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Hey skydivers! Labor Day weekend is coming up, and the forecast is beautiful! This is a great, long weekend to skydive.  So if you want to go jump in prime weather before you get too overloaded with school email me what day you want to go, your number, and if you can drive.  We’ll see you at 14,000ft!

         Blue skies!    

          - Daniel

This weekend was a fantastic start to a great year of skydiving! Congratulations to Rachel Keeney, Chris Reed, David Shim, Igor Lukin, Artem Chakirov, Fei Wang, Xander Wilde, and Richard Kasper for completing the Static Line Jump course and making their first skydives! Congratulations  to Michael Murphy for completing the class as well while making his second jump. And a big congratulations to Manan Patel for making a tandem skydive for his first jump! I know we will see you all up there again.
     
Congratulations to Laura Thompson and Justin Tobin for being named as the Social Chairs! Make some fun events for us! Thanks for another great weekend everyone!
    
    
    
     Artem Chakirov, Chris Reed, and Igor Lukin
    
    
    
     Justin Tobin celebrating an accuracy
     
    
    
     Kevin Patrick 
     
    
         
     David Shim
     
    
     
Manan Patel with Jason Papke
     
    
    
     Fei Wang
     
    
    
     Xander Wilde
    
    
    
     Rachel Keeney
    
    
    
     Igor Lukin
    
    
    
     Saturday’s Jump Class: David Shim, Richard Kasper, Michael Murphy, Igor Lukin, Artem Chakirov, and Chris Reed
    
    
    
     Chris Reed
    
    
    
     Artem Chakirov
     
    
    
     Sunday’s Jump Class: Xander Wilde, Fei Wang, and Rachel Keeney

Hey skydivers! I wanted to clear up some confusion. You didn’t have to go to the meeting tonight to be in the Falling Illini, or to go skydiving. It was just to meet people, answer questions, and get pumped to go skydiving. All the information you need is at fallingillini.org.  If you want to go skydiving and be in the Falling Illini, all you need to do is pick a weekend you want to go skydiving and email me to let me know. We still have spots open for this weekend…

Hello everyone! Welcome to the wonderful world of skydiving. Thanks to everyone who came out on Quad Day and showed their support. But now it is time to actually get out there and start skydiving. We’ll be having our first informational meeting Thursday at 6pm in 314 Altgeld Hall. That’s tomorrow night. We’ll be discussing types of jumps, showing videos of skydives, and answering all of your questions. So if you want to learn more, get pumped or have questions come and hang out with us.

 If you already know the type of jump you want to do, and want to go this weekend, then send me your name, the jump type, your phone number, and if you have a car. We’ll get you up in the air.

 For more information, check out fallingillini.org, or shoot me an email.

Thank you to everyone who came and visited our booth at Quad Day.  Over 1100 people signed up for our mailing list. That’s awesome! Thanks to Laura, Justin, Kevin, and Liz for helping. If you signed up for the mailing list you should be getting an email tomorrow about our first meeting, and jumping this weekend. Blue skies!
    
      
     Laura, Justin, and Kevin at the Falling Illini Booth on Quad Day

The weather was great, the people were amazing, and the celebrations were the best! For those of you who missed it, the Flatville Boogie was quite possibly the best of the summer. Congratulations to Alyssa Kritzman for coming out an making a tandem skydive! And a huge congratulations for DZO owners John and Lianne Rash for getting married! Thank you so much for having us!

Katerina Polychronopoulos waiting for her jump in the PAC-750

Daniel after his sweet canopy ride on DZO John Rash’s Spectre 190

John and Lianne Rash’s Wedding

Hey skydivers! This weekend we have a great oppurtunity to jump in our own backyard! Illinois Skydiving Center in Flatville, only about 15 minutes North of Urbana, will be hosting a boogie this weekend! If you want to do a tandem jump, this is definitely the weekend to go. I’m not sure of the availability of other jumps, but you should come out anyway since it is so close.  Also, the DZ owners are getting married. You have to be there! Send me your number if you want to go, and if you can drive, and we’ll get you set up. Thanks, hope to see you there. Blue skies!