The AFF Instructor PreCourse is a great training opportunity for those skydivers interested in becoming a AFF instructor. The Precourse is not mandatory for the attendance of the actual AFF IRC but our experience shows that the passing rate will be much greater. This past weekend, we spent again the days at the beautiful DZ of Greek Freefall Club while training two ongoing AFF Instructor Candidates on the precourse. We thank Olga and Kostas for joining and wish them all the best for their upcoming AFF instructor course.

One of the requirements for the USPA B-license is the live water training which can be underestimated at times.  If you like to jump close to the beach or even participate in direct beach landing  jumps, the water training is definitely a must. During our stay at GFFC (Greek Freefall Club) we gathered a group of 10 skydivers together who were interested in getting their B-license achievement. All skydivers passed the training on Setember 22nd, 2011 and besides the fact that they learned a lot, we also had a lot of fun! Thanks guys for participating!

Special thanks to pool host Vassilis and thanks to Kostas Deliopoulos for the nice pictures!

During this weeks training at Skydive Lillo in Spain, we are also pleased to see the successful completion of the USPA/UPT Tandem Master Course. The two course participants who are active with the Spanish military, showed great performance and we congratulate them both for their achievement in becoming new tandem instructors:

– Santiago Jimenez (Spain)
– Julio Aguado (Spain)

Well done, guys and good work with your new rating and your upcoming tandem passengers! As always we like to thank Julian, Tigri and everybody else involvedduring this course as well as the whole staff of Skydive Lillo for their hospitality!

This week, we are visiting again Skydive Lillo in Spain for conducting a USPA Coach Rating Course and Tandem Master Course. The first three course days have been busy but successful and we are pleased to welcome two new USPA Coaches into the world of instructional skydiving:

– Santiago Jimenez (Spain)
– Julio Aguado (Spain)

Good job during the course, congratulations! Lets keep up the good work also during the upcoming Tandem Master Course!

Once again we are happy to congratulate our team member Julian Barthel to a round number! He realized is 600th Jump the other day with a 6 way tracking Jump! Congratulations from all of us and keep up the pace!

During August 12-15, we had another great weekend at the beautiful DZ of Greek Freefall Club (GFFC), located close to Athens. Despite the Greek holiday season and the heat, we had managed a USPA Coach Rating Course with great success. Both candidates passed the course with flying colours and we give a big hand to: Panagiotos Lambrou and Orestis Kirkorian for being now two new USPA Coaches in Greece. We thank John Vlachiotis and Nikos Pavlidis for their assistance during the course as well as thank the whole team of GFFC for another great stay and the – as always – awesome hospitality!

We just returned from the beautiful and green landscape of Germany, where we conducted a USPA Coach Rating Course at FSC Südpfalz, Schweighofen. It was a pleasant stay for us and a good training for the participants. Despite the rather negative weather forecast, we were lucky and able to finish all the candidates on time during the week. Please join us and congratulate the four new USPA Coaches:

– Jens Paul (Germany)
– Katja Teutsch (Germany)
– Michael Büligen (Germany)
– Laurent LeCleach (France)

Also, we congratulate Jens Paul for getting his USPA IAD/SL Instructor Rating as well. We thank all participants for booking in and we thank the entire team of FSC Südpfalz for a great organisation and nice hospitality. We really enjoyed our visit and hope to be back soon!

We have had another pleasant stay at GFFC (Greek Freefall Club) in beautiful Greece while conducting a USPA Coach rating and tandem instructor course. The only participant came from Lituania and is already a very experienced tandem master. His conversion to USPA was therefore easy going and we congratulate Aleksandrs Neposedors to his achievement. Thank you for booking in with us and good work with your USPA rating. We also give a big thank you to the DZ of GFFC for a great hospitality.

Our last scheduled course during the stay at Skydive Lillo Spain was the USPA/UPT Tandem Instructor Course and we are pleased to announce that both candidates passed the course successfully. Thanks to the assistance of Julian Barthel and Herve Manigas, we can present the two new USPA Tandem Instructors:  Florin Craciun (Romania) / Edward Roscoe (UK/Spain). Well done, guys! Thanks for booking in and good luck with your future tandem passenger jumps.

Our graditude goes also out to the entire team of Skydive Lillo for being a great host DZ during our past 2 weeks.  We shall see you all again soon!

Upon our stay at Skydive Lillo in Spain, we were happy to organize another USPA AFF Instructor Course during July 01-07, 2011. The course was a complete success and we can congratulate all the participants for achieving their goal and for receiving their new AFF Instructor Rating. We are especially pleased to announce that our team member Julian also passed the course, well done!!

Congratulations to all the new USPA AFF Instructors:  Julian Barthel (Germany) / Herve Manigas (France) / George Balutoiu (Romania)