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  1. Just another update,...

    For those of you who don't know Rob and I are very pleased to announce that Omar from Skyventure Orlando will be coming up to work with us. Yes,.. he is leaving FL behind and coming to live in the live free or die state. Omar is a senior manager at Skyventure Orlando and will be the god of all things flying at our tunnel and much more. I don't think that we could of found a better person to help us run our tunnel.
    Omar is a wonderful person and will bring a great vibe to our tunnel. If you don't know Omar once you meet him I think you will all agree that he is a perfect person to be on our team at Skyventure NH. So If you are down in Orlando at the tunnel make sure you don't tell Omar how cold it can get up here! No,.. just kidding! He was just here for our 5 below weather and loved it.
    I believe that his last day at Skyventure Orlando is around mid March.

    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

  2. well we will be glad to have you visit us. I don't know if you had heard but Nancy of Ouragan suits has or is moving her business to Canada. In fact all of our instructors will be wearing her suits. She makes an awesome tunnel suit and we look forward to seeing her at our tunnel from time to time.

    Not much new on our site today other than RAIN,.. RAIN,.. and RAIN. The steel crew did not work today due to the weather but will be there tomorrow.
    I will be posting new pictures tomorrow.

    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

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    If its as good as Airkix in the UK you will have a great tunnel to play in.



    hmmm,,.. not to brag,.. but I do think that we will be better. New upgrades!:)Fiberglass diffuser, better motors and also 1200 hp, smaller turning banks for smoother airflow and don't forget our very nice massage chair that we will have on site!:)But I am sure that the next tunnel after us will be even better. Skyventure is working hard to make these tunnels better and better.

    Blue Ones!

  7. Thanks Dawn for posting that. They will be showing us all of the footage before it goes live. I will be sure to let you know along with the readers of Dropzone.

    I should be talking with the host of the show this week so I will see what he says. I know that he is looking forward to flying in the tunnel.

    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

  8. Hi Mark,

    The comcast network was out filming last week. I am not sure when they are going to start showing footage but I will be the second to know! As soon as I find out I will be posting it on Drop Zone.
    The show is American Builder on CN8.

    I am sure that our steel crew is missing the 60 degree weather that we had last week. We are now on DAY 7 of erection! B|

    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

  9. Another update,..
    Well we are now at day 6 of our steel erection and things are going well. The steel crew thinks that they will be done the end of next week. Hopefully mother nature will keep all of the nasty snow away!
    Then I think the next plan is to work on getting the flight chamber in place!B|
    I will keep you all posted when that is going to happen.
    See the picture below.
    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

  11. Hello all,
    Here is what our site looks like at the 3 and 4 day mark. ( see pictures below )
    The crew is working hard to get it done. It looks like mother nature is going to be nice to us this week bringing 40 - 50 degree weather instead of SNOW. I am sure that will soon end. A load of our fiberglass parts are arriving from FL at 7 am tomorrow! :)This load is our diffuser and unlike CO and UK ours is made of fiberglass. UK and CO are made of steel. I went to FL and touched it and it is sooooo smooth.;)
    Well,.. that is about all,... no plumbers crack lately the steel erection crew keep their pants pulled up!:)
    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

  14. I searched around and did not find anything in the Bonfire about the recent death of Max Mueller and would like to start this thread in honor of him.
    http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/5892092/detail.html#

    It is always a sad day in the sport to lose someone as special as Max. He was a great skydiver and a friend. I am blessed that I have known him since 1994 and have made many jumps with him. I will cherish them always. I will always remember Max yodelling in the morning, sitting with him at the coffee gallery and his smile. Max loved Hawaii and has spent many winters there. I talked with him just 3 weeks ago and he sounded happy as always.
    My deepest condolences to his daughter and family. Also my condolences to the family of the tandem passenger. I would like to think that I will be skydiving when I am 69 like Max. I think he would of jumped until he was a 100 if he could of. He truly loved the sport and I know will be missed by all that knew him.
    So,.. Blaue Himmel Max and I hope you have everlasting freefall.

  17. Well just an update.

    The one foot snow storm missed us on Tuesday leaving us with only 2 inches.:D We then poured our slab for the foundation on Wednesday. The steel crew showed up and sorted the massive pieces of steel.:)Today, (1/5/06) the snow was flying today and our steel was also . YES,..We have now gone vertical!!!B| The crane worked all day moving the 2500 pound chunks of steel around an the crew bolted them in place! It was an awesome sight to see!
    The steel crew will continue to work until they are done.

    I will try and post some pictures later.
    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

  18. Yes,.. we are getting ready to go VERTICAL. The steel crew said they would be on the site today but that date was moved to Tuesday. The holidays are slowing us down. We will be glad to ring in the new year and get this tunnel built. If all goes well we will be going vertical sometime next week. We are pouring our bottom foundation slabs and then comes the steel. I will post the actual date on Tuesday after I talk to the steel crew.

    We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing everyone in 2006!

    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

  19. The latest update,.. we are paved and are finishing up the site work. We are very excited to announce that it appears that we may be going vertical next week. Not sure what day,.. but will post it when I know. Our fans arrived this week and they are huge!B| ( see pic below ) To give you an idea of the size of them Rob is 6' 4" tall.
    We wish everyone a Happy Holiday!
    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

  21. Hi All,
    An update on our project. Well mother nature did NOT keep us down. Even though she dumped a foot of snow on us we are now paved!:)Our site guys did a great job in cleaning all the snow off after the storm. We were prepped and ready for paving by Monday afternoon. Today (12/13/05) our rough coat of paving is now in place. This is a big event to us due to we need to have some paving in place to open for business.B|
    By Monday or Tuesday we should be pouring our final slabs for the foundation floors. While that is going on our steel company will be moving our steel around and getting ready to GO VERTICAL. :)

    So,.. attached is a photo of the pavement and I will post again soon.
    Due to popular demand we are selling time now.
    Blue Skies and Happy Holidays!
    Laurie

  22. Hi Mark,

    The Skyventure corp. site is wrong. They are going to fix that on the site. The month of May would be our worst case. We think that we will be open in April. I would love to say March,... but as I type this a really nasty storm is heading our way to dump a foot of snow on US![:/]

    We will keep you and all of our readers posted.
    Thanks for asking!
    Blue Skies!
    Laurie

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    I'm getting pumped up for this thing to start blowing... Or does it suck??


    It sucks,..:P but only a million cfm! 1200 hp and speeds up to 160 mph.B|

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    In any case - I'm really looking forward to having fun going broke in Nashua!


    We look forward to having you there!:)Blue Ones!
    Laurie