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TK
Hayes - TK is the General Manager, and has
been skydiving for 29 years. With 7300 jumps
to his credit, his experience includes Canadian
and US Instructor ratings, Strong Tandem (2500 Tandem Jumps), 900+ AFF Jumps,
IAD, Rigger, PRO, Skydive University Coach, and
Coach 2 from the Coaching Association of Canada.
tk@skydivecity.com |
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Billy
Porter - Billy is a full-time staff member
here at Skydive City.
With 12000 jumps, he started in 1982. A former
Canadian 4 Way champion, as well as his Canadian
ratings as PFF, Instructor A & B, CAC Coach
1 & 2, Rigger A, Strong Tandem Master, Billy
is a great pick to jump with here at the City,
and will likely be your Videographer. Billy use to hold several
records but has now traded them in for CD's.
billyporter@skydivecity.com
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Paul
Meagher - Paul has been at Skydive City since
1995, a regular sight at the Sunset Bar. Now he
is an active AFF instructor and full-time
Videographer here at the Dropzone. Paul has done
more than 7000 jumps. You will see Paul here pretty
much every day we are open. Paul is also a very
active Scuba Diver who enjoys killing and eating
big fish. He recently got his Tandem rating,
along with all the other Instructional ratings
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Laurie
Clark - Laurie has been with us for 4 years,
has some 2000 jumps, Tandem and AFF Instructor
ratings and currently works in the office here
at Skydive City. Laurie has been an active
part of our operation (and she is pretty cool
too!) and plans to be here for years to come. |
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Tony
Hathaway - Tony has been jumping for 20
years, and has 14.000 jumps. 12,000+ with cameras.
His photos have appeared all over the world
in magazines, video all over on T.V. He has
shot 4-wayvideo at 2 world meets, and 6 nationals,
2-point record dives here in Zhills, and everything
else in between. He can shoot your photos as
a student, or after you graduate. Check out
his web for image samples. www.tonyhathaway.com |
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Wingsuit
Staff - BMI Scott
Bland and Scotty Burns are all local Wingsuit Coaches and Organizers
here at Skydive City. We keep them happy
and they keep the wingsuits in the air.
If you need coaching, training, or just want to
fly, visit the Z-Flock Wingsuit hangout at the
Bunker. Ypou can contact Scott Bland at notsane0@gmail.com |
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Sally
Hathaway - Sally is the owner of
the drop zones rigging shop, Paragone Rigging,
and is a master rigger. She is also an AFF instructor
and a coach. She did her first jump in 1989 and
now has over 8000 skydives. She has 2 gold medals
from 4-way Women's World meets, (Spain and Croatia)
and one bronze. (France)
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can contact Sally at sally@tunnelcoach.com |
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Deb
Dellibac - With
years of Manifest and Office experience, Deb has
been a welcome sight to meet and greet our customers.
You
will see Deb when you check in, and most likely
will speak to her when you call us. Her
husband Tom is also doing tandems with us (right below....) |
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Bob
"That's what I'm talkin' about" Clark
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Bob
comes from the Midwest and has been at Skydive
City for 5 years. Bob has some 5500 jumps
and currently works doing video, tandems and AFF/coach
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Roy
Harper Sr. - Came back from the 'dead'.
After 20 years of NOT skydiving, came back in
2000, and is now one of our best Load Organizers.
wiith 2300 jumps under his belt, he has been jumping
since 1975 |
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Oren
Kalb -
Oren
began skydiving up in New York in 1997. After
spending several winters trekking to Skydive City,
he relocated full-time to Florida. Oren has been
organizing at Z-Hills for a couple of years now,
concentrating on designing fun, low-pressure skydives
that still present a challenge regardless of experience.
Look for him any weekend at the Bomb Squad Corner.
okalb@yahoo.com |
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Bill
Brandon - Bill has been around skydiving longer
than anyone here. Thousands of tandems and
recently completed his 10,000th skydive.
His experience is one of the greatest assets that
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Eric
Hildebrand - Eric came on board a few years
ago as a Tandem and AFF Instructor. He has
ammassed a wealth of knowledge and skills over
the years as a leading canopy pilot, travelling
ambassador and a great Instructor too. His
few years of skydiving have done him well as one
of our full-time staff members. Come take
a tandem ride with Eric! |
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Khan
Hildebrand - No relationship to Eric,
but still a nice guy. Khan can be found
in our packing tent, slaving away in the heat
to make sure your parachutes are packed and
ready on time for your load.
Khan
manages a great staff of folks that make sure
you get your parachute packed on time for the
next load. |
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Mark Cochran - Mark has more than 2700 jumps now and along with Tandems, he does a number of demo and exhibition jumps every year. He has a 'real job' in Orlando, but is here most weekends helping out. |
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Dave
Ruffell - If you do not see Dave with a tandem
rig on, then he is probably at the Sunshine Factory
giving out great service and gear sales.
Dave is new to our staff, but has been jumping
for years both here and in the UK. He has
ratings for many disciplines in both countries
and many years of experience. |
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Nigel
Milligan - Nigel completed his first
jump at a military base in Hong Kong in 1987,
using the static line system. He now has 3,000
jumps and is one of our regular part-time tandem
instructors and can be found at Skydive City
most weekends. Despite the fact that everyone
thinks he sounds Australian, he is from England.
He learned to fly helicopters in Florida and
now flies during the week and enjoys his tandem
jumping at the weekends.
Email:
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Pip
Redvers - Pip is the operator of the Total
Body Pilot School of Freeflying. He has over
20,000+ jumps and is a Freefly coach. He's
been jumping at Z-hills since 1987 and specializes
in teaching free fall skills. Pip is also an expert
at teaching people to pass the AFF Certification
Course. You can contact him for details: pipandjudy@yahoo.com |
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Martin
Skrzypczak - The designer of our web
page, freefly tunnel dude and freefly coach/organizer
here at Skydive City.
Martin
is usually hanging out on the freefly porch
and jumping his ass off, when he is not doing
database management and web design for us.
Email:
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