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Start Skydiving Offer Wounded Veterans
Tandem Skydive Opportunity "Blue Skies for the Good Guys and Gals" Honors our Nation's Heroes Team Fastrax Professional Skydiving Team and Start Skydiving are proud to announce their new program, "Blue Skies for the Good Guys and Gals," to say THANK YOU to the men and women who serve our country. The program will provide a tandem parachute opportunity for those Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guard (active duty, reserve or guard) who have been wounded in combat and received a Purple Heart. Team Fastrax has partnered with the Wounded Warrior Foundation and The Thank You Foundation to reach out to Veterans around the country. "These are our nation's finest and brightest and we have an obligation to do whatever we can to lift their spirits and show them how much we care, said John Hart, founder of Team Fastrax and owner of Start Skydiving. "As a Gulf War veteran and 20 year Army service member, I am honored to sponsor an event that will have a special impact on these men and women." The program will kick off at Start Skydiving in Lebanon, Ohio on Memorial Day Weekend as part of the Thank You Foundation Boogie. Selection.com, the nation's premier background screening service, is spearheading the corporate charge to raise the funds to make these skydives happen. For more information on how to help and participate you can contact The Thank You Foundation at : 1-877-280-8893
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The Thank You Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to show appreciation and express gratitude for those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, both past and present. The Foundation accomplishes its mission though several programs and activities such as sending care packages, visiting Veterans in care facilities, providing complimentary tickets to sporting and entertainment events, and presenting Thank You Cards and Certificates of Appreciation to those who have served or are serving our military. Donations can be made directly to: www.thethankyoufoundation.org |
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| Dear John,
At Start Skydiving, we place our customers first in everything we do. This newsletter is meant to keep you informed about the latest events and occurrences at our Professional Skydiving Center. Please take the time to email or call us with any comments that will improve the services we provide at Start. You can help us spread the word about Start Skydiving by forwarding our newsletter to your friends. All you have to do is select the "Forward to a Friend" button to the left. |
What's Up This Week | Week ending 31 May 2008 We are now operating on Summer hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 12:00 pm until sunset, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 am until sunset. We have another great weekend of jumping planned at Start Skydiving so come on out and enjoy the sky. We wish to apologize to some of the fun jumpers for not being able to fit you into our packing rotation on Sunday. We will have another high speed packer on staff next week and hope this eliminates any future bottlenecks. Our packers packed over 175 student and tandem systems this weekend and over 300 sport rigs. |
| | Safety First! | Things you need to know . A "C" License is earned, not issued, at Start Skydiving! In order to earn your B license, you must have: 1) Met all current requirements for or hold a USPA B license.
2) Completed 200 jumps, including accumulating at least 60 minutes of controlled freefall time.
3) Landed within two meters of target center on 25 jumps.
4) Completed the aerial performance requirements of either:
a) during freefall, perform in sequence within 18 seconds: a backloop, front loop, left 360-degree turn, right 360- degree turn, right barrel roll and left barrel roll; OR
b) completed at least two points on an 8-way or larger random skydive.
5) Passed the USPA written C license exam conducted by a current USPA I, I/E, S&TA, or USPA Board member.
We offer the finest coaching in the World at Start Skydiving to assist you in attaining your C license. |
| Upcoming Events | We've got some great upcoming dropzone events. Beginners CRW Camp - June 14th & 15th Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to fly CRW with members of Team Fastrax Demonstration Team. You will be introduced to proximity flying in two-, three-, and four-way stacks. This camp is a great way to hone your canopy skills, develop self confidence and become a safer pilot. Registration is $50 and covers the use of Fastrax CRW canopies. Sign up at
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. Meet 2 of the Mid-East Skydiving League - June 21stThe second meet of the MESL will be held at Start Skydiving on June 21st, with Sunday the 22nd being a rain day. Free coaching is provided by members of Team Fastrax. Everyone is invited to participate and have a great time. 4-Way Scrambles - June 28th Come and participate in 4-way scrambles at Start Skydiving. Teams will be organized on 28th; everyone is welcome to participate. There is no registration fee for this event, but we would like to hear from you if you at
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if you are interested in participating. We guarantee a great time. The Ohio State Women's FS Record Attempt - July 12th Calling all RW women! Come on out and help set the Ohio State Women's Formation Skydiving record at Start Skydiving. Our minimum target is the unofficial record of 18; our goal is to build a 30-way. For more information or to RSVP, contact Joan Esson at
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. We would like to have a head count by June 1st, so please let us know as soon as possible if you're interested. And please spread the word to all your female jumper friends! |
| | DZ Happenings | | Here is the scoop! It is time to put your big way plans together and let's set some DZ and Ohio records! Check out the Start Skydiving Events Calendar and mark your schedules accordingly. What an awesome weekend to kick off the start summer. We reconnected with friends that we have not seen in years, seven oldtimers came out of the woodwork and started jumping for the first time in 3-7 years. It is great to have you back in the air. Several people reached jump number milestones this weekend: Don Abney - 100 John "Rudder" Harth - 200 Tristan Donley - 300 Scott Snell - 600 Misty Harmon - 800 Marcus Harris- 2,000 Other notable occurrences and achievements: Scot H attained his B license and Matt Nobles went on solo status. Bud had his first reserve ride - after a total malfunction - without incident. Clint took a spry 91 year-old woman up for a birthday tandem Sunday. He said the experience is something he will always remember; we're sure she will, too! Throughout the holiday weekend, we made more than 800 skydives from the two caravans and Enstrom helicopter. The helicopter is available all summer at Start Skydiving; schedule with manifest if you are interested in jumping from it. The cost is $45 to 4000 feet.
And always remember, If you're in the market for new gear, make sure you check out our sponsors on the left side of this newsletter. All the manufacturers we support are top-of-the-line. Ask manifest if you are in need of something; Kip or John will sit down with you and explain the benefits of having the right equipment.
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Making head down look easy at Start.
Jason Bradley, Brad Hunt, Nick Hice, Dave French, Kevin Haponek and Marcus Harris Photographer
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| National Skydiving League |  Mid-East Skydiving League News Greetings Four-Way Junkies, .The first meet of the MESL had three teams participate and we all had a great deal of fun. Coaching was provided by John Hart and Niklas Hemlin from Fastrax. Several teams had members that were ill and were unable to participate and we will see them in June.
MESL Schedule Meet 2 - Jun 21 Meet 3 - July 19 Meet 4 - Aug 16 NSL Playoffs - Sept 20 - 21 Rain dates are the Sundays. If good weather prevails and the meets complete in one day, we'll have organized big(ger) ways on the Sundays. If anyone has an interest in doing some 4-way this summer, feel free to contact me directly at
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. We're here to serve. Here's to a great season in 2008! -Mike |
Thank you for making Start Skydiving the place where great people become skydivers and skydivers become great! Blue Skies, The Team at Start Skydiving |
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