Welcome to the February / March 2011 edition of my newsletter!
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XRW Training Camp |
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On March 25th, Barry Holubeck and Will Kitto came to visit Skydive Arizona for another XRW training camp. Skydive Arizona was a new location for us, as well as an unfamiliar discipline to the local staff. Over the weekend, we completed 8 jumps. Similar to CRW, the warm afternoon air can create turbulence even at higher altitudes, which forced us to stand down at noon. Here are some images Will and Barry captured over the weekend, as well as some Go Pro footage. We would like to thank Skydive Arizona and its staff for having been so helpful with their operations! Also featured on the Cypres Blog.
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April Fools' Day MalfunctionThe intension was to do a high altitude hop and pop from 13000 feet to work on some canopy flocking (relative work without contact). During the opening process, or perhaps due to a packing error, one of the lines of the left front riser ended up out of place creating an unusual malfunction. The canopy was unable to inflate fully on the left side, and a control check revealed that it was not possible to land the parachute safely. In order to prevent the canopy from drifting to far away form the drop zone by the upper winds, I held onto it until 4000 feet AGL, after which I cut it away and deployed the reserve. A hook knife may have remedied the situation, however my personal preference was to land under my reserve. |
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Foundations of Flight: The Barrel Roll |
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Foundations of Flight is Axis Flight School's monthly "trick tip" colum which is published by USPA's Parachutist. Parachutist's April issue will feature an article on the Barrel Roll: Learn step by step in's and out's of this basic transition. Click here to read the article. |
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Arizona Drive March Training Camp |
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Here is a compilation from some of our last training jumps at Eloy. |
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Valentine's 4-way Money Meet |
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2011 marked the 27th consecutive year for the Valentine’s Day Meet! As usual, there were USPA and FAI judges scoring the event using Omniskore. The IPC met two weeks prior to the competition, since there were a couple changes made to the dive pool, which were implement in this years competition. Arizona Airspeed: Airpseed video also featured on the PD Blog!
Scores:
Also featured on the Cypres Blog. |
The meet standings and awards were based on six rounds of the competition. Some teams interested in jumping the full draw (10 rounds) were able to complete them and be scored on the next day. I filmed two teams during the event, Arizona Airspeed and Teiwaz West. Check out the competition videos below! Teiwax West:
NSL Coverage: • Teams in Eloy get ready for the Valentine's Meet • Only French coach Marin Ferre has ever won on • Airspeed won Round 2 by four points • Airspeed is aiming at a new performance level • The promised videos feature Rounds 5 and 6 • The judges are now working on the scores for • Airspeed went up to 25.0 and Marin Ferre is |
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Publications |
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![]() Australien Skydiver MagazineIss. 54, vol 1/2011, Click here to read the article.
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![]() Parachutist04/2011, vol. 52, no. 4, Foundations of Flight article on page 77 (or click here)
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![]() 90 PercentWebNews no. 32, 03/2011,
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![]() Skydive RadioShow #143
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![]() Blue Skies Mag#18, pages 6 and 7
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Upcoming Events4/10/2011 – 4/11/2011: XRW Training Camp at Skydive Arizona; Eloy, AZ. |
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