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Mornings marked with wet pavement and grey skies generally don’t inspire feelings of excitement for skydivers, particularly on a weekend. It appeared I’d flown halfway across the country for a non-event.
Returning from Australia on a Monday morning, Monday afternoon was dedicated to recovery from jetlag and bad airline food consumed over the last 19 hours…. Needless to say, those precious hours weren’t quite enough, but they did give me a head start.
Tuesday marked travel to Madison, Wisconsin t… Continue

Saturday/Sunday:
Got up this morning, made some GREAT skydives with Eddie and Lynda, Stacy n’ Steve, and other members of the Byron staff. Aiysh decided today was the day that he’d begin Wingsuiting, and so Brad and Aiysh took the First Flight Course. Brad couldn’t jump his ne… Continue

Wednesday, Day 3 of the APF
Today began very slowly due to the Riverboat Party last night. The masquerade-themed event was a ball (no pun intended) but there were those of us from overseas that weren’t aware it was a masquerade until shortly before the event. I t… Continue

Skipping ahead to the evaluation of Byron Bay Skydiving….
Today started with a quick visit to the Cookie Composites shop where all the cool toys are designed and built. Jeremy was gracious enough to spent a couple hours showing me how they mill all their metal parts from hinges to… Continue

Sunday, May 10, 2009
Cookie was right there to pick me up this morning… even though the flight was nearly an hour early. We headed straight to coffee, but the restaurant on the bay wasn’t open yet. So…we watched the sunrise over the sea until the coffee shop opened, whereon the cognizant portion of the day began.

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