Did you know that Phil Roberson wrote a great SkyQuest story for the Parachutist? posted: Dec 30th, 2005 The January 2006 issue of USPA's Parachutist includes a great story with nice pictures of SkyQuest 2005. Freefall photographer Phil Roberson collected information and materials live at Fantasy of Flight and covered the event on four pages under the headline "Show Time".
SkyQuest 2005 was the second visit at Fantasy of Flight for Phil Roberson. He already filmed Guy Wright's Team Elite at its inaugural event in 2004 and posted many SkyQuest pictures at his own website last year. This year, he went a step further and became the event journalist for the Parachutist.
His article in the January... (more)
Did you know that rounds five and six of the NSL Championship started the slower part of the meet? posted: Dec 30th, 2005 Round five of the NSL Championship at SkyQuest 2005 was already posted without further comment before the Holiday break of the NSL News. Round six has now been added, and the previous rounds can still be viewed at the NSL page of the SkyQuest website.
Round five was the beginning of the slower part of the 10-round competition draw. The top scorer, Italy's national team Sinapsi PD, was at a 25.3 average after the first fur rounds of the competition. The 19-pointer of round five was the first score below 20 points, even though it was still more than a respectable performance for H-13-14. (more)
Did you know that Team Fastrax assigned the center slots during a successful first training camp? posted: Dec 20th, 2005 The NSL News story on December 14 introduced the new line-up of Team Fastrax for the 2006 season. It was not decided by then which center positions the new Fastrax members Mark Kirkby and Doug Park would take. The team completed its first training camp last week at Skydive Arizona, and the NSL News was not only interested in the final decision as of the center slots. Team founder John Hart took the time to answer a few NSL News questions after the completion of the training camp. (more)
Did you know that the SkyQuest 2005 Kaleidoscope Dives were a test for the World Team? posted: Dec 17th, 2005 The NSL News mentioned at earlier stories covering the NSL Championship at SkyQuest 2005 that the other events of the annual event at Fantasy of Flight deserve additional attention, as well. Chris Hayes, event manager of the Fantasy Swoop, already provided his story for the NSL News on December 3.
The NSL News will continue to cover more details of the 4-way competition every time new rounds of NSL-TV will be uploaded. The 4-way teams were obviously able to complete all ten rounds of the event, even though the NSL Championship began officially Friday afternoon. (more)
Did you know that the King of the Tunnel joins Airspeed in 2006? posted: Dec 16th, 2005 The completion of the newest NSL Profile comes at the right time. Thomas Hughes had provided the first part of his career story years ago. The NSL News was already interested in one of the shooting stars in Formation Skydiving competition long before the young 4-way world class competitor appeared frequently in the NSL News.
His NSL Profile has now finally been completed, and the story begins in England and a in very different element - water. Thomas Hughes was already a water skiing competitor before he moved to Florida. Then he found skydiving and the SkyVenture Orlando wind tunnel where he... (more)
Did you know that round four had the highest scores of the NSL Championship 2005? posted: Dec 15th, 2005 Round four of the NSL Championship is now on NSL-TV, while the previous rounds can still be viewed at the SkyQuest website.
The sequence of round four, A-Q-7-J for the AAA Class and A-Q-7 for AA and A Class, was the fastest one of the 10-round competition, and each team took advantage of the opportunity to improve the meet average. In fact, each team scored the highest score of the meet in round four, except Team America in the Rookie Class. (more)
Did you know that Phil Roberson wrote a great SkyQuest story for the Parachutist?
Did you know that rounds five and six of the NSL Championship started the slower part of the meet?
Did you know that Team Fastrax assigned the center slots during a successful first training camp?
Did you know that the SkyQuest 2005 Kaleidoscope Dives were a test for the World Team?
Did you know that the King of the Tunnel joins Airspeed in 2006?
Did you know that round four had the highest scores of the NSL Championship 2005?