Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #474 (19-25 July 2021)

 Christer Gustafsson – Completed AFF
 Conor Loughnan – Completed AFF
 Alan – B Certificate
 Matt Hyland – 1300th Jump
 Skyze – Recurrency after 12 Months
 Georgie Johnston – 1st Wingsuit Jump

 Morgs – First Rig Jump
 Trav – First Pack
 Tracts – Jumped my First Pack 500
 Leigha – Jumped my First Pack Job
 Sarah Breeze (Pilot!) – Busiest Day Yet – 10 Loads!

Monday 19th July The Learning Curve Camp week was off to a good start, lots of people here, 28 in total. Six Caravan loads for the day. Perfect weather. And Chris Gustafsson did Stage 9 of his AFF Course. Well done Chris!

Tuesday was not so good weather-wise, we only managed two loads before the wind stalled the day. Liam O’Brien was back for a Refresher Course. Nineteen skydivers got their knees in the breeze but then the breeze turned into wind!

Wednesday was quiet, too windy for parachuting.

Thursday was brilliant! Ten loads for the day and 40 skydivers took to the skies. Lots of B-Rels, Angles, refreshers and fun jumps! Our Tandem today was Geoffrey Roscoe.

Sara’s Canopy Couse had 8 parachutists register. The Canopy Piloting Courses with Sara are open to all jumpers with the aim to learn all the basic skills to fly & land in a busy eco-system amongst other canopies: Canopy Skills & Essential Manoeuvres,  Increased Knowledge & Confidence. This event is supported by the APF, SQPC, and WIAS.

Conor Loughnan managed Stages 8 and 9 well, finishing his AFF Course. Congratulations Conor!

Friday started well but then the rain came along and dampened the day. There were lots of skydivers here but we only managed four loads. Sara’s Canopy Course squeezed 3 jumps in so all was not lost. It was a good LCC week. Harvey’s landing tapes were fantastic as usual. Lots of seminars filled the weather gaps. Lots of fun was had and the fire blazed every night (all day actually!). Thanks to all the Coaches and thanks again Harvey. And thanks to everybody who came along for the week.

Saturday started well. It was our first Saturday of skydiving after 4 Saturdays of not jumping! We managed 7 Caravan loads and 3 x C182 loads before the weather turned. Luckily we jumped our tandems earlier in the day. Brandy Palmer, Ronan Brady, Daryl Warhurst, Eruette (Ed) Puhi, Heremia Simeon, Timothy Toko and Sarah Hathway all took the big leap in Tandem! Our student Hannah Jefferies did AFF Stage 5. It was a beaut day until the weather turned.

Sunday was looking threatening but we managed one load of Tandems. Darshna McKenzie, Allison Voigt, and Santosh Deshande all took to the skies. And that was IT ! Oh well, the grass is green.