Hey skydivers! Thanks to all of you who showed your support at the Aviation Career Night. The Falling Illini had a booth there and we spread information, flyers, and stickers for the club. We even got a few excited people and soon to be students to sign up for the mailing list. It was great!
Hey everyone! Welcome all of you new skydivers who signed up during Activity Day. We had a great turnout. I thought we were going to have a meeting this Thursday, but unfortunately we are going to have to postpone it. However, you don’t need to go to it to go skydiving!
This is how it works: if you want to go skydiving any weekend simply email me your name, what day you want to go, your phone number, what type of jump you want to make, and if you can drive. If you have friends coming with you just send me their information, or email. If you don’t know what type of jump you want to do check out fallingillini.org under “My First Jump” or “Types of Jumps.” Or you can email me and I can give you suggestions. It’s that easy!
It’s looking a little cloudy this weekend but if you want to go we will take you down! Blue skies!
I’ve been thinking about some things that I would like to see happen before I take off, before the end of the semester. So here are a few ideas, some goals that I think we can accomplish!
250 New Jumpers
5 New Licensed Members
Cool, new flyers for publicity
Give aways on the radio
Raffles for tandems for fundraising
Travel to dropzones around the state
Skydiving courses on canopy flight
Getting a Falling Illini Parachute
Hosting a Skydiving Collegiate Invitational
New contests for members
All of these goals are possible with the help of our jumpers, members, and supporters. With your help we can share the wonderful sport of skydiving with everyone!
Welcome back to the beautiful blue skies! I know it’s cold out, and you’re getting back into the swing of things but if you want to go skydiving too, then we’ll do it! If you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane this weekend email me back with your name, the type of jump you want to do, your number, and if you can drive. We’ll get you set up.
Blue skies,
Daniel
Welcome back! I know for most of you this time of year means back to school. But hopefully it will help that this also means we will be getting back to skydiving. I hope you all had a great break and for those of you who went skydiving despite the weather I salute you!
We have some Upcoming Events that you should be aware of.
Activity Day
Tuesday, January 22nd 11-4 Illini Union
Similar to Quad Day. RSOs publicize their organiztions with booths. We could use your support!
Spring General Meeting
Thursday, January 31st 6PM (Tentative)
For those of you first timers who want more information. We will also be addressing some business issues such as publicity, give aways, competitions, and the Falling Illini next year. Hope to see you there!
Aviation Career Night
Monday, February 4th
Falling Illini will have a booth at the career night to info people about skydiving. We would love your support!
Also, a big congratulations to Mike Murphy for getting the most University of Illinois staff skydiving! Great work! He’ll be receiveing $150. Thanks to everyone who helped and brought people out.
For those of you interested, we will have more competitions this semester. So keep reading those emails!
This weekend is a special weekend for Archway and the Falling Illini. This Saturday is the annual Chili Party at Archway after a day of jumping. Besides delicious chili Rich Mullins will also have his King Air there. If you have never jumped out of one I highly recommend you come this Saturday.
If you want to come jumping this weekend, respond to this email with your name, the day you want to go, the jump you want to do, your phone number, and if you can drive. Come out and go skydiving with us before finals start!
January 22nd starting at 11am is Activity Day in the Union. It is very similar to Quad Day in the fall in that all the RSOs can have booths to promote their organizations. The Falling Illini has signed up, and we will most likely have a booth during Activity Day. I will send out more information as it gets closer, but we hope for all of your support when it rolls around.
The Staff Contest is getting very close to ending. Mike Murphy has two more weekends to defend his lead. If you have faculty or staff who want to go skydiving, get them out there so you can win that $150 instead!
It’s cold outside, but the Falling Illini keep on skydiving! Congratulations to Kristin Athanas, Benjamin McGill, Caitlin Wolf, Brian Fisher, Bogdan Buricea, Craig Smith, Fernando Marcaini, Karl Steller, Patricia Hernandez, Julia Waldsmith, Peter Dohrn, Siva Gorantla, Mark Steller, Matt Poulos, Joy Waranyuwat, Adva Steiner, and Meghan Possley for all making their first skydives! Another huge congratulations to Hanna Albrecht for getting her A-License! Way to go Hanna! And lastly congratulations to Daniel Bedford for getting his B-License! Mike Murphy is still winning the Staff Skydiving Contest, but there are still 2 weeks left to win that $150.
The Falling Illini Windblade
Derek Runge and Craig Smith
Hanna Albrecht and Mike Murphy
Hanna Albrecht
Mike Murphy comes in on the Bedford Special
The Falling Illini Barcrawl was a blast! Those who made it out to the crawl had a chance to win skydiving money at each bar, and a lump sum for the whole thing. Thanks to Justin and Laura for putting together all of the challenges and getting the shirts. We looked great!
The crew at Antonio’s after the barcrawl
Shirts are in and ready for pickup! I will be hanging out at the desks right in the southwest entrance of the union tomorrow (Wednesday) from 10-3 to distribute shirts. (the southwest entrance is the left entrance when looking at the union from the quad). If you have not paid your $10 for your shirt, you must pay when you pick it up. Also, if you dropped the ball and forgot to order a shirt before break, a few extra shirts were ordered if you still want to get one, just email me if interested. (You do not need a shirt to participate in the bar crawl, but it will make you look cooler) As an added bonus, anyone that is interested in getting a head start on the barcrawl is welcome to come to our apartment starting at 8pm to begin the festivities and we will all head to the first bar together at 9pm. This would also be a good time to pick up your shirt if you didn’t get a chance earlier as I don’t want to be stuck carrying everyone’s shirt to the bar for them. See you all tomorrow.Justin Tobin
jatobin@uiuc.edu
PS. my apartment is right next to all the bars at 605 S. 5th Street #18, Champaign, IL 61820. Call me at 630-715-5002 if you need help finding the place.
Yes, we are still jumping! If you want to be the first skydiver in December then I’ll race you! If you just want to go skydiving this weekend send me your name, your number, what day you want to go, what kind of jump you want, and if you can drive. I’ll get you set up!
