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Competition Team

Competition Starts and then stops

July 17, 2010

First round of Mens accuracy started today. The mens team was fired up and ready to go. After the wind drift indicators and 8 lifts later they boarded the Pilatus Porter for their turn on the tuffet. The accuracy event is scored by the jumper placing their heal closest to the 2 centimeter dot located [...]

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Practice jump and Opening Ceremony

July 16, 2010

We woke up to a beautiful blue sky here in Bouch, Switzerland. The sun comes up over the moutain top thats right outside our window. It truly is a beautiful place. Today the Team was able to make one practice jump for accurracy. As each of the jumpers landed and walked back to our Team [...]

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A Rainy Arrival in Switzerland

July 15, 2010

After a long 8 hour flight the competition teams arrive in Switzerland to low cloud cover and rain. Not what we were expecting, but we hopped onto the bus and after little over an hour drive we arrived at Stans, Switzerland. Once we arrived most of the day was spent checking in, unloading gear, getting rooms [...]

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Competition Teams head to Switzerland for CISM

July 14, 2010

Twelve members of the Golden Knights are heading to Bouchs, Switzerland this week for the 35th World Military Parachuting Championships as part of the yearly Conseil International du Sport Militaire, or CISM. These jumpers will be competing in Mens 4 Way Freefall formation, Womans 4 Way Freefall Formation, Style and Accurracy competitions. Each year countries from around the [...]

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Tandem Team and GK8 Team Up to Form a Rare Hybrid Formation

June 22, 2010

Tandem Team and GK 8 joined forces today after training was complete to form a rare “hybrid” formation. A “hybrid” formation is a combination of traditional belly flyers and vertical flyers. In today’s formation, GK 8 members SSG Justin Blewitt, SSG Josh Coleman, SSG Matt Accord and SGT Mike LaRoche  launched a perfect four-man round formation.  Tandem team [...]

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