Spaceland Bling has completed its third
freefly league at Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon, Texas.
The league consisted of three meets with one meet a
month from March through May 2007. Each meet included
three competition jumps:
Spaceland Bling provided video for the
2-way freefly teams at no cost and gave all teams the
same level of video quality. Teams showed all levels of
freeflying from beginners to advanced freeflyers.
Winners were chosen based on improvement over the three
meets, which makes the playing field even for all
freefly skill levels. We had good weather and a good
turn-out with seven teams competing and qualifying for
prizes. First place for most improved went to Team
Howdy. Second most improved went to Team
Jamaican-me-crazy. Third most improved went to
Team Convicts rounding out the top three. All teams
showed improvement over the three meets and had a ton of
fun.
We would like to thank all the teams for
participating and making the league another success.
We would also like to thank all of our
sponsors who provided prizes to all seven teams.
YES! We did it. On April 21
we set a new Texas State Skydiving Record. We flew
7 planes in formation at 18,000 feet and dropped 150
skydivers who all flew together and built a huge
150-way formation! What an outstanding sight to
see. We not only did it once but twice in one
day!
To view a few TSR record pics go to
www.shutterfly.com/pro/ericboyd/skydive/atexasskydiverecord
GET YOUR
FREE DVD OF THE TEXAS STATE RECORD!
The Texas State Record 150-way DVDs are
done! Brett Thomas did a great job producing the
video. If you would like a copy, order one in
manifest. Or better yet, we have a special for you.
If you make more than 5 jumps a day
on the weekend, you will receive a FREE video of the
record! When you make more than 5 jumps, tell
manifest you heard about this offer and receive your
free copy of the TSR 150-way record video.
LEW SANBORN
ACCURACY MEET REPORT (Apr. 13-14)
The first few days of the meet were
windy, but with the great food and prizes from sponsors
the competitors stayed full and happy. Based on
round one, classic accuracy competition looked to be
very competitive, where six of the 15 competitors in the
open class scored a perfect score of 0.00. The day
continued flawlessly, with competitors posting
outstanding scores over the six rounds. Six of the 21
competitors in the event scored at least three dead
centers, including Estrella, Nichols, Tennyson,
Keith Bergeron, Cheryl Stearns and Chase Scully. The
sixth round had plenty of excitement, with Nichols and
Stearns each scoring a total of 0.01 and Bergeron a
0.00. Lew himself even competed and won the POPs
division. Conrad, you did a great job. The details
of the event will be in the June issue of Parachutist.
FLY TO
SURVIVE VIDEO
Fly to Survive is a 15-minute
presentation on the United States Parachute Association
website that outlines the six major points every
skydiver needs to know about canopy flight in today’s
fast-paced skydiving environment:
www.uspa.org/safety/fly_to_survive.htm
JAVELINS
WITHOUT RSLs GROUNDED
If you have removed the RSL from your
Javelin, Sunpath has effectively "grounded your rig."
Here's the letter from Sunpath:
http://sunpath.com/downloads/bulletins/RSL_MasterV1.2.pdf
Per the above letter, in order to jump
any Javelin rig that does not currently have its RSL
installed, you must either have your rigger reinstall
the RSL, or have a Master rigger inspect the rig and
note on your packing data card that the RSL has been
removed. Dennis will do this for $10.00.
SPACELAND STARTS A FLIGHT SCHOOL
Spaceland has started a FLIGHT SCHOOL. We
just bought a Cessna 172 to be used for flight
instruction. We already have 3 people in training. If
you are interested in learning to fly then contact me
and we can get you signed up. Thanks and have a great
week. C-ya this weekend at Spaceland.
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