Archive for September, 2007

Skydiving Weekend 9/29-9/30

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 3:07 pm by Daniel Bedford

Hey all you skydivers! We’ve been getting big numbers out every weekend, but how much longer will this great weather last? If you haven’t gone yet, you need to come out with us now!

If you want to go this weekend, let me know what day you want to go, your name, number, what jump you want to do, and if you have a car. I’ll get you set up! No experience, training, or knowledge necessary!

Congratulations Skydivers 9/22-9/23

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 12:01 am by Falling Illini

Another beautiful and very eventful weekend for the Falling Illini! Congratulations to Jeff Rohalla, Kacie Liederbach, Mostafa Dehghanpour, Audra Robinson, Alberto Moitto, Mike Deliberto, Andrew Rockway, Krysta Hanson, Jessie Pipal, Phil Street, Mark Boktor, Jason Walsh, Adam Schaedeke, Amber Rudolphi, Kevin Case, Gwen Soult, Jonathan Chino, Colleen Gibbons, Katy Pyer, Stephan Lane, Tiffany Webb, Peter Hillstrom, Matt Doyle, and David Zulkey for coming out this weekend and making their first skydives! Congratulations to Hanna Albrecht for making her first solo skydive! Also, congratulations to Laura Thompson on completing her A-License check dive! And finally, congratulations to Justin Tobin for getting his A-License! Great work everyone!

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Phil Street, Jessie Pipal, Krysta Hanson, and Mark Boktor

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Matt Doyle, Stephan Lane, and Katy Pyer

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Hanna Albrecht

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Saturday’s First Jump Class

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Kacie Liederbach and Jeff Rohalla

Skydiving Weekend 9/22-9/23

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 12:18 am by Daniel Bedford

Hey all you skydivers, looking to get up to 14,000ft this weekend!? And then jump and scream your head off for almost a minute at terminal velocity?  Well if that sounds like fun to you, then email me your name, what day you want to go, the jump type you want to do, your phone number, and if you a have a car. It’s that easy! No experience, knowledge, or training necessary!

Check out fallingillini.org for more information! Blue skies!

Congratulations Skydivers! 9/15-9/16

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 11:41 pm by Falling Illini

If you went skydiving this weekend then you got to experience the best weather yet this year! What a beautiful weekend. A ton of congratulations to Nate Gorman, Andrew Rockway, John Murphy, Marcy Fridman, Jiyeon Baek, Nisha Mathur, Alfa Herrera, Beth Labuszewski, Denise Studer, Dallas Castillo, Aamina Akram, Abigail Schmink, Deanna Gallo, Kyle Johnson, Kara LaRocca, Jacob Kochs, Catherine Shasteen, Kathryn Hamilton and Alex Zajac for coming out and making their first jump. Well done everyone, I know you had fun!

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                  Abby Schmink, Alex Zajac, and Deanna Gallo

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                                         Daniel Bedford

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                                               Kara LaRocca

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                                                Kyle Johnson

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                                     Sunday’s First Jump Class

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                                             Katie Shasteen

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Justin Tobin’s A-License Check Dive

Monday, September 17th, 2007 1:59 pm by Falling Illini
Here is Justin Tobin peforming his A-License Check dive over Archway Skydiving Centre in Vandalia Illinois. Great job Justin!

10-Way at Archway

Monday, September 17th, 2007 1:58 pm by Daniel Bedford

Here’s a cool video of an attempted 10-way at Archway. I’m in the Orange and Blue.


Skydiving Weekend 9/15-9/16

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 6:29 pm by Falling Illini

Hey all you skydivers! We are going skydiving again this weekend on both Saturday and Sunday! The weather looks a lot better than last weekend so you should get up there. For those of you who could not go last weekend, you should get back down there as soon as possible.

If you want to go skydiving this weekend, simply respond back to this email with your name, what day you want to go, the type of jump you want to make, your phone number, and if you have a car. I’ll get you set up!

Remember, no experience, training, or knowledge necessary! Check out fallingillini.org for more info.

Congratulations Skydivers 9/8-9/9

Sunday, September 9th, 2007 8:50 pm by Daniel Bedford

Though we had cloudy weather for most of the weekend, we still had close to record turn-outs, and quite a few people got to skydive. We had over 20 tandems alone signed up to go this weekend. Thanks to everyone who made it out yesterday and today despite the weather! For those of you who made your first jumps today, I’ll get you up on the list for next week. Thanks! 

Skydiving 9/8-9/9

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 2:17 am by Falling Illini

Hello Skydivers!  We have a big group going down this weekend to jump and you should be a part of it. If you want to go skydiving this weekend email me your name, the day you want to go, the type of jump you want to do, your phone number, and if you can drive. It’s that simple! No prior experience, training, or knowledge necessary!
    
     For more information check out fallingillini.org.

Congratulations Skydivers 9/1-9/3

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 3:29 pm by Falling Illini

Congratulations to all the people who went out and jumped this Labor Day weekend! Congrats to Nick Langellier, Hanna Albrecht, Preeti Vasudevan, Trisha Rosenkranz, Fan-Chung Hsu, Abdulrahman Hassaballah, Kirsten Ploanin, Sarah Joseph, Jesse Luehrs, and Rouhollah Alizadegan for all completing the first jump course and making their first skydives! A big hand to Laura Bowers for going on her first tandem skydive! And well done to Chris Reed, Artem Chakirov, and Mike Murphy for all performing their first freefall skydives! Thanks for another great weekend!

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Laura Bowers

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Mike Murphy

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Artem Chakirov

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