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NORTH POLE ADVENTURE August 99 on your own but not alone

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Freeflyer Adrian Nicholas took this shot of a completed 50-way on © sk y d iv e the route to the BritlOO national record 100-way, see page 28 All rights reserved. No pari of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, without permission of the Editor. The views expressed in skydive are those of the contributors and not necessarily those ol the BPA. The Editor retains the right to withdraw any advertisement at her discretion and does not accept liability for delay in publication or for errors, although every care is taken lo avoid mistakes. The information in this magazine was. to the best of our ability correct at the time of going to press. Reproduction, printing and mailing lakes a total of 3 weeks so some information may be out of date or superseded. Cover Photo: by Adrian Nicholas shows an exit s h o t fro m B ritlO O o v e r L a n g a r NOTE: Some of the photos contained in this magazine may show skydivers without helmets, in which case they were jumping abroad. In the UK it is mandatory to wear a helmet for obvious safety reasons. Scottish Nationals...... 6 Full report from the meet at Strathallan

Bang, You’re Alive . . 25 AADs, an evaluation of its affect on the sport

Langar Boogie ...... 16 Shots and happenings from their big aircraft boogie

S p o ttin g ...... 25 Katharine Andrewes gives advice to ensure a safe exit and a good landing

B ritlO O . . . 28 Brit 100 special report and photo spectacular

North P o le ...... 46 Jon Nash brings back photos and details from his trip to the top

S n ip p ets...... 49 Kiwi happenings and Skydive Daytona Beach

A u g u s t 99 Steve Swallow’s awesome G92 piloted by TK provided rapid urbine power, good turnarounds for sixteen 4-way, three 8-way teams plus freeflyers and fun jumpers. Strathallan’s own Islander, C206 and pilots did friends and great a great job hauling the four CF teams and 13 accuracy vibes, together with competitors to altitude. This year’s Scottish Nationals also incorporated the BPA Northern Regionals. new faces, blue skies and Scotland’s first freefly Ann Johnson’s SSPA committee worked hard throughout the weekend to ensure the whole meet ran smoothly. Kieran Brady competition made the last as Meet Director, Karen Farr as CCI and John Hitchen as John Hitchen proved to be a resolute triumvirate, keeping jumpers weekend in May one to skydiving safely for another incident-free nationals. Respect is remember! especially due to Karen who was spending her first weekend as CCI of the club.

This weekend saw one small step for groovers but one giant leap for freefly kind in Scotland thanks to Tim Porter and Roger Flynn. Tim was on the DZ to provide freefly coaching for anybody interested. The small but steadily growing school of Scottish freeflyers took advantage of Tim’s presence to gain FF1 and FF2 qualifications. Well, the newly endorsed dudes just had to show what they could do! Two teams contested the title over three rounds. In the end Team Atomik were victorious over 2SG by only one point. Roger Flynn, recognised as one of the top judges in the world in this field gave useful feedback to competitors, providing a solid base for future competitions. 'T T ^ k

This year the vibes were so good the Star was dead quiet. Honest! Well okay, only for an hour on Sunday night when chief video flyer Eddie Jones screened the FS competition dives on the big TV. Every available vantage point was taken as more than 50 competitors watched each other’s performances. The unjumper like hush was only punctuated by congratulatory applause in recognition of hot skydives. The Star Hotel was, of course, the focus (or not!) of each evening after Also giving the vibeometer a large swing to the good side were jumping finished. Lloyd, the notoriously frugal publican excelled Inversion 66 8-way and Angels of the North 4-way team who led himself by providing a free round. This sort of action from Lloyd spontaneous dancing inside and outside the hangar during indicates a swing to positive on the Strathallan ‘vibeometer’! the day as well as brightening up the DZ with their funky T-shirts. In fact the opinion of the DZ l was that it was Inversion 66's red and t 1 yellow tie-dye jumpsuits which finally persuaded the sun to put & Doc Flynn (judge). Meet Director John Hitchen his hat on and come out to play. ' and Bob Charters (judge)

By Sunday evening all six senior and three intermediate teams had posted scores. Nehiy were leading the seniors just in front of The Band (with A ir Ecosse members Billy Somerville. Mike Strachan and Graham Harris who had coaxed Richard Buchan out of retirement from competition).

Sunday morning, 8am, blue skies! The hangar doors opened to the morning sun. competitors stretched in the warm rays flooding in. 9am and this tranquillity was replaced by the whine of turbines. Before we knew it Junior FS was over; Angels already showing themselves to be a different class.

in their first competition by scorinQ 3 16 3nd tskincj the title with 47 points over four rounds! Weston’s Raz who had done just 15 training jumps and possibly had the latest nights of any competitors, took silver with 29 nationals

points. One 4 The Road and Brain Cell both showed medal potential but in the end the bronze went to One 4 The Road who scored 24.

Wt'~ " Another weather hold on Monday £ ffi ' afternoon had some competitors on ’ f* edge, others caught some rays whilst '/ some danced in the hangar as well as coaching less experienced teams. Things eventually got started again and the senior 4-way FS was called on four rounds. Nehiy (Not Entirely Happy in Yellow) had led the senior contest since the start but The Band and Stir (Stupid Twit in Red) had a real battle for second and third with only 2 points separating them. Respect has to go silver medallists The Band, team member Billy Somerville first appears on the Scottish National 4-way shield in 1979! Respect also goes to Inversion 8-way team who split into two 4- ways and took gold and bronze. In the intermediate competition, Chicken Wings almost lost their spice, flapping slightly but emerging unruffled to claim the intermediate gold ahead of T4ce in silver and Arm y Red.

Andy Bremner had dusted off the cobwebs and was aiming to regain his Scottish title after a four year lay off but it was going to be tough going against the well seasoned British team H-Troop. The victorious in accuracy were Gillies Pagan (novice), Roger Flavell (intermediate), Dave Ballard (senior) and H-Troop (team).

Photos by James Stevenson Zero Tolerance, Over The Top, Bottoms Up and Freddy Crewgers were battling it out in Canopy Formations. Bob Charter’s team of judges were being kept busy but remained highly approachable to competitor’s queries. The CF competition was called on Monday after four rounds, with Zero Tolerance senior champions and Freddy Crewgers intermediate champions.

Finally early on Monday evening 8-way FS got going. Three teams completed two fun packed rounds. It was appropriate that Inversion 66 lifted the Alan Macarthur trophy as 8-way winners; as well as scoring a 12 pointer they also spread great vibes, cheering the other two teams onto the plane and back from the landing area! Silver went to Better Late than Never formed from The Band and friends (including the Chief Judge!). In bronze position were Perfect Chicken (aka Speed Wings) who did a respectable 4 points over two rounds, not bad when most of them had never been in an 8-way! Thought for the month: Hey Sandy - Lighten up dude!

With the prizegiving over most people headed home. Some stragglers stayed to build a less than straggly three point 11-way organised by Chappy. This was the icing on the snackycake for me. I had a blast all weekend and I was manifesting! If you too had a blast, the best thanks you can give is to tell all your friends and bring them with you next year!

August 99 years, the use of an AAD by experienced jumpers has become widespread; there are now many skydivers who have never made a jump without one. There are even those who argue that AAD’s should be made mandatory But, although the AAD offers us reduced-risk skydiving, what other effects does it have, and is it worth the price? Is It is a cold and calculating person who can put a monetary value on human life. However, old-fashioned self reliance this is a calculation which has to be made in almost every area of activity. In general, it being lost in our sport? must be recognised that controlling risks is expensive and that the benefits, especially for those whose risks are already lower than average, may be small. We might disagree Automatic Activation about the costs and benefits, and about where the balance should lie. But the idea that Devices (AADs) are such a balance should be struck - and that, as a result, the ‘right’ level of risk is greater mechanisms which activate than zero and varies according to circumstances - ought to be uncontroversial. We your reserve if you are strike such a balance in deciding on wind limits, aircraft maintenance budgets and so on. falling faster than a given The cost of equipping every experienced jumper in the UK with a modem AAD would speed, at a set altitude. run into millions. When considering whether to spend such a huge amount of money, Few people, if any, doubt whether by individual choice or by common policy, we have to consider the benefits, that the widespread use of the consequences, the side effects, and the alternatives. reliable AADs has prevented many deaths. Surely, this can only Opening a parachute is a simple enough job, but it has a strict deadline, and serious be a good thing? Well, up consequences for those who are late. Maintaining altitude awareness is a matter of to a point, but there’s no survival. Occasionally, for no obvious reason, someone loses the necessary focus and free lunch... fails to pull either main or reserve, or pulls too late, or freezes up when faced with a malfunction. These no-pull or low-pull fatalities have always been an infrequent and tragic feature of skydiving. They strike at even those who are highly skilled and experienced, although more often at the inexperienced.

The AAD changes the rules, so that we no longer incur the death penalty for losing track of altitude, or freezing when confronted by a malfunction. This is a noble aim and, if the only effect of the device was to eliminate these occasional tragedies, there would be little more to say. However, a look at the available statistics raises the question of whether lifting the death penalty for losing track of altitude actually makes it more likely to happen.

Airtec, makers of the Cypres AAD, publish a list of incidents in which a Cypres has fired and (apparently) saved a life. I asked them for any further statistics they had, and they were very helpful. Close to 50,000 units have been sold, with an average age of four years. Using a conservative estimate of 30 jumps per unit per year, they get an approximate total figure of six million Cypres-equipped jumps. Based on incident Photo by Keith Larrett reports from national associations and the demand for spare cutters, Airtec estimate (again, on the low side) that there have been over 400 saves (not counting all firings as lifting the death penalty, that those who have demonstrated a potentially fatal loss of awareness, can simply get a repack and carry on jumping, albeit after a few words from the CCI.

Having an AAD fire, even if you would not necessarily have died without it, can still shake you up. One such jumper, who prefers not to be named, describes his experience like this:

“We were doing a 2-way freefly dive, head down, and it just got away from us - I noticed at about 1,500ft and waved off. I rolled flat and my instinct was to grab my main, but I stopped and went for the reserve as the Cypres fired, around 700ft. I wouldn’t wish the experience on anyone, but I would like to impart what I learned from it. I thought about whether I should continue to jump. I ’m happy I was pulling my reserve as it fired - if I would have died without the AAD, I would feel different. Everyone was good about it, the DZ controller had a word, and a couple of other very experienced friends talked with me about it later. I’d be surprised if it happened again, but if it did I ’d think hard about whether I should stop jumping. I ’d got lax about altitude checking. Although I had two audible altimeters I didn't hear either of them, I was too absorbed. I saves, only those which clearly prevented a high think new age jumpers may have more need speed impact). That represents about one save per of an AAD than others.’’ 15,000 jumps. The vast majority, about 98%, are On this last remark, I should add that most AAD fires assigned to loss of awareness; only a handful are listed by Airtec occurred on belly-flying jumps, and there attributable to unconsciousness. is (so far) no reason to believe that new age jumpers are any less careful than others. This save rate is higher than the death rate among skydivers in general, caused by low pull or no pull of one per 185,000 jumps (source: 1997 IPC safety survey). Although based on estimates and incomplete AADs are expensive, and comparatively high sales have done reporting, the conclusion is almost inescapable, that little to bring down the price. Whatever the benefits of owning AAD users are losing altitude awareness about ten one, they do nothing to increase an individual’s total budget for times more often than other jumpers. skydiving. The money spent on an AAD must be found from somewhere else. Those who dig into their pockets and buy an

The lack of reliable, complete statistics puts a AAD, will have less money left to spend on jumps, and on l| 'mg renewing their equipment. One possible consequence is that question mark over these arguments.P Airtec’s web site argues that wearing an AAD enhances altitude jumpers will make fewer jumps per year, with older equipment. awareness. Clearly the information we have is This also has safety implications. inadequate. It would make a good research project for a sports psychologist. Widespread use of AADs means that the average cost of personal equipment is higher than it was. It is reasonable to suppose that a rise in the average entry cost will result in a fall in the numbers coming into the sport. It is possible that clubs There are now a small but increasing number of operating on the edge of financial viability could be affected by people in skydiving, who have been ‘saved’ by an a change of this kind, which is a matter of concern for the whole AAD, some twice or more. It is a consequence of Association and deserves further analysis.

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Photo Courtesy of Wendy Smith embarrassment. Other areas of aviation have In conclusion found ways to deal with this, and so must we. It you re High-tech safety aids such would be helpful if we all learned to recognise as audible altimeters and that none of us are immune to a loss of AADs offer a real benefit awareness, and so we have no right to look '»► your own, is part of the challenge of which we can use to reduce down on those who have been caught out. 1 skydiving, as it is part of general airmanship in the death rate in skydiving, have pulled low myself, and many other jumpers any aviation activity. You take full, grown-up but there is a risk of over will admit the same mistake. responsibility for your own life on every jump. reliance on backup devices. For some people, that element of self-reliance is Any skydiver should feel an important part of what they get out of the quite happy to jump without sport. Many people are attracted to sports which It is possible to take the benefit of an AAD and them, confident in their own provide such a test of character. Some jumpers use it to enhance performance rather than ability to deal with any have a gut feeling that an AAD removes this safety. Just as antilock brakes, crumple zones situation. This doesn’t mean challenge of ultimate self-reliance from their and airbags are used by some as an aid to that you have to make such jumping, and so dilutes this aspect of the driving faster, often subconsciously, it may be jumps - just that you experience. The presence of an AAD therefore tempting to use an AAD to free the mind from should be confident of changes the psychological background of the monitoring altitude and so focus more on freefall your own abilities and sport. If you have an AAD, ask yourself if you performance, especially if this leads to presence of mind. would be quite confident to make a jump without competitive advantage. This may help to explain Skydiving will be changed one. If not, then you have become some of the highly experienced 'saves’. by the wider use of psychologically adapted to its presence. This high-tech safety equipment. does not mean that you are over-reliant on it, but Wearing an AAD might lead some jumpers to feel It remains to be seen exactly is a possible first step to over-reliance. If you invulnerable. It would be interesting to monitor how far the death rate can would definitely refuse to jump without one, you the relationship between AAD use and the be reduced by this have become reliant on it and are no longer decision to jump without a helmet. technology, as people may using it simply as a backup device. adjust in other ways, and so There is even some evidence from reports to restore some of the ‘lost Airtec’s web page reports some cases of Airtec, that in some cases of AAD saves, the risk’. The end result will be a jumpers lying, or interfering with their jumpers involved may have been drunk, the sport in which people still equipment after landing, to conceal most extreme form of AAD abuse. die, but from a different incidents caused by their loss of balance of causes and, awareness. It would be helpful to these hopefully, in smaller individuals if the culture of skydiving numbers. However, it will be encouraged honesty about these a different sport in certain incidents and reduced any feelings of tif ways. It will cost more, and possibly appeal to a different range of Photo by Tony Danbury personalities. It would be interesting to examine the effects on trends in retention, age s k y d i v e mag asks... distribution, and the gender **• Are jumpers taking more risks now balance in the sport. At because they’ve got an AAD? present, no organisation is **■ If you hear someone saying ‘It’s okay, I’ve got collecting the kind of a Cypres’, in response to a question of risk, statistics which could ask yourself if that’s logical. provide answers to any of **• Does an AAD increase the chance these questions. of a main & reserve entanglement?

I would recommend an Are modern jumpers’ body clocks not as calibrated as those who started jumping before the AAD to almost any jumper. widespread use of AADs? But I would hope that they actively maintain their own *» Some jumpers say they need an AAD in case they get knocked out. This hardly happened before, so what are people doing differently now? awareness and survival skills so they never come ** Many jumpers believe jumping without an AAD is dangerous. It never used to be to rely on it. considered that way, so what has changed?

** Does wearing an AAD change any of your emergency procedures?

Skysurfers may make an informed and considered choice not to wear an AAD for board jumps. How considered is yo u r AAD decision?

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Q. What is performed ? A. • Cables are checked • Processing unit case is split apart • Unit is temperature tested by • Calibration is checked and rectified if needed Aussi Venom ! • Technical data is compared with the original production phase, analysed and appropriate action Rob Colpus Leading Edge Parachutes is a small Australian taken company owned and operated by a bloke called • Unit is subjected to simulated activation conditions, Hicky, a member of the World Cup gold medal thus testing the activation programming and data winning Aussi 16-way team It’ll Happen. The • Power consumption is tested company builds a range of canopies for all • Cutters are checked electrically • Applicable technical improvements will be performed experience levels including a student 9-cell and a base jumping 7-cell. Top of the range though Q. How long does the 4 year maintenance take ? is a lively little zero-P elliptical called the Venom. A. Normally two weeks. Built in six sizes from 97 to 170sq feet, the Q. Are new replaceable field cutters included in the Venom’s performance is similar to PD’s Stiletto, maintenance charge ? with light toggle pressure, fast diving turns and A. No, this is an additional cost if needed. heaps of easily available lift for the surf. Q. Will the battery be replaced ? A. Only if its life time is up, or ends prior to the next The most distinguishing feature of the Venom is repack. This will be charged as an addition. the use of triangular ‘V’ flares which partially cover the canopy’s nose. According to Hicky Q. Who can perform the 4 year maintenance ? A. Airtec in Germany or SSK industries in USA. these flares, which he has been using in one form or another since 1991, help to spread the Q. When does the Cypres need the next 4 year load across the span and shape the cell inlets. maintenance? Leading Edge canopies are available custom in A. Cypres needs to be returned 8 years from the original date of manufacture (DOM) as stated on the unit’s label. 4-6 weeks and will retail in the UK for around A leeway of plus or minus three months is allowed to £800 - £900. enable this to be done when it is most convenient. There Leading Edge 00613 9877 9232 is no advantage or disadvantage in sending it up to 3 or UK Dealers months early or late, it is the same price and the identical next required inspection date - all based on the DOM. Q. Why can’t the maintenance be carried out more than 3 months before it’s due ? A. Airtec compares the measured data of the unit with Atom Tandem Mod other units from the same DOM period. This may show Parachutes de France have released a technical deviations which could lead to more comprehensive tests. bulletin which recommends a Q. Is there a visual sign indicating the 4 yearly modification to the main pilot maintenance has been performed ? A stop band is chute of their Atom Tandem A. A round silver seal on the side of the Cypres. now system. The bulletin states recommeded Airtec - 0049 2953 1293 that, in the case of on the bridle of Atom Tandem interruption of the main systems canopy deployment such as a bag lock, the total drag on the Prima Facie then collapsed tandem Those insatiable innovators at Parachutes de drogue may not be sufficient France have come up with yet another product to to ensure the release of the main risers before join their long list of original ideas. Intended to reserve activation. PdeF recommend the fill the gap between the conventional student installation of a stop band at the top end of the training canopy and today’s high performance retraction bridle inside the drogue chute - 280 ram-airs, the Prima is the first fully fledged semi­ mm from the top. The company states that this elliptical canopy to be constructed entirely from stop band allows the drogue chute to remain conventional low porosity PF2500 fabric (also partially inflated during the deployment sequence, known as ‘blue’ (equivalant to F111). PdeF claim that the Prima is easy to pack (unlike large zero-P thus generating sufficient drag to ensure the canopies), has soft openings and is easy for correct release of the main canopy in the case of beginner jumpers to control. The Prima is a cutaway. The stop band is available from PdeF available in sizes ranging from 190-290 sq ft and or can be manufactured according to drawings is suitable for maximum suspended weights of Note: Kit News is an editorial feature, not available on their web site. paid for in any way by advertising. We aim between 176 and 286 lbs. to provide facts about new kit so that you, PF - 0033 1 34327750 the reader, may make an informed choice. PF - 0033 1 34327750 Inclusion o f a product here in no way www.parachutes-de-france.com www.parachutes-de-france.com constitutes a recommendation. 12 skvdive August 99 Skeleton Boneheads \

Bonehead Helmets of the USA are offering a range of 5 accessories which allow the owner to progress the helmet along with the jumper’s changing needs. For instance if you decide you want to jump camera (stills, video or both), Bonehead can provide a ------range of add-ons specific to your needs - side and top mounts for both stills and vids, a range of brackets for cameras, or a completely enclosed video box are available. Other accessories include video light indicators, air switches for stills and ring sights.

Da-Bomb is the company’s latest cool looking low profile camera helmet featuring a unique single point locking system Bonehead Helmets with a chin-cup and the option to mount stills or video on the top offer a range of and both sides. Each side of the helmet has an internal audible add-ons for your altimeter pocket. Actually the Da Bomb is not just one helmet, but camera needs rather a collection of lined carbon fibre panels held together by a v ------x complex system of bindings and hinges. The helmet looks complicated at first but, once adjusted, Bonehead claim that the Da Bomb is simple to don and remove. All Bonehead helmets come as standard in a black carbon fibre/resin finish but other colour options are available in tints, opaques, metallics and flakes. All Bonehead helmets are fitted with a thermofit liner which shapes to fit any head shape, (not sure about cone heads) Bonehead - 001 909 943 1166 or UK Dealers

Racer Tandem Groundings Because of a series of very hard openings on some Jumpshack Racer Elite 400 Tandem Mini Weather Station canopies, resulting in canopy damage and The new Kestral 3000 Envirometer (I think they’ve injury to the tandem master, the BPA’s Safety made that word up!) from Nielsen and Kellerman of and Training Committee (STC) decided at a the USA is a useful item for parachute display teams meeting in June to ground three specific and small enough to hold in the palm of one hand. canopies and requested that owners of others The meter gives instant readings for wind speed, not use them until they had contacted the temperature, wind chill, relative humidity, BPA's safety officials. heat index and dew point - phew! It can BPA - 0116 278 5271 track maximum and average wind speeds along with current readings in your choice of knots, metres per second, kilometres Achtung! - German Rigs Grounded per hour, miles per hour, feet per minute Three German manufactured Harness/Container or Beaufort scale. Temperature, wind systems - the Top Flyer, Sprint and Pit have chill, heat index and dew point can all be been grounded following a fatal accident in displayed in degrees C or F. To take one Germany where the reserve bridle parted of these measurements, the user slips off company with the free-bag during reserve the Kestral’s protective case, holds the deployment. The apparent cause of the problem unit in the air, and reads the digital display was sub-standard material used in the - that’s it! All the functions are controlled manufacture of the bridle line. Where the bridle with just two buttons. The wind speed was sewn to the free-bag several rows of accuracy is within 3%. N&K also claim stitching had been applied at the bridle/bag claim that the Kestral is waterproof to one junction point. This caused ‘widening’ of the metre and floats. It operates on a single common bridle line material fibres and, when used at high watch battery that provides 300 hours of readings speed tearing and parting of the fabric occurred. and is guaranteed for up to one year. Retail price is The three container types that might contain one just over £100. Much cheaper than Michael Fish (and of the suspect free-bags have been grounded possibly more accurate)! subject to an inspection by an Advanced Rigger. Nielsen-Kellerman - 001 610 447 1555 BPA-0116 278 5271 www.kestral-instruments.com skydive ** August 99 s ~ ; - - - y : ; r -■ r a g

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What is the best thing to do if an feels good on you. Get a canopy of a suggest you have two options; exit starts funnelling? size you personally feel happy to 1 Go back to Florida (not during the jump. The last thing you need is a hurricane season) Juan Stable flying machine which makes you 2. Try a DZ in the UK. Dear Juan nervous about jumping. You want to It is possible that because of the bad Find the relative wind and stick your feel so comfortable you can’t wait to weather you suffered in the States belly to it. No matter what happens to get in the air. and the resultant lack of time the rest of the exit, just keep flying Ask your rigger friend about resale available, that your ground schools your own body on the relative wind. value, most rigs and canopies from may have been shortened to ‘get the You will either help to keep the exit the major manufacturers hold their jumps in’ before you left the country. stable or will be one of the few people value quite well. Stay with this rig for That pressure wouldn’t occur over who doesn’t go down the pan when it at least the next 100-200 jumps or so. here because you could just come does. Fight as hard as you can to You’ll know when you’re ready to back to the DZ when the weather was keep presented, with a grim upgrade because you’ll know what better, thus allowing more time for determination because it isn’t always you want whereas now you’d only be briefing and practising in between easy! But generally you can save guessing. jumps. yourself as long as you weren’t the S vrf Svrgcon The pressure of getting the jumps cause of the exit funnelling in the first done will almost always occur when place. someone takes a course in a foreign “ it is I assume in my answer that you Dear Dive Dr, country for such a short period of time. understand the concept of relative I did an AFF course in Florida last From experience, I can say that the important wind and flying an exit down it. If you year. Partly because I only had a weather isn’t always better in foreign don’t, ask someone whose FS ability week, partly because of the countries and people can and do to remove you trust to explain it to you. hurricanes but mostly because my complete their aff course in this To avoid the exit funnelling in the first body position was so rubbish, I country over the same time period that the fear of place, leave at the same time and ended up stuck on Level 5 and now it takes abroad, without the pressure present to the relative wind. It’s as I’m back to the beginning. How can of running out of time. There are failure ” simple as that. I get my body position sorted out many people left in this scenario, after and get qualified? Help! having been beaten by the weather or Piv'e- X^ocA oy Kub'iok- Yours illness whilst on holiday. The best tip to be given, if you intend to spend a S&M Dear Dive Doctor week abroad, is to confirm with the Dear S&M organisation you intend to skydive I weigh 12 stone, have just Assuming your body position was fine with, as to which DZ in the UK will be graduated AFF and wonder what when practising on the ground then it’s happy to take you on after the course sort of kit to buy. At present I am probably more to do with your mindset (graduated or not). It is then a good jumping club kit and it’s in the air. Many students perform well idea to check with that UK DZ as to inconvenient to say the least. But, when on the trolleys but go to pieces whether this is actually true, how although I more or less have the in the air because of negative stuff that much they will charge for the money for a new rig and canopies, I goes through their heads. The best remainder of the course or, if you have don’t want to make an expensive advice is to relax by recognising when graduated, for your check-out dive. mistake. you’re getting nervous, taking a deep Piv'e. P r A Per Chaser breath and having a positive internal Dear Per affirmation (‘I can do this, it’s easy, We’d recommend you buy a second this is fun and I’m enjoying it’). BAD ASS hand rig, asking lots of advice from There is a lot of pressure on the AFF people you trust (instructors and student to perform, because of the FREEFLY TROUSERS AND SUITS high learning curve that AFF riggers, not your mates or the ‘cool custom made to your specs and groovies’). Your best bet now is to provides and the financial penalties get the experience and canopy skills inflicted from failed levels. To you need without downsizing radically overcome this, it is important to from what you jumped on AFF. Think remove the fear of failure by 2 1 of your first rig as a transitional item, a recognising that it is okay to make ORIGINAL LI AZ) learning tool. Your needs will change mistakes (I’m not suggesting that performance clothing radically over the next 200 jumps so you forget to pull!). In the whole for more info contact:- almost any new rig would be a mindset game there is one ethic that UK/EUROPE U.S.A. mistake. rings true every time “He who thinks IAN CHAPMAN RON NOFFZ he can and he who thinks he can’t Tel: (01482) 355133 (Arizona Freeflight) Shop around to get a good deal, E-mail:- E-mail:- always get a rigger to look the kit over are both right.” [email protected] [email protected]

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We actually had good weather! Various obstacles prevented the promised CASA, but nobody seemed to mind and just had a brilliant time using the Let and Porter, plus Hinton's Let for the second weekend. We did over 200 turbine lifts and over 3,000 jumps during the Boogie! FS groups were organised by 'Crazy' Dave Ruckert, Stealth, Milko and Dave Morris.

The largest successful formation was a 32-way. George Pilkington organised tracking dives; loads of smiling faces but (in George's words) "The world is not ready for a two-aircraft tracking dive, guys!". Nightlife was sorted by Chuckles with stormingly good bands and discos, and the beer flowed! Blue sky and howling winds on the final Sunday provided a welcome relief before the onslaught of Britl00!

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Monday morning unveiled the "Base more importantly, a cool cutaway Scotty started his skydiving career 48 from Heaven". 44,000+ jumps in system. The rig is fitted into the 30 years ago, on July 23. The very the base 8, and no one you would suit and then you put it and your rig day that man landed on the moon. change ... on paper at least. The only on together. Booties and zipped arms Well done Scotty, that's one skydive drawback was that we had lost the make the suit snug. every 37.5 hours for the last 30 Casa and the Skyvan and were down I sat around and watched for a while. years. Respect. to only 108 slots. S till... 108 ! YEAH! Wots is no 'Test Pilot'. I t needs to be Tracking - the New Blast Much fun was had in the next 4 days, sorted to satisfaction, before X m Skydivers have been queuing up to go a full report is later in this mag. getting anywhere near it! After jump with George on his Tracking On the last day in the captains' looking at the suits and seeing the Dives. In 6 jumps, 86 people went meeting at 9.30 it was announced smiling faces returning from the DZ, tracking at the Langar Big Aircraft that 2 Turbolets had to leave at I persuaded Robert, Jari and Tim Boogie. The 2 days culminated in the 3pm. Stunned silence. Weather bad, Porter to do a 4-way with me. Sitting UK's first 2 plane tracking load. 2 aircraft o ff ...here we go again. The in the G92 climbing to altitude I was Turbolets in formation, 33 skydivers meeting over, there was a call for very scared. What would it be like, ready for some fun. Well, it was 'Believers to shift this cloud', from how would I cope with deployment, no horrendous! People going in all Did you know . . . the Vibes Man George. 20 climbed Cypres, borrowed gear... elephants directions, very quickly. Either the into the tractor trailer with 5 cups world is not ready for a 2 plane load all over me... Out the door, open my . . . it takes 253 of sugar stolen from the canteen. or George needs to change his arms and legs to inflate the wings, components to make Down at the bottom of the runway, a and Yippee, here we go. There's briefing. Either way, it won't be for a Tear Drop. circle was formed all holding hands. Robert, cruise over in his direction, some time... Track George down at a "bo you Believe?" “Don't think Geo, just fly", they had DZ near you soon. "Yes, we Believe." said. They were right, this was very Turbolet Mania The sugar was racked out in lines easy. No stress on the body, very Weston on the Green and Hinton in joining the runway lines to make one cool. Swooping around chasing the Twigs have now on station a big line. The believers lay down like Robert, then check the alti, 8,000ft. Turbolet 410. Fly some more, stretch the wings, lift little 'Fowlers' either side ready to Versa Vice snort those clouds away. Then Geo the stomach, see the ground passing Chris Gauge and Tim Porter of Vice gave the ancient sacred command underneath me...woooooow! Then Versa are doing a 100 jump training “Puff". In seconds the sugar Time-Out!! Evolution is bleeping in my camp at Cross Keys, USA in disappeared. At the DZ, the non ear, oh no...time to dump. Deep preparation for the New Age Quote of the believers smiled. 2 l/2 hours later breath, concentrate. Arms in, find Nationals. The boys are working Month the clouds were gone and we were the BOC, arms out, pitch the pilot everything, with an emphasis on on jump run - HAH! chute, arms in. My feet come up and the canopy deploys very nicely. Phew! speed. Chris is the current Guinness " The only way to The aircraft formation was I'm in the saddle at 5,280ft. That World Record holder (64 revolutions incredibly tight. Cool Chick 'Super have a friend is to was easy. Narce. Very Nice. I need in 20 seconds) so I am sure they Floater' left the rail, so did her 99 be one " all of the altitude to get back to the sure are fast. Chris told Wots, "We mates. By 8,500ft everyone was in. DZ, man I have flown a long way. want to carry on where Playstation XL's Toby and Pete looked around. left off." Chris and Tim are full time This is going to be massive. But we Toby looked at Pete, they both at Target Skysports, Hibaldstow. need to approach it in the right nodded. We had it. The firs t British Tim has just completed his 1,000th manner, know our own personal 100-way. On landing, the DZ went jump this year! Just another limits, and respect the risks. I will ballistic. The atmosphere was like tandem... Nice one Tim. nothing I have ever experienced be open by 5,000ft, for a very long before. People were crying, laughing, time to come. They are also involved in a TV programme “The Director's Cut". A sobbing, shouting, hugging, all of it. 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K n o w w h a t y o u a r e l o o k in g a t Having established which direction you would like You must be looking directly down at the ground. the run-in, it is important to let the pilot know with If you are directly above a building you will not be clear, simple instructions. You will also need to able to see the side of it, or the trunks of trees if you remember that throwing the WDI at 2,000 feet will are above them. It is more difficult over fields or give you the opening point other open ground but you will soon get used to but not necessarily the exit • cross referencing by looking slightly forward or point for altitude. The exit Exit Point back at fences, trees or other objects that surround point is further upwind than the opening point to Opening Point WDI Thrown the open area. • • allow for freefall drift When spotting your head must be out the door so W ind ^ ^ you are not accidentally looking forward at the K n o w w h a t t h e 1 ground. However, you must also be careful not be AIRCRAFT IS DOING too far out and looking back underneath the The aircraft may not always aircraft. Either mistake can lead to massive errors be running in flat and level • when you are spotting from high altitudes. Landing Area WDI Lands from the tum-in point to the Look Straight Down From the side exit point. Very often, if the pilot is doing his job well, he will turn to run-in and continue to climb so that the / \ f a ° A aircraft is at an upward angle. If you are looking at / —\ \ / v° an angle perpendicular to the floor of the aircraft you will in actual fact be looking forward and therefore you may spot short, with practice you X \ / ✓ will be able to tell whether the aircraft is climbing W R O N G h ^ RIGHT or not. Do not have your (7 | Put your head You must also be able to see what the aircraft is head inside the / ! out of the door aircraft when spotting X j ' and look straight doing in relation to the ground. This will tell you by WRONG down what the winds at altitude are doing. If it seems Do not look under the aircraft. that the aircraft is taking a long time to cover the Katharine A small inaccuracy in the angle of sight makes a large ground then you should realise that the winds are distance error on the ground strong so take the spot deeper. The plane may Andrewes If you throw the Wind Drift Indicator, (WDI), it is appear to be moving sideways as well as forward important to know exactly where you were when it and this tells you the upper wind is coming from a was thrown. It is not nessecary for the aircraft to be different direction to the ground wind. (See wind flying directly into the wind when you throw the sheer.) WDI. skydive 25 August 99 Keith Larrett toadjust the “be aware of accordingly ” spot hazardsand potential beprepared 26 I* H ▲ 1 v •

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You can take crosswind and downwind spots quite quite spots downwind and crosswind take You can to last back safely it the make to distance and reasonable a point at be the exit early, the little at a out out group group first middle the get to Aim is and it pass clear same the loud, on out are lots are there commands If concise. your sure make out looking is right spot the getting to step first The potential hazards and be prepared to adjust the the adjust to prepared be and of hazards aware be potential always must you spotting When the has body your because eixt on forward move run-in. wind into an with compared in forward increase throw amarked notice will you plane the leave open everyone get to able be several will you are that there unlikely if spot crosswind a accurately. this take do to Don't difficult more is it but safely zone. drop the should everyone way That deep. little a out group zone. drop the to back get to exits unable group be last the over will time they out the by climbing then start point the exit to the group back get first to the able If are line airfield. jumpers wind the upper all the that on is so plane the that important corrections give to a need do you you if the give but will what run-in pilot good the noticing Ideally, and doing. is ground aircraft the at door the of PLACE RIGHT THE TO AIRCRAFT THE ET G wind cone if you are to land on the DZ. the on land the to are within you if be cone must wind point upwind opening Your distance DZ. some the of starts and narrow and long get to possible is it where area an is cone wind A accordingly. spot you aircraft.) distance the of speed horizontal the is forward (Throw you As early. exit to prepared be and speed aircraft ground the of increased the anticipate must run- you ins downwind On cones.) (See wind area. safe a in is it as windy, is it if especially pass, the on groups this area is short and wide and will start start will and is cone the wide winds high and For DZ. the of short is downwind wind is little area very control or wind this the canopy no is on there your back When that safely good). land (providing and airfield aircraft the of out Cones Wind 2 Sf ra n Hazards and Areas Safe 1 AD HINTS HANDY id he i we te pe wns r i a in are dog-leg. a winds call normally upper the when is sheer Wind windy On spotting. can not you when drift even freefaii out it noticed check never have you If be will point point. exit opening the the than will so you deeper drift that freefaii likely is it encounter strong is Drift wind Freefaii the When 3 different direction from the ground wind, what we we what wind, ground the from direction different Sheer Wind in travelled 4 have you far how freefaii. see to exit on on ground the opening above ground are you the where notice above then and point your assess days in this case the freefaii drift is in a ‘dog-leg’ to the ground wind ground the to ‘dog-leg’ a in is drift freefaii the case this in on ind W round G Upper Wind Upper X Wind Cones Wind reai Drift Freefaii id Sheer Wind Drift Freefaii Opening Point Landing Area Landing Point Opening James Stevenson In Britain this invariably means that the upper upper to relation the in right the that from blowing means be will winds invariably this Britain In fly on the ground wind heading. wind ground to the on fly attempting is if it left the to sliding be to will appear aircraft the opening the happens If this than 2,000 feet. at right point further point be exit will the that altitude at means This winds. ground the You will need to compensate for this by taking the the taking by this for compensate to need You will With patchy cloud you must still be able to see the the see to able be still base. must cloud you to cloud patchy down With back you see aircraft the cannot exit bring and the must cloud from above go point you If opening point. the and see to able ground be the must you there Legally, if around. spotting cloud is when taken be to has Conditions care Cloudy Extra in Spotting 5 right). the (ieto upper the of winds direction the to and deeper a bit spot opening point and be 100% sure where you are. you where 100%sure be and point opening You must be able to see the ground if getting out over cloud out gettingif ground see the Youableto be must Goa Pstoig System) Positioning (Global GPS on Notes Wind Ground • It won’t tell you if anything is in the cloud. the in is anything if you tell won’t It • twnttl o hwtiktecod is cloud the thick how you tell won’t It is base cloud • the what you tell won’t It • ti nya od ste pilot the as good as only is It • Upper Wind Upper nd^^ ^ d In Aircraft speed orc h ptb on right. going by spot left, the the to correct crab will aircraft The jumper. You should start spotting from lower lower from spotting start should You jumper. turn you when fast really travelling be windy in make short too people out getting that is spotting mistake when common Mistakes most Common The 6 20 knots and you will realise that you are going to to going are you that forward realise will a of you and speed 20 knots have wind a to that Add canopies 20 - of 40 mph. speed Modern conditions. with their head out of the door knows exactly exactly knows ground. door the over is the aircraft of the out where person the head Only their pilot. with the afraid to be under Don't corrections up. give way to can your experienced work and or you altitudes as instructor a practice from much supervision as Get too be to short. better too is it than deep scenario this In downwind. Having faith in the spot makes it easy to leave with a smile!a withleave easy toit makes spot in Havingthe faith rcieMks Perfect Makes Practice skydive skydive door knows door with person aircraft is ” is aircraft their head their where the where out of the of out “the only August 99 August exactly 27

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“It would be wrong of me not to recognise some of the critical factors that made all of this come together and, in particular, applaud some of the efforts which made a difference. Our supporters were there from the beginning, the BPA wisely spent a small amount of your money, Precision Aerodynamics, Sunpath and Cool n’ Groovy were major trade sponsors and Coldseal Conservatories made a sizeable cash donation as did Nigel Moore from Northern Ireland. But the team effort went further, we had fantastic co-operation from other drop zones who sent aeroplanes, Steve Swallow at Target Skysports gave us the free use of the G92 and pilot and Peterborough, Hinton and Headcorn all allowed us the use of their aeroplanes. This almost certainly cost these DZ's commercially and others also offered their planes.

‘The greatest part of BritlOO revolved around the people, the jumpers who participated whether on the 100- way or the 120 team that never got to happen; we were all on the expedition but not everyone got to scale the summit. The Team Captains led by Darryl Moran made this thing happen. Langar and all their staff did far

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A year of planning was about to bear fruit or be found barren. The BritlOO team had been we paid was food and accommodation for the pilot and chosen and were assembled at Langar. Willing fuel for the plane. A great offer. Hinton had just had their sponsors, helpers and supporters had joined new Turbolet arrive and sent it up almost before the paint was the team effort. A tiny line would stand dry, whilst Headcorn and Peterborough despatched theirs up to between success and failure, we would either Langar too. So there we were, with some of Britain's best skydivers, build a record or not... set up to do a 100-way+ out of five Turbolets, a G92 and a Porter! Not the ideal line-up which Dave Hickling had worked on all year but, as Success came in just three 100-way attempts skydivers, we are used to making the best of a non-ideal situation. Organiser - one of which wasiras tjjWarted by a premature Dazzle Moran assured us that we should treat it as a challenge, so we did. exit from a trail aircraft. So, to all intents Unbelievably, the weather was gorgeous! The groups split into three, dirt diving and purposes, we built it on the second go. took some considerable time but everyone managed three BritlOO jumps that day. Lesley Sale describes the day by day After just two practice 50-ways, complete on the second attempt, we went for 70 adventures of the BritlOO team on the way to on only the third jump. We were very close, only about five out; a reflection on the quality of British skydiving. No matter how experienced you are, each large their triumphant goal. formation load presents a different challenge in terms of aircraft and people positioning and everyone needs time to get ‘in the groove’ of big-ways.

Monday 12 July Multi aircraft loads are inevitably eventful and on the second dive of the day, one The Langar Boogie had come and gone but the DZ was still group was doing a 32-way - or so they thought! The two Turbolets ran in, ‘lights- buzzing from the vibe and had a carnival atmosphere with on’ signalled to open the door and get out; iights-off' was to get in the door and marquees, flags and trade stands. 120 skydivers plus hopefuls, go. ‘Lights-off’, the base aircraft got in the door and went - whilst in the trail hangers-on and well-wishers rocked up, rigs in one hand, aircraft, the Red Devils were still struggling with the door! The promised 32-way enthusiasm in the other. At the introductory briefing, George turned into two 16-ways but everyone saw the funny side and the vibes stayed Pilkington introduced the saying of the week, 'For the Good of high. Another incident was caused by someone giving corrections to one plane BritlOO and this was clearly how everyone felt. No one on run-in! As a result the two aircraft drifted further apart as the floaters on the complained or griped, everyone just got on with whatever job they lead plane were hanging on desperately in a real test of strength. This caused were given with good grace and great humour. another two 16-way formations to be built and the only reserve ride of the week due to Fran Gregory’s hands being too cold and tired to activate her main. We arrived to news that the tailgate aircraft had fallen through. The Casa wasn't allowed on the airfield for fire reasons and the A champagne party in the evening (courtesy of Rich Ward who went to France to Fat Boy Skyvan was in need of repair. Well British skydiving rallied buy it!) rounded off an excellent start to BritlOO. George as Entertainments round and sorted the problem out. Steve Swallow sent his G92 Officer flew his model aircraft to a delighted crowd who were well entertained over from Hibaldstow for no positioning fee and free flying time, all when it crashed! BritlOO www.brit100.co.uk

more than host the event. And this year we made our luck in other ways, we prepared Photo: Simon Ward harder and we had a full team that included the UK’s finest including our world standard 4-way who gave up team training to help the base. My job would never have been possible without many others but three in particular, Dave McKelvie who did so much on the video side, Kevin Richardson who built and maintained a website that attracted over 60,000 regular visitors and Bev Ford who kept everything in order. All of them gave of their time and took holiday for the good of BritlOO. L l\rL 9 ‘We had hundreds of other helpers, donors of prizes, goods and services, sellers of raffle tickets, participants and coaches on BritlOO DZ weekends, our own magazine and many more. Doubtless I have forgotten many, put people in the wrong order or simply under-emphasised the contribution made, I hope you will forgive me and live on the memory of that magical skydive - ‘For the good of BritlOO’." In the evening George flew his mended plane to a delighted crowd, Simon Ward we all drank more free beer and BritlOO Chairman applauded the raffle draw. Some impressive prizes were given out to jumping and non-jumping winners. Chris Adams was recognised for his fund raising efforts, the single person who has brought in more Tuesday sponsorship than anyone other Blue skies, yellow sun; smiling faces! The first dive of the day was one than Britl 00 committee members. group’s neat 50-way, followed by the other group's 70-way; complete, A leather jacket was presented to almost perfect, held for about three seconds and flying well. More BritlOO Chairman Simon Ward smiles. The weather closed in after just three jumps. But spirits whose dedication, organisational were high; a 70-way completion on only the second day was a skills and ability to achieve results great achievement. The next logical step was to add two have astounded all. Participants more planes, raise the altitude from 14 to 17,000ft ' \ 4 '"were promised refunds of some of and aim for the first three digit formation in the our registration money and offered skies over Britain. The afternoon was used a free video of the event. wisely, the weather hold allowing Friday 16 July oxygen bottles and masks to be fitted * ¥ The last day, the final effort, what to the planes; flying at such altitude " * would the weather be like? Dull, needs oxygen to prevent hypoxia. place. Like a scene from the Great Egg Race, three cloudy and miserable. We knew the Wednesday 100m rolls of gaffer tape, a jigsaw, an old piece of Texel Let had to leave with the Everyone was gagging to go for the plywood and the appliance of science created a working Langar Let in the afternoon to go to big 100. Sadly the weather wasn't. in-flight door, to protect our intrepid jumpers from the fear the Dutch record attempt. We But we suited up and dirt dived the • — of frost-bitten fingers and frozen brains. For the good of waited in flagging hopes, trying biggie anyway. Entertainment was BritlOO. Sebastian XL and Adrian Nicholas both gave desperately to be positive. There is provided by Dave Turner impromptu talks on their skydiving activities to entertain us no doubt that we had everything in distributing warm woolly hats to . j whilst we waited for the rain to cease. Wednesday evening place for success. The aircraft, the those in the Headcorn Turbolet, saw the arrival of DJ’s, lights, free beer and a big fat party. pilots, the airfield, the organisation, which was going to 17 grand the skydiving talent, the media; just the poxy British weather was without a door! Lots of down time Thursday on the ground meant that Stuart enough to screw up over twelve A single attempt in the morning started as carnage with a few Meacock sprung into action to try months of planning. As jumpers, we people lost and taking others out. But this load showed the to provide a door for the all felt more for the BritlOO experience, determination and talent on the load. Everyone Headcorn Let (which he was due committee than ourselves, they had gritted their teeth, chucked a ‘Deal with it Card’, got back up and to be flying in). He had driven put so much in, thought of docked. We so nearly had a 100-way but just ran out of time. back to Peterborough the 'J everything it seemed, but what can About five out (but all close). We felt just a couple more attempts previous day and picked up the you do if the sun don't shine? To and it would be in the bag. Ominously, clouds rolled in and that day old door for the Sibson Turbolet attempt but fail to build the 100-way we just had one more go. Seven planes ran in, some floaters (for a different sized opening would have been bearable but to climbed out but the load was aborted because of cloud. Five but what the heck?). Joined by „ ■ fall down without the opportunity to skydivers jumped as some of the floaters simply couldn’t hold on any the versatile Dane Kenny and even try seemed intolerable. longer - they had been hanging out in the Turbolet slipstream for the willing Czech pilots, a over a minute. We worked out that the cost of the lift was such that triumph of ingenuity took these five skydives cost £633 each! sky We landed, hugged each other, and kissed anyone within range. Walking back to the control tower we embraced everyone we saw. Our supporters ran out to greet us. More hugs, cheers, bravo’s. The whole drop zone had gone wild. Everyone was congratulating everyone. We didn’t need to watch the video, we just KNEW we had done it. Simon and Darryl watched it anyway just to make sure. It was confirmed. A 100-way flying over from Darryl over the tannoy, ‘BritlOO, some Langar for 13 seconds! good weather’s on the way, let’s get A grip had been dropped after 7 seconds but that wasn’t a problem. There are no official motivated!’ One last chance? We hoped so. FAI rules for a national record but their criteria for a world record state that it must be held We dirt-dived again and climbed to altitude for three seconds. Somehow we had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The drop wondering if we would be able to get out, zone went mad again! Everyone was clapping and cheering for a ridiculous amount of aware that this was the jump which had to time. We cheered the pilots, we saluted the participants, we clapped the organisers, we work. All 100 of us had to get it right in the praised the helpers, we made lots of noise! Young and old, jumpers and whuffos, ground same 60 seconds or we would fail in our crew and skydivers, supporters and participants, all were united in the joy of achieving the commitment to the sponsors. goal. It wasn’t until this point that I realised how many people were behind us and just how much inner fire every individual had within them. We were all so hungry for it to The Magical Jump happen and we had our just desserts. Tears were rolling down The base built, the zippers docked, the people's faces. There was just no way to calm anchors and loops joined, we all everyone down. Over a year of planning and concentrated hard on flying flat, level and careful preparation had come to fruit. tension-free; the whackers docked... I The pure magic of the first suddenly had this unbelievable surge of 100-way over Britain will excitement and amazement that it was stay with everyone complete. Somehow, on big-ways, you know there for the when it is built. I don’t know quite why, rest of their Tjfe ^ whether it is the stillness, the fact that the lives. ' * movement stops, or whether some sort of cosmic energy transmits around the formation, who knows? Anyway, there we were at 8,000 feet in this massive, beautiful formation and somehow everyone knew it was done. The base were looking around and nodding, the outsides were screaming and hollering, we were no longer referencing with our opposites, we were yahooing and waggling our heads at each other, geeking under this peachy formation, all part of our dream, knowing we had done it. What a feeling - pure magic!

We tracked off still charged with excitement. Opened in euphoria. Screamed under canopy. All we could hear was over a hundred skydivers doing the same.

Main photo: Adrian Nicholas Others: Simon Ward

Main photo and inset show transition to the second point of a 50-way Pilots

The formation flying was superb. Lots of very experienced skydivers agreed it was the best and most consistent formation flying they had ever seen. The planes were very close but never overstepping the bounds of safety. The spots were superb and the flying time seemed minimal. The pilots had not even flown together before. We all thought when we arrived that the loss of tailgate aircraft was a big problem but in fact it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as the Lets were so compatible flying together (and the Ukranian and Czech pilots could understand each other which was more than we could!). We say a big ‘Hats Off' to them all, they made our job so much easier.

Jh

The memory lives on We are producing a tape of the event that will include the lead-up to the week, the event itself, the DZ Tour training presentation and a few extra goodies we hope. The cost is £10 + £2 P&P with all money going into a special BritlOO project, the same applies to any sales from photos of the 100 formation, 8x12 inches and the same price.

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Central TV Midday news - 1 min, RA FSPA, DZ Tour Central TV news feature - 2 mins, RA FSPA, DZ Tour Reading Chronicle - P 2 1 ,1/4 page on Henry Thompson Enfield Independent - Phil O’Connor Edgware & Mill Hill Press, page 5 - Gordon Hodgkinson Barnett & Whetstone Press, page 5 - Gordon Hodgkinson Potters Bar & Cuffley Press, page 5 - Gordon Hodgkinson Hendon & Finchley Press, page 5 - Gordon Hodgkinson Western Daily Press, page 10 - Simon Ward Swindon Evening Advertiser - Simon Ward Wootton Bassett Standard - Simon Ward

I ! Website www.britl00.co.uk Kevin Richardson updated the website several times a day with the latest news. Press releases, photos and even videos of the skydives were available on the site before we had even packed.

MSN hosted BritlOO as a web event (like a chat room), where Simon was interviewed by Nial MacAnna. During the half hour transcript of the interview, MSN recorded 200,000 people listening in - transcript of the interview is available on the BritlOO website.

The figures for hits to the BritlOO website stood at 67,691 on 22 July. This included 5,822 hits on the day the record was achieved.

Thanks to Kevin, to Dave McKelvie who did the video editing and to all skydivers and supporters who checked the site to see how we were doing.

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J J J >-> August 99 Freefly BritlOO Adrian Nicholas, probably Britain's best freeflyer, had approached BritlOO Chairman Simon Ward to ask if he could video the formation loads - on his head! We were all delighted to welcome Adrian and everyone was impressed with the speed and control with which he carved around and under the formation. His unusual approach to video and stills of the formations lent another quality to the images produced, many of which you see •V' here. More than that even, his presence did a lot to bridge the so-called divide between freeflyer and other disciplines such as FS. He understood and respected more about our event, as we did about his. Thanks Adrian, nice one! I > *

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How long have you been jumping, how many jumps do you have and what level have you achieved? Started 4 February 1982, now have 2200+ jumps. You started as a formation skydiver, what did you get up to? out for the millennium because he'd probably have Mind Games 8-way, National champions 1983, 9'h in it done by the middle of next week. (Laughs) Well, World Meet same year; the 150-way world record in that's a little optimistic, even for me! 1992, 216-way Guinness Record in Bratislava, 297- way in Anapa, still the biggest formation built to How did you get involved with Speed Racing? date; several years with Another Planet 16-way, lots Speed racing only became possible with the of load organising at A1 (remember that place?), massive sample rate of Evolution, its ability to store Sibson, Langar, Ampuria, Vichy. the data and signal the start and end of the vertical mile. Speed racing is a bit of a blast. You get very And now you’re into freef lying, how good are scared in the plane on the way up. Get out of the ya? door, accelerate as fast as you can, blast into the I am bad. Very bad. But I've been worse! I love it measured mile, cover the distance in the shortest though. I love not dirt diving and the freedom of amount possible, flare out, dump and save your freeflying. I have a need to progress in what I do. life. Chappy (Ian Chapman), who had done the And freeflying gives me that quest to be doing fastest time in the world, 286 mph, was saying how things better all the time. much of a rush he got out of it. I looked around the Do you think you’ll stop flat flying? bar and saw all these other speed racers with ( t beaming faces. Chappy had pushed his limits I am No. Not at all, I really enjoyed BritlOO and I'm further than he had ever gone before ... but so had going to the world record. The beauty of skydiving all these other people, they had all gone faster than scared on today is that, if you can get to a level of competence they had before, so relatively they had all gone 286 in flat flying and freeflying, then you can do mph!! And they all had smiles. all of them ” anything. What about the safety side of speed racing? What was the best thing about BritlOO? Sometimes racers don't really take what they are It was all wicked. The aircraft formation flying was doing seriously enough. It always scares me far just mind blowing. The 100-way was a superb more than any other sort of skydive - and I am build, I didn't see any shit going down anywhere. scared on all of them, which is why I've got a black Perfect vibes. The mood on the ground afterwards visor! You have to make sure that your head and was like no other jump I can ever remember. And your equipment are all in the right places and are because a lot of people landed out it just seemed to staying there. You might not hear your Evolution go on and on. Adrian Nicholas flying underneath. because of the extra wind speed. We are planning to That was something else. The footage is spectacular. use LED's at the next speed racing but you have to And all that stuff on the website. Storming. have your wits about you and use your eyes. You Everybody working together. I am really looking must understand what you are doing. You are forward to the video. Simon Ward. He is definitely driving this dragster towards the ground as fast as the man, isn't he? He has got so much PR out of you can; don't expect to get any help from anything this, British skydiving doesn't know what's hit it. but yourself. Otherwise you're putting yourself in He is such an asset to skydiving! He should be an unnecessary risk category employed by the BPA and paid a fortune to sort us skydive 39 August 99 How do you feel about safety in skydiving? down including hook turning. The theory being I love skydiving Lesley but I respect it like nothing that we don't encourage hook turning but, we else. We do it because we want to have fun and we know people are going to do it, so we teach them do it because it is the most fun we can have. But it how to do it safely. You need to gently learn the fine is also probably the most dangerous situation we art of swooping your canopy, not just boogie on consciously place ourselves in. We do it voluntarily down and swing on a toggle! but it can take our lives in a heartbeat. I know How long do you think it takes to swoop your skydivers all over the world and the longer you are canopy? in the sport the more friends you seem to lose. Of 1,000 swoops. Not 1,000 jumps, 1,000 swoops. course you know more people by then but often people don't seem to comprehend what it is that How do you start? “ the key in they are doing. I see jumpers at Quincy flying With straight-in shots for 50 jumps. 45 degree turns around, hooking themselves into RV's and each into a straight in shot for 150 jumps. 90 degree swooping is other left right and centre, all trying to land in the turns and 180 degree turns in your own time after same area. They obviously don't understand how that. But it took until I had 1,500 jumps until I felt I to go dangerous what they are doing is or they wouldn't had an understanding of what I was doing. But you be doing it! I just want to make skydiving as safe as can still make mistakes. Even Rickster makes nowhere possible. To manufacture an audible alti which mistakes. You just have to make sure that, if you gives you all the information you need, when you make a mistake you still have the margin to correct near your need it, to skydivers all around the world, every it. The key in swooping is to go nowhere near your time they jump, gives me an enormous amount of limit. Just go to your limit minus a deal-with-it limit ” pleasure. card. We all know there is a time for hooking and Do you get lots of letters and emails of there is a time for leaving it well alone, like, going appreciation? into a tight demo with a brand-new Velocity. There's a time for holding, a time for folding and a (Laughs) No, this is skydiving! But I do get some time for running away! and they mean a lot. Do you think you might have saved a life with Explain the concept of deal-with-it cards your product? Well, Cool Cat (Rob Colpus, from Cold-Puss) The answer to that question has to be 'No' but I reckons there are 'lucky' skydivers and 'unlucky' have helped skydivers save their own lives. Time- skydivers. The only difference is that lucky O ut can't save your life, it just bleeps in your ear. skydivers carry a deal-with-it card. Unlucky What you do then is up to you. skydivers get taken out, or have a bad exit or a shoddy briefing and they screw up and don't get How did you develop the Time-Out? in. So-called 'lucky' skydivers have the same shit go I had started the Cool and Groovy Fridge Company down but they chuck a 'deal-with-it card' in these in '84 because I had a great passion to work in the situations, get back up or whatever they need to sport I love and then believed that the full face deal with the shit, and still do their job successfully. helmet was going to take over. Then I met this In other words, the deal-with-it cards are actually “ a time for dude with a digital altimeter who wanted me to sell experience, awareness and the determination never it. But I didn't think there was a huge market for it, to give up, always keep skydiving. why would my friends replace their wrist altis holding, a What would you say to people who say which they never looked at anyway? It did make swoopers are just posers? time for me think about why jump a visual alti when no-one looks at 'em? Audibles have got to be the way I remember once I was flying my model plane and I folding and forward because you don't have to look. caught it as it was coming into land. The dude next So, I thought, what did I myself, personally need? to me looks at me and says 'Poser' My response a time for Break-off indication to tell me to leave my friends was to say 'W hy is that Posing? I'm not doing it for and go and save my life; I need to know where you, I am doing it for me. It makes no difference to running 2,500 feet is because if I haven't deployed by then, I me if you're here or not. If you weren't here, I'd still need to do so; and I also need to know where 1,500 be doing it. How is that posing?' In the same way, away ” feet is cos I ain't going lower than that before I start ask yourself if you'd still be hooking in if all those reserve procedures. So I developed the perfect babes weren't cruisin' around at the DZ. If you'd product for me and it just so happens thousands of still land the same way on your own, you're not other skydivers think it's exactly what they need posing. If you'd just do a straight-in shot, then too. I had lots of input from my friends who are you're posing. Posing is pointless. If you have to mostly very experienced skydivers, we gave the pose you are probably placing yourself in the digital whizz kid a brief on what we had come up unnecessary risk category. If you swoop for with and the Time-Out w as bom . yourself, you will do it within your own limit. Do it Thanks for the commercial break, what else do for yourself, don't do it for anyone else. you do for safety? George was talking to Lesley Gale D uring BritlOO I gave talks on safety from break-off 40 skydive A u g u s t 99 THE K IT STORE Ltd THE ONE STOP SKYDIVING SHOP !

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A new computer system, both hardware and software has been The year 2000 Nationals are going to Target Skysports, installed in the BPA office. Like all new things it needed running in Hibaldstow. Registration and draw for FS and New Age Friday and a bit of tweaking, especially regarding the database for 14 July 2000. Competition starts Saturday 15 July. Registration addresses for the Mag. Most people did not receive the June and draw for CF and Classics the following Friday 21 July, their edition on time for which we apologise. When members leave the competition starts 22 July. BUT if either FS or New Age are not BPA, their details are never taken off the database (just in case complete then these disciplines take priority, weather they renew at a future date). The new software incorrectly conditions allowing, until Sunday 23 July at 1400 when prize recognised renewal dates of members and generated a mailing list giving is scheduled for FS and New Age. So this weekend will similar enough in size not to arouse suspicion until after the be a crossover weekend where all four events are side by side. magazines had been posted. This problem was nothing to do with CF and Classics then continue until Sunday 30 July as worst the new printers, it just happened to occur at changeover time. case scenario with the weather. However, based on previous NEW RATINGS It took some time to identify and isolate the mistake, not least years’ experience, these could be completed as early as because the computer systems at the BPA had all gone down in Wednesday 26 July so we have built a prizegiving then into the Category System the meantime. But now the system is up and running well, leaving plan. This enables anybody who wishes, to enter all disciplines Basic Instructor the BPA Office well prepared for the millennium. while also having the potential for all the disciplines to be on Chris Landry L Van der Post site simultaneously on the middle weekend as per the World The Communications Committee and the Editor arranged a reprint Jim O ’K ane (calling for a special Council vote between meetings). If anyone Air Games (WAG) concept. These will be selection Nationals P h ilip Lee has still not received their June issue, please call the BPA office for the WAG, 2001, in ALL the disciplines. Rob Windsor Toby Goodchild who will send you out another. 0116 278 5271 Target Skysports is looking forward to hosting this competition Nick Lupton STC as the first combined Nationals of all these disciplines. There Steve Mursell are over 12 months to plan for this event and we think it will be D avid H ix Tandem Racer Elite canopies are grounded due to opening very big indeed. K eith L uty problems. Chris McCann N a t io n a l T e a m s K evin Fyfe The committee had updates on National Teams Zoe Carroll David Pritchard MILLENIUM BOOGIE Junction 9 and Sebastian XL, which were ‘very Vaughan Morgan-Jones encouraging'. Especially XL so the committee lain Anderson had no hesitation in releasing the final £10,000 Robert MacDonald for XL’s training. They have had all the £36,000 promised by the BPA and are on impressive Category System Instructor form, setting a new National Record at the FS T 0 1 CA B A Y on the Joe Willoughby Nationals in Peterborough (see box). So too did Jo n H orn e Junction 9 and Angels, new Junior Champions. Darren Brown Both Junction 9 and XL regained their title at Dick Barton John Finnighan the recent FS Nationals at Peterborough, full Brian Poole report next issue. Mark Trindall Stuart Morris

Tandem Instructor David Lister N a t io n a l R e c o r d s Andrew Hodgson Paul Hubbertsey New FS records were set at the Jason Thompson British Nationals. Robert Marshall Sebastian XL set a senior 4-way Andy Whitcombe record of 25 points, Angels set an S teve B lee junior 4-way record of 16 points East Cape of New Zealand Advanced Instructor and Junction 9 set an 8-way Karen Farr record of 16 points. Nigel Allen Hosted by A new British Record for accuracy Dennis Buchanan on the 3cm pad was achieved at Great Lake Skydive the Arizona Classics competition in Instructor Examiner Mick Nealis March ‘99. The record score was Paul Moore Limited Stocks available Call Now 9cm over 10 rounds, (including 5 Tony Goodman consecutive discs) set by Dave 00 64 7 57*4662 Ballard. AFF Instructor Cathy Travers Congratulations to all! Sarah Laughton WEB SITE - htt|K//www.freefly.co.n2 John Bishop skydive ^ August 99 Official Publication of Skydive Sebastian, the World’s Most Scenic Drop Zone! We Have Training For All Skill Levels We offer, team coaching & Training, RW training courses, FS1 Progression, WARP & Skydive University Coaching to CAT 10, W ind Tunnel Training, Free Load organizing by Martin Evan's (Mr. Sky-EyeSequential) and Sebastian XL.

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Correction: Last issue stated that Dave BritlOO'. It was also for the good of our facts about going to sunnier climates to leam Tylcoat had been jumping for nearly 80 sponsors and the BPA. to skydive. years, when the figure should have read 30. Chopper Jon Turner and I have been taking AFF students to USA for the last few years for dt®j skydive.... deaf skydive.. the very simple fact that the weather and facilities are better. Now before all DZ Thanks fo r Br itIOO BritlOO has achieved what it set out to achieve, with style. I was very proud to be owners go on the defence of their centres, To all Council Members, please accept my part of a team that worked so well together. no one can match the resources that thanks for your vision and foresight in I think that another record attempt is out of American DZ's can offer or the price. (( supporting SrifJOOoverthe past 14 months. the question for some time, but the sponsoring As a participant in both 1998 and 1999 it momentum of it all should not be lost. I In defence of what Dave has said, we have became evident to me that such tangible BPA would like to see a continuation of the also encountered students (as many CCI's support has contributed enormously to the BritlOO weekends or something similar and I will no doubt confirm) who have gone the record success of BritlOO as well as raising the profile would be happy to give my time, albeit abroad and done it on the cheap to find that of the support throughout the UK. In my limited, to seeing this happen. Special thanks they are not on a par with BPA standards, attempt experience ft is without doubt the most go from me to Dave Hickling & Dave Turner which can only lead an inexperienced widespread, successful and positive publicity I for hosting what must be the biggest student into potentially dangerous have seen in UK skydiving since I first started headache of an event. Also to Simon who situations, through no real fault of their own. showed jumping 29 years ago. worked A & B & the C of D. Dave Morris We take our students away for two weeks, Within the sport, I think BritlOO has done a during which the priority is learning how to both great job imparting knowledge and expertise in the form of the DZ roadshow. I personally skydive safely - not packing (who ever got am in favour of such skills camps that put injured packing?). I'm not saying that we courage something back into the sport and give less WOT, NO SWANSEA? don't include learning the basics of packing, experienced jumpers the opportunity to leam As you may know, I have been working very but many of our students will go to their own the skills needed for large formation hard for about a year to open a parachute local drop zone and every centre I have and skydiving. It also allows more experienced club at Swansea Airport. On 1 June, been to teaches packing in a different way. jumpers access to leam new skills in a way however, I broke my leg rather nastily and foresight” not seen before in the UK. have been in hosprtal ever since. Once the All of our students have achieved between drugs wore off sufficiently for sustained 25-60 skydives logged in a two week Dave Stephens BPA 16701 concentration, I tried a number of options period. Again as Dave stated, there is far which would let me proceed. It is my more to an AFF course than eight jumps. dfec.r skydive. reluctant conclusion that this simply is not Quality, consistent supervision and practical. Rightly or wrongly - actually there encouragement during the first fifty jumps As captain of the Brit 100 Weston team I was not much choice. This whole project is has got to be a priority. want to express my thanks and admiration centred on me personally and I am simply for the support given to BritlOO by the BPA. not going to be physically capable of the Simon Ward once said to me that skydiving The decision to sponsor the record attempt work required in the next few months. in this country was too cheap, (gasp, horror, Therefore, I have decided not to pursue the showed both courage and foresight and I am shock). The meaning of such a statement project further this year. proud to have played a part in delivering the was that people taking up the sport demand goods for you. value for money but also want quality I remain strongly committed to the idea and, personal instruction (which is why we call In my many years of skydiving I don't think I if the pieces are still in place at Christmas, I have ever seen the BPA portrayed in such a will be looking to review the opening for them clients and believe this is what AFF is positive light in the national press and on TV Spring 2000. Obviously I will talk individually all about!). “ the most and radio. When did we last see the BPA logo to those involved about the chances as soon Dave Mitchell D8867 featured in a full colour centre spread in one as I can and take all comments on board. of the country's major daily newspapers? Chris Jones D8783 widespread, Note: If you re-read the ‘On the Soapbox’, Note: There are no incident reports this My thanks extend not only to the BPA Dave Morris was not criticising AFF abroad issue due to Chris Jones’accident. Normal decision makers, but also to the BPA perse. He was saving that some of these successful membership. Without such a talented pool of service will be resumed next issue and we courses are far less complete than the BPA skydivers to choose from, the job of look forward to Chris reporting on his own AFF course. If doing AFF abroad, it makes organising BritlOO would have been so incident! - Ed and positive sense to check exactly what the course much more difficult. Record breaking is all offers, find out about the centre’s reputation about pushing the limits, so it is unfortunate and either allow sufficient extra time for publicity ” that there had to be a limit to the number of dear skydive... plenty of consolidation jumps or do an AFF skydivers that could be selected. Hopefully In reply to those talented jumpers that could not be in course with an organisation linked to a On the Soapbox the air with us will be able to put their British drop zone. personal disappointment to one side and by Dave Morris - April ‘99 Actually, Dave and Dave, I think you are in share in the success that was (as the phrase Dave is a very well respected instructor but i lull agreement I - Ed went throughout the week) "For the good of feel that he has missed a few very important

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The Northern Outfitters suits kept me toasty warm as I made the five minute walk to the flags where media and ground crew were waiting to welcome us. By the time 1 reached them my eyelids had frozen together and the sweat I'd worked up had frozen my hair to my head.

We spent a short two hours at the Pole whilst we drank and toasted the trip, took the 'I was there' pictures and savoured the experience of being part of just 4,000 people who had had the privilege of ever setting foot on top of the world. It was mind blowing to think that every direction you turned was south and that the 2m layer of ice was the only thing between you and the seabed 4km beneath.

It was a once in a life time experience which I will savour forever. I would recommend it to anyone. I made great friends with the multi national expedition and hope to stay in touch Thanks to Paraworld for the trip and I’lSA for my fantastic new Hornet canopy. I now plan to jump the South Pole with Paraworld's Millenium Expedition, cargo which indicated we were over the ice airport during Dec 99 - Jan 2000. Aartyone interested and very near the North Pole..We were given the contact Nathalie Chudiak on [email protected] opportunity to calibrate our AAD's as the aircraft or tel/fax 0031 70 383 6687. came down low for a 500ft pass and within a few minutes we were back up to 12,000ft and getting ready for jump run. 1 was to go first and I made my way towards the front of the line which was being formed at the tailgate. 1 was casually making a few last minute checks to my goggles and straps when 1 saw out of the corner of my eve that 1 was frantically being urged to jump. I was caught totally unaware and had no time for a deep breath, 1 just ran for it.

1 exited and turned 180° straight away to shoot the jumpers behind me. Unfortunately the following jumpers were specs on the horizon by the time I pushed the shutter, which just goes to show the speed of the exit.

I braced myself in a small arch in the slipstream. The cold never really hit me and my pair of ski

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Tel: 01404 891690 Mobile: 0850 032767 AGUEST1 ©CompuServe.com Open: 9am - dark, Wkends, midweek by arrangement First Jump Courses: squares, AFF, tandem Aircraft: Cessna 206 FS CFWP S U i — II ^ A ® 7 E a g l e s c o t t S k y d iv in g C e n t r e PO Box 1728,Salisbury, Wilts, SP4 9UY Drop Zone: Umberleigh, Devon Tel: 01769 520552 Mob: 07887 532490 www.bluechilli.co.uk/eaglescott Open: Weekends 9am - 9pm, midweek by arrangement First Jump Courses: squares, AFF, tandem Aircraft: Cessna 206, Islander FS CF FF AC WP S U x ftf ^ A # 1

8 H e a d c o r n P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e Headcorn Aerodrome, Headcorn, Kent TN27 9HX Tel: 01622 890862 Fax: 01622 890641 [email protected] Open: Every day 9am - dark First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem Aircraft: Islander, Porter AC WP J£ || Yft 9 H in to n S k y d iv in g C e n t r e Hinton Airfield, Steane, , Brackley, Northants NN13 5NS Tel: 01295 812300 Fax: 01295 812400 [email protected] www.skydive.co.uk Open: 10am - 7pm Tues - Fri, 8am - late Sat and Sun First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem Aircraft: Cessna 206 (larger aircraft for summer)

1 0 L o n d o n P a r a c h u t e S c h o o l 31 Green Street, Hazlemere, Bucks HP15 7RA Drop Zone located off Junction 6 of M40 Tel: 01494 459500 Fax: 01494 444326 Mob: 0958 695199 Open: Weekends 8am - dark First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, tandem Aircraft: Islander, Cessna 206 1-22 Civilian BPA Centres 1 B l a c k K n ig h ts P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e w p s A A-D Military BPA Centres Patty's Farm, Hilliam Lane, Cockerham, Nr Lancaster Tel: W/end 01524 791820 or 0151 924 5560 1 1 M e r lin P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e www.bkpc.demon.co.uk Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe, NrThirsk, North Yorkshire All BPA Affiliated drop Open: Weekends, bank holidays 8am - 8pm Tel: Weekdays 01204 391860 Weekend 01845 578971 zones are run under the BPA First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem Open: Weekends and bank holidays 9am - dark Operations Manual Aircraft: Islander, Cessna 185 First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem Aircraft: Islander LO FS CF AC WP -c S t f y A f l % FS CF AC JB 2 B o r d e r P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e Brunton Airfield, Chathill, Northumberland NE67 5ER 1 2 N o r t h L o n d o n P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e L t d Tel: 01665 589000 Fax: 01665 721053 Chatteris Airfield, Manea, March Cambs PE15 0EA [email protected] www.borderparachute.co.uk Tel: 01354 740810 Office 01725 513330 Open: Wkends winter, any day by call in summer, 9am-daik Fax: 01725 510690 www.chatpara.com First Jump Courses: squares, AEF, tandem Open: Tues - Fri 10.30am - dark, Weekends 8am - dark Aircraft: Cessna 182, larger aircraft on call First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem Aircraft: Islander FS AC WP A X LO FS CF WP^fi) f| A ® 3 B r itis h P a r a c h u t e S c h o o l s 1 3 N o r t h W e s t P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e Langar Airfield, Langar, Nottingham NG13 9HY Cark Airfield, Flookburgh, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria Tel/Fax: 01949 860878 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 015395 58672/58555 Weekdays 01772 720848 Open: Every day 9am to 8pm (or sunset), 10am start Sunday Open: Weekends and bank holidays First Jump Courses: squares, AFF, tandem First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, tandem Aircraft: Porter and Cessna 206. Turbolet (summer) Aircraft: Islander LO FS FF WP * £; ft » || Y § A © % LO FS CF AC WP s-= ft JB A i %

4 B r itis h S k y s p o r t s , B r id l in g to n 1 4 P a r a g o n S k y d iv in g East Leys Farm, Grindale, Bridlington, E.Yorks Y016 4YB Errol Airfield, Grange, Errol PH2 7TB Tel: 01262 677367 / 0836 276188 Fax: 01262 401871 Tel: 01821 642454 Fax: 01821 642656 Open: Every day 8am - 8pm [email protected] http://members.aol.com/billycurri First Jump Courses: squares, AFF, tandem Open: Wed - Sun Aircraft. Cessna 206, Islander First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem LO FS CF AC WP x ft » || T A ® \ Aircraft: Cessna 206 CF w pacjs^A # \ 5 C o r n w a l l P a r a c h u t e C l u b Frans Ranch, Old Naval Airfield, St Merryn, Cornwall 1 5 P eterborough P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e Tel: 01841 540691 Sibson Airfield, Wansford, Peterborough PE8 6NE Open: Weekend 8am - dark, Wed & Fri (summer) Tel: 01832 280490 Fax: 01832 280409 First Jump Courses: squares, tandem www.skydivesibson.com Aircraft: Cessna 182 Open: 8am - 8pm, Tue - Sun(summer), Wed - Sun(winter) FS WP S U fil First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem Aircraft: Islander, Cessna 206, Turbolet (summer) 6 D e v o n & S o m e r s e t P a r a c h u t e S c h o o l L O F S F F W P fip A JE I I Y V A » % 30 Tower Way, Highfield, Dunkeswell, Nr Honiton, Devon 52 skydive ^ August 99 I

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Owner/Operator: Colin Fitzmaurice Evening meals/bar: Nothing on the DZ except a CCI: Pat Walters case of beer from the management when the last lift has broken ground. Within three miles we have two Instructors: Eight total including three tandem Italian, three Chinese, three Indian, three fish and chips, instructors and two AFF instructors, four admin staff. several takeaways and some forty pubs! A ircraft: Two Cessna 206s (5 place) Scenery and other local attractions: Altitude restrictions: None Spectacular aerial views of Snowdonia and the Dee Jump prices: estuary. Hawkstone Park, Ironbridge and the Roman Members £16.50 10,000ft towns of Shrewsbury and Chester all within twenty to Non-members £18 10,000ft thirty minutes drive. Tilstock operates on Annual membership is £25 Other information: Due to local planning Friday and Saturday only Load organising/coaching: No official load restrictions we don’t operate on Sundays but we are so no-one has to get up organising policy although it does happen when open Friday afternoons and all day Saturday with, early on Sunday! necessary. Several WARP Instructors available on a typically, thirty to slots basis. forty loads on a Saturday. Other businesses located on DZ: We have rigging facilities and sell all the usual basic accessories. Visitors report: Agents for Sunpath and TimeOut!! What a happy place! The aircrat Special events coming up/annual: may be small but it Annual Progression Week at the end of May with our is always flying annual Birthday Party on the last Saturday. AGM every and the centre has year and Christmas Party on December 11 this year, a great friendly with other parties whenever we feel we deserve one! atmosphere. Regular helicopter jumps when available. Special attractions: Just the vibe! (The manifest staff have a knife to my throat so I have to put them in . m w * t u m im this section too) 1 ' i * C anteen: Snack bar run by former jumper, Jenny Donner. Typical DZ fare with lunchtime meals and full breakfasts.

1 6 P e t e r l e e P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e 21 UK P a r a c h u t in g The Airfield, Shotton Colliery,, Peterlee, Co Durham DH6 2NF Old Buckenham Airfield, Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 1PU Tel: DZ 0191 517 1234 Tel/Fax: Office 0191 386 5261 Tel: 01953 861030 Fax: 01953 861031 [email protected] http://members.aol.com/skydiveamy ukps@ keme.co.uk www.keme.co.uk/~ukps/ Open: Every day 8.30am - 8.30 pm (tel. Mon, Tue, Thur) Open: Weekdays 9am - 8pm (best to phone first) First Jump Courses: squares, AFF, tandem First Jump Courses: squares, tandem Aircraft: Cessna 182, piston Islander Aircraft: PA-32 (available for weekend displays) FS CFWPJ

1 7 S k y d iv e S t r a t h a l l a n 2 2 W il d G e e s e S k y d iv e C e n t r e Strathallan Airfield, Nr Auchterarder, Perthshire PH3 1 LA Movenis Airfield, 116 Carrowreagh Road, Garvagh, Tel: 07000 467593 Weekend 01764 662572 Coleraine, Co Londonderry, N Ireland BT51 5LQ Open: Fri 5pm - 9pm, weekends 9am - 9p Tel: 012665 58609 Fax: 012665 57050 First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem [email protected] Coaching Aircraft: Islander, 2 x Cessna 206 www.wildgeese.demon.co.uk F S W P sx (t JS Open: Every day 8am - dark LO load organisers First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, tandem 1 8 S tir l in g P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e Aircraft: Cessna 206, Cessna Caravan FS formation skydiving Thornhill, Nr Stirling,Scotland FK8 3QT c f w p » | j A 18 r CF canopy formation Tel: 01786 870788 Fax: 01786 870748 FF freeflying [email protected] Open: Weekends 9.30am - 9pm, sometimes midweek A Army Parachute Association AC accuracy First Jump Courses: rounds The Commandant, JSPC Airfield Camp, Netheravon, Aircraft: PA-32 , Cherokee 6 Salisbury, Wilts. SP4 9SF WP WARP Tel: Bulford Camp 01980 633371, ext CCI 8229, Staff 8277 LOFSCF s u Skydive U [email protected] Facilities 1 9 T a r g e t S k y s p o r t s B RAFSPA Hibaldstow Airfield, Hibaldstow, Brigg, North Lincolnshire & RAFSPA Hawks Parachute Team 3« rigging room Tel/Fax: 0113 250 5600 or 01652 648837 DZ JSPC (W) RAF Weston-on-the-Green, Bicester, Oxon OX6 8TQ [email protected] video room Tel: 01869 343343/343201 Fax: 01869 343676 Open: 9am to dusk every day [email protected] it equipment shop First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem Aircraft: G92 Tuibine, Domier Skyservant, Cherokee 6 C S e r v ic e s P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e canteen LO FS FF WP A » \ Shackleton Barracks, BFPO 802. evening restaurant Tel: 01504 721472 Fax: 01504 721342 I! 2 0 T h e P a r a c h u t e C e n t r e Tilstock Airfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 2HA Mobile: 0802 328755 [email protected] T bar Tel: 01948 841111 Fax: 01948 840638 D S il v e r S t a r s P a r a c h u t e T e a m bunkhouse [email protected] www.tilstock.demon.co.uk Duke of Gloucester Barracks, A camping welcome Open: Sat 8am - dark, Fri 2pm - dark (summer) South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucester GL5 5RD First Jump Courses: rounds, squares, AFF, tandem Tel: 01285 861344 or 01285 860551 X8259 m caravans welcome Aircraft: 2 x Cessna 206 www.skygod.u-net.com LOFSCF AC W P^iA JEfe A © % showers skydive 53 August 99 parachuting organisations

FOREIGN MILFTARY AFFILIATED D Z’S PARACHUTE TRAINING SERVICES FREEFALL ADVENTURES 11 Godwyn Close, Abingdon, Oxon O X 141BU 440 S Airport Road, Foreign Military Affiliated CYPRUS COMBINED SERVICES Tel/Fax: 01235 529570 Lake Wales, FL 33853, USA DZ's are run under the BPA PARACHUTE CENTRE (CCSPC) E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 1 941 679 9779 Operations Manual Contact: Club CCI, Run by Doug Peacock, BPA Instructor/Examiner. Fax: 00 1 941 679 9449 Dhekelia Garrison, BFPO 58, Cyprus The complete RAPS package, PTS offers one E-mail: [email protected] Tel: Office: 00 357 4 744337 DZ: 744245 jump introductory courses with the option of www.ffadventures.com Fax: 00 357 4 744180 individual progression training through Cat 8 and BPA and USPA qualified training and wind advanced grades. Operating at Hinton Airfield in tunnel. Owned by Brit Mick Hall. Casa, Otter and RAPA JSPC(L) conjunction with Hinton Skydiving Centre. Six King Air. Over 600 acres, classrooms, state of the (Rhine Army Parachute Association) days per week, call for further information. art equipment, undercover packing, camping, showers, bunk rooms, rigging, store, restaurant. Flugplatz, 33175 Bad Lippspringe, PhD SKYDIVING Germany, B F P O 16 Shrewton, Wilts SP34JY THE FREEFALL COMPANY Tel: 00 49 5254 98 2378 or 98 2740 Tel: 01980 621363 Mob: 07971 665815 Box 194, 17487 Empuriabrava, Spain Fax: 00 49 5254 98 2740 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 34 619 356 202 E-mail: 100550.2171 ©compuserve.com www.phdskydiving.co.uk or 00 34 7245 0111 (centre) Friendly, professional AFF school run by Martin E-mail: [email protected] ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS Williams, BPA Advanced AFF instructor and Skydive U coach. Providing clients with small, http:Wmembers.aol.com\freefalluk Associated Organisations ACTIVE SKYDIVING personally tailored courses all year in California, Operated by Kevin McCarthy, National Champion when operating at a BPA Glengoynan, St Fillans Spain and UK. Fully equiped with video, PD with over 5,000 jumps and over 15 years Affiliated Centre, are run Navigator student canopy and Cypres AAD. experience. Probably the best AFF school in Perthshire PH6 2ND Europe. State of the art equipment and under the requirements of the Tel/Fax: 01764 685316 Mob: 07803 041348 POPS UK professional, personalised training gives you safe, BPA operations manual. The E-mail:[email protected] Hon Treas/Sec: Sue Hill rapid progression to Category 10 and beyond! BPA takes no responsibility http://www.commercepark.co.uk/skydive/ 40 The Hamlet, St Annes, Lancs FY83LE Videos with all jumps. Courses available all year in the Costa Brava. Flexible payment to suit YOU! for training or advice given by Run by Scotty Milne, ex Red Devil, 5 times British Tel: 01253 713841 those organisations when Champion, over 6,500jumps, 25 years experience, E-mail: [email protected] Advanced Instructor, AIT Instructor, Tandem LAPALISSE PARACHUTING operating at non Affiliated http://www.thepops.com Instructor, Examiner and FS Coach. Offering CENTRE centres. A society of skydivers over forty. Regular Accelerated Freefall (AFF) courses in the UK, Aerodrome F-03120 Lapalisse, France national and international meets at host parachute Spain or Florida using state of the art equipment. Tel: 00 33 4 7099 1803 centres. Fax: 00 33 4 7099 2856 AIRWAVES THE RED DEVILS E-mail: [email protected] 43 Baldwyns Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 2AB Airfield Camp, Netheravon, www.Lapalisse-aero.com Tel/Fax: 01322 557375 Mob: 0802 472566 Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 9SF Open March 15 to Nov 15. Facilities: packing E-mail:[email protected] hall, AFF, tandem, Shorts Skyvan, jumps from Tel: 01980 678211 (Chief Instructor) Operated by Rod Bartholomew. 19 years 14,000ft, creeping area, team rooms, Tel: 01980 678212 (Students) experience BPA AFF, RAPS, tandem and FS videographers, gear hire, 25 bedrooms, free instructor rated. Provides professional / personal Tel: 01980 678203 (Rigging) camping, restaurant, bar, pool, sauna, volleyball. skydiving holidays at Royan and Soulac (France) Fax: 01980 678349 and Florida. AFF, WARP, one-on-one, RAPS and SKYDIVE CITY / Z-HILLS RAPS progression are all available at our summer SCOTTISH SPORTS PARACHUTE 40440 Chancey Road, Zephyrhills, French seaside resorts. Operating full time in ASSOCIATION FL 33540, USA France from May to September and Florida Anne Johnson (Chairwoman, SSPA), Tel: 001 813 783 9399 November to May. Strathallan Airfield, Fax: 813 782 0599 Auchterarder, Perthshire PH3 1 BE www.skydivecity.com BRITISH COLLEGIATE Dedicated to the promotion and development of Visit Skydive City / Z-Hills - Florida’s number one PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION parachuting in Scotland. Sponsorship of the drop zone! Five Twin Otters this season, Sunshine c/o Paul Channin - Chairman, BCPA Scottish National Championships and other Factory on site, rigging, covered packing, free 72 Park Road, Liverpool L37 6AQ competitions, provision of the only student camping, showers, food, bar, climbing wall. One Tel: 0956 395680 progression, WARP, and CF training subsidy stop skydiving! system in the world; riggers and instructors training E-mail: [email protected] SKYDIVE SEBASTIAN Affiliations: Bristol University, Exeter University, grants and much much more. Get in touch! 400 W Airport Drive, Sebastian, Lancaster University, Loughborough University, Newcastle University, Nottingham University, SKYDIVE ACADEMY LTD FL 32958, USA University College of St. Martin, University of East P O Box 192, Durham DH1 5WD Tel: 00 1 561 388 5672 Anglia, University of Plymouth, University of Contact: Ian Rosenvinge Fax: 561 388 2105 E-mail: [email protected] Portsmouth, University of Sheffield, University of Tel/Fax: 0191 386 5261 Mob: 0860 156779 SebastianXL [email protected] St. Andrews, University of Surrey, University of E-mail: [email protected] Sussex, University West of England, Warwick Offers BPA and USPA qualified training. Aircraft http://members.aol.com/skydiveamy University. - Super Otter, Super Casa. AFF, tandem, home of Run by Ian Rosenvinge (BPA Advanced / AFF / Skydive U, freefly coaching, team training from Tandem Examiner & USPA AFF JM/I). Offers DAVID MORRIS ACTION SPORTS Sebastian XL. Equipped team rooms, gym, AFF, tandem, video and FS coaching at Peterlee 2 Daleside, Cotgrave, Nottingham NG12 3QA volleyball, bunk-house, camping, beach jumps, Parachute Centre. AFF courses also run in Florida load organising, rigging service, accommodation Tel/Fax: 01115 989 2050 Mob: 0374 986600 and Southern Europe, autumn through spring. E-mail:[email protected] arranged. www.daleside2.demon.co.uk SKYDIVE LIMITED TRAIN IN SPAIN Dave specialises in AFF courses and tandem Sibson Airfield, Wansford, Aerodromo Sierra Morena, Carretera Bailen - introductions in the UK, Spain and France. The Peterborough PE8 6NE Motril, 6km, E-23710 Bailen (Jaen), Spain AFF course includes free jumpsuit, altimeter, Tel: 01832 280066 Fax: 01832 280067 Tel: 00 34 953 125 233 helmet, goggles, video log with re-jumps at cost. A Mobile: 0850 007178 Fax: 00 34 953 125 231 great deal if you want to learn to skydive. Dave has over 7,000 jumps and is a BPA Instructor, E-mail: 100722.2744 @ compuserve.com E-mail: [email protected] Examiner, tandem and AFF. Chris Allen, Ex Red Devil, CCI, BPA Open 15 October - end April. Skydive in Spain this AFF/Tandem Examiner, USPA Safety and winter from Europe’s fastest climbing Twin Otter, EAST COAST PARACHUTE CENTRE Training advisor and Skydive University UK also Pilatus Porter. Team coaching, FS courses, 8 Burns Crescent, coordinator. Offers AFF courses in America, one-on-one, AFF and tandem. Freeflyers welcome. Chelmsford, Essex CM2 OTS Spain, Germany and the UK. Also available; Small shop and rigging. Cafe/ Tapas bar. Free team Tel: 01245 268772 team coaching, Skydive University one-on-one rooms, video debriefing. Large creeping platform. Currently sharing facilities with the London programme and tandem. Cheap hotels. Freefly/Skysurf coaching. Parachute School at Lewknor drop zone. FOREIGN ASSOCIATED MANCHESTER PARACHUTE ORGANISATIONS SCHOOL Foreign Associated 23 Heywood Gardens, CPCB Organisations do not Prestwich, Manchester M25 1FW PO Box 194,17487 Empuriabrava, Spain Tel: 00 34 972 45 01 11 operate in accordance with the Contact: Chris Miller Fax: 00 34 972 45 07 49 requirements of the BPA Tel: 0161 798 6895 Mob: 0370 575621 E-mail: [email protected] www.skyrats.com operations manual. The BPA E-mail: [email protected] Skydive Spain! AFF courses (1 tandem, 7 jumps takes no responsibility for any Based in Stockport, Manchester with 2,000 sq ft of full time, fully equipped premises for the with air-to-air video), tandem flights, freestyle training or advice given by school, Babylon freefly school, Skydive U, free those organisations. teaching of RAPS courses (Ram Air Progression System). We also offer tandem jumps and AFF load organising, team coaching (special rates), courses. Train weekdays or midweek evenings, gear hire (with Cypres). 2 Pilatus Porters all year jump at weekend. Presently running in and other aircraft. All jumps from 12,500ft. Open conjunction with Target Skysports. all year - and now club house, tennis and pool!

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1st FF Larks Ivan Sellar, Bunny McGeechan FF1 News... BIG NEWS! Pete Sellers, Mike Harrower Brit 100 achieved a new British Record IS1, C-License & FF1 100-way on 16 July - at Langar, of course. A big well done and thanks to all Jim McKee, William Clifford involved: a brilliant team and a great FF2 week. Robin Taudivin, Calum Grant 600 jumps The following weekend, our Let went to Eddie Jones (our beloved Texel, Holland to fly in their record attempt: the Dutch made a 72-way cameraman) record formation, so Captain Leonid and crew have two National records under Kelly Strachan their belt! O v e r th e This batch of achievers are: 1st Freefall: Mark Coleman, Steve BORDER Moxon, John Baker Cat 8: Simon Wright, Sharon Mullinger, News Owen Waddingham, Chris Wright, We had a wonderful time Richard Sullivan, Chris Dutton, Steve Simmons, Nick Henson when Hibaldstow's Dornier FS1: Chris Lloyd (sit flying!), Jo Pettit, dropped in for a couple of Dan Saggers, Chris Bryant, Catherine days en route to the Scottish Keeling, Vicki Priest Nationals. We are hoping to FF1: Nic Maunder-Taylor, Ben Allen, have it back in September - Steve Newman check our web page. 100 jumps: Elton Watts 300 jumps: Keith Riley (that's over 100 We have beach jumps since the last Mag!), Cat Darby. scheduled for 4-5 September. 400 jumps: Rusty Lewis 500 jumps: Chris McCann Our Christmas party is 700 jumps: Gordon Hodgkinson scheduled for the 11 800 jumps and 12 hours freefali: Gary December at the Victoria 'Swoop' Wainwright (it was the actual Hotel in Bamburgh. This was 100-way record dive! Must be beer!) a seriously good party last 1,000 jumps: Pete Knight year and we welcome anyone 1,300 jumps: Rich Wheatley (on the 4th LET 410 Engineer Ivan Kovelurin and co-pilot Gosha Yepifanov returned to the Ukraine after who wants to join us. 100-way attempt) BritlOO. As with all our Let crew, Gosha got the traditional Tandem with Dave Morris and Tony Danbury takes home photos and video. So long and good luck to both! We have at last got our in-flight door fitted. Luxury! All details at Wake up little Susies! www.borderparachute.co.uk Cark jumpers Sue Findlay and Sue Skull sit-flying over Eloy, Arizona. Congratulations Thanks go to Chappy for the freefly clothing! RAPA Open Accuracy Champion: Glenn Stephenson, well done from all your friends at BPC. 7.000 jumps: Scotty Milne 60 Hours Freefall: Tim Andrewes 3.000 jumps: Katherine Andrewes 1.000 jumps: Ian "Freddy" MacDonald 200 Jumps: Edwin Dinsdale, Derek Partington FS1: John Hillam Cat 8: Ruth Dixon, Alan Robertson New Pilot: Glen Gartland Grant Hetherington Katherine Andrewes z - f ! . , ______skydive S August 99 Club News Sunny Keep it in the family Chatteris Crowd Cyprus Eugene Brennan earned the name of "Sparky" after clipping power lines with Located in Dhekelia about one side of his canopy on a demo. midway between Larnaca Thankfully the only thing damaged and Ayia Napa, the weather was the canopy. is sunny and the views over the Med are Congratulations to Mike Rust and Jude outstanding. If you are on Taylor on the birth of Jasmin Rust, holiday drop in and see us. a healthy bouncing baby girl.

We have a BN2A Islander, Jim Pescod known to many as Jimbo large covered packing broke his leg in a motor bike accident area, canteen and bar, in June. We all wish you a speedy rigging facilities and rig recovery and hope to see you back hire, including several new jumping as soon as possible. Navigator canopies. Jack Hawkins will be leaving this

Besides the regular happy country soon to work in the British punters, we have Daniel Parker and James Swallow from Target Skysports with their respective fathers, Virgin Islands as a pilot, all the best jumpers from Greece, Phil Parker on video and Steve Swallow about to follow out of the G92 Turbine. Both and don't forget the postcards, you lads did AFF courses in ‘97 as soon as they were 16 and haven’t looked back since. Cyprus, Israel, Norway, lucky bugger!

Austria and Slovakia. Andy Parkin has joined the Chatteris Back row, L-R: crowd and set up the centre’s AFF Congratulations By the Bi-Plane Ian Nicholson, school. Best of luck with the new 1st Freefall Jim Sorbie, venture. Matt 'The Birdman', Andy Scott, ‘Jonno’ Anu Ojha, Jo Scotton Horne and Barry Achievements Maple pictured with A special mention must go 1st Freefall: Kevin L'amy Charlie Cat 8: Richard Bennett and Jim Harris to our manifesters, Don Shea-Simmonds AFF level 8: John Doherty Hughes and Pauline. and fellow pilots 100 jumps: Jason Elmore, Paul Moore after jum ping the Paul Hawkins, Andy James Tiger Moth 800 jumps: Kim Newton who finally Headcorn got out of the packing shed to do it Hot Hinton 900 jumps: Brucie and Shazza Andy Kelly Simonian (the race is on to a 1,000) We congratulate everyone 4 -Way Meet Islander Jump Pilot Rating: from BritlOO. We also A total of 8 teams Ben Harrison (not bad for 18 years old!) thank them for a great entered, with one team, Brucie Johnston training weekend and Groundrush, travelling cheers for the rockin' party from Cornwall. after! Any time that they want to return, they are The weather was more than welcome. promising with round one completed by We all wish Eamon a Saturday lunchtime. speedy recovery after his Groundrush set the Headcorn staff at the naming of the Let 410:

Meet winners: Groundrush «;tu Albon 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners on the podium Re-building Bridlington - 30 Years On Hibble Nibbles ACHIEVEMENTS DID YOU KNOW - The first parachute Progression Week 1st Freefall: Liz Jefferson, Tracy Bartley, descent made at Bridlington was 30 The weather was kind and I POPS everyone above 5 sec delays V Jo Smith, Chris Shaw, Trish McDonagh, years ago in March 2000. Plans are got to jump the turbine rocket CORNER Cat 8: Dave Platt afoot (with Charles Shea-Simmonds) to ship G92. A brilliant time was Cat 10: Doreen Dawn organise an old comrades reunion. Parachutists Over finished off with a barbecue Phorty Society 100 Jumps: Rob Mitchell Assistance or advice will be greatly painstakenly prepared by 400 Jumps Andy Pollitt, Phil Lyall appreciated. Rambo and Una. 5,000 Jumps: Nick Johnston The new clubhouse and toilet block are Achievements Our Student of the Year: Ali Rennie, well on the way to completion for the FS1: Rob Simpson, \ who travels from London to be with us. Martin (Rambo) Smith, millennium. Grateful thanks all who have Dan Lethbridge Club Handicap Accuracy given time, effort and enthusiasm. Cat 8: Alex Hammond, 29,30,31 May. All Categories Diary Date - 25 September Calvin Blacker, Lee Glyde, 1: Chris Shaw Water and beach jumps Chris Southworth, 2: Phil Lyall Cat Duncan, Pat Sharp, 3: Andy Pollitt Emmerson Antoine Lynne Johnston FF1: James Swallow FF2: Darren Soper Langar 26-27 June RAFSPA 4-WAY @ WESTON We were lucky with the weather and Our best wishes go to Kate Shew became a trainee POP for Unusually, only seven teams attended the annual RAFSPA 4-way competition, held Paul Hollow for a speedy recovery due to injuries and the dayl Good luck to Caroline O'Hagan 5-6 June (but we all won a gong!). In addition to the Islander, CCI John Saunders hospitalisation after being run who resumed regular jumping and called in the Hibaldstow Dornier (unfortunately, not jet propelled!) for a complete over by a go-cart at the party! joined Len, Ian, John, George and the change for regular Westonites. Hot Date Shews in som e informal FS. 20-24 September - our next Some of us made it past midnight in the progression week. Come and bar due to Chuckles, a few songs and a sample our altitude, aircraft lot of beer. and hospitality, all welcome. Trev Dobson COCKERHAM 31 AllGUST-1 SEPTEMBER This is our last meet of the year. A Club Reps report will be in the next mag. Border - Katherine Andrewes skydivenorth @ email, msn .com British Skysports - Lynne Johnston Chilliwack 01262 677 367 We wish all POPS attending the word Black Knights - Valerie McDonagh val @ bkpc.demon.co.uk meet a great time and good luck. Don't Cyprus - Pete Smith forget to take some great pictures! j6cisepi @ dial .cylink.com.cy Devon & Somerset - Alison Harkins [email protected] Welcome to New Members Eaglescott - Pippa Trout Mick W ise pippatrout @ hotmail .com Headcorn - Simon Hughes John Drew Senior Gold winners - 4 PAK: Airaffair® btinternet.com Hinton - Claire Tuckett/Rachel Gray Bob Gibbs Mark Scott, Craig Cunningham, Steve Mursell, Nick Lupton, Chris Bowden, camera [email protected] Langar - Tony Danbury The Saturday night disco was a blinder Julie Shew/Sue Hill [email protected] with copious amounts of jelly, ice cream Merlin -Mike Jeng www.pops.org.uk [email protected] and ginger beer (we think some of the Netheravon - Martin Williams ginger beer was off!) making a few [email protected] people worse for wear in the morning. N London - Richard Johnson gravaddict @ aol .com Headcorn Achievements The Competition North West - Doug Summers [email protected] 1,000 jumps: Len Bridger, Janet Tunks There were 6 rounds for all categories. Paragon Skydiving - Linda Ross 0973 746 929 400 jumps: Terri Meller However, the weather was as Intermediate Gold winners - X-Trix Peterborough - Cornelia Waymouth Cat 10: Barry Smith, Kelly Riggs (Billy), unpredictable as usual with only the first Ashley Kemp, Amanda Williams, Sarah & [email protected] Peterlee - Eric Hall Jackie Pickett round completed on the Saturday. The Tony Silman, Steve Nalden, camera [email protected] weather on Sunday was kinder and the Cat 8: David Atkinson RAPA - Jim Scarratt competition got into full swing. In true [email protected] form, at the end of the day the clouds Services PC - Geoff Hughes Babies: Patrick Keen - A bouncing baby rigger_202 @ aol.com boy; Elliot born to Lisa Bryant and vanished, to reveal a shining sun for the Sliver Stars - Richard Olpin Darren Casey prize giving - great! [email protected] Strathallan - Kelly Strachan Simon Hughes In the seniors, V-Max, fresh from their Mike&kelly@ blueskyO.demon.co.uk gold medal success in the America’s Target Skysports - Regan Tetlow [email protected] Cup, took an early lead and were only Tilstock - Colin Fitzmaurice Junior Gold winners - Game On: just pipped at the post by 4 Pak. X-Trix [email protected] Cark Corrections Rachel Grey, Jo Rutherford, Chris Weston - Bev Ford were victorious in the intermediates. Clements and Clare Tuckett (not in order) Corrections to last club news [email protected] Wild Geese - Francis Mullin Approved Instructor: Stuart Morris Results (4 rounds) [email protected] Seniors: 1 st: 4 Pak - 40pts 2nd: Cat 10: Paddy Doyle V -M a x - 39pts 3rd: 4 Play - 29pts Submit material for (Sorry Paddy & Stuart but it did make me Intermediate: 1st: X -T r ix - 31 pts 2nd: W estw ind- 20 pts Club News through your laugh - Stuart Morris finally getting his Junior: Game On (won by the narrowest of margins) club rep and not to the Cat 10! - Ed) X-Trix magazine direct skydive August 99 Club News Summer @ Peachy Top Week at Tilstock Skydive Sibson Peterlee Our annual Progression Week Cat 8: Pete Carroll ( no relation The corn circles are back - was 28 May-5 June, to his infamous namesake) where's Mulder when you Achievements culminating in a party and 4,000 jumps: Martin Wilshaw need him! First freefaii: Joanne disco in the clubhouse on Jamie McCulloch progressed Clemes Thanks to George Saturday evening. up the WARP system and 100 jumps: Chris Cowie. Pilkington for the tracking Andy Burgess moved onto 15 Loads were flown using two dives and speed Anthony Fernyhough sec delays. Amanda Ellis C206's. Two days were competition; I'm sure **” *t 200 jumps: Phil Hewitt Brynn Chaffe on Peterlee’s continued her AFF doesn't blame you for his new DZ vehicle! completely weathered out, consolidation jumps and first grounding of the News leading to captain Lyn George summer! Amanda Bunnell gained her Well after ten cold giving meteorology and 'D' certificate. Well done to all. Student winters, the fitting of the spotting lectures. The manifest Progression Week was full for both the Indian and Intrepid hero, Will Dodge, The weather gods smiled door to our Cessna 182 Italian restaurant nights, the jumped a blast from the past and there wasn’t enough is imminent and should stand-down time to do all be on by the time you latter being drunk dry of beer. - his Papillon, front and back the non-jumping stuff Chris read this. We have the Progression champs: system and persuaded others Donaldson had planned - BN I Islander here so AFF student Ian Probert with CCI Ian FS1: Ron Chercuti, to follow suit. the list of achievers is a come along and get Rosenvinge (L) and Dave Mitchell (R) Ewan Bent, Dave Gordon, Management quote: testament to that. The party onto an 8-way. "So, what time are we going to night saw all the old games club, who brings along a John Reynolds, Terry Hall, jump" - Colin Fitzmaurice. revived and everyone had A warm welcome to Dave wealth of skydiving experience. Steve Smith, Andy Naylor a truly brilliant week. Chris Gilmore Mitchell, now a member of the Eric Hall Celebrity Skydivers TV presenters Trev and Simon (BBC1 )and GMTV’s weather girl Andrea McLean BCPA Nationals were at Sibson for tandem The weather seemed to be our main for 1 st place - sorry for jumping with film crews. competitor. We managed to pack in 430 their lost team teddy, Achievers descents, 2 FS1 (Steph Lawlor and Neil last seen under a very FS1: Russell Smith and Muppet (sorry Moffat)) and a Cat 8 (Mike small round canopy Mike Marienfeld Evans) over the 5 days. Many of the over Lincolnshire. Cat 8: Nick Allen, Matt Skinner, Lee Massey, Ben Students made excellent category Frank, Jude Mitchell. progression, but special mentions must Weather conditions on 1st Freefalls: John Wragg go to Tony Alexopoulos (Sheffield), Jose Wednesday made for a (first this decade), Clark (Plymouth) and Ian Whibley day of low altitude lobs, Tony Wright, Giles Owen, (Teeside) who was our student of the enabling the accuracy Colin Lashmar, Lee Sirett, once again proved that they can't sing but week progressing from DPs to 10 sec to be completed in one day. Only a Vikki Branch, Tim Lightfoot, can enjoy themselves (OK, Andy Wright Richard Newton, delays. The Cat 8+ jumpers were given couple of DCs were recorded but most can manage Mustang Sally). Baldrick was Owen Davies, the choice of FS and FF coaching, with all managed measurable attempts. Although once again our inspiration to party - Caroline Edwards jumpers showing considerable ability and I’m not sure that a measure of ‘wrong always on hand to provide the KC freefly cup winner - willingness to learn from our excellent field, wrong side of road, but made it into awarded for best entertainment, be the entertainment or fill coaches, who were on hand whatever the the tractor tracks’ would earn many progression in the past year: the funnel. weather. accuracy points. (Will Bradbury - what Adrian Petherbridge IC1 ?). This also provided those wanting to As with previous years, there was a Cornelia Waymouth mixture of competition - 3-way FS and achieve IC1 the chance to practice their spotting techniques. Some of our more Rick Cannell accuracy and lots of progression. The experienced jumpers took the opportunity standard within collegiate skydiving Rick started jumping at to brush up on their static line round skills, Sibson in 1995. He was continues to improve year upon year, with (see pic) one of a group who some now obtaining coaching and progressed together, with instructor ratings. The FS competition As always the party carried on into the just enough of us for an attracted six teams and some excellent small hours. The Bucking Bronco Islander lift. We would be on quality skydiving from those involved. provided some eye-opening the first lift of the day and Nearly all rounds were completed and entertainment, with lots of flailing of limbs. we would all wave to Rick as he arrived late, driving scored by the ever helpful Chris Gauge. Thursday we chowed down to the annual onto the DZ as we taxied Congratulations to the Skydiving teddies BBQ followed by Karaoke. The collegiates Chris Gauge and Tim Porter provided FF along the runway. This set coaching (as well as camera work and the pattern for Rick’s judging). Regan Tetlow was coaching FS. skydiving career, heaven Adi Green and Paul Hollow were a great knows how he ever help with anything that needed doing achieved Cat 10! Rick was cheerful in his quiet way and (briefs, FS, dispatching). Dave McCauley always happy for those of offered video services. Thanks to us who had made the load. everyone at Hibbledstow for making our National Competition a success. Rick was tragically killed in a road accident in Greece and WHAT’S NEXT will be greatly missed by us all. There’ll never be another Freshers meet in November. Watch the jumpsuit like it! web-site for more info. Blue skies mate.

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