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Visiting Jumper:   Victorian Parachute Club jumper, first jumped at Labertouche on the first full time Instructor Training Course on the 16th January 1970.   He became Chief Instructor of the Victorian Parachute Club.

Died as a result of Prostate Cancer in his early sixties.

Visiting Jumper:   John first jumped at Labertouche on October 28th 1966.

A member of Melbourne University Skydivers, Sue's first jump was made at Labertouche on the 1st of April 1973.   Sue was issued with A893 on the May 1st 1974 and went on to become a display jumper with the Golden Eagles.

Visiting Jumper:   Dennis first jumped at Labertouche on 24th 1970 on a Gatehouse attempt.

Visiting Jumper:  Victorian Parachute Club member that first jumped at Labertouche on the 29th of April 1967 and agin on the 13th November 1967

Visiting Jumper:   Joe first jumped at Labertouche on June 3rd 1979 from 8,500ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Mark jumped at the Centre on the 19th of December 1973 practicing for the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74)

He represented Australia at the 12th World Parachute Championships, Szolnok, Hungary 1974.

Visiting Jumper:   Dean first jumped at Labertouche on December 27th 1966.

Julie's first jump was made at Labertouche on March 18th 1979.   After completing her training, she headed overseas and spent some time jumping in the United Kingdom

Julie, became a leading formation skydiver and jumped on (Team's names).

During a layoff with a leg? fracture, she took a Judges' Training Course, went on with judging and became an  FAI International Judge.  Although she went back into competition she continued to judge and at the 1993 Formation Skydiving Championships hosted in Arizona, USA, was top of the judges' assessment skills analysis.   In other words "The best formation skydiving judge in the world".

A member of the Australian 16-Way Formation Skydiving Team that won Gold at Costa Brava, Spain in 1998.    She and her husband Grant were also part of the 283-Way World Record large formation at Ubon, Thailand in 1999.

Her son, Lochlan had an early involvement in aviation at Ubon, as a very small baby, he travelled in a C-130 around Thailand without ever a whimper out of him.  Julie was back in the air within a few weeks of his birth.

Visiting Jumper:   Terry first jumped at Labertouche on May 8th 1970.

Ross' first jump was the first ab initio student jump at the Centre on the 18th of September 1965.   He continued jumping at the Centre until mid 1966.   

Ross is the son of Gen. George Warfe of jungle warfare fame.

Visiting Jumper:  Charles first jumped at Labertouche on March 2nd 1975 from 8,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:  Garry first jumped at Labertouche on October October 5th 1975 from 8,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:  Graham first jumped at Labertouche on June 14th from 7,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:  John first jumped at Labertouche on March 2nd 1975 from 8,000ft.

Peter first jumped at Labertouche on 23rd of December 1973.  He was issued with APF Parachutist Certificate A967 on the 1st of December 1974.    3/81

He was a member of "Rapid Transit" in the ?? Australian Parachute Championships 4-Way Relative Work Event.

Visiting Jumper:  Steve first jumped at Labertouche on December 26th 1975 as a member of the team "True Trash" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championships 10-Man Star Event (1975/76).

Robyn first jumped at Labertouche on January 18th 1981 from 8,500ft.

Robin won the 1st Australian Nude Parachuting Championships at Bangalee, Victoria.

Visiting Jumper:  John first jumped at Labertouche on May 24th 1980 from 8,500ft.

Visiting Pakenham Jumper:   Graham first jumped at Labertouche on March 22nd 1969.

Graham later became Chief Instructor of the Victorian Parachute Club.

Visiting Jumper:   Helen first jumped at Labertouche in December 1975 as a member of the team "Aces High" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championship 10-Man Star Event. (1975/76)

Visiting Pakenham Jumper:  Lennie first jumped at Labertouche on November 1st 1975 from 7,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Mick first jumped at Labertouche on June 7th 1970 from 6,800ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Joh first jumped at Labertouche on March 26th 1967.

Was a visiting Member of the Golden Eagles Display Team and had a habit of landing in the small swimming pool at the Paynesville Fly-In Motel in the early seventies.

Visiting Jumper:   Neil is most remembered for his swimming pool antics.

Visiting Jumper:        Noel first jumped at Labertouche on December 16th 1967.   He jumped at the Centre 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

Visiting Jumper:   Andy first jumped at Labertouche on December 12th 1975 from 6,800ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Julie first jumped at Labertouche on April 24th 1971.

Visiting Jumper:   Andrea first jumped at Labertouche on November 22nd 1975 from 8,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Lyn first jumped at Labertouche on November 22nd 1975 from 8,000ft.                  6/8/76

Visiting Jumper: Phil made his first jump at Labertouche on ??/??/?? and moved to Queensland with ?? jumps.  He returned with the Ramblers team to train for the 6th Australian Parachute Championships.   

He also jumped at the Centre in the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74) and was a member of Ramblers Raiders in the 10 Man Speed Star Event at the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships that was hosted at the same time.

He represented Australia at the10th World Championships, Bled, Yugoslavia 1970, the 11th World Championships, Thalequah, Oklahoma USA 1972 and the 12th World Championships, Szolnok, Hungary 1974.

In 19?? Phil collided with power lines under canopy and was severely burnt on the back and legs.   Although this stopped him from jumping regularly, he still attends meets and social skydiving occasions.

Phil was a regular jumper at Aratula in the eighties using his familiar fore & aft gear.   He was able to get himself to the aircraft using his walking stick, asking for the sticks to be waiting for him when he landed and we saw him make three jumps in one day at the World POPS Meet at Toogoolawah recently.

He took up painting and produced some good work.  He is also an evangelist and spreads the word of god.    Phil now lives near Kerry in Southeast Qld.

Visiting Jumper:   Bill first jumped at Labertouche on April 2nd 1978 from 7,000ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Andy first jumped at Labertouche in December 1975.    20/12/80

Visiting Jumper:  29/4/72

Visiting Jumper:  Bill first jumped at Labertouche on May 28th 1977.

Visiting Jumper:  Dave, from the Parachute Regiment's Red Devils was a member of the "Peregrines", a British Army team that came to Labertouche to practice for the Australian Nationals in 1966.   He ran 4th in Accuracy.

Ray's first jump was made at Labertouche on September 19th, 1965 the second day of student training at the Centre.  He earned his APF "A" Certificate in December of the same year.

Visiting Jumper:   First jumped at Labertouche on March 3rd 1968.

Visiting Queensland Jumper:  Rod first jumped at Labertouche on Christmas Day 1970.    He jumped at the Centre in the 13th Australian Parachute Championships (73/74) and was a member of the 10 Man Speed Star Team, Ramblers Raiders, in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships at that meet.

He represented Australia at the following International competitions:

12th World Parachuting Championships, Szolnok, Hungary 1974

13th World Parachuting Championships, Guidonia, Rome, Italy 1976

3rd World Championships in Relative Work, Chatreauroux, France 1979

15th World Parachuting Championships, Karzanlak, Bulgaria1980.

Sue's first jump was at Labertouche on the 15th of July 1973.  She was issued with APF Parachutist Certificate A871 on the 1st of February 1974.

A dedicated jumper, Sue spent most weekends skydiving, she was very much part of the Labertouche environment.

Visiting Jumper:  Dave first jumped at Labertouche on April 13th 1980 from 8,500ft.

Visiting Jumper:  Francis first jumped at Labertouche on April 13th 1980 from 8,500ft.

Visiting jumper::  First jumped at Labertouche on the 24th 0f August 1965.

Visiting Jumper:  First jumped at Labertouche on December 27th 1973 from 8,500ft during the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships 1974.

Adam's first jump was at Labertouche March 13th 1982.   He was a regular jumper at the centre for a couple of years.

Visiting Jumper:  Tony first jumped at Labertouche on December 25th 1972,  He jumped at the Centre in the 12th and 13th Australian Parachute Championships (72/73) and as a member of the 4-Way Team "Robbie's Team" in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships 1974

Ray was a member of Commando Skydivers when he was drafted into National Service military training.    Coming out of Nasho he was an instructor at Commando Skydivers until in the early 1970s he took a job at Southern Cross Parachutes and became a Rigger at Labertouche.

Ray always jumped the latest technology, he took delivery of the first triangular Delta II imported into Australia and broke his leg on the first jump he did on it.   This canopy earned him the title "Fastest Capewell in the East" as he averaged one cutaway in every five jumps on it.

He is also one of the few people to survive a double malfunction.  His Paraplane malfunctioned over Pakenham and he was only able to release one riser when he attempted to cut away.   The reserve tangled with the main and left him rotating wildly under one third of the Paraplane.  He hit the ground and bounced.   The DZSO ran out to the point of impact and was amazed to find that Ray was alive.   An ambulance took him to hospital and although he had multiple broken bones he survived and was back jumping again in 4 months 

He is currently studying business administration full time and fitting overseas judging assignments into his curriculum.

He still lives in Balaclava, Victoria and still devotes most of his spare time to parachuting in one form or another.  

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Visiting Jumper:  First jumped at Labertouche in September 1982 from 8,500

Peter's first jump was at Labertouche on March 8th 1980 and qualified for his Certificate "A" August 17th of the same year. 

Rodney's first jump was made at Labertouche on the 18th of August 1968.   As a student, Rodney was so enthused that he purchased a complete B4 rig immediately after his first jump.

Because he was affluent and was driving a brand new Monaro sports car, nobody expected that he would stay around.  He quickly proved that assessment to be wrong.   He progressed to relative work very quickly and became an expert in that field.

Rodney was a member of the "The Valley Rats" in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships at Labertouche 1973/74.

He became Victorian Area Safety Officer, took up a new career as a private investigator and was very successful with both positions.   

He moved to New Zealand where he became an orchardist, bought a yacht and took up sailing.

Rod is presently managing Ramblers Toogoolawah dropzone.

Visiting Canberra Jumper:   Graeme first jumped at the Centre in the 13th Australian Style and Accuracy Championships (73/74), was a member of the 10 Man Speed Star Team "Apple Tart" and took part in the 4-Way Event in the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships (1974)   31/12/75

He represented Australia at the following FAI sanctioned meets:

15th World Parachute Championships, Kazanlak Bulgaria 1980

4th World Championships in RW, ZephyrHills USA  Team Leader

Chinese Friendship Meet, Anyang, China 1982

16th WPC Classic Events, Lucenec Czechoslovakia 1982

17th WPC Classic Events, Vichy, France 1984

20th WPC in Classic Events, Bled, Yugoslavia 1990

3rd World Championships Para Ski, Wengen, Switzerland 1991

21st WPC Classic Events, Treiben, Austria 1992

5th World Championships Para Ski, Salt Lake City USA 1995

Graeme was Australian Delegate to the FAI Parachuting Commission from 199? until 2007 and is now President of that body.

Visiting Jumper:  Kevin first jumped at Labertouche on December 26th 1975.   Jumped on a nude load the next day.

Visiting jumper:  Fred first jumped at Labertouche on December 7th 1975 and was a member of the team "Metrognome" in the 4th Australian Relative Work Championships 10-Man Star Event (1975/76).

Visiting Jumper:  Leigh first jumped at Labertouche on the 12th of May 1974.   

Visiting jumper:  Peter first jumped at Labertouche on January 6th 1974 from 8500ft.

Visiting Jumper:  Serge's was a member of the Victorian Parachute Club, his first jump at Labertouche was a 30 second delay on the 24th October 1965.

Serge placed 2nd in the 1966 Labertouche Moomba Meet and 3rd in the 1968 Labertouche Cup Accuracy Event.

A regular competitor at Labertouche, Serge was Media Liaison for a number of meets.

The APF kangaroo and ice cream parachute logo was drawn by Serge.   He also did the overlay artwork for the Labertouche poster.

Visiting Jumper:   Ralph first jumped at Labertouche on July 12th 1981 from 1981ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Brian first jumped at Labertouche on February 23rd 1969.

Visiting Jumper:   Naomi first jumped at Labertouche on March 1st 1980 from 8,500ft.

Visiting Jumper:   Stewart first jumped at Labertouche on November 4th 1979.

Visiting Jumper:   Steve first jumped at Labertouche in December 1973.    Nationals 73/74

Visiting Jumper:   Mark first jumped at Labertouche on January 20th 1979 from 8,000ft.       11/6/83

Visiting Jumper:   Irene first jumped at Labertouche on December 28th 1975

Visiting Jumper:   First jumped at Labertouche on June 20th 1969.

Visiting Jumper:   Jurgen first jumped at Labertouche on December 6th 1969.   He jumped from the Scottish Twin Pioneer at 15,000ft on April 25th 1971.

Visiting Jumper:  Danny made his 211th jump at Labertouche on the 9th of December 1965 as a member of a West Australian Team training for the Port Pirie Nationals.    

Also trained at the Centre before 1973/74 Nationals.

Danny represented Australia as a member of the 4-Way Team "Green Machine" at the 1st World Championships of Relative Work, Warendorf, West Germany 1975.

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

Visiting Jumper:  Kevon first jumped at Labertouche on November 13th 1977 from 8,000ft.

 Visiting Jumper:  Susi was a foundation member of the South Australian Parachute Club and jumped at Labertouche for the first time on the 27th of December 1966.

Was for some years the best stylist in Australia and had a natural talent.   Susi outclassed everybody, men and women, just  using her natural ability and a feel for what was needed.

Represented Australia at the 7th World Parachuting Championships, Leutkirch, Germany 1964 and the Adriatic Cup, Portoroz, Yugoslavia 1965

The photo top left was taken in France during practice for the 7th World Championships at Leutkirch.

Later married Brian Brown, another member of the 1966 Australian Team.

Visiting Jumper:   Simon first jumped at Labertouche on July 12th 1981 from 8,500ft.    24/07/83

Peter's first jump was at Labertouche on October 10th 1976.  Peter was a PR Executive and once qualified he joined Billy Kenny's display team "The Stratostars".     

His company made a number of television commercials with a parachuting theme.  One of them was a shoe commercial made at the Centre in which Billy Kenny starred.

In Adelaide to jump into the Grand Prix Motor Races, he accepted an invitation to jump with an Adelaide display group into a night football match.  Tragically, his canopy folded under as he turned on final approach and spiralled into the grandstand combing; fatally injuring Peter.

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