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Latest News - June 2006

Skydive Spain is a successful skydiving centre. We are proud of all our students as they pass through our courses and want to give testimonials of their experiences with us.

We also have many experienced jumpers coming over to visit. Some are here for team training, some for holidays and some want to take part in seasonal boogies.

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20th June- Aberyswyth Uni

A group from Aberyswyth Uni came along for some fun jumping and brought 3 RAPS students with them. Congratulations to Adam who graduated Cat 8 - Mike and Emma, keep going guys, you'll get there.
And just what they needed, Jay Southall and his FF mates giving oh so genuine encouragement on the aircraft rides.... We welcome the FF guys back again for some back-to-backing, the group clocked up 200 jumps in 4 days at Skydive Spain, Steve Longland got some more FS coaching from Alex T - he can now jump with the guys - well done mate....!!!

17th June- Ben West and Bill Weisher

Ben West and Bill Weisher arrived for AFF training. Again, both these guys took to skydiving like ducks to water, Ben stuck around to complete the course in a 2 week period. Bill will keep visiting us from Portugal to complete his course.

12th June- Chris Ansell, Steven Craggs and Steven Grierson

Three more AFF students came out to get qualified - Chris Ansell, Steven Craggs and Steven Grierson. These lads had a great laugh on the course and left Skydive Spain qualified with Cat 8. We had another visit from our friendly German instructor Guido Wuest, this time he brought an AFF student, and FS student and a couple fo fun jumpers.

10th June- Alberto Teaching Static Line

Alberto a Spanish static line instructor brought 4 students along on the 10th June.

El Socio is a regular jumper at our dropzone. He runs Paraclub Sevilla which exists to teach and train new skydivers.

10th June - Adolfo Coaching a Student

AFF student Luis trained on Saturday 10th June and jumped L1 on 11th. Congratulations to him.

10th June- Visitors Over From Portugal and Spanish Fun Jumpers

We would like to welcome Duarte, Eder, Christian, Daniel, Carlos and Diego to Skydive Spain last weekend.

10th June- Diego Fragoso Folch

Diego Fragoso Folch our Spanish AFF student has been persevering with his course on his one day off a week and is now well into his consolidation jumps. It goes to show that you do not have to spend large block periods of time to do your training. You can simply spend a few days a month working through the AFF syllabus.

6th June- 5 AFF students

Another group of 5 AFF students arrived Tuesday 6th June for 10 days - Matt, Michael, Tony, Darren and Kev.

3rd June - Jo Honess FS1 Course

We welcome Jo Honess to Andalucia for one week. Working closely with Alex Thomson, she achieved her FS1. This is no mean feat as recently the requirements to achieve this have become harder. It is now a 6-point 4-way up from 4 points last year. Jo came out with boyfriend Tim who is a RAPS instructor from the south of the UK.

2nd June- Graham Read 3rd trip for FF coaching & Dave Wood

Graham Read is one of those skydivers who are truly committed to expert coaching. This is the 3rd time, Graham has trained with Mike Carpenter. Mike is part of the UK freefly team, The Outbreak.

Dave Wood also came out with Graham and did quite a few jumps. He had had a long layoff since the middle of 2005. This is was his chance to refresh his skills and he even made a coached jump with Mikey.