Sth QLD Mentor Update – February 2017
by Ben Nordkamp
Bigway Report
By Ben Nordkamp:
What’s been happening?
Well we had a very successful Intermediate & Novice Event that started on Boxing day and finished on the last day of the year on the 31st of December. The week started with Instructors donating their time to do 30 B-Rel jumps with slots provided by The APF B-Rel Boost, South Queensland Parachute Council and the Toogoolawah skydivers club, who knows we may see some of these people at the Aussie record!
Two day of canopy courses were aim specifically at Bigways with opening dangers, separation and how to approach and enter the landing pattern as well as basic landing skills.
To finish the week off we did some Speed stars and Star crest jumps with 7 jumps going towards participants Star Crest.
See some of the action here:
Star Crest & Bigway Event 28 & 29 January
By Martin Klapper
We had a fun weekend of jumping, with star crests on Saturday; unfortunately limited to three jumps due to weather.
Ben Nordkamp then coached Bigways on Sunday, which gave one of our star crest applicants, Laura Fitzpatrick, the opportunity to complete her ASC – a good day all round.
Ben gave us some challenging jumps, and although they did not all work as planned, there was a great deal learned all around in the many different phases that make a successful bigway jump.
Thank you to South Queensland Parachute Council with funding support for the weekend, to Macca and Ramblers with coach and camera tickets and to Aussie Bigways and the APF for support and encouragement. Special thanks also to Splenda and Rangry for camera.
And if anyone out there in jumpland has not registered for 4 and 5 March Bigways with Mossy, the list is filling rapidly …
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