Location: Bridgewater Dropzone, Victoria, Australia
Time: 8:30am
Occasion: Canopy course coached by Michael Vaughan
Why are we still standing around: Ben and Anna are late!
Verdict: Lets start without them
A dozen skydivers ranging in experience from 15 jumps to 500 jumps all came to Bridgewater for the weekend to particpate in a canopy course hosted by Michael Vaughan. Most of the attendees were local Bridgewater jumpers although others were regulars from Skydive Nagambie and Commando Skydivers at Tooradin. The day began with a classroom session where everyone introduced themselves and put down their goals for the weekend. Goals ranged from "improve accuracy" to "learn more about my canopy" to "Can you teach me how to swoop?".
See www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGBe-Rh7o4U
Then it was time for jumping..... In amongst the many great landings on the weekend were:
Unstable cessna exits
3 way head down exit from 5 grand
Landing in the barley
Lock picking seminar
Some unplanned canopy relative work i.e. foot on pilot chute!
Landing a malfunction due to incorrectly stowed brakes on brand new gear, 2nd jump
As much meat as anyone can eat at the saturday night BBQ - thanks Ralph
Virgin pilots flying their first loads unassisted
Cartons for firsts
Go arounds to dodge the clouds
And the finale, a wingsuit swooper (or was that a low flying duck?) in the pond!!!
Also lots of watching and debriefing landing videos along with many classroom seminars.
What a fantastic fun weekend! Everyone had a great time, learnt heaps about their canopies and about how to fly and land them a little better. Not everyone improved on the weekend but now at least all participants have the knowledge to apply on their canopy flights over next few weeks/months to help them improve. All with the ultimate goal of improving the safety of our sport.
Thanks to Ralph and the staff at the dropzone for hosting the event. And also to the APF Sport Development fund for covering Michaels travel and the VPC for providing funding to reduce the registration costs for all.
Time: 8:30am
Occasion: Canopy course coached by Michael Vaughan
Why are we still standing around: Ben and Anna are late!
Verdict: Lets start without them
A dozen skydivers ranging in experience from 15 jumps to 500 jumps all came to Bridgewater for the weekend to particpate in a canopy course hosted by Michael Vaughan. Most of the attendees were local Bridgewater jumpers although others were regulars from Skydive Nagambie and Commando Skydivers at Tooradin. The day began with a classroom session where everyone introduced themselves and put down their goals for the weekend. Goals ranged from "improve accuracy" to "learn more about my canopy" to "Can you teach me how to swoop?".
See www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGBe-Rh7o4U
Then it was time for jumping..... In amongst the many great landings on the weekend were:
Unstable cessna exits
3 way head down exit from 5 grand
Landing in the barley
Lock picking seminar
Some unplanned canopy relative work i.e. foot on pilot chute!
Landing a malfunction due to incorrectly stowed brakes on brand new gear, 2nd jump
As much meat as anyone can eat at the saturday night BBQ - thanks Ralph
Virgin pilots flying their first loads unassisted
Cartons for firsts
Go arounds to dodge the clouds
And the finale, a wingsuit swooper (or was that a low flying duck?) in the pond!!!
Also lots of watching and debriefing landing videos along with many classroom seminars.
What a fantastic fun weekend! Everyone had a great time, learnt heaps about their canopies and about how to fly and land them a little better. Not everyone improved on the weekend but now at least all participants have the knowledge to apply on their canopy flights over next few weeks/months to help them improve. All with the ultimate goal of improving the safety of our sport.
Thanks to Ralph and the staff at the dropzone for hosting the event. And also to the APF Sport Development fund for covering Michaels travel and the VPC for providing funding to reduce the registration costs for all.
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