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Meetings this semester will be at the same place and time as before (Mondays 7pm at TOTS Bar). If you are interested in coming out to a meeting to get more info shoot us an email to make sure someone will be there or if you know you want to make a skydive just email skydive@vt.edu and we will tell you everything you need to know to take the plunge!

Be sure to check out our article that appeared in the Welcome Back edition of the Collegiate Times:

 

New Members are Flying Towards Licenses!

Up and coming members in the club have been making great progress towards thier skydiving licenses! Paul "PP" Phillips, a freshman engineer, recently completed AFF and is now working with the coaches in the club to reach his A-License. Brittany Wilson, a senior music major, and Chris Kiessling, a junior finance major, have both made huge strides in their AFF progression. They too will soon graduate from AFF and move on to working with our club coaches to become licensed skydivers! Congratulations Brittany, PP, and Chris, keep up the good work!

 

CaSL Meet #1 Meet Results

Our competition 4way team, VTSD, won the silver medal this past weekend (April 25th) in the Carolina Skydiving League's 2nd meet of the season. The meet was held at Skydive Carolina in Chester, SC. Andrew, Doug, Joey, and Ben scored 60 pts over 6 rounds of competition, posting an remarkable 10pt average! This was quite an impressive acheivement for the team as it was thier first exposure to several new formations found in this higher division (AA) of competition! Chris Kiessling also completed 3 levels of his AFF progression this weekend in Carolina. Great work Chris, you're almost there! VTSD would like to thank Frank Harris, the team's videographer, for his excellent work during the competition! The club also thanks Skydive Carolina for thier amazing facilities and smooth operation of the competition! Below is a link to a highlight reel of the teams competition jumps. Thanks again to Frank Harris!

VTSD CaSL Meet 1 Highlight Reel

 

Casa Boogie in Suffolk, Virginia

The weekend of April 17-19th proved to be a great weekend for the club. Members ventured out to Skydive Suffolk to attend thier annual Casa Boogie! (A Casa is a large cargo aircraft that holds 35 jumpers and has a tailgate that drops open out the back of the plane instead of a side door!) While at the boogie, the club enjoyed beautiful weather and discounted jump prices for the weekend. Some notable accomplishments from the boogie included Paul "PP" Phillips graduating from AFF, Bobby getting re-current and making 5 jumps after a brief break from the action, and Andrew making his first 2 wingsuit jumps as well as his first intentional cut-away! This was a great weekend for club members of all experience levels! Thank you Skydive Suffolk!

 

ParacleteXP Jump for the Cause Tunnel Meet Results

Our current 4way team, The Spacedockers, won the gold medal in the rookie class for the Jump for the Cause tunnel meet this weekend (Feb. 21, 2009)!!! The team, Doug, Ben, Andrew, and Joey, turned an impressive 98pts over 6 rounds of competition. This was a fundraising meet for breast cancer research and awareness, and over 18 teams compteted to help support the cause! Congratulations guys and thanks to everyone who came out to support such a serious cause!!

 

Collegiates 2008 Highlights

We recently returned from Houston, Texas at Skydive Spaceland for this year's USPA National Collegiate Parachuting Championship! The competition went very smoothly and everyone had loads of fun. We're all looking forward to returning again next year!!

  • Our 6way speed team "Thundercats" (Jamie, Doug, Mike, Kevin, Andrew, and Ben) won the silver medal, also setting an all-time Collegaites record for the fastest build.
  • Ben won gold in the masters class sport accuracy event.
  • Morgan won gold and Mike won bronze in the intermediate class sport accuracy.
  • Andrew made his 200th jump in a 5way tackle-fest.
  • Joey made his 100th jump on a 10way sunset hoop-dive.
  • Other team accomplishments included 4way team "VT B-Team" (Jamie, Ben, Morgan, Gil) placing 4th and 4way team "Texas Shower" (Doug, Mike, Kevin, Andrew) placing 6th of 11 teams. Our 2way team "Pen 15" (Joey and Cam Haley from UConn) placed 5th of 16 teams. Even though these teams came up just short of medals, we were all very proud with our performances. Each competition was extremely close, and in many cases the top few teams were decided by only a single point.
  • We will be posting competition videos, as well as tons of amazing pictures from photographer Ori Kuper of Skydive Spaceland. Thanks again to Ori!!!

 

 


Upcoming Events

Weekly Club Meetings

-Weekly club interest meetings Mondays at 7pm at TOTS. Please e-mail if you're interested in coming to make sure someone will be there.

Every Saturday and Sunday

- Tandem classes offered at Adrenaline Air Sports at 8, 10, 12, 2, and 4.

May Schedule

15-17th- We will be flying at ParacleteXP in Raeford, NC on the weekend of May 15-17th! Let us know if you're interested in flying!

22-24th- Carolina Skydiving League Meet #2 at Raeford Parachute Center in Raeford, NC.

30-31st- Virginia Parachute Council Meet #1 at Skydive the Point in West Point, VA.


-Check out the Collegiate Skydiving Website

 


Doug and Jamie with recent Tech alumni Prickles, Abbey, and Kevin Turnau along with Bob Atkins, Larry Rogina, and Jim Shorter form the VT Logo at Chambersburg as a 4/16 memorial with Selana Marks as video

 


"The Late James Brown" w/ Chris Spence flying video

 


Jamie swoops the pond at Zephyrhills, Florida

Freshman centers target in Sport Accuracy


Jamie exits the Otter during a Sport Accuracy Round

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