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2010 diary of skydiving events
 

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Dornier G92 - 15,000ft in 13 minutes
 

 
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8th February - Hot News at Skydive Hibaldstow
Free jump tickets
The dropzone wants to warm up the winter for you by offering you a special deal. Why not drop in on a Friday night and get your bed in the bunkroom for free. This is your opportunity to do some winter socialising and enjoy a few beers.

On top of that, every beer you buy gets you a raffle ticket entry to that nights' draw, a Free Jump ticket. How simple can it get? Drink beer and jump for free!

What's more, if you make the 9am load on Saturday morning, it's worth 2 slots!

And this is just the beginning. In the near future, there will be other fantastic offers to be introduced such as free drinks and entertainment Fridays as the nights come, so the question is, why wait until Saturday? If you must wait, we have all the usual skydiving goodies and a toasty warm SMG for the high rides.

See you there.


3rd February 2010
Today saw the first trip of the year for Wakefield's MPC (Military Preparation Course). The jumpers, David, Bradley, Kieran, Zoe and Nicole had all trained before Christmas and had been refeshed by instructor Mike McNulty. The skies were clear and the winds low, perfect for first time parachutists. Well done to all who jumped and we hope to see you back soon.


Mid exit


Stable spread body position

MPC is an LEA funded initiative attached to Wakefield TA to help youngsters prepare for entering the armed services. Last year we ran 4 courses and hope to do many more this year.
If you have a group who would like to train, for whatever reason, please drop us an email for more details to info@skydiving.co.uk.

Smiles after landing Sl jumping from 4000ft

You will be in radio contact on your 1st jump

We provide all the gear

Static line courses cater for large groups
 


30th to 31st January
This weekend saw a hardy lot face the cold, but what a weekend we had! For those who ventured beyond their duvets, the clear blue skies lasted all Saturday and Sunday. Some of our new AFF students turned up and it was good to see
Sarah Russon, Charlie Pearce, Lee Tinkler, Callum Todd, Kathryn Campbell, Kirstie Antcliffe and Karl Peart all getting back into the air.

Jo and H's AFF students

It may be cold, but we still jump

We also saw the return of Amy Clarke who'd fought the weather before Christmas so she took a flight to Skydive Spain over Christmas to get through her AFF and she has now come back to finish her consolidation jumps.

Well done to Derek Wilkinson and Darren Norton who got their AFF level 1's  done.

AFF out of the SMG

Deployment height

If you are close to your currency limits, please call us to discuss the options for getting refreshed or retrained.

We also had more than a few tandems go through this weekend and a big congratulations goes to Melanie and Alex. Melanie proposed at 5000ft and Alex said yes. Big cheers all round and we're sure we saw a tear in tandem instructor Baldrick's eye!

Melanie and Alex congratulations
 


23rd to 24th January
The weather at the dropzone was mixed unfortunately. Only a few lifts took of. There was a of course a big turnout for the free student retrains with around 16 York University students coming down to cash in on getting current for the beginning of the season.

For the regulars there however, we had a great seminar session and practical coaching from Simon Cathrine. He talked about the importance of max tracking which was quite well attended for the Winter, especially as it was ad-lib. Over 20 people were there receiving coaching on how to achieve maximum seperation from formations of all sizes.

With a reasonable group there for Saturday night, the students and regulars partaked in numerous games of the classic 21s, beer jenga (where the loser buys sambuka for the winners) and a reinvention of the classic kids game 'Chicken Limbo'. The drozpone edition saw 15 people finding out how low they could go, with the added twist of having to pass under the limbo line like a chicken. You can imagine how much squalking and flapping there was! Suprisingly supple Blyth Davies took first place, and right behind him was Emily Labram grabbing 2nd place.
 


First news of 2010
Skydive Hibaldstow would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. It may be cold, but we are working hard to make the 2010 season even more successful than 2009!

So first of all, the dropzone will reopen again this weekend on the 16th January. We have lots of tandems booked in and turbine aircraft waiting for you to jump out of.

Many teams are now getting together to decide which weekends and weeks they will be training over the next 7 months to Nationals. If you click on Team Training on the top left you can learn more about the dates when the dropzone is open 7 days a week. The emphasis on these training weeks are to get you in the air as much as possible. That means, efficient manifesting, quick turnaround, team training rates and back to back lifts.

Between the 18th and 24th of January, the dropzone is offering free student retrains on Static Line and AFF courses. This is your opportunity to blow away those cobwebbs since your last jump last year, to kick start your skydiving course again.

The calendar for 2010 is rapidly filling up. Take a look and decide which events interest you, or even if you would like to see something added. We are open to suggestions!

Next weekend is the exciting FS v FF 8-way speed competition. So far there are 6 teams registered for the event. Do you still want to come along? Telephone the office on 01132 505600 if you are.


 

 

 
  Events
  We pride ourselves at Target Skysports for having a busy calendar during the skydiving season. Even when the winter sets in, you can still find organising at the dropzone or lots of warmer skydiving at our sister centre, Skydive Spain near Sevilla, southern Spain. If you have a suggestion for an event you would like to see at our UK centre, let us know.
       

2010

Open 6 days a week (closed Tuesdays) from 16 Jan – 30 May & 1 Sept – 12 Dec
Summer Opening 7 days a week from 31 May – 30 August 2010

 

Jan 16th   Skydive Hibaldstow reopens & BPA AGM
Feb 27th Info Safety day at Hibaldstow
Mar 20th - 21st Info FS coaching with Simon Cathrine
Apr 2nd - 4th Info Safe Flight School with Brian Vacher
Apr 5th - 9th Info SKYSAVER week 1 - open 7 days
Apr 10th - 11th Info Sticker fest - FS1, FF1, FF2
Apr 17th - 18th Info FS scrambles competition #1
Apr 24th - 25th Info Big Way Beginners VI
May 1st - 3rd Info Funshine Boogie UK
May 3rd - 7th Info SKYSAVER week 2 - open 7 days
May 8th - 9th Info Introduction to bigways with Simon Cathrine
May 22nd - 23rd Info FS coaching & organizing with Kaizen
May 31st   DZ now open 7 days a week until 30th August
Jun 5th - 6th Info FF scrambles with the Bad Lieutenants
Jun 7th - 11th Info SKYSAVER week 3
Jun 12th - 13th Info Skydive Choreography event
Jun 19th - 20th Info FS coaching & organising with Sonicnutz
Jun 26th - 27th Info 28-Way sequential FS competition
Jun 28th - Jul 2nd Info SKYSAVER week 4
Jul 3rd - 4th Info BCPA event
Jul 3rd - 4th Info Bad Lieutenants FF Organizing
Jul 10th - 11th Info UK Skydiving League 4way competition
Jul 17th - 18th Info FS coaching & organising with Kaizen & Sonicnutz
Jul 26th - 30th Info SKYSAVER week 5
Aug 14th - 16th Info British National Championships 4-way & VFS
Aug 21st - 23rd Info British National Championships 8-way, Artistics & Speed (4-way & VFS reserve weekend)
Aug 28th - 30th Info British National Championships 8-way, Artistics & Speed reserve weekend
Aug 28th - 29th Info Simon Cathrine bigway jumps + FF organizing with the Bad Lieutenants
Sep 11th - 12th   FS coaching and organising with Simon Cathrine
Sep 18th - 19th   FF organizing and coaching with the Bad Lieutenants
Sep 25th - 26th Info First time loads with Simon Cathrine
Oct 2nd - 3rd Info FS scrambles competition #2
Oct 9th - 10th Info FF vs FS 8-way Speed
Oct 30th - 31th Info Halloween Frostbite Friendly


Events from previous years (updated to include 2009).

 
  Prices
  JUMP TICKET PRICES
 
Single jump ticket up to 15,000ft £20
Block of 10 jump tickets £190
Student jump ticket (includes kit hire & packing) £36
Kit Hire (experienced only & includes packing) £15

Coaching jumps (formation skydiving, freefly)
 

£50
 
Coaching jumps (wingsuit beginner courses)
 
£75
 

The team training rates we offer are as follows:

1 to 15 jumps £19 per slot
16 to 30 jumps £18 per slot
31 to 45 jumps £17 per slot
46+ jumps £16 per slot
(All rates are subject to change if world fuel prices dramatically increase.)

 

 
  Load Organising, Coaching & Courses
  Tracking diveLOAD ORGANISING
Every weekend during the Spring, Summer and Autumn months, we have formation skydiving and freefly load organisers on hand. They will invite you to take part in their organised skydives which consist of small groups, big ways, freefly loads, tracking dives and hybrids.

If you are looking for something slightly different, we also have a series of wingsuits for hire and a qualified Bird Man instructor.

COACHING
Many experienced UK skydivers come to Hibaldstow to be taught specific disciplines. Our skydiving coaches will train you to FS1, FF1 and FF2 standards on a jump-by-jump basis.

1 on 1 coaching jump     2 slots + £10

COURSES
The British Parachute Association operates a series of courses designed to give you safety training and experienced in specialist disciplines. Once you have passed your basic A License qualification, you can then move forward to your B License.

You may also be interested Formation Skydiving or Freefly. All our coaches work together using the same techniques. Therefore, even if you change from one instructor to another over a period of several weekends, you will still have consistency. Learn more about FS1, FF1 & FF2.
 

 
  Facilities & Kit Hire
  FACILITIES
Target Skysports has excellent facilities available for its experienced skydivers. For a start we have a turbine aircraft running at the DZ. It will be either a Dornier G92 (15 places) or an SMG 92 (10 places). Both climb to 15,000ft in around 13 minutes. More about our aircraft.

We have a large camping field which is free; and a big accommodation block which can hold up to 62 people in bunk rooms (groups of 4 and 6). More details about these can be found in our FAQ section.

When you are preparing your skydives it is normal to use an exit mock up of the aircraft and creepers. Target Skysports has a large covered creeping area suitable to hold up to 5 teams at a time. In addition, once you have jumped, we have a large indoor packing area which is padded.

KIT HIRE
Our store rooms have a wide range of kit available to qualified skydivers. The price is £15 per jump and includes packing costs. All equipment have AAD's installed and range from a Sabre 120 to a PD230.
 

 
  Weather
  Michael Fish weather presenterYou can only trust the weather so far before you have to make your own assessment and come to the dropzone. However if you want some guidance, we recommend the following sites:
 
bullet XCWeather
bullet The Met Office
bullet UK Weather
bullet BBC Weather
 

The bottom line is if you come to the dropzone, you have a chance to jump. If you don't come and the weather is contrary to the forecast, you can't jump.
 

 
  Rigging Service
 

There is an extensive rigging loft at the centre where maintenance is undertaken of all the centre's student, tandem and kit hire rigs. Our rigger is qualified with the British Parachute Association Advanced Rigger certification.

We offer the following services:
 
bullet Inspection and reserve repack
bullet Replacement malfunction parts (e.g. cutaway pad, reserve ripcord, freebag, etc)
bullet CYPRES servicing, ordering and fitting
bullet Other parts including closing loop, chest strap replacement, hook knife, slider, risers, bungees
bullet Harness work including legstrap modifications, harness replacements
bullet Pack jobs
bullet Canopy relines and brake line replacement

 

 
  Team Training
 

TEAM TRAINING
8-way over Target SkysportsOver the past couple of years team training has expanded at Skydive Hibaldstow. We have selected weeks listed below where our priority is to help teams train as a efficiently as possible. For these weeks we open 7 days (we normally close on a Tuesday) and have the cafe and bar facilities open on demand.

For those teams who can there is the opportunity to do multi-lift back to back skydives. For those not able to, the turn around is very quick and so you can still get plenty of jumps in at a fast rate.

Teams such as Satori and SonicNutz were able to make up to 20 jumps per day and have made the most of these training weeks going on to great success at the Nationals Skydiving Championships.

Using the competition aircraft climbing up to 15,000ft in under 13 minutes, our efficient manifesting system enables teams to train as intensively as they wish.

FACILITIES

bullet Team training rooms and Cametrix download station. This enables footage to be stored on a computer for quick retrieval.
bullet Large screen TVs
bullet Mid-week jumping – open 6 days a week (Tuesday's on request)
bullet During the team training weeks listed below, Hibaldstow will be open all week and will therefore no close on Tuesdays.
bullet Fast-climbing 15 and 10 place turbine aircraft with large left-hand door perfect for teams
bullet Affordable bunkhouse accommodation
bullet An on-site rigging loft to deal with any emergency
 

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
Why not take advantage by joining up with others to share coaching costs and guarantee the loads? Our team training weeks which have been set thus far are as follows:

  Dates in 2010 Dropzone
5th-9th April Hibaldstow
3rd- 7th May Hibaldstow
31st May - 4th June Hibaldstow
28th – 2nd July Hibaldstow
26th - 30th July Hibaldstow

 
 
   
 
 
 

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