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October 2006 News
Sunday 01/10/2006
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Welcome back to Diana, Nate, Joel and
Jez. Diana and Joel are recent graduates from Freefall Addicts
and have returned with their friends for some fun jumping. |
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Welcome to Pete (left) who has come to
Skydive Spain to learn to fly a wingsuit. Pete is an old friend
of Freefall Addicts from our time in Madrid. |
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Rob comes in for a landing having just
completed his AFF Level 8 |
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Pete comes in to land his canopy. Pete
has just purchased a brand new set of gear from Aerodyne. |
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Here is Toby after completing his final
consolidation jump. |
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Joel comes in to land his canopy having
just completed a 4-way skydive with some friends. |
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Alex comes in to land his new canopy.
Alex is an Air Traffic Controller from Glasgow. |
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Diana is pictured here jumping her brand
new kit. She has completed her AFF, FS1 and also done some
tunnel time - all in the last 6 months! |
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Wednesday 04/10/2006
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Alex Gibson from Glasgow has been cramming
the jumps in over the last few days despite a few late nights!
Here is a pic of him jumping his fairly new parachute system
bought through our gear store.
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Alex has been jumping with Gail who is
pictured here, Joel Gluth, Diane, Nate and Jez to name but
a few! Gail recently completed her AFF course so is appreciating
the advice of a slightly more experienced jumper.
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Toby Herron has completed all of his
consolidation skydives and there is no stopping him now! Today
he completed two FS (formation skydiving) coached jumps, learning
forwards and backwards movement and a more advanced skydiving
position called the 'Mantis'.
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At the end of the day all of the skydivers,
students and experienced, sit down for a drink together. It's
been a busy day with an army 4-way team doing training, some
freeflyers, students and BirdMan jumps all being carried out.....
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Thursday 05/10/2006
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Today Alex our BirdMan instructor has
been busy ground schooling several students who are all keen
to make their first wingsuit skydive.
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There have also been lots of fun jumpers
meeting together for the first time over the last few days,
and finding new people to jump with. Whether you have 50 jumps
or 500 jumps it's easy to find someone fun to skydive with!
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Toby has been busy as well today squeezing
in the skydives before he leaves tomorrow. He has already
extended his flights once though, and is very glad that he
did. From just a few coached jumps, he is now having fun doing
2 and 3 way skydives with other fun jumpers on the dropzone
and has said that this has been his best skydiving trip ever!
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Here we have Nate and Di who both post
regularly on the Freefall Addicts forum and are die hard Redlands
(North London Parachute Centre) fans. Whenever these is trouble
these two are likely to be involved (possibly with Alex Gibson
and/or Joel Gluth in tow as well)!
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Tuesday 10/10/2006
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There have been lots of fun jumpers at
the dropzone over the last few weeks, and pictured here are
some of the regular skydivers- Cesar, Jo and Jose. Jo (centre)
travels from Portugal every week to Seville just to skydive!
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Manolo and Duardo after a fun jump. No
matter what your experience level is, the experienced skydivers
here are always happy to offer free advice to newer jumpers.
There are 4 way skydivers, freeflyers and BirdMen here to
keep you busy.
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Thanks to Tag for this great shot of Gail
in freefall!
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Finally, at the end of the day it's time
for us all to sit down together for a drink. Instructors,
parachute packers, new AFF students - the table gets bigger
and bigger as people finish their days skydiving. In the next
few days we welcome Paul Durkin from Ireland to do his AFF
course, along with his girlfriend Lorraine. Mikey Carpenter
is now back to Seville from team Outbreak who recently won
gold in the British Nationals - contact us for further information
on receiving coaching! |
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Wednesday 11/10/2006
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Today some of us went to the local nature
reserve that's located just outside of Seville. |
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About a half hour drive, this safari
park allows you to either drive through in your own car; or
sit in the carriages on the tractor train. We had a brilliant
time and definitely worth the trip! |
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As you can see from the photos you can
get really close to the animals as they all congregrate by
the side of the track that you drive along.
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Congratulations to Nick who is racing
through the AFF course! Nick works as an ambulance technician
with his friend Paul, who is a paramedic (picture of Paul
below). Nick would also like to send his love to his girlfriend
who is a Doctor working in Australia at the moment.
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We also welcome Paul Durkin to skydive
with us this week. Paul is seen here getting ready for his
AFF level 1 skydive. His girlfriend Lorraine joins him; she
has completed a tandem skydive before but will just be enjoying
the sunshine whilst she is here in Spain, and taking in the
sights of Sevilla.
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Sam has returned to the dropzone just
to say hello for a few days whilst he stays with friends in
Malaga. Working as a photographer in London, Sam mainly jumps
at Hinton when he is in the UK and has been seen on a few
occasions at the monthly London Skydiver's Drinks nights.
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Whilst Paul's friend Nick is learning
to skydive, he is concentrating on his freeflying. Taking
advantage of Team Outbreak's coaching available here, he is
already doing very well in the basic maneouvres. Jim and Mikey
Carpenter (who many of you will know from Skydive Lillo and
the UK coaching roadshows) make up the team - Jim used to
be in 'Space' and Mikey was a member of the 'Euphoria' team.
Their combined efforts won them GOLD in the UK Nationals competitions
this Summer, they really are the top team in the country at
the moment!
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Thursday 12/10/2006
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Sam and Paul both have big grins after
their skydives, and what a great day to be jumping! Even though
we are nearing mid October, the weather here is still glorious
with blue skies and lots of sunshine.
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A big well done to Paul Durkin who just
completed his first skydive! Paul is from Ireland and has
completed some static line jumps, but found that the weather
and static line system did not work very well for him - he
was too impatient to get onto the freefall side of things...
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Sam lands after another skydive on his
new equipment. Remember to look at the gear store part of
our website and should you want impartial advice on any type
of skydive equipment, new or used, just give us a call!
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No, this isn't another photo from the
Safari park... For those of you who haven't been here before,
Sidney (she is a girl!) is our Freefall Addicts mascot. A
friend to everyone, although you need to watch out if you
are an old Spanish man as for some reason she's got something
against them!
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Saturday 14/10/2006
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This week there are 9 RAF AFF students
training on the AFF course. Some are aiming to eventually
be instructors, others are just looking to skydive for fun!
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Bill and Jo have both travelled from
Portugal to jump here in Seville. Most weekends they escape
to Spain and are both doing FS coaching so that they can jump
with other skydivers.
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Jim has returned to complete his consolidation
skydives after his AFF course and brings along his lovely
girlfriend Lisa. She is a school teacher specialising in Maths
and did a tandem skydive today. She loved the jump and hopes
to come back towards the beginning of next year to do the
AFF course.
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Graham Tait and Ian Brown aka Brownie
are with Jim and Lisa to enjoy the Seville weather for the
weekend. Graham is 14 skydives from his 100th so is hoping
to get that completed whilst he's here...
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Sunday 15/10/2006
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Graham is well on the way to making his
100th jump, and Ian Brown is just behind him - just a few
more skydives to go! Like the poses guys... |
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Jim's girlfriend Lisa has just done her
first skydive, a Tandem jump. She had to get it videoed to
show to her friends and family back home. As you can see she
is all smiles and there is even talk of her coming back out
to Spain to complete the AFF course.
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In this photo we have Ian Brown, Lisa
Darlington, Jim Horrox and Graham Tait. Jim has completed
all of his consolidation skydives now too. The weather is
still nice and warm even though we're in mid October! |
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At the end of the day we all sit down
together to enjoy the sunset before heading to the local Tapas
bar for some dinner.
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Monday 16/10/2006
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Ray Jackson is back out to skydive for
a few days and has been doing some FS skydives with Danny
Grace. Ray jumps at Headcorn in Kent.
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Ian and Graham continue to surprise us
with their unique skydiving style! Here we can see them practicing
their new exit move, the 'leg pull'!
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I did a jump with Graham and Ian to see
if their exit worked - and here it is! We even got Mikey Carpenter
and Jim Harris from Outbreak to check it out. According to
Mikey, it's a 'leg pull loop'!!!! Nice job guys... It's been
fun and we hope to see you all back soon.
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Pictured from left to right is Ian, Ray,
Graham, Jim, Lamorna, Lisa, Tammy and Danny. Tammy did a tandem
skydive today. It was her first skydive and she loved it!
She was jumping up and down for about half an hour afterwards
and has watched the video at least 5 times today! |
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Tuesday 24/11/2006
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Welcome to Chris Nel who is here to learn
to skydive. Chris is a consultant originally from South Africa.
Chris is being trained for us by Skydive Lillo. |
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Here is Chris with his instructors Marcus
and Dean. They are working on exits for AFF Level 1. Chris
went on to complete level 2 and is now just about to get on
the aircraft for level 3. |
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Welcome to Alex, David and Laura who
are here to learn to skydive. Alex is in the TA and is looking
forward to jumping at Neveravon, where he can take advantage
of cheaper military jumps. Laura and David are brother and
sister and are from South London. |
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Here is Alex working on his freefall body
position! |
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Friday 27/11/2006
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Here are some fun jumpers about to get
on the aircraft. The weather is nice and sunny, about 21 degrees.. |
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Here is Dave on his AFF Level 1, this
is his first ever freefall |
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Dave is on the ground after a great skydive.
He is pictured here with his sister Laura, who is about do
go up for her Level 1! |
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This is Laura just after exit. Ian cannot
resist geeking the camera! |
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Laura with instructor Mike and brother
David after her first jump |
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Saturday 28/10/2006
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Here is David preparing for his AFF level
3. You can see him working on the sequence of the skydive
with his instructors Mike and Jonno |
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David did a really good job and is moving
on to level 4 next... |
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Welcome to Ben who trained with us in
Madrid. Ben is here for an end of UK season holiday and to
do some fun jumps. |
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Welcome to Jill who too trained with
us in Madrid. Jill is here with Ben and she has been working
on her canopy skills on one of our brand parachute systems |
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Here is Laura on the ground after finishing
off her AFF Level 3. Level 4 tomorrow! |
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Another beautiful sunset here in Spain.
The weather has been awesome today. If you want to avoid the
cold snap in the north of Europe then why not head down here
for your skydivng holidays! |
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A few of the instructors and jumpers at
the parachute centre retire to the bar for the evening. |
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Sunday 29/10/2006
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PJ Kennedy and his friend Peter Marriott
have joined us for a few days this week so that Peter can
do his AFF course, and PJ can get current again. We know PJ
from Madrid where he started his skydiving training so it's
great to see him getting back up in the air again! Peter has
never skydived before, but can't wait to get in the plane.
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PJ has done his ground school refresh
and did his skydive with Mike, but he didn't want to smile
though! Maybe next jump...
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Peter waits for PJ to get down to find
out if he enjoyed his skydive, and finally we get a smile!
Peter has completed his ground school now and is looking forward
to doing his AFF level 1 first thing in the morning. Peter
manages a pub in London with his girfirend and two dogs- and
he sends his love to them all.
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Meanwhile, brother and sister, David
and Laura are racing through their AFF courses. David is getting
ready for his last AFF jump with an instructor; level 7.
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Here is a freefall photo of Dave on his
AFF skydive carrying out a 'track'. This is the way that we
can travel horizontally through the air. Congratulations to
David today because he passed his AFF level 7, meaning that
he is now cleared to jump solo and start his consolidation
jumps!
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