Auckland Skydivers Inc

Team,

Last weekend the weather really shone for the Saturday and we got three loads away and on Sunday, due to the weather, we unfortunately didn’t get off the ground.  As mentioned at times before, sometimes out of optimism I apply a bit of poetic license to the weather forecast but the rest of this week and the weekend needs none of that as at least the Saturday is looking to be clear blue blue skies:

SAT     Jul 10  Max 13°         Min 6°          Fine weather. Southeasterlies
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ASI, in conjunction with ASC, the CAA and Aerosports NZ are holding a Canopy Saftey and Piloting course on the weekend of October 31st.

The course will be run by Robert McMillan. Robert is a highly experienced pilot from Australia. He has represented Australia at the World Meet in Canopy Piloting four times (placing 4th) and is responsible for the canopy piloting course used by the APF.

The course is aimed at beginner to intermediate canopy pilots and has a strong focus on safety and the dynamics of your canopy and its control range.
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The NZPF have announced the 2009 AGM. It will be held at the Matamata dropzone on Saturday, 26th of September. The NZPF has been weakened in recent years, largely due to the change to optional membership and sport skydiving is suffering as a result. ASI and ASC both believe the NZPF is important for sport skydiving in New Zealand and promote membership and the active participation of sport skydivers to help keep it alive. So try to make some time to go along and get involved.
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If you are learning to pack, ASC will be holding two dedicated packing afternoons at the drop zone on the next two Wednesday afternoons (August 12th and 19th) starting at 2:30pm.

Update: Due to unforseen circumstances, the course planned for this Wednesday, August 12th, has been cancelled. The following Wednesday (19th) is still on.

If you plan to attend, please register your interest with Tree (rebecca [dot] trethowen [at] nzdf.mil.nz) so that she can plan accordingly.

Dale Elliot is a Commercial Pilot, an aircraft engineer, a skydiver, motivational speaker, a comedian and a paraplegic.

The guys at NZ Aerosports and Deepseed met Dale at the APF conference in May, where he was a guest speaker, and were blown away by his story. So much so that they’ve brought him over to do his stuff here!

Come and listen to Dale’s amazing story at NZ Aerosports (46A Sussex Street Grey Lynn) this Wednesday, 1st of July from 6pm.

The beer fridge will be full, so come and hang out with Dale and catch up with some mates.

Check out http://www.daleelliott.com/Home.html to find out more about Dale.

Hope to see you all there.

If you can’t make it on Wednesday, Deepseed is hosting an evening in Taupo on Thursday 2nd July. Contact Liam [at] deepseed.com for details.

READ THIS IF YOU ARE PART OF, OR WANT TO BE PART OF JUMP START 2009

As you will know, Jump Start is looming. The event date is set for 14th March 2009 (weather day 15th March 09). Only a short time to go! Behind the scenes we have been very busy in coordinating this years event. The RNZAF Hercules is “tasked” and so all confirmed for Jump Start 2009.

DO YOU WANT TO JUMP THE C130 HERCULES?

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Taupo Tandem Skydiving are holding a mini boogie on January 1st and 2nd to launch their new sport jumper club, Skydive Source.

Join us to Launch Skydive Source and your New Year with two days of sport jumping in Taupo. NO TANDEMS! We have free fly coaches, flat fly coaching, load organizing, gear shops, Massage clinic, BBQ, beers and fun to be had by all. Spend two days with us or make a long weekend of it.

So, forget the New Years day hangover and come on down to Taupo to start the year off the way you plan to continue it – with lots of jumping.
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Summers comming (at last) so why not start it with one of  the first event of summer — “There’s a Hole Coming”, a November weekend of fun events & skills training, including, amongst other things…..

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They will be “lobbing their socks off” over Abel Tasman this coming weekend. Rod and Te are heading up from Fox along with others heading over from around the island. The fun starts ….

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Ecuador are holding a Herc Boogie for the 5th to 14th of December this year. For details, check out the boogie web site.

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