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The generous sponsor is Paraclete Armor and Equipment, Inc. The company is located in St. Pauls, North Carolina. Tim D'Annunzio, the company's President, arranged the sponsorship for the Carolina Skydiving League. The company's website offers a brief insight of its history and leadership:
Paraclete Armor & Equipment,Inc. is located in St. Pauls, North Carolina. Mrs. Colleen D'Annunzio isour Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Colleen is a veteranof the US Army and is our company's sales and marketing leader. Tim D'Annunziois Paraclete's President and Chief Designer. The genesis of the Paracleteopportunity was Tim D'Annunzio's decision a decade ago to develop technologicallyadvanced, custom designed equipment for the specific needs of highly skilledand forward force members of the military and law enforcement communities. |
The Paraclete investment into skydiving goes even further. Tim D'Annunzio's company plans to build a new SkyVenture wind tunnel in Raeford. The announcement at one of the company's website pages briefly explains the project:
Construction will beginsoon on Sky Venture Raeford in North Carolina and should be done sometimein the middle of 2005. Tim D’Annunzio, President of Paraclete Armor signeda deal with Sky Venture after months of negotiation. The fourteen footre-circulating tunnel will be located less than a mile from Raeford ParachuteCenter and PK Airpark on Doc Brown Road in Raeford, North Carolina. |
A third wind tunnel is much closer to the location of D’Annunzio's new SkyVenture wind tunnel. The Army's wind tunnel in Ft. Bragg is just around the corner and has been there for several years. However, the access is restricted and for military use only, with a few exceptions.
Each of the three wind tunnels in North Carolina has its own design and characteristics. It will be interesting to see which one will turn out as the preferred training center for 4-way teams. The 2005 season offers many interesting features for the teams of the Carolina Skydiving League. The Golden Knights have already taken the lead in the race for the prime spot within probably the broadest field of top contenders in U.S. 4-way history. Carolina Ice is the defending NSL Champion of the AA Class. There will be exciting scores and news coming from North Carolina this year.
CaSL Director Randy Garman announced all updates for the 2005 season after the CaSL winter meeting at the end of January:
The 2005 Meeting was heldat Aviators in Raeford, NC on January 21st. After a nice social hour,everyone got down to business. A call for nominations for Leaguedirector yielded a quick and decisive election to a second term for RandyGarman. He provided a brief overviewof the 2004 season, and the 2005 schedule was discussed and settled asfollows: Like last year, the FinaleMeet 5 is the NSL Playoffs. The first 6 jumps will determine theleague's score and you can elect to do the full 10 rounds for inclusionin the NSL Playoffs. (You must qualify according to NSL rules inorder to attend the NSL Championships.) RULES CHANGES/ADDITIONS: A slightly edited versionof the USPA rules for "Recognition of Winners" was adopted for the Advancedand Intermediate classes. If a class has 1 team, there will be nomedals. If there are two teams, there will be 1 medal, if there are3 teams there will be 2 medals, etc. Also, a formal mathematicalformula was adopted for determining CaSL post-season award money for teamsattending national-level competition. All rules will be outlinedin an updated "Rules" section on the website as soon as that can be complete. Please be patient - the Webmaster is out of the country until March. The changes that impact the meet competitions are fully outlined above. AWARDS: SPONSOR: Get training, and save roomon those jumpsuits for a Paraclete logo!! CALLING ALL SERIOUS CANOPYPILOTS and WANNABES! Thanks to all who attended,and I'll see you at the meets! Randy Garman Please forward to your teams,and other interested jumpers! If you know someone who wants to receivefuture League News - please have them email CaSLDirector@earthlink.net. |