Ramblers Drop Zone ⭐️ e-News #459 (5-11 April 2021)

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Matthew Elliott –   Completed AFF
Todd Smith –   Completed AFF
Rhianna Smith –   Completed AFF
Caleb Silby –   Completed AFF

Monday 5th April and Tuesday 6th were weathered out.

The weather cleared Wednesday and new students Rhianna Smith and Caleb Sibly did Stages 1, 2 & 3 of their AFF Courses.

Caleb AFF Stage 2 – practice touch – Photo Robin

On Thursday Caleb and Rhianna continued on with Stages 4 & 5 of their AFF Courses. More people arrived, Daniel Fisher also did Stages 4, 5 & 6. Jade Grobler and Laura Jones did jumps towards their B-Certificates.

Caleb AFF Stage 5 – first time flying by himself – Photos by Adrian

Dan AFF Stage 4 with Fisch – getting ready to play in the skies

Dan AFF Stage 4 pulling funny face with Fisch and Robin

Friday – Our only Tandem for the week was Richard Marschke. Richie is a local who won his Tandem in a local fund raising raffle. He loved it. It’ll be all over town by now! Rhianna Smith and Caleb Sibly continued on with AFF Stages 6, 7 & 8. Lots of fun jumpers started arriving. We did seven Caravan loads. It felt like a Saturday!

Rhi AFF Stage 8 – slow fall – Photos by OliM

Caleb AFF Stage 6 – big smiles – Photo Adrian

Caleb AFF Stage 7 tracking really smooth

Caleb AFF Stage 7 – backflips – Photos by OliM

Saturday was a beauty! Great weather, lots of fun jumpers, both experienced and intermediate levels. Lots of Tandems, namely Alexandra Alexias, Kyron Kirkpatrick, Scott Hancock, Mitchell Rae, Cory Roberts, Casey Webster, Michael Kane, Molly Collins, Will Collins and Davide Fontana.

Lots of students were here including three new students Aaron Grey, Lichelle Vianello and Jodie Fair who started their AFF training and did Stage 1. Jordi Capdevila, Clemente Capdevila returned for earlier training & also did Stages 1 & 2. Matthew Elliott and Todd Smith did Stages 7, 8 & 9 completing their AFF Courses, Congratulations! And Rhianna Smith and Caleb Silby also did Stage 9 – completing their AFF Courses. More Congratulations! It was a busy day. Both Caravans were utilized and we did 18 loads.

Kyron tandem under canopy – Photos by Adrian

Lichelle TAFF Stage 1 – checking her alto at sunset – Photo Adrian

Jordi AFF Stage 2 – ready to go – Photos by Sara

Robin sleeping on the job – Photo Weaver

There were more Tandems on Sunday. They were Aidan Smith, Reginald Ledimo, David Mulligan, and Dean Janetski. Lichelle continued on with Stages 2 and Aaron did 2 & 3. Jackson Wales returned Stages 5 & 6. There were lots of experienced skydivers here. Eight loads were flown. It was a beaut weekend.