Artistic
Events – changes to freefly licence
requirements
The
Artistic Events committee members of
the SSA have put a lot of work into
updating and amending the C and D licence
requirements for freeflying. It was
felt, even by proficient freeflyers,
that the D licence jumps were extremely
difficult to achieve. These changes
are effective immediately and will be
reflected in the next update of the
PASA Manual of Procedures scheduled
to be lodged with the Civil Aviation
Authority during the course of this
year.
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Formation
Skydiving 2-way dive pool
The
2-way dive pool that will be used for
Nationals can be downloaded
here... There will be 4 formations
per round.
A
dive pool where single grips have been
eliminated and with 5 formations per
round has been developed and will be
tested after Nationals 2008.
Judges
Chief
Judge, Annelie Hoeksema invites everyone
interested in becoming a skydiving judge
to contact her. Pia Berggren, who is
an FAI judge in Formation Skydiving
and Canopy Formation and also chairs
the IPC Judges Committee, will be training
new judges at the nationals 2008 meet
being held at SkydiveXtreme. You must
be available from 29 April to 3 May
2008. All costs for accommodation, food
and travel will be for your own account.
Trainee judges who attended Nationals
2007 must also contact Annelie if they
are interested in furthering their training
this year.
A
judging seminar will be held prior to
the commencement of the 2008 Nationals
at SkydiveXtreme. This will benefit
all skydivers as Pia Berggren will give
jumpers insight into the rules and how
they are applied and explain how formations
are judged.
Records
Although
we are aware of various skydiving records
being set over the years, it appears
that none of these was ever officially
ratified and little or no proof can
be found of these records. Annelie Hoeksema
is urging anyone with proof such as
video or photographic evidence or any
documentation relating to records to
please send these to her as soon as
possible.
Contact
Annelie on 082-341-4585 or email
annelie.hoeksema@gmail.com
Atmonauti
Atmonauti, unlike traditional freefall
that utilises the relative gravitational
wind from “below” to achieve
a multitude of stable body positions
at terminal velocity, is the name given
to the technique that intentionally
utilises lift to overcome gravity in
order to achieve relative wind (or a
custom “tube”) at an angle
of between 10 and 45 degrees, whereafter
the atmonaut (atmosphere navigator)
may introduce freefly body positions,
while “falling” at greatly
reduced speeds (90mph – 110mph),
resulting in extended freefall time
and increased safety.
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Stop
Press - Missing Story!
In
2007, a group of skydivers sat at lunch
in Cape Town and discussion turned to
an idea to preserve the sport’s
rich and colourful heritage in South
Africa. The seed was planted to write
a book, before the men and woman who
blazed these stories through the skies
over Africa moved on. Appeals were sent
out via the internet and word of mouth
for South African skydivers past and
present to send us their stories, even
just a chapter, of their MOST vivid
memories.
Roll
on 2008, and these accounts are starting
to arrive in our mailbox regularly.
The stories are ranging from those written
by the very first pioneers of the sport
in South Africa, those who drew straws
to see who would jump before the parachute
was sent back overseas for a re-pack,
to the modern day athletes who will
share the emotions of saying “I
am a formation skydiving world champion”,
to the finally uncovered accounts of
exiting a Cessna over a city centre
at 3 am in the morning to find a burger
to eat…
We
have a range of funny, sad and downright
mad stories from clubs and people across
the country, each of which will make
this book a must-have for any aviation
enthusiast.
We
are however missing one important story…YOURS!!!!!
Please
mail us your paragraph / page / or few
lines to add to the history of our sport.
Looking forward to it!
Forward
all info to ….. ralex@iafrica.com
Blue
Skies.
Terryl
(Cliffe) D342 and Jeff (Ayliffe) D374
“sports”),