Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #507 (14-20 March 2022)

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Phil – Completed AFF
Shane A McA – Completed AFF
Rangi – Completed AFF
Chris M – Completed AFF
Michael McC – Completed AFF

Sarah – B Certificate
James S – Star Crest
Saeren – Star Crest
Matty H – 1400 Jumps

Adrian – Gold Medal: 1st place Speed event (Open) of the Australian Canopy Piloting Championships

☆ Congratulations Adrian ☆ Skydive Ramblers is very proud of Adrian Seemann : Winner of the Recent APF Canopy Piloting Open Speed Event 2022 – held in Picton NSW.

Monday 14th March – Student Phil N did Stage 1 of his AFF Course, Christopher J did Stages 7 & 8, and Rosie M did Stage 8. There were 17 jumpers on 4 loads with 1 coach jump.

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

Tuesday – Student Carl P did Stage 1 of his AFF Course. There were 13 jumpers on 1 load.

Carl TAFF Stage 1 – checking his alti – Photo Adrian

Wednesday – Students Phil N and Carl P did Stages 2, 3 & 4 of their AFF Courses. There were 26 jumpers on 5 loads with 3 coach jumps.

Thursday – Students Ashley C and Steven E did Stages 2, 3 & 4 of their AFF Courses. Carl P and John T did Stages 5 & 6, and Phil N did Stages 5, 6 & 7 of their AFF Courses. There were 24 jumpers on 6 loads with 1 coach jump.

Ash big smile AFF Stage 4 – Photo by Adrian

Steve AFF3 doing some turns – Photo by Adrian

John AFF Stage 6 – doing some turns – Photo by Adrian

Phil AFF 7 Exit Freestyle – Photo by OliM

Friday – Our Tandems today were Tegan F, Jayden R, and Joshua W.

Students Ashley C and Steven E did Stage 5 of their AFF Courses. Phil N did Stages 8 & 9, and Shane AMcA – completing their AFF Courses. There were 30 jumpers on 7 loads with 1 coach jump.

Friday afternoon angles – Photo by Adrian

Saturday – Our Tandems today were Tamara F, Caitlyn C, Kim D, Igor K, Maksymillian K, Christina L, Marie Laure M, Rhys O’C, Lachlan T, Zachary T and Scott W.

Student Bonnie S & Justin D did Stage 1, Chris M did Stage 4, Michael McC did Stage 8 of their AFF Courses and Ranguiri C did Stage 9 – completing his AFF Course. Congratulations! There were 98 jumpers on 19 loads, and 3 coach jumps.

Tamara tandem freefall – Photo by Adrian

Marie lovin’ her skydive with Aaron – Photo by Sara

Lachlan tandem freefall – Photo by Adrian

Michael AFF Stage 8 rocking at the track – Photo by Sara

Robin taking Sara for a tandem – Photo by Weaver

Sunday – Our Tandems today were Braydyn C, Mark McG and Elizabeth S.

Students Bonnie S did Stages 2, 3 & 4, Michael E did Stage 4, Mitchell S did Stage 7, Chris M did Stages 6, 7 & 9, and Michael McC did Stage 9 – completing their AFF Courses. Congratulations! There were 80 jumpers on 18 loads and 2 coach jumps.

And Alan Mossy ran a Canopy Coaching Course covering Head Space, Accuracy, Landing Mechanics, and Base/Reserve flare technique.