Kansas State University Parachute Club

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Update on the opening time for July 31st, Saturday. Since our plane is a big part of gettin us in the air and all... its a must on keeping up on maintence. As of right now the opening time for Saturday will change to 11ish. Please keep checking back for further updates on times. Sunday Aug 1st will still be the same at 9 am. If you have any questions feel free to call the dropzone. BlueSkies

Posted On:July 29th

Hey to all you wonderful people! Looks to be a great weekend for skydiving, before the rain is upon us this upcoming week. So come on out to the Wamego Air Field and do some skydiving! Even if your interested come on out and check it out, ask questions and get answers. Jump classes for the future are calling your name. So be a part of the best club in the sky! Saturday July 31st the doors are open at 8am, bright and early. Sunday, August 1st, doors are open at 9am. Come on out! **Bring water, it will be needed!** BlueSkies

Posted On: July 29th

This upcoming weekend looks to be busy yet slow, lets change that. On Friday, July 23rd, we have a First Jump Class. Looks like a fairly large group. Doors will be open Saturday July 24th at 8 am. Loads will pry go up but it will be slow until 1 pm or so. Packers and Jumpers, come out to the DropZone and help our new students get to know the drop zone, show them around and answer any questions. Get involved, everyone learns something new every day! Sunday doors open at 9 am. Bring lots of water, it will pry be needed. See you all out there! Until than keep your head in the clouds. BlueSkies

Posted On: July 20th

It was a **HOT** and slow weekend at the DropZone, with lots of people out of town. Put up about 15 loads. As always though it was a sucessful weekend, We had 4 first time jumpers experience the sky from the best view possible, and one student got off static line. Justin Warner got all his jumps for "A" licence requirments and managed to sneak out without gettin Stamped! tisk, tisk. Congrats to all first timers and all those who crossed into "A" licence territory. BlueSkies

Posted On: July 20th

Hello, hello... to all the thrill seekers who choose to be a part of the skydive world! Sorry the post is up so late, working out some kinks. Its gonna be a great weekend for JUMPING and gettin those "A" licences! The doors will be open Saturday July 17th at 8am and Sunday July 18th at 9am! Come out and soak up the sun while we got some summer left. We got plenty of instuctors out this weekend so STUDENTS ATTENTION: come out and get some jumps in! Come get your "A" licence so you can join the big dogs on the CoUcH FrEaKs upcoming expedition :) and making the most of life, come this September!

It looks to be in the 90's this weekend so BRING WATER! It will be needed! Also, there are a few that will be campin out on Saturday Night, so come and join in on the fun there to be able to get up and be first packed for the first Sunday load. Can't wait to see you all there. Only skydivers know why the birds sing... Blueskies

Posted On: {July 16th}

Hello there all you fine people, Here is what I am hearing as far as jump news; Friday (today) the demo that was supposed to happen in St. Marys on the 4th will go on at about 8- 8:30. Saturday doors will be open at 8:00, there are I think 4 tandems, Mostly morning, and we need jumpers out to keep the plane turning. The pilot will be leaving early saturday (mid to late afternoon) so, get your bottoms out there early. I am still working on trying to get a pilot for the evening on saturday. Sunday will be the normal thang, 9am doors open and flying until sunset. There will be coaches and instructors out all weekend, which means I should see all you future sky gods and goddesses out there tearing chunks out of your license requirements.

Blue Skies

Posted On: July 11th

**UPDATE** Friday Jumping Is on... Doors will be open at NOON. Students please call before you head out to the DZ or just head out and get packed and ready to jump. Instructors will be out later sometime after noon. Don't quote me, but better to be ready when they get there so YOU can be the first student load up.... For sure we will have instructors just later in the day. I'm im pretty there will be camping on Friday night and Saturday night FOR SURE. The weather looks great so come on out! **ALSO we can fly till sunset 9PM for those late bloomers!

Saturday the 3rd brings more jumping with doors opening at 8am and going non stop till 9pm Also make sure you bring out your swim suits, floates and beach towels... just in case the heat gets unbarable, we can head on over to the Wamego City Pool :) I do also believe there will be a carnival in town this weekend to all those big kids, still yet little kids, and family oriented ppl. There should be alit of everything for everyone this weekend...

Sunday the 4th we have two demo's that our bird will have to leave for around 4PM. The first is at Fort Leavenworth around 6:30pm with the second at St. Mary's around 8:30pm. St. Mary's is about 10min east of the DZ on 24Hwy; we would love to have your support at the ball field. Wamego will be having a fire works display on the 4th that we can see from the DZ to keep the fun going.

Bing....Bang... Boom! Hope to see you there!

Blue Skies

Posted On: June 8th

Well, another successful weekend is in the bag. Saturday brought wishy-washy winds but jumps all day. Sunday was an amazing day for jumping (light winds a little over 80deg) and the turnout showed it. We had a really good number of students and licensed jumpers there. The rig rack was full, Loads were waiting on the plane and people packing for the majority of the day. CONGRATULATIONS!!! To Aaron Mitchell on his 100th And Captain on his 500th (Ladies... There is video :-) and for a price I can acquire it for you). Let's also welcome Phillip Harte aka Pip to the skydive family and a big congrats to him on receiving his A license. Don't forget about the first jump course this Friday and Saturday. I am pretty sure Jesse would appreciate any help you can offer. As well, all of you current students in need of re-currency training this is your chance to get it. If you do not know if you are current check the post about currency. In the meantime all of you need to huff and puff and blow these clouds away to ensure a bountiful weekend of fun and frivolity.

Blue Skies

Posted On: June 8th

We are jumping today. and are already open. Sorry for the late notice, I was a little under the weather yesterday. Come out and get some air :-) We will be open on sunday as well at normal the normal time (9am), and the weather looks great for sunday as well.

Blue Skies

Posted On: June 5th

Holy cow!!! What a great long weekend at the DZ. We popped off some loads on friday; Paul, Chris, Ian and I played rock stars for the morning after jumping into the Herington airport on saturday for a demo. Sunday was a bust :-( And We had an awesome turnout on monday. Congratulations go out to Jay Robbins for receiving his A license and Chris Vail on his 100th jump (and first coach jump.. who's calling him out?). Pip busted out his check dive and can almost taste the sweetness of his A. All in all, we managed to prove that gravity still works pretty well and planes as well as people really can fly. The Wright brothers and Newton would be so proud of us.

Blue Skies

Posted On: June 1st

We are on for jumping on monday. Doors will be open at 9am. Come one, come all and have some earth hurling fun.

Blue Skies

Posted On: May 30th

Sorry folks, we will not be flying today. The weather will be pretty cloudy and a fair chance of rain. I apologize for the last minute notice, we were hoping for a break from the weather gods. For now we are still on for monday. Keep an eye out for updates. Almost Blue Skies

Almost Blue Skies

Posted On: May 31