stages 2 & 3 of their AFF Courses. Glynn Caballero did Stages 3 & 4, Lucas Mota did Stages 6 & 7 and Jordan McEvoy did a Stage 7. What a great week!
Mia tandem freefallMia tandem canopy ride – Photos by AdrianMatt loving freefall flower power – Photo SaraAaron AFF Stage 2 – Photo JohnHTayla AFF Stage 2 – Photo SaraKylie AFF Stage 2 with Andy PikeKylie AFF Stage 3 with Ben – floating above the clouds – Photos by FischRhiannon AFF Stage 3 – looking for hand signals – Photo OliMConnor AFF Stage 2Connor AFF Stage 3 – Photos by JohnHGlynn AFF Stage 3 – doing his first turns – Photo AdrianLucas AFF Stage 7 – backflipsLucas AFF Stage 7 – Good forward drive – Photos OliMJordan rocking her Stage 7 – Photo Sara
VISITOR BOOK COMMENTS
Zachary Bos: “Words do not describe how much fun it was.”
Aiden: “Great experience. Would do it again.”
Karina B: “Such an Amazing experience! Adrian was great & helped make it fun & safe. Would happily go again! Thanks 😀”
Today I went flying for the first time in a long time, as I had a stroke 3 and a bit years ago. Just wanted say thank u Ramblers for bringing me a great day and a bit of normality back in my life. Again I would like to thank all the people that truly made my day and the special man, that looked after me. It won't be my last time out there. And would recommend this experience to anyone. Again thanks to everybody involved.