2008 SKYDIVE ORANGE EVENTS CALENDAR
FIRST JUMPS
and Student Skydiver training occur as usual during all these
events. The following events are for experienced and licensed skydivers. If you are interested in making your first jump or would like information on learning to skydive,
click here. We almost always do
student skydiver training jumps regardless of these events - but reservations are always strongly encouraged.
Click for Planned $20 Weekday jumps.
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** Tentative events |
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Non-Skydive Orange Event |
| APRIL,
2008: These events usually have no
effect on Tandem and student jump schedules. 25-28 
USPA Coach Rating Course
(for
licensed skydivers who want to be coaches)
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MAY 2008:
These events usually have no effect
on Tandem and student jump schedules.
2 - 4
AFF Rating Precourse
5 - 11
AFF
Instructor Rating Course: (for Coaches who want to become AFF instructors)
9-11 17-18 |
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JUNE 2008:
These events usually have no
effect on Tandem and student jump schedules.
6-8
13-15 PD
Factory World Tour. Isaiah & Nick from Performance Designs
Inc. will be stopping by for the weekend. They will have all
sorts of canopies for demo. Stop by the tent and chat with the experts. Contact Nick Kaminski if you have a specific canopy that you would like to demo:
nicholas_kaminski@hotmail.com
21 
Virginia Parachute Council Meet (VPC)
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JULY
2008:
These events usually have no
effect on Tandem and student jump schedules.
4-6
 Kirk
Verner comes to Skydive Orange for three days of RW (formation
skydiving) organizing and coaching. Celebrate the 4th of July at
Skydive Orange. Cook out Saturday night. FFI: Gigi Rucker gigirucker@aol.com
12-13
RW
organizing. SOI club members Anne Hyde and Paul Webster will be
providing free relative work (formation skydiving) organizing and
coaching. FFI: Anne Hyde froglady@dropzone.com
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AUGUST
2008:
These events usually have
no effect on Tandem and student jump schedules.
15-17
The FABIO Boogie!!! Our largest event of the season. Freefly organizing by Orange's own Josh "Dog" Mitchell and RW (formation skydiving)
organizing by Orange's own Tim Tharpe. Alternate aircraft. Entertainment. Raffles. Saturday night Swoop n Chug, theme party & dinner = Wild Wild West! Come on out and enjoy our fabulous weekend! FFI: Rhonda Kaletz
kaletzrl@yahoo.com
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SEPTEMBER 2008: These events usually have no effect on Tandem and student jump schedules.
12-15
19-21
AFF Rating
Pre-course
20-21
RW organizing. SOI club members Anne Hyde and Paul Webster will be
providing free relative work (formation skydiving) organizing and coaching.
FFI: Anne Hyde froglady@dropzone.com
27-28
Freefly 2-way competition. Intermediate & advanced
categories. Get your team together...all you gotta do is find one
other flyer and a camera.
FFI: Dan Wayland danwayland@yahoo.com
or http://danwayland.com/events.htm
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OCTOBER
2008:
These events usually have no
effect on Tandem and student jump schedules.
20-21
RW
organizing. SOI club members Anne Hyde and Paul Webster will be
providing free relative work (formation skydiving) organizing and
coaching. FFI: Anne Hyde froglady@dropzone.com
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$20*
WEEKDAY Super Otter jumps!
| FIRST JUMPS and Student Skydiver training occur as usual during all these events. |
* Click here for
$20 Weekday Skydive details..
* And here for the current Weekday Jump Schedule
We jump our HEATED
SUPER OTTER year round!
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** Tentative events |
Italic =already happened |
Non-Skydive Orange Event |
RW (formation flying)
Freefly
Coaching
Organizing
Canopy Swooping
Base Jumping
BirdMan
Instructional Rating Course
FIRST JUMPS
and Student Skydiver training will continue as usual during all these
events!
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$20 Wednesday jump price is for current, licensed skydivers ride to altitude. It does not apply to student jump prices. (Check with us before coming)Things you missed in 2007:
March 10 USPA Safety Day!
$20*
WEEKDAY Super Otter jumps!
$20*
WEEKDAY Super Otter jumps!
$20*
WEEKDAY Super Otter jumps!
$20*
WEEKDAY Super Otter jumps!
So
That's what we did in 2007.
Things you missed earlier this season in
2008:
February 16-19 USPA
Skydiving Coach Rating Course (for licensed
skydivers who want to be coaches)
March 3-4 Member's Appreciation Weekend
Safety seminars and emergency procedure reviews all day long. Games,
prizes, food & more. Start off the season safely!
FIFE: See any of the S&TAs.
Freefly and Head down
Skydiving Coaching
May
4 8-11pm Women's Self Defense Seminar $35/person. Space is limited.
Sign up by emailing Rhonda: kaletzrl@yahoo.com
May 4-6 Bob Futrell Phoenix
Wingsuit Demos
May 7-13 AFF Instructor Rating Course (for licensed
skydivers who want to be AFF Instructors)
May
26 - Night Jumps
May 29 - June 1, 2007 USPA Advanced Instructor Course
(for
licensed, rated skydivers)
Freefly and Head down
Skydiving Coaching
June 8-11 Coach Rating Course
June 16 - VIRGINIA
PARACHUTE COUNCIL MEET
June 23
- Night Jumps
June 23-24 Amy Chmelecki Freefly Festival
Organizing, coaching and jumping with Amy all weekend long!
FFI: Rhonda
Freefly and Head down
Skydiving Coaching
July
7 SOI Hangar Fund Rummage Sale--7am to ???--Orange County Airport
FBO pavilion. Email Laura Sharp with any questions, volunteer to help or
donations: sharp@wildblue.net
July 14-15 Relative
Work Coaching & organizing by Kirk Verner
July 21 - VIRGINIA
PARACHUTE COUNCIL MEET VPC 4-way RW competition at Skydive Orange,
Details to follow.
July 28
- Night Jumps
The US ARMY Golden
Knights will be joining us here at Skydive Orange!
August 11-12 Canopy Course August
by CK1
August 10-13 Coach
Rating Course
August 17-19 Orange Boogie!
Two twin Turbine planes, we can put 40 skydivers in the air at once! Organizing,
theme
party & dinner.
Freefly
and Head down Skydiving Coaching
August 25
- Night Jumps
Canceled. We'll try again in September.
Freefly
and Head down Skydiving Coaching
September 14,
2007 Water
Training
September, 14, 15 and 16, 2007 Sigma
Tandem rating course
September
17-24 AFF Instructor Rating Course (for licensed
skydivers who want to be AFF Instructors)
September
22-23 Brothers
Gray Skydiving Wingsuit Weekend
with guest organizer Jeff Neblekopf (Tony Wingsuit Designer & Test
Pilot).
September
20-30 Canopy Course
by CK1
Freefly and Head down
Skydiving Coaching
October 5-8, 2007 USPA
Coach Rating Course
October 13 4 way RW scramble meet. Open
to all skydivers with an A license. Teams will be formed based on jump
number and RW experience. Videographers needed! More information to
follow. FFI: Rhonda Kaletz; kaletzrl@yahoo.com
Water
Training January 18, 2008
January 18-21, 2008 USPA Coach Rating Course (for
licensed skydivers who want to be coaches) Saturday, March 8, 2008 USPA Safety Day
Start of the season on a safe foot. Join Skydive Orange Inc for a day of
safety seminars, emergency procedure reviews, games, pizza & prizes.
A full list of events will be posted when available.
March
15-16, 2008 - $20
Otter Jumps - Chili Cook-off
April
5-6, 2008 $18 super otter jumps! Also wingsuit demos,
organizing & coaching* by the Brothers Gray
No registration fee & a $5 Saturday night dinner. *wingsuit coaching does cost
a nominal fee.
talk to Chris Gray for wingsuit details: ChrisJGray@cox.
April 12-13, 2008 - Sigma Tandem Certification course
Whew! So much great stuff going on... It makes me feel so very, very small, I
mean, it makes
me think about how tiny we are compared to this whole great big galaxy.
