http://fallingillini.org Skydive with the Falling Illini! Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:31:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First off, I want to say thanks to everyone who jumped with us last weekend. It was a blast. For those of you who want to keep jumping, or have yet to jump yet, pay attention. We will be doing tandem jumps Oct 15-16, and Oct 22-23. We will ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/653/october-jumping-2/ Hello Everybody! There will be a PAC (a big plane) out at the dropzone this weekend. This means that we can take a ton of tandems jumping this weekend. We will be jumping Saturday the 8th, and Sunday the 9th. We will also be having a camp out at ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/652/pack-the-pac-weekend-oct-8-9th/ The weather has finally cooled down a bit, and the sky is beckoning us to go jumping. We've already made one trip to ISC for some eager beavers who did their first tandems! For the rest of you, here are our jump dates for the next couple of weeks. Saturday, September 10 Saturday, ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/651/who-wants-to-go-skydiving/ It's still cold outisde, but we're gearing up for our first jump of the new year. It will be on Saturday, March 12th. Since it's been a while, here's some infor on types of jumps and pricing:  http://fallingillini.org/myfirstjump/jumptypes/ Before signing up, keep in mind this is an all-day event. We may not ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/650/safety-day-2011-and-free-training/ The weather's getting colder, and that means our Fall 2010 barcrawl is upon us. IF you ordered a shirt, look for an e-mail from Drew in the next day or so about when you can pick it up. Now for specifics! The barcrawl will be Thursday, November 11th. The schedule ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/649/barcrawl/ Hey everyone! With winter almost upon us, our last 2 jump dates for the fall will be Saturday, November 6 Saturday, November 13 If you want to jump before the spring, this is your final chance. If you want to go, send me your: Name Phone Number Day you want to go Type of jump If you ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/648/last-2-jumps-of-the-semester/ Hey everybody! The Falling Illini is having it's Fall 2010 barcrawl on Thursday, November 11. We'll send out more details later on, but for right now we need to order shirts. So, if you want a shirt (and let's face it, who doesn't), send me your name, phone number and ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/647/fall-barcrawl/ On the weekend of October 15-17 the Falling Illini will be jumping to support R.A.C.E.S., the Rape Advocacy, Counseling and Education Services. If you do a tandem jump this weekend, all of the profits will go towards this phenomenal cause. R.A.C.E.S. provides advocacy (legal and medical) and counseling for survivors ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/646/races-jumping/ The year has been off to a great start with lots of first-time jumpers taking the plunge. Here are our jump dates for the next couple of weeks. Saturday, October 2 Sunday, October 3 Saturday, October 9 If you are interested, please send me the following information as soon as possible (spaces are ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/645/next-jump-dates/ Thanks to everyone who came out to our informational meeting last night. We're pretty full for this weekend, but we're already looking ahead to the next couple of weeks. We will be jumping: Saturday, September 11 Sunday, September 12 Saturday, September 18 If you are interested, please send me the following information as soon ... http://fallingillini.org/archives/644/jumping-for-the-next-2-weeks/