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10.1.03, Congratulations to Carolyn. Her picture was selected
for the Photo of the Month for September.
Carolyn wins a free Skydive Delmarva t-shirt of her choice!
9.15.03, Congratulations to Sue. Her picture
was voted the Photo of the Month for
August. She received about 50% of the votes. Sue wins a free Skydive
Delmarva t-shirt of her choice!
8.22.03, Please vote for
the August Photo of the Month Contest.
8.1.03, Congratulations to Courtney. Her picture was voted
the Photo of the Month for July. She
received about 50% of the votes. Courtney wins a free Skydive Delmarva
t-shirt of her choice!
7.14.03, Please vote for the July Photo of the Month Contest.
7.10.03,
Intermediate 2-way freefly competition
When? Thursday July 17th through Sunday July 20th
Anytime.
Where? Skydive Delmarva, Laurel DE
Why? Learning, fun, knowledge, and awareness!! Become a better and safer
freeflyer through competition experience! A chance to WIN FREE COACH
JUMPS!
How much? Entry fee $60 per team ($30 per person) + jumps
Format: 3 jumps (2 head up compulsory rounds and 1 free round) With outside
camera provided by the FREEFLY ZONE. Assistance in planning and executing
routines will also be available and FREE upon request.
Aircraft: Twin otter
Rules and regulations: Per the Australian Parachute Federation intermediate
freefly competition guidelines.
Judges: Martin Evans, Tracey Eckersley, Brian & Kathy
Kunkowski. With technical assistance from the FREEFLY ZONE.
Prizes: 1st place winners a freefly team photo shoot. (To be featured
In Parachutist Magazine!
2 large framed photographs. Complementary coached jumps (1 each) from
Skydive Delmarva and FREEFLY ZONE. Total value over $400! All participants
receive a copy of comp video upon request.
Sponsors: Skydive Delmarva and the FREEFLY ZONE
6.26.03,
Hi Everyone,
The July Awards & Birthday night is nearly upon us.
It will be Saturday 12th of July, so if your birthday is in July come & party.
We will also be having night jumps that night too.
So all you B license or above holders that need night jumps mail
me with
your interest.
Remember to get your D license you need 2 night jumps!
Also that same weekend on the Saturday & Sunday we have the Icarus
Demo Team back with us. They did make a visit a couple of weeks ago but
due to weather nothing much got demoed! So if you want to test drive
a vx, fx, sapphire or crossfire be here on july 12th & 13th.
6.25.03,
COME JOIN THE FUN!
Spend the Fourth of
July Week Jumping Our Twin Otter at Skydive Delmarva & Save
Big On Jump Rates!
| Wednesday |
July 2nd |
$13 Skydives All Day Long! |
| Thursday |
July 3rd |
$14 Skydives All Day Long! |
| Friday |
July 4th |
$15 Skydives All Day Long! |
| Saturday |
July 5th |
$15 Skydives, First load Of The Day, Manifest by 8am! |
| Sunday |
July 6th |
$15 Skydives, First load Of The Day, Manifest by 8am!
$15 Skydives,
Sunset Load!
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Free Freefly Load Organizing
with Mikey McGrath!
Free FS/RW Load Organizing with Sam Joseph!
Other Freefly & FS/RW Organizers available as needed!
Delmarva Freefly Zone Freefly School!
FS/RW Coaching Program!
Packers Available!
See our Towns Annual Fireworks Display from the DZ!
Cookout & Party On The Deck Every Night.
4.24.03,
Congratulations go to Terence Morris for graduating the
AFF Course this past Sunday.
We’d like to welcome Mike Davidson back as a weekend
AFF/Tandem Instructor, Coach and Relative Work Cameraflyer and I am pleased
to say he and Robin will be making regular appearances at Skydive Delmarva
again this season. Robin along with Sarah Wright has accepted the position(s)
of Birthday & Awards Night Party coordinator(s). So, those of you
who would like to assist them and/or inform them of your or your friends
upcoming birthdays and/or awards can do so by getting together with them
at the DZ or emailing them (please copy both) at Sarah Wright, boofsu@yahoo.com
- Robin Davidson, Robin.freefall@verizon.net
While we are on the subject of Birthdays, mines today and
I will be available at the DZ this weekend to accept all the gifts you
are sure to want to lavish on me! ;-)
I am pleased to announce that our calendar for Tandem &
AFF Students is beginning to look pretty healthy for so early on in the
year and that already, besides the weekend student bookings our weekday
reduced rate offers are drawing a lot of interest and this bodes well
for those experienced skydivers who are able to come on out and take advantage
of our $13,00 Wednesdays & $15.00 Fridays! Please remember that even
on weekdays, unlike many other operations, we will as always be flying
and jumping from our Twin Otter. If you’ve never been up in a lightly
loaded Twin Otter, weekdays are the time to experience such a flight at
Skydive Delmarva! Of course beside Friday’s, Saturday & Sunday
Early Bird and Sunset Sunday loads are another great way to stretch your
skydiving dollars and make $15.00 jumps at your favorite DZ!
4.14.03,
Congratulations go to Kevin Harriford on Graduating the
AFF Program on Saturday (have you stopped grinning yet Kevin ;-).
Skydive Delmarva would like to welcome new Staff Member
Jeff Limna to our operation. Jeff who has several hundred Skydives will
be our primary full time packer and will be helping out generally around
the DZ this season.
Despite the winds this past weekend we managed to get jumps
in both Saturday and Sunday with the most loads flown being on Sunday
(The Twin Otter flew all day)! The sunny Sunday weather also brought several
old Skydive Delmarva faces that we haven’t seen for a while out
to the DZ, as well as a few new ones and our community is beginning to
reform and grow this season!
Our student schedule calendar is beginning to look quite
healthy already, despite how early it is in the season. We are already
flying on weekdays and this I’m sure is due to the preferential
weekday rates available to first jump AFF & Tandem Students, who book
on weekdays as opposed to weekends. This is great news for our experienced
jumpers as it provides us an opportunity to offer them also, cheaper jumping
if they come out and skydive on weekdays. We offers $13 Skydives on Wednesdays
for upjumpers and Friday skydives are $15.00. As always things can change
rapidly at this time of the year and we may receive several additional
student bookings for the weekdays between my writing this message and
you reading it. Of course, things can also change the other way with cancellations
or bad weather appearing, so, as always before departing on a long journey
you are advised to call manifest and make sure that things are set before
driving out, as much as we wish to see you here we don’t want you
to waste your leisure time on needless travel!
Please Note:
Even though we accept walk in business it is always advisable to call
ahead and check that we are able to cater to your unscheduled business
and/or large group size before traveling a long distance. Current or pending
weather conditions, as well as the staff to student ratio for the scheduled
business we have on any given day is a large factor in whether or not
we will be able to cater to your needs. As always we will do our very
best to make your trip a worthwhile and fun filled experience and appreciate
your co-operation in allowing us to do so!
4.5.03,
CAMERAFLYERS!
Skydive Delmarva has openings for Cameraflyers To Film Week End Organized
RW & Freefly Loads & Mini Competitions throughout the summer season.
These positions may lead to opportunities to join our Weekend Camera Staff
Filming Coach, AFF & Tandem Jumps. Interested? Check in with Martin Evans
PARTY ORGANIZER!
Required. If you think you are capable of throwing a good party each month
throughout the season please apply for this position, there will be a
small reward involved for your effort!
4.4.03,
NEW STAFF!
Skydive Delmarva would like to welcome new staff arrivals for the 2003
summer season, USPA Multi-Rated Australian Instructor Ashley Easdon-Smith
& his American born wife Celeine, who will be doing duty as a Manifestor
& Admin Assistant. Ashley has been jumping since 1979 and has worked
within the skydiving industry for 15 years. He has 2,900+ total jumps-
including 710 AFF & 1000 Tandems. Celeine is a graduate jumper from
last season with 30 jumps total who’s goal this summer at Skydive
Delmarva is to reach 300 Jumps. We feel that Ashley and Celeine will further
add to the fun and international flavor of our operation and we welcome
the opportunity to have much fun and make milestone jumps with them both
this season! We have other new staff arriving over the next several weeks
and feel that this season is truly going to bring a major step forward
in the skydiving opportunities and fun to be had for jumpers at Skydive
Delmarva this season!
AWARDS & BIRTHDAY PARTY
NIGHTS!
This season at Skydive Delmarva we will be holding monthly Skydiving Awards
(and gag awards) and joint Birthday Parties on the 2nd Saturday of each
month for all jumpers whose birthdays fall within the Month. Those who
have awards due should apply to USPA (or other organization) for them
and have them sent direct to Martin Evans at PO Box 218, Laurel, DE 19956.
The first Awards & Birthdays Party will be held May 10th 2003 and
include all those who’s birthdays fall within the months of January,
February, March, April & May (everybody please inform manifest, in
person or by email, of your birth date in order for us to celebrate your
birthday)! Those who wish to throw an Award or Birthday celebration for
their friends at the DZ (and who wouldn’t?) should co-ordinate through
the Party Organizer (who at present is Martin, although this position
is up for grabs, if you think you are capable of throwing a good party
each month throughout the season please apply for the job, there will
be a small reward involved for your effort). So there you have it, let’s
all do our best to make the Awards & Birthdays Party Nights ‘Not
To Be Missed’ at Skydive Delmarva this Season!
P.S. Martin’s birthday is in April (24th) and he
says his trailer is chock full of past birthday gifts and he has no more
room for indoor items, so those of you who wish to bring him gifts please
make them cash or gifts for his garden and/or fishpond! ;-)
FREE COACHING & SKYDIVE ORGANIZING
This season, due to a change of status DZ Manager & Primary Freefall
Cameraflyer Martin Evans will be better able to share with the jumpers
at Skydive Delmarva his longtime experience as a Skydiving Coach and Skydive
Organizer. Martin will be available to offer coaching tips & tricks and
to help guide or organize your jumps in order that Skydive Delmarva jumpers
may achieve better results and add more completion of goals to their skydiving
resume's! This is a free service available to all at Skydive Delmarva,
all you need do to take advantage of it is to let Martin know you’d
like his input, he’ll be more than happy to help at whatever level
you or your group may be at or aiming for!
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER NEWS REGARDING SKYDIVE COACHING &
ORGANIZING FOR FLATFLY & FREEFLY DISCIPLINES – COMING SOON!
2.1.03,
USPA Safety Day is Saturday 8th March
2003
We invite all to attend the Skydive
Delmarva USPA Safety Day Event
Along with the days free Safety Seminars,
Briefings, Demonstrations & Ground Instruction/Coaching/Mentoring
Program we would like to bring to the attention of all those eligible,
the following:
If you are a Skydive Delmarva Student
Jumper (i.e. you have taken the Skydive Delmarva Student Program/First
Jump Course but you have not yet completed the program and/or you are
not a USPA - A-license holder) and you have not jumped or received refresher
training in the past 30 days, you are required to do so prior to your
next jump!
Skydive Delmarva is offering Free
Refresher Ground Training on Sunday 9th March 2003
to those requiring it, who attend and take part in all
the activities presented at Skydive Delmarva's USPA Sanctioned
Safety Day at Laurel Airport on Saturday March
8th 2003.
In order to participate in this free
offer you must be signed in and present for all of the
activities associated with the USPA Safety Day program
at Skydive Delmarva on Saturday 8th March.
At the conclusion of the Safety Day
Program you will be eligible for a voucher that will allow you to attend
the next days Free Ground Retraining Class. You must
collect your voucher prior to departure from the dropzone on Saturday
March 8th and be in attendance the next morning, Sunday March 9th at 9.30
am. Late arrival or non attendance at either the Safety Day Presentation(s)
or the Sunday Free Ground Retraining Class will void your eligibility
to receive the offered ‘one day only’ Free Ground Instruction.
So, do please be in attendance & prompt for both events!
Please Note:
That for an unlicensed jumper to remain in date after retraining they
must jump within 30 days of such instruction. Therefore, those that attend
and receive retraining on Sunday March 9th need to make a jump prior to
April 8th 2003, or further ground training will be required!
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