Toogs DZ e-News #357 (19-25 November 2018)

Monday, November 26, 2018

ACHIEVEMENTS

Andrew Preston – CRW coach revalidated
Cale Conerly– 1st Jump at Ramblers
Dan Evers – Last jumps in Oz

Monday 19th Another start to a beautiful week. Tandems for today were Hannah McCubben and Renee Crothy, both enjoyed their tandem skydives.

Hannah in freefall with Doyley – Photos by John H

Tuesday 20th Blue Skies and light winds, made for an awesome day. Annika Bjoerin joined us for a Tandem skydive with Sara. Adam Rikys started his B licence training table. 5 Fun loads were had.

Annika and friend on ground – Photo Oli M

Annika’s tandem in freefall – Photo Alex

Wednesday 21st Our first time jumper was Benjamin Kullman who flew all the way from Canada to start his AFF Course. Ben finished both the theory and Stage 1 of his AFF course today. Ben will be staying all week working through his AFF course Yeow!

Ben and Sara practice pulls TAF Stage 1 – Photos by John H

Thursday 22nd Then it happened.. The winds starting picking up, strong, fast and turbulent from the west… we all stayed on the ground. Was a good theory day for all our students.

Friday 23rd Same conditions as yesterday, strong westerly winds…The experienced jumpers took to the skies, but only for one jump. Students learnt how to pack their parachutes.

Saturday 24th Hsuan Lee and Giovanni Pitzalis both booked in for an Addiction Packages (20jumps) both spent a day in the classroom doing their First Jump Course, by early morning those westerly winds were too strong to jump. Sarge held a CRW (Canopy Relative Work) theory session.

Wind blowing the windsock and aerodynamic paraphernalia

Sunday 25th Finally a break in the weather.. blues skies and light winds… Lets get jumping!! Tandems for today were Sarah Percy, Tanaya Allen and Julie Crawford. All three loved their tandem skydives. Students Hsuan Lee and Giovanni Pitzalis completed Stage 1 of their AFF Courses, Benjamin Kullman did Stage 2 of his Course and Terry Frey did Stage 3. What a great day!!