Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #533 (17-30 Oct. 2022)

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Felipe – Completed AFF
Cameron – Completed AFF
Matthew – Completed AFF
Jason – Completed AFF
Jared – Completed AFF
Kirsty – Completed AFF

Chris – B – Certificate
Trav – 300th jump

Monday 24th October – and Tuesday we were closed due to bad weather – again!!

On Wednesday, after 10 days of bad weather we finally opened for some skydiving. There were 27 fun jumpers here and 6 loads were done. There sure was a backlog of new skydivers ready to go!

New AFF students Jasmyne, Lindsey, Ella, Troy & Paige did Stage 1, Shih-Chang (Jace) did Stages 1 & 2, Matthew & Michael did Stages 1, 2 & 3, Felipe did Stages 4 & 5, Jared did Stage 9 – completing his AFF Course. Big congratulations! 🎉 Two B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Darren & Daniel.

We also had 2 Tandems today – Thomas, & Jesse.

“Danger noodle” at the mock up – photos by Sara

On Thursday 4 loads were done. 23 skydivers got a jump or two in. Our Tandems today were Amy & Roslyn. Our new AFF students Jasmyne, Lindsey & Ella did Stage 2. Jace did Stage 3, Matthew & Michael Stages 4 & 5, and Cameron also did Stage 9 completing his AFF Course. Another Congratulations! 🎉 And luckily all the jumps were done before the drop zone was hammered by a hail storm.

Matt AFF Stage 5 – flying by himself for the first time – photos by Adrian

Cameron ready to exit on Stage 9 – photo Sara

Friday The winds got up after 2 loads were done by the 20 skydivers here. Our new students Lindsey & Ella did Stage 3 of their AFF Courses. Matthew & Michael did Stage 6.

Ella AFF Stage 3 – checking alti – photos by Adrian

On Saturday 29th October was massive. The weather was perfect. We had 101 fun jumpers here, both Caravan aircraft were needed for the 19 loads done.

There were a few Tandem skydivers here today too. Tim, John, Ping, Jaymin and Lai got their knees in the breeze.

New AFF students Alexander, Oskar, Denzil did their Stage 1. Brenton did Stage 2, Jasmyne did Stages 3 & 4. Lindsey, Ella & Jace all did Stage 4, Sherry Stages 5 & 6, Felipe Stages 6 & 7, and Matthew & Michael did Stage 7. Plus there were four B-Rel Coach jumps by Jesse, Claire, Sam & Sid. Whew! It was a busy day.

Jasmyne AFF Stage 3 – photo Skydive Ramblers

Jace AFF Stage 4 – photo Skydive Ramblers

Matt AFF Stage 7 – backflips – photo Adrian

On Sunday 98 fun jumpers were still here and another 19 loads were done. More Tandems today. David, Jorge & Marta all took the big leap!

Our AFF students got stuck into it again. Alexander & Oskar Stages 2 & 3, Brenton Stage 3, Jasmyne Stages 4 & 5, Jace Stage 5 and Ella did Stages 5, 6 & 7. Felipe & Matthew Stages 8 & 9 and Jason also did Stage 9 – completing their AFF Courses. Big congratulations! 🎉

Seven B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Mark, Jesse, Thomas, and Daniel (x2). Carl & Uriel did Refresher jumps. Fun jumpers were flat out skydiving. The Nachos ran a heap of angle dives and the flatties “Belly Bash” run by Chris and Dawn was big and successful. There were a lot of smiling faces all weekend.

Ella AFF Stage 5 – flying by herself for the first time

Carl AFF Stage 3 – refresher – photo Robin

Uriel AFF Stage 4 – refresher – photo Sara

Jesse, Tommy, Leah – linked exit – photos by Charmaine

Belly Bash

“Thanks to all the legends who came out and joined our October Belly Bash! The turnout was so big this time, we had to split into two planeloads! Amazing to see so much progession. Special shout-out to Samuel and Marcela who both achieved their star crests, and to Sam and Greg who hit 200 and 500 jumps!

Once again, thanks to Skydive Ramblers, Toogoolawah Skydivers Club Inc, and South Queensland Parachute Council for sposoring this event – and for Toddy and Jason (Cambo) for the mad camera skillz!”

Chris & Dawn.