startskydiving 0 #1 May 7, 2007 Start Skydiving will be having a Memorial Day Boogie May 25-28. Super Otter jumps will be $18 all weekend, and Team Fastrax will be offering RW organizing. Start Skydiving Warren County Airport 2460 Greentree Rd. Lebanon, Ohio 45036 (513)934-3483 [email protected] http://www.startskydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
startskydiving 0 #2 May 17, 2007 The entire month of May is Military Appreciation Month at Start Skydiving. Declare your tandem in support of our troops and Start Skydiving will donate $20 to the The Thank You Foundation. (www.TheThankYouFoundation.org.) Memorial Day Weekend: Active duty personnel get $15 lift tickets all weekend. Tandems with military ID are only $140. No registration fee. Camping and RV slots. Bunkhouse rooms available by reservation. Free RW organizing and coaching by Team Fastrax. Friday, 05/25/07, 4 pm. -- Kick-off the event with Team Fastrax, The Thank You Foundation, and Rep. Jean Schmidt. Balloon jumps possible-- contact Manifest for details. Start Skydiving Warren County Airport 2460 Greentree Rd. Lebanon, Ohio 45036 (513)934-3483; [email protected] http://www.startskydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
startskydiving 0 #3 May 22, 2007 To all our friends, On Saturday May 20, the Team Fastrax Demonstration Team was performing for the Thundering Hearts at Camp Joy, Ohio. Thundering Hearts is a support group of families with children that have heart disease. Fastrax was jumping for the children. The demo consisted of six Pro-rated skydivers and was led by our demo team captain, Gene Newsom. There were more than 2500 people on hand to watch the performance. The landing area was secured by more than 40 adults and an experienced ground crew. The landings of the first five team members were uneventful. Upon landing, they waited to gather the 3500 square foot American Flag that Gene Newsom was preparing to land. As Gene approached the LZ, a child that had been sleeping in a cabin was awakened by the cheering crowd and ran out of the cabin into Gene's landing pattern. Gene took evasive action to avoid hitting this child, which placed Gene himself in grave danger. His actions caused the 75 lb weight on the flag to swing high and penetrate a tree which caused Gene to fall approximately 40 feet to the ground. His actions saved this young child from injury or possible death. Gene was rushed to Clinton Memorial Hospital where the emergency team performed X-rays and a CAT scan to determine the extent of his injuries. It was determined that Gene had broken his back and needed to be airlifted to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. Gene was stabilized and his family was consulted with regards to the surgery that would be required. The L1 was completely destroyed and there are multiple fractures below the L6. On Sunday morning, Gene underwent surgery on his spine and the results are nothing short of a miracle. The surgeons placed 6 screws and a 9" rod in Gene's back. They looked at the spinal canal and nerves and reported that there appears to be no damage. Gene should make a full recovery within 6 months. This is going to be a long, hard road to travel. The prayers and support received that have made this miracle happen will continue to be needed by each of you. This Memorial Day weekend we will be dedicating the entire weekend at Start Skydiving in Lebanon, Ohio to Gene and Nita Newsom. We invite everyone that knows Gene and Nita to come out and show your support both emotionally and financially. 100% of all revenue from tandems, fun slots, and everything else will go to support Gene and Nita during his recovery, so come out and show your support. Norman Kent will be on hand filming a get well card. Having each of you wishing Gene well will be awesome. Gene will be in ICU for the next several days and visitors other than family are not permitted. You can send words of encouragement to [email protected]. Nita will be reading them to Gene as they arrive. We will be posting progress updates on the Start Skydiving and Team Fastrax websites throughout the week. God Bless, Team Fastrax and Start Skydiving Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
startskydiving 0 #4 May 25, 2007 Great news for this weekend: Greg Rau from UPT Vector will be on-site with Skyhooks to demo. All proceeds from the repacks will go the Gene's the Man Fund. In addition, we're pleased to have Thomas Hughes at Start Skydiving. He will be available for coaching and organizing this weekend and throughout the summer. His resume: 8000 jumps thousands of hours and 3 years working in the Orlando windtunnel countless hours coaching in it for 8 years 4 way teams and years: 2000 deland tunnel rage ( gold intermediate US Nationals) 2002/03 Sebastian XL (british National team 4th world meet '03) 2004 Arizona Blade (player coach team, 3rd place at nationals but was a guest team.) 2005/06 Deland Fire alternate/video won us nationals/ world meet 2005 Deland Black Magick (back flying team. beat 2 belly teams! ;-) 2006 Arizona Airspeed 2nd 8 way world meet. Thomas is a proficient (and excellent) belly and freefly coach. Come take advantage of all of the world class talent Start Skydiving has to offer. Rep. Jean Schmidt will be at the DZ on Monday afternoon, rather than today. She'll do a tandem skydive in support of our troops. We're hoping to have Gene at the DZ, as well, if at all possible. Please come out and show your support for Gene Newsom-- who is definitely The Man! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
