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April 2006 News Part 2
Thursday 13/04/2006
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Jenni and Mike just before going up for
AFF level 7 |
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Jenni exits on level 7, this exit is a
forward roll and is used to demonstrate stability recovery |
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Here is Jenni tracking on her level 7 |
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Heidi and Barry just before going up for
level 7 |
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Here is Heid in freefall after completing
all her in air tasks |
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Jenni comes in to land her parachute |
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Heidi and Barry on the landing area. Congratulations
to Heidi who now graduates AFF! |
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Congratulations also to Jenni who is now
a Freefall Addicts Graduate! |
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Kate and Jenni get ready for their first
ever solo skydive |
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Here is Mark just before going up for
another coach jump with Mikey. Mark is working on his FF1
qualification |
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Here is Keith on his FS1 doing something
called dive to pin. This is a technique used to recover extreme
vertical seperation in freefall |
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Keith works on his turns in place |
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Here is Keith on his 3-way. On the far
left you can see Simon Brentford who has kindly offered to
help us out. Simon is a very experienced 4-way jumper from
the UK |
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Welcome to Andy Stammers who is here on
our canopy course |
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Welcome to Andy Suett, who is here on
his FS1 course |
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Here is Andy in Freefall working on his
forward movement and docking skills |
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Barry and Stuart just before going up
for AFF level 1 |
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Here is Stuart in the air on level 1 |
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Stuart with his instructors on the landing
area at sunset |
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A few beers to celebrate todays achievements! |
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Friday 14/04/2006
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Here is Keith on his FS1 4-way skydive |
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Welcome to Alex Holland who is here to
complete his FS1 |
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A few of our customers on flightline....on
the far left/right are Mike and Daz who have come to visit
as part of their Spainwide DZ tour! |
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Friday 15/04/2006
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Welcom to Russel Horgan who is here to
finish off his AFF |
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Andy comes down after another FS coach
jump |
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Iain and Mikey on the ground after some
more head down coaching |
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Russel and Alex in the centre are getting
ready to go up with Barry and Mike for some more jumping |
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Congratulations to Alex who has just graduated
AFF! |
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Sunday 16/04/2006
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Here is Alex in freefall. Alex is working
on some 180 degree turns in place |
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Andy is getting towards the end of his
FS1 course now and can be seen here working on slot flying
skills |
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Kate exits the aircraft on her 6th consolidation
jump |
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Jenni exits the aircraft in a forward
roll on her 7th consol jump |
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Here is Heidi in the door getting ready
for another solo skydive |
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Monday 17/04/2006
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Here is Russell after his AFF level 8.
In a short 4 days Russell has managed to do AFF levels 3 to
8 and 7 of his consolidation jumps! |
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Here is Alex Holland on his FS1 4-Way
- he managed 8 points and has now gained his FS1 qualification |
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Heidi exits the aircraft on her AFF level
8 |
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Also doing a hop and pop for her level
8 is Kate |
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Here is Andy on his FS1 3-way |
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Some beers at the end of the day. Congratulations
to Alex for his FS1 and our happy tree friends Katie and Heidi
for doing their level 8's! |
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Tuesday 17/04/2006
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Katie, Heidi and Jenni get ready for another
consolidation jump. Jenni has completed her AFF Level 8 this
morning and has also finished her consolidation jumps. |
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Katie has also finished her consolidation
jumps today and is working on her BPA
CH1 canopy grade |
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Here is Jenni after another fun jump.
She is jumping one of our brand new consolidation rigs - a
Pilot 210 |
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A few drinks in one of our local restaurants
after jumping |
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Sunday 23/04/2006
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Polaris 4-way, including Mike Worthington
from Freefall Addicts turn points at sunset over Sevilla.
Photograph by Mike Carpenter. |
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Tuesday 25/04/2006
| Our adventure sports article archive has moved to the Freefall
Addicts website. Have a look at the menu link at the top or
click here to check it out. |
| Sorry for the lack of updates, we have just taken a short
Easter break. We welcome Paul Stoneham who is here for some
fun jumping and Freefly coaching. We will be welcoming more
fun jumpers, AFF and canopy students in the next few days, so
keep your eyes on the news!
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Thursday 27/04/2006
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Here is Mike Kelly doing some Head Down
coaching with Mike Carpenter |
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Ian and Steffan get debriefed on their
landings by Barry |
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Here is Kirsty on the last part of her
ground school training |
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Kirsty works on some exit drills for leaving
the aircraft |
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Here is Kirsty in freefall on her level
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A few beers after a hard days work........ |
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Saturday 29/04/2006
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Joel and Lamorna get ready for an FS coaching
jump |
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Here they are after landing |
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Ian and Steffan after another skydive
together |
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Here is Kirsty on her AFF level 6 |
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Kirsty locks on to her altimeter just
before starting her parachute deployment sequence |
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Another busy day at Skydive Spain. Level
7 for Kirsty and FS1 4-way for Joel tomorrow |
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Sunday 30/04/2006
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Barry and Joel get ready for another FS
coaching jump. Here you can see them working on exit technique
in the aircraft mockup |
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Ian and Steffan have finished their canopy
courses now and are shown here preparing a 2-way formation
skydive |
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The guys on the landing area at sunset |
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Congratulations to Kirsty who graduated
AFF today! |
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More
updates to follow later!
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