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Visiting Indonesian Team Member:   Saryanto first jumped at Labertouche on December 28th 1975, in the Australian Championships Accuracy Event.

Visiting Jumper:   Zac first jumped at Labertouche on December 4th 1967

Visiting Jumper:  Ambrose first jumped at Labertouche on December 30th 1972 from 10,500ft

Visiting Indonesian Team Member:  Djoni first jumped at Labertouche on December 28th 1975 in the 14th Australian Parachute Championships, Accuracy Event as part of a ten man team.

Djoni became Secretary of the Federation Aero Sport Indonesia, Indonesian Delegate to the FAI Parachuting Commission and an Indonesian Delegate to the FAI.

He still holds his position with FASI and was a candidate in the Indonesian national elections held in 199?

Visiting Jumper:  Nut first jumped at Labertouche in 1981 or 1982

Visiting Jumper:  Dick first jumped at the Centre in the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74) and was a member of the 4-Way Team "Robbie's Team" in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships 1974.

Visiting Jumper: Laurie, a Warrant Officer at the military Parachute Training School, attended many competitions at the Centre.  Commencing with the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74) and was a member of the 10 Man Speed Star Team "Apple Tart" in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships 1974  and a member of the team "Metrognome" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championships 10-Man Star Event 1975/76.  He holds the Australian accuracy record with 18 consecutive dead centre landings in competition and won nine gold medals in Australian Championships.

Laurie represented Australian parachuting at the:
14th World Championships, Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1978,

15th World Championships, Kazanlak, Bulgaria 1980,
Chinese Friendship Meet, Anyang, China 1982

Taiwan International Meet, Tainan, Taiwan (4-Way Gold, Acc Gold, Team Gold)
16th World Championships, Lucenec, Czechoslovakia  (Bronze Team Medals)
17th World Championships, Vichy, France 1984,
18th World Championships, Ankara, Turkey 1986 and the
19th World Championships, Nykoping, Sweden 1988.

Hokkaido Blue Cup, Hokkaido, Japan 1988  (Gold Acc.  Gold Team Acc.)

A heavy landing on a tandem jump with a malfunctioned canopy severely damaged both of his heels and resulted in his losing his right leg below the knee.   The extent of his injury was increased by his selfless decision to absorb all of the landing shock and protect his tandem passenger.

The loss of his limb does not appear to have slowed Laurie down, he continues to train foreign elite troops in special warfare skills and do things like trek the route of the World War II Burma railway.

Visiting Jumper:   First jumped at Labertouche on October 1st 1977 from 8,500ft.

Visiting Indonesian Team Member:  Aswin first jumped at Labertouche on December 24th 1975 from 8,500ft.   He took part in the 14th Australian Parachute Championships, Accuracy Event.

Visiting Jumper:  Joe first jumped at Labertouche on April 25th 1971 from the  Scottish Twin Pioneer at 12,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Dave first jumped at Labertouche on December 28th 1968.  He allso jumped from the Scottish Twin Pioneer at 14,000ft. in April 1971.

Visiting Jumper:   First jumped at Labertouche on February 26th 1983 from 8,500ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Paul first jumped at Labertouche on March 1st 1970.

Visiting Jumper:   First jumped at Labertouche on Melbourne Cup Day on the 2nd of November 1982 from 8,000ft.

John's first jump was at Labertouche on April 1st 1979.  He qualified for Certificate "A" in November of the same year. 

Visiting Jumper:   Jack first jumped at Labertouche on December 26th 1972 in the 1972/73 Nationals.

Visiting Jumper:   John first jumped at Labertouche on December 30th 1969

Visiting Jumper:   Bill first jumped at Labertouche on March 3rd 1968

Visiting jumper:  First jumped at Labertouche on December 26th 1975

Visiting Jumper:   Warwick first jumped at Labertouche on December 24th 1966.

Visiting Jumper:  Ken first jumped at Labertouche on May 14th 1975 from 8,500ft.                29/12/75

Helen was a member of Southern Cross Skydivers and a Victorian Champion accuracy jumper.

She married and gave up parachuting soon after Labertouche commenced operations.

Visiting Jumper:   Warren first jumped at Labertouche on November 24th 1971.

Visiting Jumper:   Gary first jumped at Labertouche on April 15th 1968.  One of Bermo's lads from Wagga.

Visiting Jumper:   Roger first jumped at Labertouche on August 13th 1969.

Warwick's first jump was at Labertouche on the 12 of April 1970 and his APF "A" Certificate was issued on the 1st of February 1971.

Visiting Jumper:   Jack first jumped at Labertouche on December 28th 1968.

Visiting Jumper: Victorian Parachute Club member, first jumped at Labertouche on the 12/10/1969         21/12/75

Visiting Jumper:   Wally first jumped at Labertouche on December 15th 1974 from 7,000ft.

Bernie's first jump was at Labertouche on October 30th 1967.
In time he became the parachuting king of the Latrobe Valley (a large agricultural and open cut mining region in Victoria to the east of Labertouche).

If you needed someone to jump into a wedding, a football match, a union meeting or even a birthday party, you would get in touch with Bernie and he would arrange it.   Some of Bernie's Latrobe Valley parachute displays would have been on the fringe of legality but they were always carried out with the utmost care for safety.

If the conversation turns to "parachuting firsts" Bernie is likely to point out that he made the first "legal" jump from a glider in Australia.   

He was on occasions a guest jumper with the Golden Eagles and at times arranged for the Eagles to perform at function like the speed boat races on Glen Maggie weir.

He organised the Australian Chapter of POPS (Parachutists Over Phorty) and was inaugural Australian Top Pop from 1981 until 1994.

Bernie fought cancer for many years and passed away recently

Visiting jumper:  Probably his first jump at the centre was on March 4th 1982.

Visiting Jumper:   First jumped at Labertouche on December 15th 1974 from 7,000ft

Visiting Jumper:   John first jumped at Labertouche on April 20th 1969.

Damien was New Zealand jumper that first jumped at Labertouche on the 11th of December 1982 from 8,000ft.  He became a Centre rigger and was a regular jumper. 

He returned to New Zealand and took up flying ultra-lights.  He married and had three children.

Returning to Australia, he established an Ultra-Light Aircraft Flying School and became active in aviation politics, conducting a website and a running IT commentary on ultra-light aircraft regulation.

Damien was fatally injured in a light aircraft accident.

Andy Sieczkowski

Visiting Jumper:   Ski first jumped at Labertouche on the 24th of December 1970.

An accomplished relative worker, Ski was a member of the "Gully Cats", the Australian Parachute Team in the 1st World Cup of Relative Work at Fort Bragg, North Carolina USA in 1973 and "Joint Effort", Australian Parachute Teamthat won the Silver Medals at the 1st World Championships in Relative Work at Warrendorf, West Germany in 1975.

Ski built his own aircraft, a Thunderbolt? and  accumulated a lot of flying hours in it.

He married Mary-Rose Kaberry, a well known Sydney skydiver and has always remained in touch with skydiving.

Visiting Jumper:   See Mary-Rose Kayberry

One of the Singapore military team that visited Labertouche in January 1968.   First jumped at the Centre on the 26th of January that year.

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Visiting Jumper:  A member of the Victorian Parachute Club, Rob's first jump was at Pakenham and his second jump was made at Labertouche on the 29th of December 1970.

Rob bought an ultra-light aircraft in the 70's and still jumps and flies the ultra-light nowadays.

Visiting Pakenham jumper:   Ojar first jumped at Labertouche in 1965.   A well known member of the Victorian Parachute Club.  He was still making the occasional jump at the Centre on until 1974.

Ojar lost his life in a hang gliding accident.

Visiting Queensland jumper: Kathy made her first jump in Mount Isa in 1973.  Ray Massavelli must be very proud of his ab initio student.   She first jumped at Labertouche on December 23rd 1973.

Kathy held a World Record as member of "38 Squadron" when it created a 10-Man Speed Star record at the 3rd World Relative Work Championships.

Her jumping at Labertouche was mainly as a Nationals competitor, her first competition was the 1973/74 Nationals with less than a year in the sport.   She became a very experienced female competitor.   In addition to extensive classic event participation, she represented Australia as a relative worker and jumped in both Accuracy and 4-Way RW at a meet in China.

Kathy represented Australia at the 

12th World Championships, Szolnok, Hungary 1974, 

3rd WPC in Relative Work, Chatreauroux, France 1979,  

Chinese Friendship Meet, Anyang, China 1981, 

Asia/Pacific Championships, Mata Mata, New Zealand 1982,

16th World Championships, Lucenec, Czechoslovakia 1982,

18th World Championships, Ankara. Turkey 1986 and

the Blue Juno Cup Challenge, Hokkaido, Japan 1988.

Kathy has also travelled to a number of meets as an Australian Team supporter over the years, starting with the 12th World Championships in Szolnok, Hungary, 1974 and recently to Saudi Arabia.

She now lives in New South Wales and is into flying aerobatics.

Visiting Jumper:   Jim first jumped at Labertouche  on December 26th 1972    He jumped at the Centre in the 12th and 13th Australian Parachute Championships (72/73) (73/74) and the  2nd Australian Relative Work Championships (73/74)

Visiting Jumper:   Sheena first jumped at Labertouche  on December 26th 1972    She jumped at the Centre in the 12th and 13th Australian Parachute Championships (72/73) (73/74) and the  2nd Australian Relative Work Championships (73/74)

David's first jump was at Labertouche on September 13th 1980, he stayed around and became an experienced jumper.

Visiting Jumper:   Tony first jumped at Labertouche on January 4th 1973 from 8,500ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Julie first jumped at Labertouche on March 21st 1976 from 7,000ft.

Visiting Indonesian Team Member:   Sarbini first jumped at Labertouche on December 28th 1975.

Visiting Jumper:  Campbell first jumped at Labertouche on April 9th 1977 from 6,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:  First jumped at Labertouche on September 30th 1978 from 8,000ft.

Colonel Sam came to Labertouche with Cessna 205 VH FXK. Sam took to the Labertouche skydiving and social scene with enthusiasm.  He first jumped at Labertouche on ??/??/??

A regular pilot and a member of the Golden Eagles Display Team, he worked hard and played hard during his time at the Centre.

His after army life included a fast food outlet in Queensland and an interest in riding his Harley Davidson.

Sam is now living in the Brisbane area.

Visiting jumper:   Andrew first jumped at Labertouche on November 27th 1971 for the  Victorian Championships.

Visiting jumper: Clive made his first jump at Wagga Wagga on ?? with Wagga Skydivers while serving in the Australian Army.   He first jumped at Labertouche on ??

When stationed in Melbourne, Clive was active in the organisation of relative work during its early development from 4-Way through to large stars.

Became an APF Board Member in 1970 and except for a couple of short intervals, has served as a Board Member for most of the time until now.  He was National Safety Officer for two years 1976/77.

Was Chairman of the APF Relative Work Workgroup set up in 1975 to recommend rules to cover RW Instruction.

After his military service he joined IBM and later moved to Perth where he opened the Dale River? dropzone and has been operated a skydiving centre there for ? years.

Clive has had a long association with Indonesian skydiving, training many of their instructors and tandem masters.

Rumours abound that he may retire soon, if so, thanks Clive for your long and fruitful involvement in our wonderful sport.

Colin's first jump was at Labertouche on May 29th 1977.   He  was one of the many Victorian Police officers that jumped at the Centre.   He was a member of the Special Branch that looked after the violent end of police work.

He and Ian McDougal were seconded to manage security at the 2nd World Championships in Relative Work, which were held at Gatton Agricultural College, Queensland.

Chris made his first jump at Pakenham with Southern Cross Skydivers and was Secretary/Treasurer of Southern Cross Skydivers at the time that the Centre opened.

He was on the first load to jump at the Centre and disappeared from the scene soon after. The Southern Cross books of account disappeared with him.

Visiting Jumper: Dave first jumped at Labertouche on January 3rd 1974 as a member of the 10 Man Speed Star Team "Apple Tart".  An able administrator with Parachutes Australia, Dave eventually becoming a full partner in the business and remained with the firm as CEO when it became part of a multi-national company.

Later he became Executive Director of the Australian Parachute Federation, a position he has served with distinction until recently.

Served as APF Director Rigging from 1975 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1994.

Current President of the Australian Parachute Federation.

Visiting Jumper:   Eddie first jumped at Labertouche on the 25th of April 1971 from the Scottish Twin Pioneer at  12,000ft

Eddie, a guitarist, was always popular at boogies and special occasions for the sing-along sessions.

An outback type, we first encountered Eddie jumping in Townsville and he has lived for many years in Alice Springs.

Frank's first jump was made at Labertouche on January 20th 1980.

Frank became a Centre Instructor  and in 19?? purchased the skydiving school at Corowa.   

Frank worked in public relations with Telstra and had a Telstra Display Team for some years.

He has since disposed of his interest in the skydiving school but has stayed on as Chief Instructor.

Greg's first jump was at Labertouche on August 14th 1977 as a member of Monash Skydivers.

He is now a Parachute Centre Operator in Soutrh Australia..

Visiting Judge:  Jean judged many competitions at Labertouche, mostly as Chief Judge.   She played a significant role in both the Australian Parachute Federation and the Victorian Parachute Council.

During the time they spent in Victoria, Jean and her husband Clive were active in many facets of the sport.   Clive produced a Relative Work Newsletter and Jean was APF Historian for a number of years.   An accountant, Jean also audited the APF books for many years.

Jean's smiling face was always a welcome sight at Gatehouse social evenings.

Visiting Sydney Jumper:  Les first jumped at Labertouche on October 29th 1972.

Visiting Sydney jumper:  Mike first jumped at Labertouche on December 26th 1972 in the 1972/73 Nationals.

Visiting jumper:   Neville first jumped at Labertouche on December 26th 1970 from 6,800ft.

Visiting Jumper:  Peter first jumped at Labertouche on the 26/10/69

Visiting Canadian Jumper:  Bob first jumped at Labertouche on January 1st 1974.                                 28/12/75   21/01/79

Visiting Pakenham Jumper: A member of Jindivik Sport Parachute Club, Daryl's first jump at Labertouche was on the 16/04/1966.

In 1968, Daryl jumped into the Gatehouse, he came straight in across the lawn and put his foot out to break the blow of hitting the front of the house.  He bounced off and landed safely in the Gatehouse lawn but he left his footprint on the freshly painted weatherboard.    It remained there until the day the the Gatehouse was bulldozed.

Visiting Jumper:  Pat first jumped at Labertouche on March 4th 1970.

Visiting Indonesian Team Member:  Akmed first jumped at Labertouche on December 26th 1975.    He took part in the 14th Australian Parachute Championships, Accuracy Event.

He served for some time as the Indonesian Delegate to the FAI International Parachuting Commission and has been very active in administration of the Federation Aero-Sport Indonesia.

Paul's first jump was at Labertouche on August 22nd 1976, he qualified for his "A" Certificate in February 1977.

Visiting Jumper:  First jumped at Labertouche on February 2nd 1967

Visiting Jumper:   Alan first jumped at Labertouche on December 14th 1974 from 10,000ft.

Alan represented Australia at the 3rd World Championships in Relative Work, Chatreauroux, France 1979

Visiting Jumper:  Jim first jumped at Labertouche in December 1975 as a member of the Gold Medal winning team "Ramblers Raiders" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championship 10-Man Star Event. (1975/76)

Bill, Charl Stewart and Billy Gully were all on the first civilian parachute course in Victoria at the McKenzie Flying School.  

Bill and Charl Stewart went on a world tour and jumped in places like Ireland, England and the Soviet Union.   When they left, they were the only Victorians making civilian parachute jumps.  On their return they were surprised to find that there had been an upsurge in civilian parachuting and there were ten or more people jumping regularly with more joining every week and there were civilian clubs in Queensland and New South Wales and the Australian Parachute Federation had been formed.

Shane's first jump was at Labertouche on October 10th 1980.  He was taken with freefall photography very early in his jump career.

He put a lot of effort into his camera jumping and upon gaining a position with the national Safety Council, was able to hone his skills to the point that he was in great demand as a cameraman at competitions, then in the media and finally in the video production industry.

Shane represented Australia at the 7th WPC in Relative Work in Foz du Iguacu, Brazil in 1987.  Having a penchant for taking it to the edge of the envelope, Shane became involved in BASE jumping and excelled in that also.  That same disposition took him into Canopy Relative Work and he was a member of the Australian CRW teams at the 3rd WPC in CRW, Chaingmai, Thailand 1990, the 4th WPC in CRW, Chengdu 1992, China and the 7th WPC in CRW, Eloy 1998, Arizona USA.

Today Shane is one of the world's top free fall cameramen working in film production at the highest level.   He is recognised internationally but remains modest and unaffected by his success.

A great Labertouchian.

Visiting Jumper:   Karl's first jump was with Commando Skydivers in 1973.   He first jumped at Labertouche on December 27th 1975 prior to competing in the 1975/76 Australian Championships as a member of "Well Kept Secret". The other team members were John Greig, Dee Bishop & George Bellas

Karl jumped with "Ramblers" at Beaudesert while studying physiotherapy in Brisbane.   He moved back to Melbourne for a couple of years (78/79) before moving again to Queensland and then overseas.   He married Jill Forsdike who he met at Toogoolawah, then moved to Switzerland for 4 years and returned to Oz in 1985.   

Karl coached John Grieg in slalom snow skiing for the ParaSki World Meet.   He now lives in Northern NSW enjoying the seaside life style and surfing.

Visiting Pakenham Jumper:  Peter first jumped at Labertouche in the Victorian Championships 1965.

Visiting Pakenham Jumper:  Brian first jumped at Labertouche on November 24th 1974.   He jumped regularly at the Centre during the rest of the 70's.

Visiting West Australian Jumper: Jenny first jumped at Labertouche on the 11th January 1970

She also jumped at the Centre in the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74)  and was a member of the team "Wings of Lemon" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championship 10-Man Star Event. (1975/76)

Jenny represented Australia at the 9th World Parachuting Championships in Graz, Austria 1968 and the 12th World Parachuting Championships, Szolnok, Hungary 1974

She was a leader in West Australian parachuting for many years.

Visiting Jumper:  An SAS military jumper, Bob came to Labertouche with 190 jumps as a member of the West Australian team to train for the Port Pirie nationals.  He made his 191st jump at the Centre on 11/12/1965

He was a member of the Australian Team at the 9th World Parachuting Championships in Graz, Austria 1968

In 1969 Bob was flying his Cessna aircraft from Perth to Melbourne to attend the Australian Parachute Federation AGM with five other jumpers, all of whom were involved in sport parachuting administration.   The aircraft crashed into Mount Ararat, killing all on board.  It was a terrible blow to West Australian and national parachuting.   Bob was a rising star with great potential and we all mourn his passing.

Visiting Jumper:   Peter first jumped at Labertouche on ??

Visiting Jumper:  Mike arrived on R&R from Vietnam mid week in May 1970 and really needed a jump.    Claude picked up Quentin Dick to fly VH-AVV and proceeded to the dropzone.   After a short delay from 3,600 ft to comply with the rules, the two of them went to 8,500 ft and made a great relative work dive.   

Visiting Jumper:   Sooty first jumped at Labertouche on December 21st 1975 from 7,000ft.   

He was a member of the team "Wings of Lemon" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championship 10-Man Star Event. (1975/76)  He spent a week training before that event and left without paying his bill.   

Visiting Pakenham jumper:  Brian first jumped at the Centre in the Labertouche Cup of 1969.  

He was a member of the team "Aces High" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championship 10-Man Star Event. (1975/76)

Brian was a regular visitor at the Centre and always on quality loads.

A trader in prestige cars and fast boats, he once loaned Claude a Rolls Royce.

Visiting Jumper:  Tony first jumped at Labertouche on April 10th 1977

Wendy first jumped at Labertouche on December 28th 1971 from 7,000ft

Wendy married Robin Rose and went on to become a successful relative worker.

See also Wendy Rose  

A member of Southern Cross Skydivers, Denis first jumped at Labertouche mid 1965 as one of the Centre's early students.   He took to skydiving like a fish to water and was a dedicated jumper at the centre for some years.

Denis, like many others eventually married, settled down to raise a family.

He broke a leg and was out of action for a long time.   He and wife Roeli had Snowtels Caravan Park in Cooma for many years and they still live in the Cooma area.

Visiting Pakenham Jumper:  Bob first jumped at Labertouche as an advanced student on October 5th 1975 from 7,000ft.

Alan's first jump was at Labertouche on the 25th of April 1974 as a member of Monash University Skydivers.

Always the entrepreneur, Alan organised the first parachuting competition into Melbourne City Centre.   Sponsored by Target Department Store, the competitors were lifted to jump height by a Bell helicopter, landing on a 10 metre sand pit in a 50 metre diameter circle on the bank of the Yarra River alongside the tennis complex.

As soon as he had the qualifications in 1979, Allan organised a dropzone.   Eventually opening a student training facility at ??, that he lost when an Emu farmer won a legal hassle against the dropzone.

He moved to the National Sport Aviation Centre at Wangaratta for a few months and then developed the dropzone at ??.    He now operates a Tandem Operation in the Yarra Valley at Coldstream.

Visiting Jumper: Bob came to Labertouche in 1969 to jump in the Victorian Championships.

Bob had developed his own parachute centre at Dairy Flat, north of Auckland, New Zealand using the Labertouche Training Manual.   Bob is better known these days as the father of Tim Stevens, who was one of Australia's leading formation skydiving coaches.

Bob has lived in Australia for many years now and has just returned home from a year working as a volunteer, helping New Guinea to develop its engineering skills.

Visiting Jumper that joined Southern Cross Skydivers.  

Trained for Port Pirie Nationals at Labertouche.    Winner of the Junior Division of the 1966 Labertouche Moomba Meet.

Visiting Pakenham jumper:  Peter first jumped at Labertouche in the 1972/73 Nationals.

Peter jumped as a member of the 10-Man Speed Star Team "Leroy Brown" and the 4-Way Team "Gaye's Gobblers" in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships (73/74)

He represented Australia at the 1st World Cup of Relative Work, Fort Bragg, South Carolina, USA 1973 and the 1st World Championships in Relative Work, Warrendorf, Germany 1975

Visiting Jumper:   21/5/67  "Rebels"  73 10Way Nationals     Nationals 73/74  Nationals 75/76

Visiting jumper:  John first jumped at Labertouche on April 4th 1982.

He represented Australia at the 8th World Championships in Relative Work, Ampuriabrava, Spain 1989 and the 9th World Championships in Relative Work, Lucenec, Czechoslovakia 1991 as a member of "Fourth Force".

Visiting jumper:  Alec first jumped at Labertouche on March 18th 1972.

West Australian visitor at Australian Parachute Championships.

Visiting jumper:   Colin first jumped at Labertouche on December 29th 1975 from 7,000ft.               77

Visiting Pakenham Jumper:  A member of Victorian Parachute Club, Ian's first jump at Labertouche was on the 5th of June 1966.

Visiting Jumper:   Rick first jumped at Labertouche on April 27th 1975

Visiting Jumper:   First jumped at Labertouche on December 31st from 8,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Richard first jumped at Labertouche on February 11th 1979 from 8,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Stu first jumped at Labertouche on December 21st 1975 and was a member of the team "Thrukbawm" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championships 10-Man Star Event (1975/76).

Visiting Jumper:   Angela first jumped at Labertouche on February 25th 1978 on a relative work load from 8,500ft. with Tony Duckworth, Rod Wilson, John Jagtman and John Dash, whom she would marry soon after.

Visiting Jumper:   Garry first jumped at Labertouche on December 13th 1974 from 9,000ft.

Gerald's first jump was made at Labertouche on January 20th 1980.

Visiting jumper:   Rick first jumped at Labertouche on April 25th 1973 from 7,200ft.    He was jumping at the Centre in December 1973 and January 1974.  Mostly relative work.

Visiting Indonesian Team Member:  Edhie first jumped at Labertouche on December 24th 1975.  He competed in the Australian Championships Accuracy Event.

Visiting Jumper:   Alan first jumped at Labertouche on December 29th 1968

Visiting Jumper:  First jumped at Labertouche on ??/??/1982?

Visiting Jumper:  John first jumped at Labertouche on April 9th 1977.

Visiting South Australian jumper:  Steve first jumped at Labertouche on the 27th of December 1970.

He and Bernie Keenan took over the production of Australian Skydiver magazine from Trevor Burns for some years.   Steve was an experienced in magazine production and they took the quality of the magazine up a notch.

In the seventies, these two guys gave a huge dedicated volunteer effort producing the only real communication that was available over the period that they printed the magazine.  They deserve a place in any hall of fame we produce in the future.

Steve has a website with some great pictures from that period.

http://www.ruralmediasa.com/saspc/

Visiting Jumper:  Pat first jumped at Labertouche on August 26th 1979 from 8,500ft.

Visiting Jumper: Annie was a Sydney jumper and first jumped at Labertouche on the 30th December 1966.   Another skydiving legend, she spent a short time jumping at Labertouche during her varied and adventurous life.   Annie jumped in many countries and settled for a while in London, jumping at Duck End Farm and Peterborough.

Daughter of an Australian artist, she was a fine artist herself and sometimes surprised officialdom with her true to life artistic talents.

Annie excelled at the Cardinal Puff drinking game and is probably the only Australian woman to make the rank of Pope.

She represented Australia at the 16th World Parachuting Championships at Lucenec, Czechoslovakia 1982 and the 3rd World Championships in Relative Work at Chatreauroux, France 1979 as a member of "38 Squadron"

She became a British Parachuting Champion, married Ian Swinbourne and came back to Australia to live in Queensland.

Visiting Jumper:  Swinny's first jump was at Camden, NSW in September 1967, he first jumped at Labertouche on the 26th of December 1972.

One of Australia's most successful competition jumpers, 13 Gold Medals, 10 Silver and 2 Bronze at all levels from State Championships through to World Championships.

Swinny organised the 10-Way Speed Star Team "Joint Effort" that took the Silver Medals in the 1st Relative Work World Championships at Warendorf, Germany in 1975 and throughout his involvement in competition parachuting was a mover and groover.

At the 3rd Relative Work World Championships, Ian organised the Australian 8-Way Sequential Team into a 10-Man Speed Star Team and set a new World Record of 5.89 seconds, beating the previous USSR time by 2 seconds.

His accuracy credentials are also impressive with 11 consecutive dead centre landings in the Australian Championships 1982 and a World Championships Bronze Medal in the Team Event at Lucenec, Czecholsovakia 1982 amongst his successes.

He married Annie McKie, now lives in Queensland and is a recreational pilot with his own aircraft.                     

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Visiting Jumper:  Peter jumped at the Centre in the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74)  Style 10.5

Visiting Jumper:  Dave first jumped at Labertouche from 8,000ft on September 19th 1982.

Visiting Jumper:   Julian first jumped at Labertouche on December 15th 1974 from 4,500ft.

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