| Gary Aberdeen
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Gary's
first jump was at Labertouche on the 13th of May 1973. He was issued with APF
Parachutist Certificate A 818 on the 1st of October 1973. He jumped at the
Centre for many years and was a display jumper with the Golden Eagles.
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| John Abbott
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Visiting
Jumper: John
first jumped
at Labertouche on December
27th
1968
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| Aah Achmed
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Visiting
Indonesian Team Member: Aah first jumped at
the Cemtre on December 24th 1975.
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| Sandy Ackerman
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Visiting
Jumper: Sandy first jumped
at Labertouche on December 13th 1974 from 9,000ft
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| Bill Adams
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Visiting
New Zealand Jumper: New Zealand's most
experienced jumper at that time, he jumped at Labertouche on the 4th of
March 1970.
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| David Adams
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Dave's
first jump was made at Labertouche on December 1st 1971.
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| Ross Adcock
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Visiting
Jumper: Ross
first jumped at Labertouche on March 8th 1981 from 8,500ft.
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| C. Addis
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Visiting
Jumper: First
jumped at Labertouche on August 4th 1979 from 8,500ft.
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Janette Agg
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A computer analyst, Janette's first jump was made at
Meredith on 18/10/1981 under the tutelage of Greg Butler. She
first jumped at Labertouche on August 7th 1982.
Janette was
a regular jumper at the Centre and continued
her jumping at Pakenham when the Centre lost its lease at
Labertouche. She was always willing to help with organisation and
transport and was a regular face on the dropzone.
Janette gave up regular jumping in 1986 and obtained an unrestricted private
pilot's licence. Her last parachute jump was on July 4th 1993 when she
returned briefly to accompany a group of workmates on their first jump course
at Pakenham.
She jumped at Netheravon and Sibson in England and Deland, Florida in the USA.
Making 221 jumps and earning APF Parachutists Certificate D ???
During the Asia/Pacific Championships at
Dookie in 1985 Janette was Liaison and Driver for Colonel
Wicha, Aide to the Thai Head of Delegation, General Wimol. Later Major
General Wicha and currently Senator and Leader of the House in Thailand.
Janette was welcomed by Wicha's family during a stop-over in Bangkok on one of
her overseas trips to England.
Janette recently completed a PhD in Information Systems at the University
of Melbourne.
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| Philip Allan
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Visiting
jumper: Phil first jumped at
Labertouche on July 18th 1981.
He
attended a Centre Jumpmaster Course in September 1981
Phil
represented Australia at the:
3rd World Cup of Canopy Formation at Toogoolawah, Queensland 1984
18th World Championship in Ankara, Turkey
1986 and the
21st World Championships, Treiben, Austria
1992.
He
has been Australian Champion many times and as we do more research there will
be much to add to this page.
Phil
designed and built an electronic accuracy measuring pad and has always been
prepared to carry out maintenance on other electronic competition equipment.
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| C. Allen
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Visiting
Jumper: First
jumped at Labertouche on January 18th 1976.
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| Phillip Allen
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Visiting
Jumper: Phillip first jumped at Labertouche on
December 20th 1980
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| Walter Allen
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Visiting
Jumper: Wally first jumped at Labertouche on July
26th 1975 from 7,000ft.
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| Wayne Allwood
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Visiting
Sydney Jumper: Wayne 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
represented Australia at the 21st World Championship at Treiben, Austria
1992
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Ian Alexander
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Visiting
Pakenham jumper: A
member of the Victorian Parachute Club, Ian jumped at Labertouche for
the first time on the 19th of June 1966.
Ian
was a regular jumper throughout the early development of sport parachuting and
provided printing services to the fledgling Australian Parachute Federation.
Ian
left Melbourne to live by the sea on the east coast.
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| Kevin Altham
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Visiting
Jumper: Kevin
first jumped at Labertouche in December 1975 as a member of
the team "Wings of Lemon" in the 4th Australian Relative Work
Championship 10-Man Star Event. (1975/76)
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| Gil Alvero
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Visiting
Jumper: Gil first jumped at
Labertouche on December 8th 197? from 7,000ft
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| Anthony Anderson
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Visiting
Jumper: Tony first jumped at Labertouche on March
13th 1977 from 7,000ft.
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| Tom Anderson
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Visiting
Jumper: Tom first jumped at
Labertouche on October 24th 1976 from 7,000ft.
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| Ch?? Andrews
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Visiting
Jumper: First jumped at Labertouche
in December 1975.
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| Les Andrews
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Visiting
Jumper: Les first jumped
at Labertouche on November 8th 1970 from 7,000ft. on a Delta II Wing
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| Terrence Angus
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Visiting
Jumper: Terry first jumped
at Labertouche on December 31st 1972 from
8,500ft.
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| Joe Armstrong
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Visiting
jumper: Joe 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)
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| Val Armstrong
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Val made her first jump at the Centre on
the 17th of August 1969.
Earned APF Parachutist Certificate A526
in March 1970
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| Karl Arnemberg
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Visiting
jumper: Karl first jumped at Labertouche on
January 7th 1978 from 8,500ft.
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| Mike Arthur |
Visiting
Jumper: Mike first jumped
at Labertouche at the National
Championships 73/74 |
| Niels Asche
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Niels was originally a member of Victorian Parachute Club and then joined
Southern Cross Skydivers. He first jumped at Labertouche on
October
24th 1965.
He
was a member of the 10 Man Speed Star Team "Apple Tart" in the
2nd Australian Relative Work Championships
(1974) and became a regular jumper at the Centre.
Niels
served as Secretary of the Victorian Parachute Council from 196? to 197?
He
was Team Manager of the Australian Parachute Team that attended the 8th World
Championships at Leipzig in 1966.
A
Civil Engineer, Niels now lives in Perth, Western Australia and stays in touch
with the veteran jumper of that state.
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| John Asckham
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Visiting
Jumper: John first jumped at
Labertouche on January 18th 1981 from 8,500ft.
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| Geoff Ashton
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Visiting
Jumper: Geoff first jumped
at Labertouche on the 27th of December 1972 from 10,500ft. He
competed in the 13th Australian Style and Accuracy Championships at the
Centre (73/74) and attended the 2nd Australian Relative Work Championships
as a fun jumper.
Geoff was an FAI Judge and after jumping and judging in Australia for a few years
departed for the USA.
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| Rowley Ayres
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Visiting
WA Jumper: Rowley Made
his 119th jump at Labertouche on the 09/12/65 training for the 6th Australian
Nationals at Port Pirie.
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