Pumpkin Chunkin November 3-4
That’s right, it is that time of year again. Time to get those pumpkins ready for some chunkin as Atlanta Skydiving Center hosts Pumpkin Chunkin November 3-4, 2007. The contest begins at 12 pm and will last until 5pm. The object is to throw a pumpkin from a plane and hit a target on the ground. Easy, right? If you think you have what it takes, be at ASC November 3rd. $25 gets you one smashing good time. Cash prize to the winner!
New additions to the ASC family
Special congratulations are in order for Anne and Tyler who had their baby boy, Nathaniel Crockett Lawson, on September 20, 2007. By next summer, Tyler will have him trained to pack! Stop by the dropzone to see pictures. Katie and Kenny just found out that they’ll soon be having a baby as well. Let’s hope it’s a girl!
Happy birthday Sandy Harris, Chuck Owen, Lance Frazier, Paul Thorn, and Edvaldo Cruz!
AFF Graduates and other Milestones
Last weekend, Edikas Strubelis made his 100th skydive and was pied later that night during dinner at El Nopal. Nick Hartline and Bogdan Ciobota received their A-licenses and can now jump with other experienced jumpers. Joe Little made his triumphant return to the sky two weeks agocompleting his recurrency jump after taking several month off. Welcome back, Joe!
Fall is the perfect time to learn to skydive. The busiest, hottest days of summer are past and everything around ASC is a little more laid back and relaxed. Several students have taken advantage of this opportunity to finish up their Accelerated Freefall jumps. Andy Hall, our resident Brit, Carolyn Belsky, David Campfield, Randy Vitek, and Chad Penick are just a few of the recent graduates. Congratulations guys and happy jumping!
If you’re interested in getting certified, Accelerated Freefall classes can be scheduled seven days a week. For more information, call 1-800-505-JUMP.
World Record
Junior Ludvik, Kate Hoffstetter, and TJ Landgren recently joined 66 other skydivers in Chicago in a world record jump. The 69 jumpers successfully built and held a head-down skydiving formation for close to twenty seconds. This jump beat the previous record by 16 jumpers. Junior said that the record was all-around one of the most exciting jumps he’s ever been on. “It’s not very often that you can be in the air with that much talent at one time,” he said. The crew is already making plans to go back next summer to (hopefully) top this year’s record.
Night Jumps
After several failed attempts, the weather finally decided to cooperate with jumpers on September 28th. Clear skies and a bright full moon, allowed Atlanta Skydive Center jumpers to brave the dark and jump at night. Twelve jumpers and many observers stuck around after sunset for dinner and the excitement. After an extensive briefing by Ted Ganger and Junior Ludvik, the jumpers geared up, taped on glow sticks and strobe lights, and loaded up the plane. It was by far the quietest the group had ever been on a flight to altitude. Jumping at night gave everybody a new perspective— Katie Fox couldn’t stop talking about how peaceful and beautiful the jump was for the rest of the weekend! For at least nine of the twelve jumpers, this was their first night jump. ASC would just like to give all nine a friendly reminder that they owe BEER!
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
