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.

Oli ready for AFF Stage 2 – Photo Sara

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
Kaitlyn AFF Stage 4
Kaitlyn AFF Stage 5 – Photos by John
Tracking jump – Photo Skydive Ramblers

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
Chris doing well – Photo Sara
Oli AFF Stage 6
Oli AFF Stage 8
Oliver AFF Stage 9
Adrian getting home
Ben’s 12000th jump – 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.

Betsy AFF Stage 4 – doing some turns
Mitch AFF Stage 4 – doing some turns – Photos by Adrian
Mitch AFF Stage 5
Mitch AFF Stage 6 – Photos by OliM
Kaitlyn AFF Stage 6
Toni B-Rel 1
Toni B-Rel 2
Harley recurrency

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.

Iggy AFF Stage 4 – Photos by John
Betsy AFF Stage 5
Betsy AFF Stage 6
Betsy AFF Stage 7 – backflips
Betsy AFF Stage 8 – tracking for days – Photos by Adrian
Chris AFF Stage 6
Chris AFF Stage 7
Chris AFF Stage 8
Chris AFF Stage 9 – Photos by John
Mitch AFF Stage 7
Mitch AFF Stage 8
Mitch AFF Stage 9
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!

Tiffany tandem exit – Photos by Oli
Jay tandem – Photo Adrian
Katrina tandem freefall – Photo Oli
Brett tandem exit – Photo Adrian
Joe tandem canopy TAFF Stage 1 – Photo Sara
Liam TAFF Stage 1 – Photo Adrian
Ryan AFF Stage 5 – Photo John
Scott AFF Stage 6 doing great – Photo Adrian
Oliver B-Rel 1 – Photo Skydive Ramblers

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.

Jeanette tandem freefall – Photo Adrian
Dianne loving her tandem
Joe ready to jump on AFF Stage 2 – Photos by Sara
Rangi AFF Stage 2 – Photo John
Scott AFF Stage 7 – Photo Adrian
Instructor Kurt AFF Stage 5 – Photo John
Renee back to skydiving after 10 years
Renee Refresher jump – Photos by Sara
Oli B-Rel 3
Oli B-Rel 4 – Photos by John

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


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