Aloha,
Well the numbers for 2005 are in and Skydive Hawaii completed almost twice as many tandem jumps in 2005 than all the other skydiving companies in Hawaii combined. We appreciate the trust which our customers find in our friendly, professional staff. Thank you, and we hope to continue to help people experience the thrilling excitement of tandem skydiving.
Skydive Hawaii morns the loss of both Mr. Max Mueller and Ms. Kaori Takahashi on January 6 of this year. This was the first student loss suffered by DZO Frank Hinshaw since he began teaching sky diving in 1983. The Honolulu Medical Examiner has not been able to identify any medial problem that could have caused Max to pass out during the jump.
It has been very wet during the month of March. The drop zone began to flood on the 25th, but “Wyatt, J9 and Kevin pitched in manning the shovels to dig through the Pacific Ocean’s sand barrier at the end of our drainage canal.
Congratulations to our attorney, Phil Nerney, who married the lovely Esta Natsue Akaji on January 7, 2006. To illustrate Phil's love of skydiving, the day before his wedding, and the day of his wedding were both filled with tasks from the Max Mueller incident.
The King Air, N926S, serial number JJ-449, has left the islands. After some 13,000 flight hours of providing skydivers a lift to jump altitude, it is now providing parts for other King Air aircraft in Alaska.
Cece has returned from South America trip to jump off of Angel Fall’s in Venezuela. She joined Tom and Denise Sanders on the base jump trip. Congratulations to Cece for her 30 years in our sport.
Our family at sea, Merle, Mary and Crystal, have made it to Galle, Sri Lanka. The fresh water pump broke while in sea lanes and they caught a tow into port. Next stop: Salalah, Oman. As Merle said, “By the way, if you haven’t figured out the obvious, the only two things one can count on at sea; the sun will come up, and the sun will go down, everything else is a crap shoot, it can and will change at a moments notice. But as I always say two are better than one.”
Work has begun on our Dillingham Airfield facility. A new front entrance and a viewing area for video and DVD will be the main additions on the ground level. Our plan also includes a formal classroom for our Freefall School program. Hopefully this phase of construction will be completed by June.
Skydive Hawaii looks forward to the return of Derek Tweedy from Japan this Summer. While the main focus of Derek’s trip this Summer will be flight lessons, we hope he’ll be in town for our next Launch Party for the Space Shuttle.
Destination X recently shot a episode for their new TV show on Fox TV. The rough cut of the show looks like good entertainment. The series features a group of ladies completing extreme activities. Best wishes for a great season!
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