Toogs DZ e-News #309 (18-24 Dec. 2017)

Achievements

Melissa Dempsey – Completed AFF
Ben Galvin – Completed AFF
Che Pritchard – Completed AFF
Rafael Faria – Completed AFF
Jo Jae Seung – Completed AFF

James Gentle – Certificate A
Nick Bunce –  Certificate A
Ayla Monreal – Certificate A
Jungsoo Jang – Certificate A
Jung Yong Woo – Certificate A

Jamie Cooper – Head Up & Head Down Freefly Crests

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Monday 18th December. Newsletter time again. Our newest student Diego Queiroz did the 1st Jump Course today. Also here were Ka Lam Cheung who did Stages 2 & 3, Che Pritchard did Stages 2, 3, & 4, and Melissa Dempsey did Stages 8 & 9 – completing her AFF, congratulations! With other B-Rels happening, plus a couple of dozen fun jumpers here and our Korean visitors still going strong it was a great start to the week. Josh Costa’s swoop group did 10 Cessna 182 loads and Marj did seven high loads. Big day for a Monday.

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On Tuesday our students from yesterday kept up the pace. Diego Queiroz did Stages 2, 3 & 4 of his AFF Course, Ka Lam Cheung did Stages 4 & 5, and Che Pritchard did Stages 5, 6, 7 & 8. Plus there were more B-Rels and fun jumps happening. The swoopers were at it again and kept the 182 going strong.

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Wednesday was a bit quieter. It was sort of still busy. Ellery Miles did Stages 6 & 7. Ben Galvin did Stages 8 & 9, and Che Pritchard did Stage 9 – both completing their AFF Courses, more Congratulations! There were still a few fun jumpers here.

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On Thursday more people arrived. We did 5 low loads and 3 Caravan sorties. Ayla Monreal was back & did a couple of jumps towards her A Licence. Rafael Faria did Stage 9 – completing his AFF Course, well done!  Congratulations to all the AFF Graduates this week!

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Friday was a four sortie day. There was a bit of everything happening. Skydiver Adam Bosher brought his mate Jake Mackell for a tandem and Jake booked a course immediately after his jump. Nick Morrow also came down from Bowen to finish his A Licence and brought his sister Amy along for a tandem.

Nick, Che, Rafael and Ayla got stuck into it. So did the 10 fun jumpers who were here.

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There were a couple more tandems on Saturday, Dillon Hingst and Holly Hannaway had the freefall blast!

Student Jake Winwood also came by to do a refresher course, welcome back.

Again there was a bit of everything happening. The couple of dozen fun jumpers kept Marj on the go.

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Christmas Eve, Sunday 24th of December arrived. Roger brought his new Wind Tunnel Skydiving students along. Emma Gordon, Luke Hildebrand, and Sam Sloath all had a go. By the end of day Emma did Stages 4 and Luke & Sam Stage 5.

Another 30 odd funnies kept the plane full. Angles, wing suits and flatties were all happening.

Merry Christmas from all of us here, and See ya,

Macca and the Ramblers Team.