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News Article Did you know that the Indiana Skydiving League kicked off the 2004 season with the second attempt?
posted: Jun 21st, 2004 The weather in the central part of the county finally gave competitors a break! Meet 2 of the Indiana Skydiving League kicked off Saturday morning under broken skies. With only one short weather hold throughout the day the meet progressed nicely and finished with daylight to spare. The teams who attended were the same teams who came out last month and sat through a stalled front. Airtight returns with an improved performance over last year. Soylent Greene was sporting new team t-shirts with a recycling emblem and turned in an excellent performance with an alternate flying point. (more)
News Article Did you know that the Carolina Skydiving League has strong grass roots?
posted: Jun 20th, 2004 Skydive Carolina hosted the 3rd CaSL meet for 2004 the weekend of June 12, 2004. Danny Smith provided an outstanding facility and offered team rates Friday - Sunday. Randy Garman, CaSL Director extraordinaire, organized a terrific meet and kept it moving along as quickly as possible on a very high-volume skydiving day.Friday was crystal clear and provided great weather for practice jumps. Introductory Class team Insane in the Plane and AA Class team Carolina ICE were at the DZ making practice jumps. The day ended with a birthday celebration for ICE member Bruce Travis complete with a birthday cake... (more)
News Article Did you know that the Great Lakes Skydiving League launched the 2004 season successfully?
posted: Jun 19th, 2004 The first GLSL meet of the season has demonstrated that 2004 is off to a good start for the serious competitors as well as the weekend “fun” teams. Five teams competed for bragging rights at AerOhio Skydiving Center in Rittman, Ohio. The two rookie teams, FKKR and Bon Voyage competed head to head, many times on the same aircraft load, trying desperately to “one up” each other. The spirit of friendly competition was evident among these two pick up teams! At the end, Bon Voyage was victorious, due largely in part to an exit induced goose egg by FKKR. The A class was entertaining to... (more)
News Article Did you know that last weekend's results of the NSL SkyVenture Competition have been posted?
posted: Jun 18th, 2004 The meet weekend of June 12 had a total of 28 teams competing in the four different NSL competition classes. Four leagues had scheduled their events for that weekend. Most of the teams from Florida and Carolina had already competed earlier this year, while the Northern Plains introduced a few new teams, and the Virginia Parachute Council launched their 2004 season with the first meet in Suffolk.The results of the NSL SkyVenture Competition were calculated after five rounds in the AAA, AA and A Classes, while the Rookie/Introductory Class teams completed only four rounds in Carolina. The AAA and... (more)
News Article Did you know that the jump ship in Croatia will still be the MI-8 helicopter?
posted: Jun 17th, 2004 National teams and competitors were recently worried by rumors that the organizers of this year's World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Croatia were considering to use different jump planes. The bid for the IPC event and earlier announcements by the host together with postings on the event's website had the Russian helicopter MI-8 as the aircraft for the world meet. Based on the first official announcements after a country won the IPC bid for the next world meet, the qualified teams make their training plans according to the chosen aircraft. The MI-8 helicopter has a wide tailgate ramp,... (more)
News Article Did you know that the NSL-TV features a new round of the last Southwest Skydiving League meet?
posted: Jun 16th, 2004 The next meet of the Southwest Skydiving League is already coming up this weekend, while the NSL-TV coverage of the SSL May meet has not even been completed.There will be a lot of footage available when the 2004 season is in full swing. The NSL headquarters will do its best to be as up-to-date as it is possible for a well understaffed operation.Round three of the third SSL season meet is once again presented by Arizona Blade. The current top team of the Southwest Skydiving League shows an energetic and great performance, which left the rest of the field in the dust. (more)