2008 Recent Photos & Happenings

A Totally Awesome Halloween Party!!
Good Times, Awards -Wings, Pins & Great Costumes...

The costume prizes winners were: Terry Irving dressed as a Scarecrow Monster of the Corn who was awarded
1st prize – a new gear bag and a bunch of other goodies from PD. 2nd prize went to John McCarthy & Cindy
for their Flapper and Gangster getup winning a repack certificate and PD hat. Lyle took home 3rd prize for his
great rendition of the Grim Reaper!! He won a $25 gift certificate from ParaGear.

Some honorable mentions included the creative costumes by Simon and Kate dressed as Sylvie and the Donkey
and Will dressed as Simon with a drogue and Rick as the scary Motorcycle Death creature, with many more...

There were so many other great costumes that included Pat as the joker, Fuzzy as some hairy blonde chick
teamed with Serge dressed as a desirable babe in pink!! Scott as the lost child on a milk carton was pretty funny
and the best looking couples goes to Frank & Annie as a Chinese duo and Scott & Karen as “French Maids”!
There was and a bevy of gorgeous Maids - both male & female!!

Someone even dressed the DZO , Tom up as the Chinese profit…lol :o)
Over 40 people were in attendance at our Year End Halloween Party with tables of 8 or more!

During the evening both members and Staff of Skydive Gananoque were awarded with CSPA Wings and Pins
for Freefall Hours and milestone Jumps. Simon Gelinas received CSPA Gold Wings for 1000 jumps and his
2000+ jump pin in addition to his 10 and 24 hr freefall pin. Frank Hamel received Gold Wings for 1000 jumps and his
2000 and 3000 jump certificates. Donald Gravelle also received Gold Wings for 1000 jumps and his 2000 & 3000
jump pins and certificates, plus his CSPA 10, 24 and 36 hours of freefall pin. Debbie Lovegrove received her CSPA Gold
Wings and certificate for over 1000 jumps and her 10+ hr freefall pin. Angus Smith (who was not in attendance)
also received a number of CSPA awards and they were accepted on his behalf by an interesting Halloween stand-in!
He received CSPA Gold, Diamond, Quad and Quintuple Wings for over 6000 jumps and freefall pins covering10 to 72 hours!

A few interesting expressions....

Gan Pilot RonTaylor dressed up as a "Manpon" and almost could not fit through the door Hahaha...

The party was complete with a presentation of videos taken during the season & some media clips
and music for dancing on a not so terrific stereo :) Below are group photos and a pic of Sylvie
making up with the Donkey!!

An extra party bonus of “Trick or Treat” bags - actually Skydive related Boogie Bags, filled with
terrific promotional items from all our sponsors - were provided to everyone to take home!

BIG Thanks to everyone who came out and dressed up for the Year End Party and to all our sponsors and prize
donations from PD, ParaGear, Skydive Gan and more… The Drop Zone is now closed for the Winter season and
we wish you all a "good and safe winter!" We look forward to seeing you all again next Spring!!!

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Thanksgiving Weekend !!
Food, Freeflying Fun Jumps & Formation Loads :)

Gan held a Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner during the long weekend and there were many people who came out to enjoy
the festivities! Big thanks to everyone who brought a delicious dish to share – there was certainly LOTS of food to
go around! With wine and beer for everyone and a table full of awesome desserts – a GREAT time was had by all!!

We also celebrated “Manifester” Angela's Birthday with a surprise Birthday cake of ice cream, sparklers, balloons and
a special birthday crown! She received a terrific gift hand made by Terry of a mini gear bag backpack, and we
surprised her with a few spray cans of “silly string” brought by Rach, that was sprayed all over her, as well as
on everyone else – as you can see by the photos above and below!!

We also did some really Great fun jumps and formation loads over the thanksgiving weekend.
Angus Smith organized a 2 plane 8-way formation that was completed by 10K with a successful 3 points!!

Weather was great & many Freeflying loads were done all weekend! An awesome 2 plane Hybrid formation
jump successfully built - complete with center belly flyers and outward stingers!

Martin came out to do some jumps and Frank practiced his “Blind Man” maneuver on landing…

Fuzzy & Wendy celebrated their Anniversary with a pre-anniversary dance just before sunset ~
And one of Gan's pilots Sushee, did his first ever tandem over the thanksgiving weekend as well!!!

On this load both pilots - Ron & Sushee did a jump, joined by Rob & Scott and Tandem Master Rick

A perfect stand-up landing right in the bowl!! Sushee said he REALLY had a great time and
plans to do it again real soon! Oopps… there goes another pilot turned jumper!!

Norwegian Exchange Students!!!

Last weekend a group of visiting exchange students from Norway came down with some friends
from Queen's University do a tandem skydive. They all had a great time and Wow…the guys were all really Tall and
Good looking, so Deb took advantage of a perfect photo op! :) Photo in the middle has Deb posing with Andres - a future BASE jumper, in the green sweather... oh and matching sneakers! The girls were fearless and a total hoot as well.
Come back soon and visit us Again!!

Some more Otter Pics...

Jenn and her girlfreinds also came out to do some tandems during the
Labour Day weekend and had a really Terrific Time!

After landing they were hugs and a cheerful reunion as they celebrated their jumps

Labour Day Otter Boogie was GREAT!!
Check out some of the photos here!

Videographer Simon Gelinas took a few still photos of some fun headown jumps, and some
tandems done over the Labour Day Weekend.

Caught on camera the famous “jump for joy” leap...shown from the different groups after landing from their tandems!
Centre photo shows John McCarthy exiting in perfect form.

In the photos on the right Tom McCarthy joins Pat on one of his tandems, seen greeting the passenger
and practicing his stand in the background :)

The boys have a little head down fun in the warm skies during the weekend.

Simon captures videographer Fuzzy Dave as he exits the Otter while filming Frank on a tandem.

Simon does Jump # 2000 with his Dad!!

A Family tradition… Simon took up his Dad for a tandem skydive to celebrate Simon's 2000th jump!
It's his Dad's 2nd tandem jump…as he did his first 2 years ago on Simon's 1000th jump. Sweet!

There were many people who came out to take advantage of the Twin Otter visiting Gan over the
long weekend, and we were able to complete close to 140 tandems! Lots & lots of the excited passengers...

Camera man Fuzzy Dave was able to catch some really incredible "Sunset shots" on a few of the tandems!

Everyone had a great time in the FS sequentials - as we managed to pull off some really fun 3- 4pt dives in
some of the 12 to 20-Ways, organized by the ever-popular Angus Smith!

Pictures above show the fun 11-Way tandem formation that was built around Frank and Annie in celebration
of her 4th tandem skydive. Both Simon and Fuzzy Dave were on camera.

"Feel the Breeze" Lingerie Jump

The Annual "Feel the Breeze" super hot Lingerie Jump by the DZ girls went off as planned... and the weather was GREAT!!
Photos on the left are the 8-way girls team posing for pics just before they changed into their lingerie ;)
Oh... and ‘funny man' Angus Smith always finds a way to squeeze into the picture!

Girls…Girls...Girls!! What a terrific turn out we had this year! Here is a few more *Sexy Hot* Lingerie pics...
with some creative photography to boot! Looks like the girls certianly had a lot of fun!!

Photos above show the girls lining up in the door for exit... with a few shots
of the interesting lingerie jump formation :p

Ahhhh… Sunset Load
They are quite beautiful over the 1000 Islands!

Shelley's Sunset Jump for “Lovers”

In the photos above; Shelley Reimer celebrates her 300th jump with her husband Doug in a wonderfully orchestrated
"freefall kiss"…organized by Angus Smith. During the boogie on Labour Day weekend— Shelley & Doug exit the
Otter and kiss in freefall as their friends gather around them to form a circle of love :)) Awe…how sweet!
Congrats for #300! Photos were taken by the always talented “Fuzzy” Dave Hatherly!

Photos left to right; our favorite plane the lovely Otter and Rick Powell takes up yet another quadriplegic for a
tandem skydive, happy Hugo gets ready to exit the otter and Deb & Steph are really enjoying the warm
skydiving weather. Seen with her pals, Shelley, Doug, Serge and Michel - Deb shows off her “Ireland” shirt specially for
her Irish friends down at IPC (Irish Parachute Club) where she was visiting and jumping just last month!

Rachelle gets Pied for her 100th Jump!!!!

In traditional fashion, new comer Rachelle was surprised with a bunch of cream pies in celebration of her 100th jump
done during the Labour Day weekend Boogie at Gan. She's still trying to wash out the cream from her freefly suit… Oopps!

Just a few more happy faces... in the door of the Otter and on the ground - Thanks to Jeff and Kali for bringing some
wood for the fire pit and Rachelle for cooking up an awesome Spaghetti dinner for everyone on Saturday Night, and the
videographers, Fuzzy and Simon…and everyone else who came out and enjoyed a terrific long weekend Boogie with us!!

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Some cool Tandem shots...

Dan Whitman takes a photo of videographer Fuzzy Dave shaking hands with tandem passenger Ali who is
Angus' daughter as Dad takes her on another Tandem, as shown in the photos below.

A perfect sunset landing for Ali and Dad Angus!

Simon and Sam play it up for the cameraman. On the August long weekend, Gan held a C2 course. Pictured above are the grads:
(left to right) Johanne Chantigny, Sylvie Gareau and Simon Gelinas seen with Course Conductor Scott McEown.

Freeflying Fun!! Al, Frank & Pat get together for a little headown baseball.

Gan's Gold Medal 4-way winners at the Ontario Provincials: Paul Cincinnato, Scott Simpson,
Jan Swenson and Fuzzy Dave Hatherly, with Dan Whitman and Angus Smith on Camera.

1000 Islands Festival and More!

Some of the Gan Staff make a visit out to the "Gananoque Festival of the Islands." A photo of Tom with his favorite shirt!
And, check out some of the great arial shots taken of the beautiful 1000 Islands; with Don Gravelle in his freefly suit
and a shot of Joan tracking just above the airport. Can you really find any better scenery???

Dominique exits the 182 in perfect form, a candid shot of Nick the pilot, dirt diving on the creepers and
Simon comes in for a swoop under his PD

New jumper Rachelle comes for a visit at Gan!!

On a recent vacation?Rachelle (seen in the photo above with Deb), traveled out to California in search for something
a little different….so she signed up to do a skydive and immediately got hooked!! The rest of her vacation was spent
finishing up her freefall program. A couple of weekends ago Rachelle and Deb did a few challenging RW jumps and
then through in a fun sit jump for a change of pace. Rachelle also did a freefly jump with Al Nadeau and a fun 3-way
with Serge and Michel. Rach will certainly be back because she said..."the vibe she feels at Gan is truly one of the best!!!"

After jumping we always have terrific campfires and most of Gan's staff members are a musically talented bunch! They can usually be found singing and playing guitar around the Campfire until late into the evening. In the photo above Frank serenades Sylvie with a song he created just for her titled, "I got bit by a Donkey, hee haw, hee, haw" Pretty darn funny! :)

Carve, Sit, Birdman

Al geeks the camera with a carve on the hill, Frank a sit jump out of the 206 and Simon shows off his Birdman suit

Father & Daughter do Tandems Together!

Jennifer and her Dad came out to Gan on a warm July weekend to do Tandems together!!
The photos above show them getting geared up in the hanger ? with cheerful Jen breaking into a little dance with whom
she nic-named “the flying squirrel man,” who happened to be Gan's very popular Videographer Fuzzy Dave. Jen and her Dad enjoy a hug together after their successful landing and can be seen posing with both Tandem Master Frank and “the flying squirrel man”-- Videographer Fuzzy Dave. Both had a great jump and shared something very special together!

A bunch of friends stay the weekend to cheer eachother on as they complete their tandems.

A group of friends pose on the pic nic table above … then Justin and Adriana are harnessed up and ready to go
but not until they ham it up for the camera and take more pics in the plane on their way up to altitude. Adriana also took some great shots while under canopy and some of her feet just above the airport! Below, Arno is shown putting a harness on
Matthieu and he has a stand up landing with Pat who later provides him with his Tandem certificate!

Shown above are Adriana and Deborah, and then Liz and Justin with a bunch of Gan instructors acting up for the camera.
Justin is now one of Gan's new students who has started the freefall program!

A-Channel TV Host does Tandem Skydive!!

Bill Welychka, Host of A-Channel TV program “Bill's Excellent Adventure” did a tandem on Sat. July 19th out at Gan
and had a terrific time! He is seen here with Tandem Master Rick Powell and Videographer Simon Gelinas.

You may recognize Bill as he use to be a long time host of MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic, but now heads up
new programming on Ottawa's A-Channel. He said…"this was by far one of my best-ever adventures!”

Lots More Fun in the Sun!

Although the weather has been a bit iffy at times...we have still been very busy with many new tandem adventurers seeking a thrill. Below are just a few of the photos taken by Camera Man Simon Gelinas over the last few weekends!

Tandem Instructor Simon, takes his Uncle Roger Leblanc (centre photo) on a Tandem Skydive!!
The whole family cheerfully celebrated in the landing area for Uncle Roger....

(Photo bottom left) Visiting Gilles Dutrisac happily took up one of the many tandem
passengers along with Pat - over the Canada Day Weekend

A Whole Bunch of Tandems...

The last couple of weekends in July have been pretty busy with a bunch of very excited tandem passengers.
Take a look at some of the terrific photos below—see if you can spot yourself !