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Fred Danaher |
Visiting jumper:
Fred first jumped at Labertouche as a fun jumper
from 7,000ft on January 2nd 1974 during the 2nd Australian Relative Work
Championships. |
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John Dale |
Visiting
British Jumper: John first jumped at
Labertouche on January 26th 1981. His next jump at the Centre
was on jump-in from Pakenham on the 26th of June 1983. |
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B. Dalik |
Visiting jumper: First
jumped at Labertouche on November 20th 1971. |
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Joe Damien |
Joe's first jump was at
Labertouche on the 28th of February 1971.
The last time he jumped at the
Centre was on March 12th
1972 from
8,500ft |
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Terence Daniels |
Visiting
Jumper: Terry
Daniels first jumped a Labertouche from 8,000ft on 13/4/74.
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Graham Darr |
Visiting
Jumper: Graham first jumped at Labertouche on
December 21st 1975 and
was a member of the team "Thrukbawn" in the 4th Australian Relative
Work Championships 10-Man Star Event (1975/76)
He
was also a member of
"Sunshine Flyers" in the ?? Australian Parachute Championships 4-Way
Relative Work Event. |
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John Dash
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Then
and now |
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John first jumped at Labertouche on December 9th 1973. He was on a
10-Way star load out of VH-EYF. He fun jumped during the 2nd
Australian Relative Work Championships at the Centre.
John
was on the first Jumpmaster Course held at Labertouche and was issued with
APF Instructor D1.
John was a Commando Skydivers member who jumped at Labertouche regularly.
Labertouche dropzone was in the lee of the mountains to the north of it
and in summer the strong north winds would sometimes stop jumping at
Pakenham without interfering with jumping at Labertouche.
On
occasions like that, there were a number of Pakenham jumpers who
would head for Labertouche to jump.
John
was one of these and he became a regular Labertouche jumper for much of
1976 and 1977.
John
married Angela Sturtevant and they have two teenage boys and live south east of
Melbourne. These days he is into pistol shooting, fast cars,
and boats. |
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Kerry Date |
Visiting jumper: Kerry
first jumped at Labertouche on June 25th 1972 from
8,500ft. |
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Steve Davey |
Visiting jumper:
First jumped at Labertouche on the 1st of January
1974 as a member of the 4-Way Team "Lead feather Chicken Hearts"
in the
2nd Australian Relative Work Champion-ships
1974.
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Christian
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1960s |
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Christian
was ex French Foreign Legion and was an instructor in France.
He immigrated to Australia in the late 60s and lived at Claude's house for some time.
He moved to Labertouche with Southern Cross Skydivers and jumped at the Centre until he married a local girl and
went home to live in Paris. He came back to live in Australia
again in 1976.
Returning to jump at the Centre
again in late 1976, he broke
his leg on a jump in January 1977. He was hospitalised but discharged
himself and went home. He suffered an embolism a few days later and
died.
Christian
was a happy fun loving guy and it was tragic that he died so young.
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Laurie Davidson
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Visiting
Jumper: Nationals 73/74
Jumped as a member of the 10-Man Speed Star Team "Leroy Brown" in the
2nd Australian Relative Work Championships (73/74) Also jumped
at the Centre in 1977
Member of the 4-Way
Team "Half Joint" and the 8-Way Team "Joint Effort" in the 5th
Australian Relative Work Championships at Gloucester, New South Wales,
winning silver medals in both events.
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Ross Davidson |
Visiting
Jumper: Ross
jumped at the Centre
in the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74)
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Gary
Davis |
First
jumped at Labertouche on the 28th of November 1982. |
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John Davies |
John's first jump was made
at Labertouche on the 8th of April 1973. John was a
regular part of the Centre scene for many years. |
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Dale Davies |
Visiting jumper:
Dale
first jumped at Labertouche on December
28th
1968. |
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Liz Davies |
Visiting
jumper: Liz first jumped at Labertouche
on January 4th 1976. |
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Malcolm Davies |
Visiting
Jumper: Malcolm first jumped at Labertouche
on March 6th 1976 from 6,800ft. |
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? Davies |
Visiting
Jumper: First jumped at
Labertouche on December 31st 1975 from 10,500ft.
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Steve Davies
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Visiting
Jumper: Steve first jumped at
Labertouche on January 2nd 1974 as
a member of the 10 Man Speed Star Team "Apple Tart" in the
2nd Australian Relative Work Championships
(1974) |
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Wayne Davies
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Visiting
Jumper: Wayne first jumped at Labertouche on
December 23rd 1973. He took part in the Australian Championships
at the Centre 1973/74. |
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Gary Davis
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Visiting jumper:
Gary
first jumped at Labertouche on the 28th of November 1982.
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Glen Davis
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Visiting jumper: Glen
first jumped at Labertouche on October 9th 1977 from 8,500ft.
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James Davis
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Hobart
Regatta |
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Foundation
Instructor: Jimmie's
first jump was with Southern Cross Skydivers at Pakenham. He lived in Doveton a few blocks from Claude
Gillard and he took to parachuting like a fish to water and became an accomplished display
jumper.
The
photo at left was taken after a water jump into the Derwent River at the
Hobart Regatta in 1965 with 200,000 spectators on the bank of the
river. The team was wearing wet suits for the first time in free
fall and were exiting over Hobart City. The higher freefall speed and
super fine control needed for relative work surprised them but they adjusted
quickly.
The crowd gave the team a
"rock star" welcome and they spent the rest of the afternoon
doing radio interviews, signing autographs and posing with children for
photographs. Jimmie was particularly popular because when asked a
question about the jump in the broadcast interview after the jump, he
answered "I don't remember, I was so taken by the beauty of the City and
the river laid out below me that I spent most of the free fall just taking it
in".
Jimmie
has recently reappeared on the scene and helped Claude to renovate the
Gillard Hilton. |
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Joh
Davis |
Visiting
Jumper: Joh first jumped at Labertouche
on the 23rd of October 1982 from 5,000ft. |
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Neil Davis
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Visiting
Adelaide Jumper: Neil first jumped at
Labertouche on March 9th 1980 from 8,500ft. He was attending
Instructor Examinations and passed with the highest marks ever scored in an
APF exam at that time. |
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John Dawson
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Foundation Member:
John made his first
jump with the Victorian Parachute School, he first jumped at Labertouche on the 18th of December 1965 making three 30-second delays
. He jumped over the Christmas/New Year period
making three to five jumps each day. When he was in Melbourne
and had time to spare from his business interests he came to jump at the
Centre.
A successful businessman
John did a great job of raising funds for the events staged at Labertouche
to assist Australian Teams. He had programs printed and sold
advertising to local and national companies.
These days John would
prefer to ride on a parachute behind his boat.
He
is a successful real estate agent and financial consultant with offices in
Brisbane and Melbourne. |
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Don de Jonge |
Visiting
Jumper: Don first jumped at
Labertouche on December 3rd 1972 from 8,500ft. He
was
a member of the "The Kelly Gang" 10-Man Star Team in the 2nd Australian Relative Work
Championships at Labertouche 1973/74. |
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Steve de Vroom |
Visiting
Jumper: Steve first jumped
at Labertouche on December 26th 1975 from 8,000ft.
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Louis Delacretaz |
Lou's
first jump was at Labertouche on April 4th 1976. 31/01/83
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Anne Dempsey |
Visiting
Jumper: Anne practiced at
the Centre and
jumped in the 13th
Australian Parachute Championships (73/74) and
as a member of the 4-Way Team "Robbie's
Team" in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships 1974
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David Devlin |
Visiting
Jumper: Dave first jumped at
Labertouche on April 13th from 7,000ft. |
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Skip Dew |
Visiting
Jumper:
Skip
first jumped at Labertouche on the 27th of January 1973 from
12,500ft. He took part in the 1973 Labertouche Cup.
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Anthony Dicker |
Visiting
Jumper: First jumped
at Labertouche on February 23rd 1979 with Bill Kenny and Bruce Towers in
the "Snickers" television commercial. |
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Rod Diggins |
Visiting
Jumper: Rod first
jumped at Labertouche on the
13th of January 1970. |
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Chick Dimmack |
Visiting
Jumper: Chick first
jumped at the Centre
in the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74) and
competed in the 4-Way Event of the
2nd Australian Relative Work Championships
(73/74) |
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Bernice
Dineen
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Visiting Jumper:
Bernice first jumped at
Labertouche on January 3rd 1974 during the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships.
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Kevin Dineen |
Visiting
Jumper:
One
of the Singapore military team that visited Labertouche in January 1968.
First jumped at the Centre on the 26th of January that year.
Click here for
more information |
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Mason Dixon |
Visiting
Jumper: Mason first jumped at
Labertouche on the 27th of December 1972 from 6,800ft.
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Djanaka Djatnika |
Visiting
Indonesian Team Member: Djanaka first jumped at
Labertouche on December 24th 1975. He took part in the 14th
Australian Parachute Championships, Accuracy Event.
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Paul Dobbie |
Visiting
Jumper: Paul first jumped at Labertouche
on January 10th 1976. |
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Pat Dobby |
Visiting
Jumper: Pat first jumped at
Labertouche on December 27th 1975 from 7,000ft.
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Graham Dodd |
Visiting
Jumper: Graham first jumped at
Labertouche on the 28th of January 1973 from 9,000ft.
Graham jumped at the Centre as a member
of the 10-Man Speed Star Team "La Cosa Nostra" in the 2nd Australian
Relative Work Championships (73/74) He visited the Centre
again in 1977. |
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John Dodd
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Visiting
Jumper: John first jumped at Labertouche on
December 16th 1975 from 8,500ft. |
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? Doherty |
Visiting
Jumper:
First
jumped at Labertouche on January 4th 1973 from
8,500ft |
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John Donaghue |
Visiting
Jumper: John first jumped at Labertouche on March
12th 1977 from 9,500ft.
He
was a member of
"Marmalade Duck" in the ?? Australian
Parachute Championships 4-Way Relative Work Event. |
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Ed Donnelly |
Visiting
jumper: Ed
first
jumped at Labertouche on December
30th 1968 from the Pilatus Porter. |
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Mike Donnelly |
Visiting
Jumper: Mike first jumped at Labertouche on December
26th 1973 |
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Tim Douglas |
Visiting
Jumper: Tim first
jumped at Labertouche on November 5th 1980.
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Derek Doul |
Visiting
Jumper: Derek first jumped at Labertouche on the
20th
of July 1969. |
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Hugh Downey |
Visiting
Jumper: First
jumped at Labertouche on December 15th 1974 from 7,000ft. |
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Ron Draper
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Visiting North Queensland jumper: Ron first jumped at Labertouche on the 7th of November 1971.
He
jumped at the Centre in the
Victorian
Championships in January 1972 and later
as a member of the 10-Man Speed Star Team "La Cosa
Nostra" in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships (73/74).
Ron was
a well known competition hang Glider pilot who visited the Centre
regularly in the 70's. |
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Anthony Drieu |
Visiting
Jumper: Tony first jumped at Labertouche on march
13th 1976 from 7,000ft. |
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Richard Drieu
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Visiting
Jumper: Dickey first jumped at
Labertouche on December 14th 1974 from 7,000ft.
He
was a member of
"Marmalade Duck" in the ?? Australian
Parachute Championships 4-Way Relative Work Event.
He
represented Australia as a member of "Prometheus" 8-Way Team at
the 4th World Championships in Relative Work Parachuting at Zephyrhills,
Florida USA 1981. |
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Valda Drew
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Val's first jump was made
at Labertouche on the 18th of August 1968. |
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Tony Duckworth
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Tony's first jump was made
at Labertouche on the 19th of September 1971.
He
jumped at the Centre as a member of the 10-Man Speed Star Team "The Valley
Rats" in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships (73/74).
Tony
became a Centre pilot and flew many hours in Swampy. He later bought
Swampy and owned it for many years.
He
represented Australia at the 2nd World Championships of Relative Work at
Gatton/Laws, Queensland, Australia as a member of "Secret Team"
Tony
was good with his hands and worked at Southern Cross Parachutes Pty Ltd's
Noble Park loft for some time.
Gave up jumping in
1984 to pursue his flying career. |
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Ian Dudgeon
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Kuala Lumpur |
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Visiting Canberra jumper: Ian
first jumped at the Centre on the 24th of October 1965 and again at the Labertouche
Spectacular Hit and Run Meet, staged to raise funds for the Australian
Parachute Team.
During the early years of
Australian sport parachuting he was a regular weekend jumper. He
jumped a PTCH-6 on the dropzones of Asia.
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Michael Duggan |
Visiting
Jumper: Mick first jumped at Labertouche in
the 1973/74 Nationals. 14/12/74
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Job
Duivenvoorden |
Visiting
Sydney jumper: Job first
jumped at Labertouche on the 31st of December 1972 from 8,500ft.
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Susan
Duncan |
Visiting
Jumper: Sue first jumped at Labertouche on
December 20th 1980 |
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L. Dyer |
Visiting
jumper: First jumped at
Labertouche on the
12/10/67
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Michael Dyer
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Then
and now |
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Mike
first jumped at Labertouche on December 24th 1975. His comment
"I still remember it well. The Mandagi brothers on their
Stratostars (Indonesian Team), my beloved UT-15 and Style average of 14 seconds".
During the time
his business was in Melbourne, he was a regular jumper at the Centre.
After a couple of years in Melbourne, business took him to Western
Australia where he fell into the role of Chief Instructor at Hillman
Farm for about 5 years. Business took him back to Queensland where
he still resides.
He
is a competition jumper and many times Australian Champion.
Mike
represented Australia at the:
16th
World Championships in Lucenec, Czechoslovakia 1982 Bronze
Team Acc
18th
World Championships in Ankara, Turkey 1986
World
Cup of Champions in Seoul, Korea 1987
19th
World Championships in Nykoping, Sweden 1988
20th World Championships in Lesce/Bled. Yugoslavia 1990
World
Cup of Champions in Varedero, Cuba 1993
23rd
World Championships in Bekescaba, Hungary 1996
25th
World Championships in Mie Prefecture, Japan 2000
27th
World Championships in Tallard-Gap, France 2003
29th
World Championships in Stupino, Russia 2006
30th
World Championships in Lucenec, Slovakia 2008
Several
ASIANIA competitions in 2006 and 2007
Active
in the oganisation of Classic Parachuting Competitions and the South
Queensland Council, Mike is still very
active in the sport, enjoying its latest challenges like Wingsuiting and
still attends World Meets whenever he can. |
