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I Call or write for a Brochure and Stock List [ yisa] Rob Colpus and Sarah Brearley at The Kit Store, The Airfield, Headcorn, Kent, TN27 9HX Tel - 0622 890 967, Fax-0622 891 236 KlMlilsETEWilfUHl Page 3 April 1992 S P o r t Parachutist JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION WHARF WAY: GLEN PARVA: LEICESTER LE2 9TF ontents Telephone 0533 785271 Fax: 0533 477662 REGULAR FEATURES READERS WRITE News and events: Keep informed - what’s happened, Arousal, Anxiety and Performance: Nothing sexual; what’s happenin’............................................................... 4‘ it’s a lesson in sports psychology from Andy Abbess. 18 Correspondence: Members musings...................... 7 African Adventure: The second instalment of Chris Lyall's fond recollections of his early parachuting Video Review: Boogie videos- Spain and Bali from the days......................................................................................10 comfort of Ed's living-room............................................9 Some thoughts on Shakespeare: J Gregson finds BCPA NEWS: British Collegiate Parachute Associ­ hidden meaning in the Bard’s play - ‘The Tempest’. 36 ation’ s page........................................................................12 History of the Lott: A Lott of in-jokes explained... 38 DZ’s Around the World: Vannes in France visited Chris Jones.........................................................................16 Kit News: The equipment column is back................ 20 BOOGIES Pops Corner:......................................................... 27 Zanzibar Boogie: Another exotic location. Rob Colpus Diary of Events: Chronology of coming occasions 31 and Kevin McPhillips report back from the tropics. ..1 3 Dead Men’s Tales: The first in a series of articles by Durban Beach Boogie: Pierre Steynberg..............17 Leo Dickinson about the stories in his new film and the COMPETITION stones behind the filming................................................ 33 British Team Fund Competition: The prizes are still Editorial:................................................................. 35 up for grabs!.........................................................................32 Noticeboard: Pin-ups galore......................................40 Council Matters:....................................................42 Classified Ads: Loads of gear going cheap............ 43 Clubs and Centres: Some new clubs are in, some old ones are out........................... ............................................46 Cover Picture: Goeff Wood plus passenger. Taken from the front by Simon Ward...and from behind by Rob Harmer. CENTRE SPREAD Wind Tunnels: Tunnel flying is growing in popularity. Three articles on how to play in the ‘relative wind’ with­ out having to take a plane ride....................................... 24 © SPORT PARACHUTIST All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro­ duced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form BRITISH PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL MEMBERS or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, rec­ Chairman John Lines Vice-Chairman Dave Hickling Chairman STC John Hitchen Chairman Competitions Committee Bob Card Chairman Development Committee Dave Hickling ording or otherwise, without the permission of the Edi- Vice-President Jim Crocker Council Members : John Lines, Dave Hickling, Steve Hastings, Amanda tor...however if you don’t tell him he probably won’t find out. 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Financial Administrator: Steve Harratt Treasurer: Debbie Clouting Office Manager David Oddy Administrative Staff Trudy Kemp, Sharon Gurney Royal Aero Club Representative Jim Crocker GASCO Representative Angela Hickling CIP Delegate John Hitchen Chairman Riggers Committee John Curtis Published by Airscape Ltd, 3 Tyers Gate, London SE1 3HX Chairperson Pilots Committee Angela Hickling Tel: 071 403 6753 Fax: 071 378 1208 Editor Ola Soyinka, 10 Brecon Road, London W6 8PU Editorial Assistants: Patti Gallagher, Linda Edlin, Lynette Horne . Airscape Ltd Design/Typesetting by Airscape Ltd, London SE1 Commercial Managers Conor Cassidy / Ola Soyinka, Airscape Ltd Printed by Stevensons and George Ltd., in association with Caric Print Ltd, Clerwood, Corunna Main, Andover, Hampshire. Page 4 Sport Parachutist & EVENTS OTTER CRASHES ON Aguanga, CA; AFF Instructor John Mitchell, Perris Valley Airport. They will be holding Re­ 43, Perris, CA; Freefall Videographer Geof­ membrance skydives and an auction to raise TAKE-OFF AT PERRIS frey Anderson, 26, Moreno Valley, CA; Free- money for the Skydiving Community Fund. VALLEY fall Videographer Jacqueline Downs, 27, Proceeds will go to cover funeral expenses On April 12, 1992 a Twin Otter crashed sec­ Perris CA; Freefall Videographer Dave first, medical expenses second and the re­ onds after take-off at the Perris Valley Airport. Clarke, 33, Quail Valley, CA; Airmoves Team mainder will go to the survivors. AFF Jump- The pilot, an observer and twenty Skydivers member James Layne, 21, Menifee, CA; master Sterling Peterson is the trustee for the were aboard. Preliminary reports point to con­ Tomscat Team member Sjaak Strating, 25, fund. Netherlands; Tomscat Team member Ray taminated fuel from a vendor causing the right Donations can be made directly to the fund: engine to fail. Herder, 28, Netherlands; Skydiver John Hen­ Skydiving Community Fund, Fellow Skydivers and aviators immediately derson, 28, Los Angeles, CA; Skydiver Ribet rushed to the accident site. Ignoring possible Christophe, 25, San Diego, CA; AFF Student 22335 Loch Lomond Drive, danger to their own lives, their only concern Anthony Cabrera, 25, Covina, CA; AFF Stu­ Canyon Lake, was to do everything in their power to try to dent Dwight Sanders, 27, Hurber Heights, CA 92587 OH, and Student Rolando DeJay, 38, Santa save the lives of those aboard. They were soon Perris Valley Skydiving wishes to thank all who Ana, CA. joined by Paramedic teams. The injured were have expressed their sympathy and asks that transported by both ambulance and helicopter you keep the injured in your special thoughts to local area hospitals. Survivors are:- and prayers. The pilot, observer and thirteen skydivers were Airmoves Team member Thomas Falzone, (Report from Dennis J Lau, Perris Valley) pronounced dead at the scene. Skydiver 31, fractured ribs and vertebrae; Airmoves James Layne, 21, died three hours later that Team member Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, 30, LONDON SKYDIVING CENTRE day at Riverside General Hospital. head trauma and multiple fractures; Airmoves CLOSES Members of the Perris Airmoves and Dutch Team member Troy Widgery, 25, hip injury London Skydiving Centre has been wound up. Tomscat skydiving teams were aboard as well and fractured collar bone; Airmoves Video­ The centre which operated a Skyliner and a as instructors and students from the popular grapher Wayne Flemington, 26, head injury Cessna from Cranfield Airport, was a popular Perris Valley Skydiving School. One of the and multiple fractures; Tomscat Team mem­ centre for CRW and night jumps amongst students was to have made his first jump. ber Jos Arkes, 26, fractured pelvis; Tomscat experienced jumpers and also had a high stu­ Confirmed dead are:- Team member Gerard Fidom, 30, internal dent throughput. The club had suffered from injuries and multiple fractures. Their conditions commercial pressure to move, which had Pilot Rowland Guilford, 44, Moreno Valley, range from critical to good. arisen since the car manufacturer Nissan ar­ CA; Observer Chris Harrel, 28, Perry, OK; rived. AFF Instructor Scott Border, 32, Moreno Val­ On Saturday, May 2nd, Perris Valley Skydi­ ley, CA; AFF Instructor