Rambling On ⭐️ Drop Zone Action e-News #559 (8-14 May 2023)

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Completed AFF:

⭐️ Oliver, ⭐️ Kirsty, ⭐️ Uriel, ⭐️ Jacob, ⭐️ Travis, and ⭐️ Nikolay.

Milestone Jumps:

⭐️ Liam – E Licence

⭐️ Tish – Fastest Woman in the World: 491.99km/h – published in the Guinness World records.


Monday 8th May – There were no jumps on this start of a wet week.


On Tuesday the 15 fun jumpers got 3 loads done. AFF student Randall did Stages 3, 4 & 5, and Laura did Stages 4 & 5 of their AFF Courses.  3 B-Rel Coach jumps Sam (x2) and Aodhan.

Randall AFF Stage 3 – photo by Sara
Randall AFF Stage 4 – photo by Adrian
Randall flying by himself for the first time – photo by Robin
Laura AAFF Stage 4 – photo by Bibi
Laura AFF Stage 5 – flying for herself – photo by Sara
Sam B-Rel 1 – photo by Bibi
Sam B-Rel 2-3 – photo by Bibi
Aodhan Refresher – photo by Robin

Wednesday 12 fun jumpers got 5 loads done. Our Tandem today was Malia. New AFF student Jacob did Stage 1 of his AFF Course.  Sam did a B-Rel Coach jump with Reece.

Malia tandem – photo by Robin
Sam B-Rel 4 – photo by Reece

On Thursday 17 fun jumpers got 4 loads done. Our Tandem today was Danny. AFF student Jacob did Stages 2, 3 & 4, and Nikolay did Stages 8 & 9 – completing his AFF Course. Congratulations! Sam and Brendan did B-Rel Coach jumps with Reece.

Danny tandem – photo by OliM
Danny after his Tandem with Shane and Ange – Photo by OliM
Jacob AFF Stage 3 – photo by Adrian
Jacob AFF Stage 4 – photo by Adrian
Nik AFF Stage 8 – photo by OliM
Nik AFF Stage 9 – photo by Adrian
Sam B-Rel 5 – photo by Reece
Brendan B-Rel 5 – photo by Reece

Friday 26 fun jumpers got 6 loads done. Our Tandem today was Victoria. AFF students Sarah did Stages 2., 3 & 4, Jacob, did Stages 5, 6 & 7, and Uriel did Stages 7 & 8.  Matthew, Nikolay and Brendan (x2) did B-Rel Coach jumps.

Vicky tandem – photo by Reece
Sarah AFF Stage 2 – photo by OliM
Sarah AFF Stage 4 – photo by Bibi
Sarah AFF Stage 4 – photo by Bibi
Jacob AFF Stage 5 – flying by himself for the first time – photo by Adrian
Jacob AFF Stage 6 – docking – photo by Adrian
Jacob AFF Stage 7 – tracking like a boss – photo by Adrian
Perfect exit from Uriel AFF Stage 4 – photo by Robin
Matt B-Rel 6.2 – photo by Reece
Brendan B-Rel 6.1 – photo by Reece
Brendan B-Rel 6.3 – photo by Reece

Saturday there were 76 fun jumpers and 14 loads done. Lots of DZ jumping action happened; rel workers, star crests, wingsuiters, freefliers.  Our Tandems today were Anthony, Shenisse, Matt, and Francis. AFF students Chris did Stage 4, Joaquin Stage 5, Sarah Stages 5, 6 & 7, and Nathaniel Stages 6 & 7, Jacob did Stages 8 & 9, and Travis & Uriel did AFF Stage 9.  Congratulations! B-Rel Coach jumps were done by Cayleb and Seb (x2). And the Toogoolawah Skydivers Club ran the TSC Star Crests event coached by Natisha Dingle.

Anthony tandem – photo by Robin
Shenisse tandem – photo by Reece
Matt tandem – photo by Robin
Francis tandem – photo by Adrian
Joaquin AFF Stage 4 – photo by Chris
Sarah AFF Stage 5 – photo by OliM
Sarah AFF Stage 6 – photo by OliM
Sarah smashing out some backflips on AFF Stage 7 – photo by Chris
Nate AFF Stage 6 – photo by Adrian
Uri AFF Stage 9 – photo by Adrian
Jacob AFF Stage 9 – photo by Adrian
Cayleb B-Rel 4 – photo by Bibi
Travis AFF Stage 9 – photo by Bibi
Bye Bye Travis – AFF Stage 9 – photo by Bibi

TSC Star Crests with Natisha

“It was incredible flying with all the guys who have been jumping for decades. Sharing their experiences and having some laughs. Well done to Savannah and Paride for completing their remainder starcrest and to Andrea and Todd for their successful attempts. Lots of improvements were made while we all had fun. Amazing day.”

Natisha Dingle.

TSC Star Crests – groupshot in plane – photo Jason Cambieras

Sunday we got 1 loads done by the 4 fun jumpers here.

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.


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