|
6 RAF from Wyton joined us for the
AFF Course. Thanks go to Exped organiser Jim, and
the whole group Leo, David, Stu, Jason and Ben for a
great visit!!
Day One...
On day 1 - ground
school training, teaching basic body position,
practice pulls, the wave-off and canopy drills.
| AFF Instructors:
(L-R) |
Katie, Ian, Jonno and
Hannah |
| RAF AFF Students
(L-R) |
Leo, Jim, David, Stu,
Jay and Ben |
Day Two... 1st days
jumping
We took 3 students
on each load and by load 9 of the day, 4 out of the
6 had successfully completed levels 1 to 3.
|
Parrott Trophy
Award - Error of the Day, Congratulations
Jim
Jim Hollingworth
arrived at boarding point for his pre-flight check
with no chest strap - and had to pay a beer fine!!
One case of cold beers please landlady!! |
 |
Day Three... 2nd
days jumping
Joe got his level 2
completed and made good progress towards his level
5.
After each
days jumping, we all enjoyed the end of day
DVD in the bar with a few cold beers. Thanks
go to Alf for the end of day DVD's, which
included the mini-FS competitions of our AFF
Instructors!
By today's 9th load
- 3 out of the 6 had successfully completed their
level 6 jumps. Well Done guys, Level 7 and 8 Hop 'n'
Pop's tomorrow!!!
Day Four... 3rd
days jumping
|
 |
On the left is
Ben shortly after landing from his 7th jump.
"That was my
favourite jump, AFF Level 5R with Jonno,
Good Solo exit, complete control in the air
and my first perfect landing!"
We asked Jonno
one of the AFF Instructors, about Ben's
thoughts on his favourite jump: 'the good
exit and complete control in the air?'
"¿...#..@..^..¡..Ø..¿..!"
RAF Exped go
to meet the aircraft for take-off
|
Congratulations to
Jim, David, and Leo, who completed their Level 8 Hop 'n' Pops
today! Ben, Jay and Stu it's your turn tomorrow.
To celebrate, we
all enjoyed a few beers whilst watching the end of
day DVD!!! Some retired shortly after, some didn't. Hope you didn't stay out too late lads!
The group took a
break over the weekend to see the local sites, visit
Seville and experience the great Spanish bars,
restaurants and night life.
Day Seven... 4th
days jumping
|
Above,
David completes the CH1 Test Paper after
getting some tips from our DZ controller
Derek, who can be seen here doing talkdown!
Meanwhile
below, we are not sure if Jim is trying to
tell us he's done two jumps today or if he's
ready for his CH2...
 |
During the
exped's consolidation jumps, they took
advantage of Derek's canopy handling
knowledge and completed a series of canopy
drills.
 |
Ben got up to his
level 6, and disputed a beer fine. We put it to the
rest of the RAF group if Ben had infringed the beer
fine rules. The video of Ben's level 6 jump
showed... not 1, not 2 but 3 infringements
1) Chest strap
misrouted at pre-flight check
2) Seat restraint
still attached at 4,000ft
3) Bribing the
video editor to cut the footage!!
Result = Beer
fine!!! A case of cold beers please landlady!
Last Day's Jumping...
|
Ben completed
his consolidation jumps on his final day
with us. |
|
Achievements
on RAF Wyton's visit to Skydive Spain: |
|
AFF Graduates:
|
Jim,
Leo, David, Jay and Ben |
|
Consolidation
Jumps: |
Jim
(10), Leo (10), David (10), Ben (10) and Jay
(3) |
|
CH1 - Canopy
Handling One: |
Jim,
Leo, David and Ben |
|
Fun Jump
Numbers: |
Jim
(3), Leo (3), David (3) |
|
|
