FlyingElf2002

Bumped 'cuz it's here!! :-) Addition: freefly coaching by Sergey Kuznetsov! Come and party with us!

Hi Folks, There are still a few slots left on this unique event! We need 5 more men, and 10 more women. Registration for 3-4 days is $140 and 1-2 days is $70. I know it's short notice..but we would like to get the first ever 100-way made up of 50 women and 50 men.. Come out and join us!

Howdy folks! We had so much fun last year that we're doing it again! The Collings Foundation (www.collingsfoundation.org) is again making their B-17 Flying Fortress available for jumping at Pepperell. Dates: Friday September 24 or Monday September 27th. Price: $400.00 (tax deductible)...same as last year! Departs from Nashua Airport & drop into Pepperell. Contact Don Mayer at The Parachute Shop - 978-433-8550 or [email protected]

Hello everyone, Just a reminder about the biggest New England event of the year and the last opportunity this year to pull off the ever elusive New England 100-way. Location: Skydive Pepperell; Pepperell, MA Dates: August 24-29, 2004 Some of the fun (more below): Bi-plane rides Helicopter rides Helicopter jumps Helicopter tandems High altitude jumps. "Lobstah" bake and Island Theme Party with DJ Sunset Cross Country Sunset Hit and Chug Mid-day swoop accuracy and distance contest Tuesday August 24 Night Jumps Wednesday August 25 Airplanes: 3 Casas and 1 Caravan Sunset: Cross Country Sunset: Hit and Chug Thursday, August 26 Airplanes: 3 Casas and 1 Caravan Experienced jumper big ways Skydiving with Roger Ponce, Kate Cooper, Tom McLaughlin, Sally Burgess, Nancy LaRivierre, Skip Kniley Fusion 50/50 - join the all men's and all women's records with 50+ way skydives by contacting [email protected] Sunset: Cross Country Sunset: Hit and Chug DZ BBQ - see Skip Friday, August 27 Airplanes: 3 Casas, 1 Caravan, Alouette II helicopter Fusion 50/50 - 50+ way sequentials - to join contact [email protected] General load organizing with Guy Wright. 11am - sunset: Alouette II helicopter jumps and rides Helicopter tandems 1-3 Helicopter passenger rides 4-6 Mid-day sport accuracy and distance contest Sunset: Cross Country Sunset: Hit and Chug DZ BBQ - see Skip Saturday, August 28 Airplanes: 3 Casas, 1 Caravan, Alouette II helicopter, Stearman Bi-plane Fusion 50/50 100-ways - to join contacting [email protected] General load organizing with Guy Wright. Helicopter tandems 8:00-10:30 Helicopter passenger rides 12-2 Stearman Bi-plane passenger rides all day Mid-day sport accuracy and distance contest Sunset: Cross Country Sunset: Hit and Chug Island Theme Party, Lobster bake and DJ. Limbo contest (How low can you go?) Sunday, August 29 Airplanes: 3 Casas, 1 Caravan, Alouette II helicopter, Stearman Bi-plane Fusion 100+-ways - - to join contact [email protected] General load organizing with Guy Wright. Helicopter tandems 8:00-10:30 Helicopter passenger rides 12-2 Stearman Bi-plane passenger rides all day Mid-day sport accuracy and distance contest Sunset: Cross Country Sunset: Hit and Chug

Every summer on the last Saturday in July, jumpers from all over New England (and elsewhere), come to Plum Island Beach in Newburyport, MA for a day of jumping, barbecuing, and fun on the beach. This year the boogie is 7/31 with a weather day of Sunday 8/1. Permit times are 9am - 6pm. Shuttles are provided to and from Plum Island Airfield (approx 1.5 miles away). Jumps are out of 182(s) from 5K or so; D-license required; water gear strongly recommended. Come join us for some fun in the sun!

C'mon folks.... Jumpers still needed for 100-ways at Pepperell...especially women! Check the website for more details. Blooz!

You are correct. There is a SkyVenture wind tunnel going up in Nashua, NH. Construction to start in the fall; expected opening Jan '05. Closest DZ will be Pepperell (< 10 mins) Stay tuned...

Skydive Pepperell will be hosting an innovative 100 way series in August that will coincide with their annual boogie. See the website for more details: http://fusion100.skyjump.com/ If you would like to be a part of this event, please call the DZ at 1-800-SKYJUMP. Blooz!

Update 8/30/03: 35 people are now manifested this unique opportunity. There are only a few slots left...reserve yours before it's gone! Blue Skies, Skydive Pepperell 1-800-SKY-JUMP www.skyjump.com [email protected]

YEEE-HAAA! It's here!!! Weather looks good! C'mon and party! Elf

Believe it! There is NO registration fee, and the last time I looked Load 3 was full and Load 4 was manifesting...that's 27+ people and counting. The $400 ticket price is what the Collings Foundation set to cover their expenses. A B-17 is hugely expensive to fly, on the order of $4000-$5000 per hour. The cost has most likely gone up since that article was written, and it also depends on where they got the plane. Bottom line is..you get to jump out of a piece of history. No hidden fees, costs, extras, whatever. The price is what it is. Elf

Some more info: The B17 will be loading and launching out of Boire Field (ASH) in Nashua, NH which is approx 7-8 miles northwest of the DZ. Landings will be at the DZ in Massachusetts. As for altitude...the operator's said that "whatever altitude the plane can get to in 15 mins" is where the jumps will be. How high that is, I couldn't tell you. The $400 jump price is a FULLY TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation to the Collings Foundation (the owner/operator of the plane). These jumps are being offered AT COST...Pepperell is not making any money whatsoever on the jumps. They had the chance to offer these unique jumps...so they're doing it. Kudos to Fran & Paula for arranging this! I've heard that the the plane costs $5000 per hour to operate, which explains the high cost of the ticket.

Yes, that’s right a B-17 bomber! Skydive Pepperell is making arrangements for jumpers to jump this special aircraft on September 22 and 23rd. 9 jumpers per load to whatever altitude the plane can get in 15 minutes. Load 1 is already manifesting. If you want to participate you must reserve your slot on the plane. The price of your jump must be paid up front and there will be no refunds if you back out. If the jumps are canceled for weather or airplane problems you will get a full refund. The price is $400 per person. Skydive Pepperell is not charging anything above what the plane’s owners are charging for you to jump this classic of aviation history. “The Flying Fortess is a 4 engine US bomber used in WWII. It carried at least two pilots, one navigator, six gunners, one bombardier, and a radioman. It dropped bombs via a bomb bay just aft of the cockpit.” We will be exiting from the bomb bay. Climb down until you get one foot on rails on either side of the bay, and then pull your feet together and drop straight down with your arms crossed. As you can well imagine this is a very rare opportunity. We will be using the same one that they had at WWFC last year. To find out what it is like by reading this article on dropzone.com about the B-17 at Quincy: http://www.dropzone.com/columns/B17atQuincy.shtml To reserve a slot please e-mail me. Your name will be added to the list. We need at least one load to make this happen. The price of your slot is due within 1 week of the time you reserve it – no exceptions – slots are strictly FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. Cash or checks only. If you must use a credit card you will be charged the credit card surcharge of 3% that we pay to process them. Skydive Pepperell 1-800-SKY-JUMP www.skyjump.com

Skydive Pepperell [url] www.skyjump.com 1-800-SKYJUMP The finishing touches have been put on the New England Boogie at Skydive Pepperell Wed, Aug 20- Sun Aug 24th. If you are on our snail mail list you should be receiving an event flyer in the next week or so. But just so you know what we are up to here is the run down on the boogie: (HOTEL INFO IS BELOW) *Super Otter – every day, of course *Casa – Aug 20-24 *Helicopter – August (Fri-Sun) 22-24 – passenger rides will be allowed *Stearman Biplane – (Fri-Sun) 22-24 – passenger rides will be allowed New England CRW record/World Record CRW tryout camp with Chris Gay – (Fri-Sun) 22-24 44-way Sequential event (for information on joining the group please e-mail) – Saturday- 23 10-ways and 16-ways – Thurs/Fri New England POPS Record 28+ way with Skip Kniley - Sun 24th LOs: Skip Kniley, Nancy LaRivierre, Sallie Burgess, Paula Philbrook Nightly BBQs and bonfires. Wed- Sat Rock 106.3 WHOB Listener Appreciation day – Sat. 23 – daytime – music, vendors and more/nighttime - BBQ, bands and who knows what else? :-) FREE camping all week HOTEL INFORMATION: For anyone attending the New England Boogie at Skydive Pepperell we have secured a special rate at the Holiday Inn which is only 6 miles from the airport. The dates again are August 20-August 24 and information on the boogie can be found below the hotel information. The Holiday Inn which is the closest hotel with a restaurant, bar and pool is offering a skydiver rate. Be sure to tell them when you call you are with Skydive Pepperell. ***Holiday Inn $65 per night (pool, bar, restaurant) – the bar (Kilarneys Pub) here is small but on weekends they usually have some good music and it is a fun place – 6 miles - 603-888-1551 Comfort Inn - pool, restaurant and bar – would match the above rate only if 10+ rooms are booked – rooms are normally $80 – 8 miles - 603-883-7700 Country Barn Hotel – no amenities (no pool, no bar, no restaurant) but if you just want to sleep it is the cheapest - $49 per night – 3-4 miles- 603-883-7924 Motel 6 - $56 per night on weekdays and $62 per night weekends – this place keeps going up on their rates and it has a pool but no bar or restaurant – given that the rate at Holiday Inn is only a few bucks and only 1 mile more with a lot more to offer I’d go to the Holiday Inn - 5 miles - 603-889-4151 If you want to stay at the more upscale places we have: Crowne Plaza: 603-886-1200 - $119 per night – 8 miles – pool, 2 restaurants, bar Mariott : 603-880-9100 - $79 per night – pool, restaurant, bar Sheraton : 603-888-9970 - $119 – 9 miles – pool, restaurant, bar Of these the Crowne Plaza offers a nicer restaurant and bar – they have the best steak house in town but it is pricey to eat there.

Attention CReWdogs! Skydive Pepperell would like to announcement the addition of an large formation CRW camp during the New England Boogie in August. The CRW camp will be headed by Chris Gay and will be an official CRW camp for the world record scheduled for later this year- 2003. Save the dates August 22, 23, and 24th, 2003. (Friday - Sunday) Jumps will be made from between 12,000 and 13,500 feet from the Super Otter! Registration for the camp will be $25. More details to follow! :-)