While in Greece, we conducted another USPA AFF Instructor Course as well and we greeted three candidates for the course. After the week, we were able to congratulate Konstantinos Livanos (from Greece) for his newly gained AFF-I rating.  This time, it did not work out for Erez and Vadim but we are sure to see you back soon. We thank you all for your visit to GFFC and your participation!

We were pleased to greet two skydivers from Israel to Greece: welcome Vadim Venger and Erez Hardon who decided to get their Coach Rating renewed as well as go for their AFF-I training. Both skydivers are already experienced jumpers and tandem instructors in Israel. At Greek Freefall Club, Marcus completed the recurrency training with them and we say congrats for having the Coach Rating updated again!

Due to the holiday on May 1^st, we experienced a long weekend at Greek Freefall Club in Greece.  A good opportunity for our German former students and friends to join us for some skydives in sunny Greece. The guys were unstoppable for jumping and besides a lot of fun and laughs we had many celebrations:

Marcus Aulfinger 50 jumps / Stephan Konz 50 jumps / Marc Volle A-license / Julian Barthel 750 jumps / Bernd Lahme 1000 jumps

We had a very good time and thank you all for your visit. Congratulations to your round numbers and your progress in the sport!

In continuation of the Coach Rating Course, we also trained for the AFF Instructor at Flygang. Not all the candidates passed but we were pleased to see five new AFF-I’s born in Molinella. Our applause goes out to:

Daniel Pierce (Australia) / Gabriele Ghilardi (Italy) / Mirko di Siena (Italy) / Mattia Fenati (Italy) / Teodor Ionescu (Italy)

We thank you all for the participation and wish you always “safe” students! Our special thanks also goes out to the DZ Staff of Flygang Molinella for the hospitality and organization!

During April 17-19, 2012 we conducted a USPA Coach Rating Course at Flygang Molinella in Italy. It was our first visit at Flygang and we were surprised by the great demand for the Coach Rating. With 8 participants on the course, we completed the task thanks to the help of Sebastiano and Livio as evaluators. Finally we congratulate all candidates for their newly gained Coach Rating:

Andrea Buscemi (Italy) / Andrea Poletto (Italy) / Christian Fröhlich (Switzerland) / Daniel Pierce (Australia) – recurrency / Gabriele Ghilardi (Italy) / Massimo Agnellini (Italy) / Massimo di Pietri (Italy) / Mattia Fenati (Italy)

Upon request we travelled again to the beautiful DZ of Skydive Nuggets, in southern Germany (Leutkirch). Despite the unpredictable April weather, we had a great week and completed the training of Emiel Noorlander (Netherlands) for his USPA/UPT Tandem Instructor Rating. Emiel did a great job and we congratulate him for a well deserved instructor license. Have fun with your future passengers!

avelled again to the beautiful DZ of Skydive Nuggets, in southern Germany (Leutkirch). Despite the unpredictable April weather, we had a great week and completed the training of Emiel Noorlander (Netherlands) for his USPA/UPT Tandem Instructor Rating. Emiel did a great job and we congratulate him for a well deserved instructor license. Have fun with your future passengers!

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The last week in March we spent at Skydive Empuriabrava in northern Spain while running a USPA Coach Rating Course. The international gather of course participants made it not only fun but also successful upon completion. Please join us and give a big applause to the newly born Coaches:

Andy Hughes (Ireland) / Kevin Cullen (Ireland) / Alain Hubert (Belgium) / Mirko di Siena (Italy) / Samantha Pavon (Switzerland)

We congratulate each one of you and thank you for your participation. Special thanks goes also out to Alain and Pol for assisting on the course as well as the entire staff of Skydive Empuriabrava for their great hospitality.

Another celebrations needs recognition: our German student Stephan Konz was unstoppable on the way to build up jumps. In only one week, he completed his AFF jumps and managed to go all the way towards his Alicense! With completion of packing course and FS coaching jumps, Stephan now has all the requirements for his Alicense and we give a big applause to such a great development! Well done and al thumbs up for you!

We welcome Marc Volle from Germany who booked himself onto the AFF beginner course. After completing the ground school with instructor Joachim, Marc is ready to get in the air and to go through the AFF level jumps. Passing the entire program, Marc has been graduated from AFF before heading back home. Congrats to you for that achievement and good luck on your first solo jumps!