Welcome to the November newsletter from Skydive Spain. This month we have several events planned, along with lots of fun jumpers, AFF students and Tandem jumpers.

We have the monster Dornier G92, 15 place twin turbine aircraft that takes 12 minutes to 15,000ft (4600m) ready and waiting for you.

We also have our first customers from Greenland, Lars and Dan onto the AFF course.

The start of this month is the end of a large Norwegian visit. But we only have to wait for the Christmas boogie before we are inundated with Viking skydivers yet again..! (skol) We will also be welcoming Kristian Moxnes and Havard Flaat from the world famous Skywalkers to our freefly load organising team.

Bollullos XXL our home 4 way team will be training several times this month. And the Feada championships.

Christmas Boogie 2009 info page here:

Photo by Eder Navacerrada Paris

Above is Tandem Instructor Jonno with tandem student Michael, they are being filmed in freefall by Jim Harris. Jim is filming with a HD quality video camera. He films all the freefall and landing, whilst he is filming he is also taking still photos with his canon EOS 400 digital camera. You can see Jim is filming whilst flying on his back to get the best shots of Michael´s reactions in freefall. If you want to do a tandem jump then contact our office on info@skydivespain.com or info@saltaensevilla.com

Rich and Matt looking very colour co-ordinated guys..! very nice.!

Above you can see our manifest where you go to get on the next available load. You can see today we have Susie working on the manifest.

Above is Sissi one of our instructors and camera people at Skydive Spain. Sissi is in the process of filming a Tandem. As you can see above she is filming the first time jumpers before they jump, with their girlfriends. She will start with a short interview before accompanying the tandems on the plane, exiting next to them and freefalling litteraly a few feet away capturing everything on HD quality film. While she is doing this she is also taking about 50 high quality photographs with her helmet mounted stills camera. You can see her holding the helmet with both the video and stills cameras mounted on it. My god girls are good at Multi tasking.!

Above is Mark Owen from Funshine Fame. Mark is the co-ordinator of  the Funshine Boogie. On our last funshine boogie we had approx 36 participants and 6 world level coaches. Together they all did 40 jumps each in 5 days. With such high class coaches, high altitude here and a lot of jumps you cant help but get good. Really really quickly..!

If you are interested in joining the next funshine boogie then have a visit to funshineboogie.com

Above is Tom and Andy, both have not jumps in a while so when they arrived they did about 40 minutes with our instructors before jumping again to make sure they are well trained and confidant before jumping again.

Above is Maxim in sit fly with Jonno.

Photo by Eder Navacerrada Paris

Here is Allan after a fun jump from our twin turbine Dornier aircraft.

Sissi filming a tandem after jumping from 15,000 ft and falling 3 miles at 120 mph. Sissi was in freefall with the tandem pair, falling next to them to capture on DVD and photos the enjoyment and exillaration of the jumper. She also reaches out in freefall and holds the passengers hands to interact with them.

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Above you can see Paul and Marcus. This is Marcus´s first visit to Skydive Spain, he has come to experience the 15,000ft freefall.

Both Rich and Matt chilling out for lunch between jumps, November the 29th and 25 deg..! Skydive Spain jump in the sun.

Above is Mark, Jim and Mishka after a fun jump from 15,000ft.

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Photo By Anamaria (Mishka)

Above you can see Pablo about to do a tandem jump. You can also see Jim filming it.

Above is Pete organising the exit order for the next load.

landing after 70 seconds of freefall from 15,000 ft (4600m)

Mark landing after his AFF level 5 with Pete.

Photo by Anamaria (mishka)

Maxim jumping from our Dornier twin turbine aircraft from 15,000 ft (4600m). You can see inside the aircraft the benches to sit on. This is probably the most comfortable aircraft you can jump, and it only takes 12 minutes to get to 15,000 ft (4600m).

Above Lourdes getting ready for her tandem with instructor Jonno. Lourdes has bought a DVD with her tandem. Jim is going to jump with Jonno and Lourdes to capture her in freefall on video and photos. You can see them all above before the jump Jim is doing a pre jump interview with Lourdes. She will walk away with a fully edited DVD with music and titles and another CD with about 50 high quality photographs on it. These photos you can have enlarged to A3 size with no distortion..! You can see her below in freefall with Jonno.

Photo by Jim Harris

Lourdes in freefall at 120 Mph (200 Kph) at 15,000 ft (4600m)

Photo by Jim Harris

Lourdes after her tandem jump with Jonno. Jim said "The look on her face in freefall was priceless".

Above you can see instructor Pete doing a refresher lesson with Mark and Morton during their AFF course. Every morning on the AFF course one of our instructors will do a 30 minute refresher course on emergencies and canopy control to make sure everybody is current with their drills.

Eder (one of our pilots) on his day off getting some sneeky jumping done. He is about to do a sit fly jump with Mishka, Maxim and Jonno

Above is Ainoa and Tony. You can see Tony is chilling on one of our huge bean bags and checking his EMail.

The crazy Dutchies back for some more 15,000 ft freefall.

Pete and Mark kitted up ready to go on the next load for Mark's AFF level 6. Good luck Mark.

Guys from Belgium waiting to board the Dornier.

Mishka and the guys chilling in between jumps. Still shorts weather here in Seville. 25 deg today.

Richard landing after another fun jump.

Instructor Pete landing after an AFF jump with Mark who is on AFF level 6 now..! Only two more jumps before Mark can jump solo.

Hedy walking back to the padded packing floor. Hedy has done her packing lesson and is now in the process of completing 20 packjobs. When she returns to the packing hangar she can pack her own parachute and during the packjob she gets a qualified packer to check her work.

Tony has decided to come and jump in the sun. Tony is hiring one of our student 260 square foot Navigators. He will then be able to downsize to smaller more manoeuvrable canopies under the direct supervision of our instructors.

Mark happy about how AFF level 6 went.

This photo was by no means taken early in the morning..!

Above is Rich exiting our Dornier twin turbine aircraft. This excellent photo was taken using a Cannon EOS camera mounted on a helmet worn by Anamaria (Mishka). Nice photo Mishka..!

Here is Lloyd Gibbard receiving his BPA "A" licence from Instructor Examiner Stuart Albon. Lloyd finished his AFF course and completed 10 solo jumps to gain his A licence. He said that it was so much easier at Skydive Spain with the extra altitude of 15,000ft (4600m).

Above and below is Sissi's new bean bags. She bought 2 from the rigging workshop for sofas. Visit the rigging page for more information HERE

Andy sporting his new Boogieman jumpsuit. Mishka looks happy about it too..!

Ralph Herrman and Nina Stemmer from Germany have come to visit us for a quick break.

Andy Lovemore lands after 15,000ft jump. From 15,000ft you get 70 seconds freefall..!

Ralph Herrman after landing.

Above is Paco Gaitan from Cordoba. Paco comes to use skydive Spain's facilities to jump his static line students.

If you have a skydiving school and want to use our facilities and aircraft then just contact us on info@skydivespain.com

Andy Lovemore packing his new Velocity 96. See the confidence on his face..!

Another great photo taken by Anamaria (Mishka) of Pilot Eder. Don't worry there was still another pilot left in the aircraft.

Above is Hedy. She started a packing course at Skydive Spain. She must do 20 supervised pack jobs before being allowed to attend a packing exam. During her 20 supervised pack jobs she is also introduced to twists and tangles and general maintenance of parachutes. You can see her above about to untwist a tangle put in on purpose by Maxim. If you want to learn how to pack parachutes then send us an email info@skydivespin.com and will book you into one of our courses.

Rich Luxton here to take advantage of the 15,000ft in a mere 12 minutes in our twin turbine dornier. Can you believe it the temperature is still 28 deg...! on the 22nd of November..!

Steven De Letter & Sander Op De Beeck

Edwardo about to jump with a birdman suit. With a birdman suit from 15,000 ft (4600m) you can do easily 2 minutes 30 seconds..!

Here is Susie standing next to one of our new boarding areas. I think this one is called boarding area A. These were put in place by our very own Andrew Lovemore.

Above and below is Pete teaching an AFF ground school for Mark Corton & Morten Engemand. They will do about 6 hours of classroom and practical lessons before jumping their AFF level 1s.

On their AFF level 1s they will each be accompanied by 2 very experienced instructors to help with stability and teach in freefall.

Here is Andy Lovemore with AFF student Matt. Matt has just finished his AFF level 3. Matt said "probably the easiest AFF jump yet". Thats what we like to hear Matt.

If you are interested in becoming a qualified skydiver then check out our Learn to Skydive link at the top of this page.

Above is Pablo showing Tony how to check his equipment. All of our equipment here at Skydive Spain is state of the Art kit. The most advanced containers, canopies and AADs available today.!

We welcome Stuart Albon from the UK. Stuart is a BPA Advanced instructor Examiner and has brought two guys to complete their AFF. Above you can see Stu with  Lloyd Gibbard after his AFF level 1.

More NORGIES..! This time its Dag (centre) with Geier and Jan

Jan and Jiri Matela after another jump from 15,000ft 4600m

Here is Andy Lovemore after jumping his new canopy. He looks pretty happy. He has just jumped with Karel Kozak.

We welcome John (nice sunglasses), Richard and James for a week of fun jumping in the Sun. Alright my old china..!

Tim Parsons after jumping from our twin turbine Dornier aircraft at 15,000 ft (4600m)

Rafael Navarro in the landing area after another 70 second freefall.

Rich under canopy.

This weekend 14th and 15th we welcome the FEADA 4 way championships. With a total of 5 teams and a great weather forecast (as usual) it looks to be a good competition.

Above is Julios team with Pablo, Jose Antonio and Koldo

Above is Carlos team with Kito, Agu, Jo

The winners are Bego's team..! Congratulations guys now we can see you in the bar for some beer.

Julio, Diego, Pablo and Koldo

Above is Stu Albon with in the landing area after jumping level 1 with David Gregory. We will se Dave in the bar for a case of beer. First jump in Sevilla.

Above is the Czech group (Jan, Karel, Jiri Matela and Jiri Hanik) with our manifest chicks Ainoa and Hedy

Jiri Matela, Karel and Jan in the landing area with Jim.

Above is  Richard, Paul, Stu and Matt after 70 seconds of freefall from 15,000ft (4600m)

Dag, Geier and Jan after landing from another 15,000ft jump

Stu Albon finds time for a T Shirt fun jump.

Swooping in the sun.

Jiri

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Carlos and Daniel from Portugal come over for a weekends fun jumping in the sun.

Above is Bego's team with Oliver, Patricia, David and Robert on camera.

Diego team with Francisco, Diego, Agu and Rob with Mishka on camera.

Second is Jo's team

Andrew Witkowski, AFF student flying his parachute before a nice soft touchdown landing into our large landing area.

AFF student Rob Jackson with instructor Sissi, just before jumping AFF Level One.

We welcome Pablo Rua to our instructional team. Pablo complements our team with his huge experience of over 3,500 jumps. He is an AFF instructor and Tandem instructor speaking Spanish and English fluently.

Pablo brings another Tandem Student safely down to earth, you can see the student holding his legs up so that the instructor touches the ground first.

Another very happy customer..!

Pablo with AFF student Dan just before Dan makes his first solo jump after his AFF course.  Tonight we'll see Dan in the bar where he buys a case of beer to celebrate finishing his AFF course.

Pablo briefing Dan on the method to make a solo exit from a Dornier G92.

Steiner and Vegard after a jump from 15,000 feet (4600 meters)....!

Two Norgies chilling on the bean bags after a night on the town.  All the Norwegians find the alcohol prices extremely low compared to home and have no shame in taking advantage..!!!
Eivind (on the left) started with 0 jumps on our AFF course, and completed over 40 jumps in less than 2 weeks.

Vegard, Orjan, Steiner, Rune and Jan at the emplaning point for the Dornier.

Above and below: Rune Narum in freefall, taken by Rune Espedal.  Rune Espedal did a camera course with Andy Lovemore.  During this course Andy taught him how to use his camera safely and achieve great results.

Jan Bjornoy walking back after yet another 15,000 feet experience.

Mishka, looking very professional when landing.

Rob Coldwell on final approach to the landing area.

DZ manager, Andy Lovemore, walking back with resident FF coach, Jim Harris, and girlfriend Mishka after a long day of jumping. Check out Andy still wearing a T Shirt to jump in... In November..!

Jose Gomez helping to organise a group of visiting jumpers from Germany and Empuriabrava.  Jose Gomez is a local jumper who works at the ATC office in Seville airport.

November in Seville, and here at Skydive Spain we are still enjoying beautiful blue skies and 30 degrees C.

Skydive Spain kit store laden with top of the range Vector SE equipment fitted with Vigil AADs and student Navigator canopies.

Students taking advice from BPA instructor/examiner, John Horne.

Jim debriefing FF student Alejandra from Madrid.  Alejandra comes down to see us to take advantage of the massive 15,000 feet..!

Jim Harris landing his Velocity 79. Jim runs our safe flight canopy school. He can teach you how to fly your canopy with confidence no matter what the wind conditions. Check our diary of events for his next course.

 AFF instructor, Jason Snailham, comes to the close of his latest Sevilla visit with his student.  Above you can see him checking the student's equipment before emplaning.

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Jason never fails to have a smile on his face around the DZ.

Jason has time for a fun jump at the end of his trip to Skydive Spain.

Our resident pilot, Éder, after filming local team, Bollullos XXL, on another 4way training jump.

Rune being artistic with his camera at our DZ control tower.  Here you can see instructor Pete in charge of communications with the aircraft, counting canopies and making sure everybody lands safely.

Dylan starts his AFF course.  Dylan is from Australia and is completing his ground school with Jonno Horne, above you can see him in a suspended harness.  In this harness he is able to practice flying his parachute and carrying out emergency procedures.

Twin turbine Dornier G92 taxiing to the runway loaded with 15 skydivers waiting to get to 15,000 feet (4600 meters) in 12 minutes.

Portuguese Carlos relaxing on one of our 4 huge bean bags in between jumps.

Jumpers boarding the Dornier G92 to go to 15,000 feet (4600 meters) in 12 mins.

Office chica, Susie finalising AFF paperwork.

Andrew Lovemore walking back from DZ control.

Mick and Dan joined us from our sister DZ, Skydive Hibaldstow, to complete their AFF course and consolidation jumps.

Here are Dan and Mick after landing from jumping solo.

Dan dropping down a new student Navigator canopy ready to be packed on the padded packing floor. We laid the new packing floor 4 months ago so that it makes your pack job a little easier on the knees.

Skydive Spain is home to resident coaches and organisers, Bego and Manolo Lopez, this weekend they completed another successful event bringing together our local Spanish jumpers for an 8 ways FS camp.

Above you can see from the size of the Dornier G92 door, the ease at which large groups can comfortably exit their formations.