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Important Update: 2011 Sport Development
Funding Budget Exhausted
The APF
has been pleased to support a variety of positive member initiatives
this year through its Sport Development Funding (SDF)
program. Having received a particularly high volume of worthy applications
throughout the year, we regret to advise that the
SDF budget for 2011 has now been exhausted. As such we
will not be able to accept any further funding applications for
2011. Thank you to all members who have submitted applications
this year, we applaud you on your efforts to improve our sport!
Applications
for events scheduled for 2012 are now open and we encourage you to
apply as early as possible in the year to avoid disappointment.
For
more information on Sport Development Funding please click here to visit our website or
contact the APF Development Officer.
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Rating Holder Renewal Reminder
Quarterly
reminders for Rating Holders are being sent out this week to encourage
members to renew Display Licences and revalidate Instructor Ratings
well before they expire on the 31st of December. Applying early
could avoid delays over the very busy period leading up to
Christmas.
Notice
of APF Board Meeting
The APF Board Meeting
will be held at the National Office on the 16th and 17th
of November.
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Technicals, Safety and Rigging
From Vigil's FB page
" Vigil PSB-8 is an update that replaces our recent
PSB-7. Vigil PSB-8 includes better guidance and compliance
requirements, as well as expanded serial numbers to be checked for
October 07 cutters.
Only those cutters found with an OCT 07 manufacture date on the cutter
itself must be replaced. We have received some cutters with Sept and
Nov 07 dates. September and November 07 cutters would only require the
magnet test be performed. As always, please feel free to contact us
(Vigil) with any questions."
NEW!! Advanced Aerospace Designs (AAD) Vigil Emergency
PSB-8 Issued October 20, 2011
(Supersedes Vigil PSB-7)
EXCERPT ONLY. CLICK HERE FOR FULL
PSB-8
Mandatory: before next jump
Identification: Vigil AAD, All
Cutters produced in October 2007
Background:
This SB-8 revises SB-7 to include additional serial numbers (see list
B) and to add additional guidance for compliance requirements.
The
following incident occurred on the 14th September 2011 at the
Saint-Jean Chrysostome (Canada) drop zone: A skydiver failed to deploy
his main canopy and manually pulled his reserve handle with
insufficient altitude to fully deploy the reserve canopy. During the
investigation of the incident it was discovered that the loop was
neither cut nor trapped by the cutter
See
also Preliminary report
prepared by the Royal Military Academy October 3rd 2011 - as
referenced in the Vigil PSB-8
The
Index of all Rigging Bulletins from Manufacturers, Federations,
Aviation Authorities, APF and the International Parachuting Commission
(IPC) can be found linked off the Rigging & Equipment Portal on the
APF web site at: Rigging and Equipment
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South Australian Skydiving Turns 50 This Year!
Click here to see how
you can get involved in the celebrations for this special half-century
anniversary!
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Australian Record Attempt - 150 Jumps in a Day
WHERE:
WHEN: Friday January 13th, 2012
WHO: Australian Canopy Formation
Team Ookoonono's Jules McConnel and Michael Vaughan
INFO: Jules and Michael will
attempt to break a long standing Australian record by doing 150 jumps
in a day (that's 150 jumps each!) See www.ozrecordjumps.com for how you can
become involved as a sponsor or volunteer with a chance to WIN some
supercool skydiving products. Spectators welcome
CONTACT: Michael Vaughan michael_qld@yahoo.com
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2011 WA State Championships 22-23
Oct
Hosted by Hillman Farm Skydivers
Photos by Phillipa
Cook
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Participants pose for
the camera at Hillman Farm
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On the 22-23 Oct the 2011 WA
State Championships in 4 way and the Dave Lock State accuracy were held
at Hillman Farm Skydivers DZ at Darkan WA. There were two teams each in
FS Open and Intermediate, plus 14 Sport accuracy competitors.
Hillman's first State Meet
for over ten years was well organised with 18 loads completed on the
Saturday that included three of the six rounds of 4 way and
all three rounds of accuracy, before the weather called it at
9.00am on the Sunday morning.
Although a small turnout,
the competitive spirit was running hot with Jeremy Langford, the State
Coaching Co-ordinator, doing a great job of coaching all the teams. The
whole competition was run out of a GA8 Tubo Airvan supplied by WA
skydiving Academy.
The winners were:
4 Way Open. Gold - Airtite, Silver -
Righty Tighty
4 Way Inter. Gold - Hillman Cidal
Tendencies, Silver - Winners & Grinners
Novice Accuracy. Gold - Bruce Jensen,
Silver - Ursula Kelly, Bronze - Debbie Murphy
Open Accuracy. Gold - Ashley Gen¨¨ve,
Silver - Ashley Saunders, Bronze - Mark Lush
The Lee Irvine shield, awarded for the person or team
that personifies what the competition is all about, was awarded to the
Hillman Cidal Tendencies team. The special
Team Player award, of a new Dytter, donated by Skydive Kalbarri, was
awarded to Adam Easto.
A Big thank you to WA Skydiving Academy, Skydive Jurien
Bay, Southern Skydivers, Jeremy Langford & Airtite, Skydive
Kalbarri, the APF, the WAPC council and the staff and volunteers at
Hillman Farm who all gave assistance and support to make it a combined
DZ effort and a success for all WA jumpers.
For full results click here.
Graham (Dixie) Lee
CI Hillman Farm Skydivers
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L-R Jeremy Langford, Simon (Sas) Di Sciasio, Rob Tasic,
Gary Nemirovsky, Andy Oakley (vid)
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L-R Ash Geneve, Angela Jung, Vicky Green, Ash Saunders,
Carl Jefferis vid (absent) (Andy Oakley stand in)
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L-R Jeremy Langford (coach), Chris Edward, Mark Lush,
Andy Vukovich, Dan Hammond, Darren Vickers (vid)
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L-R Adam Easto, Janette Mannon-Savage, Craig Cook, Grant
Taylor, (Carl Jefferis vid -absent)
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Bruce Jenson 1st Novice Sport Accuracy
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Ashley Geneve 1st Open Sport Accuracy
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L-R Adam Easto (Team Player Award)
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L-R Mark Lush and Judge Peta Holmes
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In Review: Afterlife Boogie 2011 Coffs City
Skydivers
Aerial shots by Wayne McLachlan
Ground shots and all editing by Carley Taylor
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Skydivers enjoying the view over
Coffs Harbour at the Afterlife Boogie
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26th-30th October 2011, yet
another great Afterlife Boogie (no.4) hosted by Coffs City Skydivers,
Coffs Harbour, Mid North Coast, NSW.
An eager 80 skydivers
registered for the event. A few days of rain and cloud were soon
forgotten with 3 days of free flying, atmo/angles and wingsuiting,
making for awesome fun!!!! The vibe was infectious, the excitement
intense and friendships were made that will last forever.
International
guest Rob Heron - Freefly, and other great coaches like Genetix - Tyler
Baird & Mason Corby - Atmo, Brad Ward & Hayden Galvin 5D were
on hand sharing their knowledge and wingsuit skills, Attila Csizmadia
from Icarus Canopies - FS coaching.
The
Boogie ended with a fantastic aerial display over Coffs Harbour with
parachutists landing on the Jetty Beach to a crowd of a thousand
onlookers.
Come
and join in next year!
Coffs
City Skydivers would like to thank the APF and all our sponsors for
their continued support. Without this our extraordinary event would not
be possible.
Thank you!
Check
out the Facebook page
and more great links publicising this successful event in the Media Watch section
of the broadcast.
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Rob Heron flying over Coffs Coast
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Parachutists land on the Jetty Beach Coffs Harbour
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Rob Heron and Steve Hill getting into the action
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Retrospective: 14th Asiania Champs and China
International Open
The 14th Asiania Champs and
China International Open were held between the 14th and
22nd of October 2011.
Although no APF members competed in the
events, APF judges Faye Cox and Ray Williams were
appointed as event officials. Faye was Chief Judge for
the meet with Ray as the Event Judge for Formation
Skydiving. Congratulations Faye and Ray!
For results and more information please click on the links below:
Click here to see
the top three placings for each event.
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Valkyries in the air. Photo by
Bill Schmitz
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Aussies in Arizona
An Australian contingent has
just completed an intensive FS training camp at Skydive Arizona. Two
Open FS 4way teams plus a few extra individuals
completed seven days of tunnel coaching plus jumping with ground
coaching.
The teams training were; WTFS (Greg Jack, Shirley Cowcher, Helen
Mahoney) and Valkyries (Kate Langley, Kate Rogers, Riss Anderson,
Michelle Hales), plus Ben Nordkamp, Allan Gray and Darren Forfar. The
teams were enthusiastically coached by Mark Kirkby and other members of
Arizona Airspeed and received a very warm welcome from all at the DZ.
As the
Aussies were leaving, Skydive AZ was getting ready for the US Nationals
and many teams from all over the world were arriving and warming up for
competition. Over 60 teams were expected to register for the event.
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Members of Valkyries with Arizona Airspeed including
cameramen
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Back: L-R Greg Jack, Mark Kirby (Coach), Darren
Forfar. Front: Shirley Cowcher, Helen Mahoney.
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Interested in Becoming a Skydiving Judge?
The world of judging
skydiving can be very rewarding. It begins at local level offering the
satisfaction of being involved at local and national events, and
through the skills and experience gained may take you to major events
around the globe. Anyone interested in training to become a judge of
skydiving can make their enquiry through the Chairperson for Judging in
their State, or with the APF Director of judging.
The key representatives for
judging in each state are:
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Latest News from the FAI International Parachuting
Commission (IPC)
Newsletter
Click here to read the latest FAI International
Parachuting Commission (IPC) Newsletter.
In This Issue:
1. IPC
President's Message
2.
FAI/IPC AWARDS
3. IPC
Plenary Meeting 2012
4. FAI
WEB SITE - Redesigned and up-dated - take a look http://www.fai.org/
5. FROM
IPC CANOPY PILOTING COMMITTEE
6. FROM
IPC TECHNICAL & SAFETY COMMITTEE
7. FROM
IPC PARA-SKI COMMITTEE
8. FROM
IPC ARTISTIC EVENTS COMMITTEE - Biggest Euro Head-down formation record
9. IPC
BUREAU DECISIONS
For
previous Issues of Newsletters click here.
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The
2012 IPC Meeting will take place in Buenos Aires Argentina from the 7th
to 11th February. Papers and Reports will be submitted to the IPC
Secretary by 26 November 2011 for
distribution to the member Nations.
All
relevant papers will become available to APF members for comment and
feedback via the Expert Team, before the IPC Meeting.
In the
meantime, if anyone has any questions or proposals for the IPC, feel
free to direct them either via the Director of Competitions and Deputy
Director of Competitions, or direct to the IPC Delegate and IPC
Alternate Delegate.
Lisa
Perdichizzi - Director of Competitions. E: competition@apf.asn.
P: 0414712488
Kate
Rogers - Deputy Director of Competitions. E: chicmarvin@yahoo.com.
P: 0413390589
Within
the IPC structure, under section 3.3.1 of the FAI By-laws, the Delegate
is the principal representative and is called upon to vote. The
Alternate is the stand-in representative and may vote in the absence of
the delegate. To enable both to work well together in the interest of
the APF members it is important that members remember to include both
in any correspondence.
Lindy
Rochow-Williams - IPC Delegate. E: lindyrwilliams@gmail.com.
P: 0427452766
Mark
(Stretch) Szulmayer - IPC Alt Delegate. E: mszulmayer@hotmail.com.
P: 0414684740
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Australian Defence Parachute Association
Sports
Parachuting has recently regained status as an approved Australian
Defence Sport
The committee of the Australian Defence Parachute
Association (ADPA) is planning a number of activities including
championships, training camps and to select skydivers to represent the
ADF at national and international competition.
If you would like to join ADPA or learn more about it
then please contact Phil Thamm at philip.thamm@defence.gov.au
Membership to ADPA is free and is open to regular and
reservist personnel in RAAF, Navy and Army. It is also open to
Defence public servants.
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Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
Enrolments Still Open
The Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (TAE40110) is a
nationally recognised qualification for anyone who is operating in a
training and/or assessing capacity within their organisation, or anyone
wishing to become a lecturer at an Australian TAFE College.
With this in mind the APF is in the process of
having instructor training courses accredited with the Australian
Skills Qualifying Authority with the aim of becoming a Registered
Training Organisation (RTO). It is envisaged that with the
accreditation of the courses the APF may be able to issue:
Certificate III in Skydiving and Parachuting
Instruction Instructor
C
Certificate IV in Skydiving and Parachuting
Instruction Instructor
B
Diploma in Skydiving and Parachuting Instruction.
Instructor A
As part of this process future candidates for
Instructor A are encouraged to complete a TAE40110 Certificate IV in
Training and assessment. This can be accomplished as a body of work in
lieu of the thesis. Holders of current instructor ratings will receive
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) of up to 55% should they use Meta Dynamics, the
RTO working with the APF. For more information or to enrol in
their TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, click here.
Although there are other RTOs that offer this qualification, prices
vary as does the quality of the providers so choose carefully.
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Media Watch
For all
recent media click HERE
The APF National Office would
appreciate being notified of any media articles showcasing skydiving in
Australia or by APF members.
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Vacancies, Classifieds and Training Courses
Tandem Masters
Need a
working holiday to get away from the cold?
Part time position available (2-4 weeks) at Airlie Beach. Immediate
start at one of the most beautiful DZ on the planet.
Sigma rated with HC experience minimum 500 tdms
$50 for HC
$50 for jump & pack
Please call or email Chook for a chat: 04177 99862 chookair@gmail.com
Instructors required
Hand
Cam Sigma rated Tandem + AFF Instructor required for immediate
start. Great Rates!
Contact
Glenn@southernskydivers.com.au 1300 449 669
Full time Tandem Master wanted
Sigma rated
Display B
Handcam-able
Outside camera (optional)
Contact angela@skydiveredcliffe.com.au
0410 818 002
Tandem Masters with Handy Cam wanted
Minimum weekly retainer of $900 depending on qualifications. Relocation
allowance offered.
Ideally
AFF qualified, Busy WA dropzone available 7 days a week.
Contact 1300 13 78 55 WA Skydiving Academy www.waskydiving.com.au
Staff required
Skydive the Beach and Skydive the Beach Melbourne require WEEKEND staff
for several locations. Within our Wollongong, Melbourne and soon to be
opening Central Coast locations, we require:
- Tandem masters - Central Coast requires less experience,
so newer TM's can apply, other locations require significant
experience.
- packers at all locations
Staff
can transfer between locations and we offer a great opportunity to grow
in the industry.
email: operationsmanager@skydivethebeach.com
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Gear for Sale
For Sale
HOP Tandem Canopy DOM Aug '03 Jade / Blackberry / White
Excellent Condition - 300 jumps $900
Contact Dougie: freshsolutions@hotmail.com or 0419 736
566
 For Sale - Student equipment
Student
Telesis Containers x 6 $6600 for the lot!
(All
DOS/BOC equipped, very good condition, Cypres & FXC ready)
¡ñ 1 x
Telesis container (adjustable harness) TAS equipped $900 or FREE if you
buy all 6 student Telesis as well.
¡ñ PA
270 Main 550 jumps - only $700 Good condition
¡ñ Spare
parts - Reserve D bag & pilot Chutes, 2 x toggles, 3 x main D bags,
2 x sets cutaway & reserve handles, 2 x
sets of DOD risers. The lot only $500!
¡ñ FXC
AAD x 4 - Only $200 the lot!
¡ñ DOS
student training harnesses x 14 - $1100 for the lot or $80/each ($1000
if you buy all the student Telesis)
Contact
Don on 03 5794 1466 or jump@skydivenagambie.com
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Skydiving Airplane for sale - PC-6
Dear airsport collegues,
Skydive Grenchen, a leading dropzone in Switzerland is currently
selling its Pilatus-Porter PC-6 for a good price. Maybe this is a good
opportunity for one of your skydiving dropzones to invest in another
airplane...?
For Sale: C182F parachute aircraft
TTIS
10364. Engine 97hr remaining. 3-bladed prop 993hr remaining.
Good condition inside and out, under-wing in flight door, and parachute
exit step.
Fresh 100 hourly.
Day VFR, charter category.
Dual ic-a200 radios, and a Narco AT150 transponder. $45000
For
full details please contact Trevor at Melbourne Skydive Centre on 0410
034862
More
2nd Hand Equipment including sports rigs can be found at: APF classifieds For
Australian Suppliers of New Equipment Click here
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Upcoming Competitions and Events
MORE listings including local club
events, boogies, comps and instructor courses can be found on the APF
web site at: Calendar of Events.
Event Advertising
If you
would like your skydiving event published on the APF web site (no
cost), please email details to apf@apf.asn.au
. But first, please open up
a Calendar Event to look at samples for minimum information required.
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Enjoy the rest of the week ahead!
Your
Team at the National Office
For more information, comments or suggestions
please email apf@apf.asn.au
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