Despite a cloudy weather forecast for the day, Greg and Mike led a trip around Pennsylhio, joined by 3 new tandem students (P4ND4, Rhia, Collin) and an experienced jumper from Switzerland (Guido). After departing from the UC Turnaround shortly after 8am, the group eventually found a welcoming sky over Canton AirSports and began a day of many highlights. Among most noteworthy events, the three students experienced their first skydive, Guido experienced his first (2) skydives in America, and Greg made his 200th jump! Mike (and Greg) celebrated his birthday with 4 jumps, including two hop-n-pop skydives from only 5k feet, and Greg discovered a new, apparent affinity for obstacles!
-G. MacLean
Check out all the videos below!
Greg's trip compilation:
P4ND4's tandem skydive:
P4ND4's first tandem skydive, @ Canton Air Sports (Alliance, OH) w/ Carnegie Mellon Explorer's Club 5_13_2009 video by chuck cut/upload by greg
Collin's first skydive:
Collin's first tandem skydive @ Canton Air Sports w/ Carnegie Mellon Explorer's Club video: chuck cut/upload: Greg