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luck on exams!!!!
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!!!
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Upcoming Events
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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.
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