Geronimo Skydiving Team

ANNOUNCEMENT - POSTPONEMENT OF SALUTE TO ALL ESSENTIAL WORKERS Following the announcement of the provincial stay-at-home order, the board of directors met immed...iately to discuss the safety aspects of the salute, which was scheduled for this Saturday (April 10). For the health and safety of our pilots, volunteers and the general public, we have decided to postpone our event until Saturday, May 15, 2021. While we remain confident that the ‘salute’ is a safe event for all involved, it would be a disservice to the essential workers that we are honouring if we were to proceed with the event during a stay-at-home order. We are at a critical moment of the pandemic. There is a record number of ICU cases across the province and cases continue to rise. In postponing this event until after the end of the stay-at-home order we are not only encouraging everyone to remain safe, but also supporting the efforts of all our essential workers. This was not an easy decision to make, especially knowing how much our communities have had to endure since the beginning of this pandemic. While the Salute is a safe and inspiring event that we could have done, the Board looked at the more difficult question as to whether we should have the event. We have chosen to stand with our workers, to promote safe practices while working to put on an outstanding event on the 15th of May once the lock down is lifted The following acts are still confirmed to take part on May 15th: - Banner Pull (will be towing a banner behind with a special message to essential workers) Flight Line Charters - RCAF CC-130H Hercules - Harvards Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association - de Havilland Vampire - Waterloo Warbirds - Aero L-29 "Viper" Delfin Jet - Waterloo Warbirds - Mixed personal aircraft COPA St. Thomas - Boeing-Stearman Dave Hewitt - Beechcraft Model 18, Canadian Queen Expeditor Dave Hewitt - Robinson R44 and Bell JetRanger Helicopters Zimmer Air We will have more announcements over the next month as we continue to build on this community event. Over the past two weeks, we have asked residents to nominate their favourite essential worker for a chance to win a free ride in a Harvard aircraft, or tickets to the upcoming St. Thomas Air Fest in June 2022. We are pleased to announce the winners of this contest: Winners of Free Ride in a Harvard (rides to happen at a later date): Charlene Blaney - Primary Care Paramedic Vaccinator Erin lee Gardner - Grocery Store Clerk Mike Lawrence Personal Support Worker Winner of Family Pass to Air Fest 2022: Adam Scharrer Personal Support Worker Winners of 2 General Admission tickets to Air Fest 2022: Courtney McQuiggan - Crisis Repsonder Craig Hudson Security Guard Stacey Langohr - Personal Support Worker Jason Pollard - Tractor Mechanic and Volunteer Firefighter A very special THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to send in their nominations. Each of those nominated are a real example of selfless service to our community. We also want to thank the pilots and the crews of the aircraft, along with our sponsors who continue to offer their support. We all look forward to looking up into the skies above St. Thomas on the 15th of May to watch a truly unique collection of aircraft and their SALUTE TO ALL ESSENTIAL WORKERS!

AmeriCup parachute accuracy training taking place this week at Florida Skydiving center in Lake Wales, Florida. With the border closed to non-essential travel due to covid our Canadian members are not able to compete this year.

One hundred year old WWII paratrooper PeeWee Martin will be jumping during the Operation Sand Snake V. Stay tuned for coming posts.

We are proud to announce that our Show Camp schedule is open for reservations from Canadian and US drop zones.

Sad to see this air show and our performance there cancelled but brighter days are ahead.

How we brought in the New Year in the midnight skies of 1992 - 1993 above Morgantown, Pennsylvania. On the jump with me were Nuncio Forte (RIP- Korea vet & a founding member of GERONIMO!) and Dick Lentz (RIP - WWII vet/pilot).

Who are skydivers really?

Flying toward the new year.

Merry Christmas!

The Maple Split as performed by Virtual Snowbirds

Some shots of Sunday's Legion & Remembrance Day tribute jump at Skydive Burnaby. November 8, 2020

Special tribute jump honoring vets in preparation for a covid virtual Remembrance Day celebration. https://www.chch.com/skydiving-tribute-dedicated-to-our-ar/

This is what happens when you give the pilot too many corrections on jump run. :)

Sunday's exhibition jump into the Plain Bay Polo Centre opening ceremonies in Wainfleet, Ontario. Photos by Todd Morris Photography.

Good guy & right guy for the job.

Hats off to Bill Booth.

Sundays exhibition jump into the Plain Bay Polo Centre opening ceremonies in Wainfleet, Ontario. Photos by Todd Morris Photography.

Vector 3 SE at MC Parachute Rigging

When Georgia Thompson Brown "Tiny Broadwick" passed on August 25, 1978, the coffin holding her earthly remains were carried by members of the United States Army... Parachute Team - The Golden Knights. Tiny demonstrated that neither size nor gender determines courage or skill. What matters is human spirit and Tiny Broadwick stood head and shoulders above many. See more

(DND Archives Photo PL130186) Flying Officer Marian Neilly, an RCAF para rescue nursing sister shown here in May 1955 at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. She was... a parabelle, a term coined for para-rescue nurses from the 1950s in the Canadian Forces. She took part in operations in what would later become modern day search and rescue (SAR) in Canada. She participated in Operation Pikes Peak at Lowry Airforce Base, Denver Colorado, on 24 March 1955. The Joint USAF/RCAF exercise aided the two services rescue units in adopting a system whereby both can participate in rescue missions in either country. The para-rescue course offered in the 1950s was attended by nurses and doctors, who at the time were the only medical personnel to jump out of airplanes on rescue missions and they did so on a voluntary basis. The course was the foundation of, and at that time the only equivalent to, todays vigorous and demanding SAR technician training course. Nursing Officers continue to serve in the present day Canadian Armed Forces Medical Service, many having deployed on tours of duty overseas in the Gulf War, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Somalia and Afghanistan. See more

This past Saturday was a perfect team practice day with team members making four jumps each at Skydive Burnaby utilizing our smoke, banner, and flag systems and evaluating new canopies. Pictured is Damir on the new Manta 260 ZP bringing in the US flag in preparation for the 2020 Balloon Fest & Air Show in Pennsylvania this September

Learn my flying secrets! Register @copanational and come join in on Monday for a Zoom conversation about airshows, aerobatics, and good flying habits! It will... be a blast! #Repost @copa_ottawa Our ninth and final episode of the GROUNDED web series takes place Monday August 24, 2020 at 8PM ET. Well be featuring Mike Tryggvason @miketryg . Mike has a long history as a member of the aviation community. From his flight training days in both Burlington, Ontario, and Boundary Bay, BC. He has towed gliders, operated as a jump pilot, run a variety of float planes out of Red Lake, as well as flying for regional and international airlines. In his spare time Mike prefers flying international level competitions and performs as an aerobatic display pilot. Join us as we learn more about the exciting world of aerobatic flying. What can we learn from it as general aviation pilots? Mike is bringing his perspectives on getting started with aerobatics, how it can improve your non-aerobatic flying, and how to best mentally prepare for high stress and training flights. This promises to be a fantastic evening of learning, and fun, for all. To register, follow the link in our bio. @flightoutfitters @propellercoffeeco @aerosportpower @macizzle.aero @hookerharness #teamefii #allforflight #pleinciel #canadianownersandpilotsassociation #canadianaviation #flying #aerobatics #airshow

Learn my flying secrets! Register @copanational and come join in on Monday for a Zoom conversation about airshows, aerobatics, and good flying habits! It will... be a blast! #Repost @copa_ottawa Our ninth and final episode of the GROUNDED web series takes place Monday August 24, 2020 at 8PM ET. We’ll be featuring Mike Tryggvason @miketryg . Mike has a long history as a member of the aviation community. From his flight training days in both Burlington, Ontario, and Boundary Bay, BC. He has towed gliders, operated as a jump pilot, run a variety of float planes out of Red Lake, as well as flying for regional and international airlines. In his spare time Mike prefers flying international level competitions and performs as an aerobatic display pilot. Join us as we learn more about the exciting world of aerobatic flying. What can we learn from it as general aviation pilots? Mike is bringing his perspectives on getting started with aerobatics, how it can improve your non-aerobatic flying, and how to best mentally prepare for high stress and training flights. This promises to be a fantastic evening of learning, and fun, for all. To register, follow the link in our bio. @flightoutfitters @propellercoffeeco @aerosportpower @macizzle.aero @hookerharness #teamefii #allforflight #àpleinciel #canadianownersandpilotsassociation #canadianaviation #flying #aerobatics #airshow

Practice flag jump for the 2020 Balloon Fest & Air Show.

Reminiscing about our Pennsylvania DZ with old T-shirts stored away in a box.

The Gypsy Moths, truly an old school classic.

Random fact and exciting reality for recreational skydivers every weekend plus. :)

Here is some old school skydiving training. The way it used to be done up through the mid 1980s in some places. :)

Contact MC for your quote on NEW VECTOR III harness and container!

This was a nice little exhibition jump for the Fort Erie commy during their Friendship Festival event. We were able to squeeze the performance in between the rain showers.

Damir Boabn completing his second test jump on the teams new canopy, a ZP Sail Cloth 260 Manta. Damir is looking forward to jumping this canopy with the giant American flag at the 2020 Balloon Fest & Air Show in Pennsylvania this September.

Happy Birthday Lee!

2019 SkyFest at Sherkston Shores Resort: the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the first Canadian parachute jump from an aircraft by Frank Ellis on July 5, 1919. SkyFest had to be cancelled this year but we are looking forward to 2021 SkyFest and post pandemic normal times.

Practice, practice, practice, makes perfect. Damir also test jumped our new ZP Manta 290 and Vector rig for the big flags catching a thermal gaining 300" + and then setting it down in center peas. :)

"Would you do it again?, asked the young girl. The Veteran kindly replied, Yes, for you. Well feature that true story later this week. But Its a conversa...tion that could have happened between any young person and any one of our WWII Veteransand its a reminder for our world today. We are living in turbulent times. The examples of our WWII Veterans are an opportunity for every citizenno matter where you are on the opinion scaleto press a reset button. Our children are watching, and theyre depending on us. 2020 was supposed to be the Victory Year, the year celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the defeat of totalitarianism and the end of WWII. It still can be the Victory Year. And, if we have anything to say about, it will be! While our WWII soldiers felt a strong sense of personal loyalty to each other, first-hand accounts show that their true motivation came from a strong moral connection to their mission. They viewed their cause as just. Their belief that they were fighting to preserve freedom and liberty for all sustained them through the darkest days of the warand through experiences that many of us cant imagine them freely willing to repeat. Its easy to look back on history with a certain pious 20/20 hindsight. The bad streak in humanity is enormous. The great news is that the good steak in humanity is even bigger! And, IT WINS EVERY TIME! Weve made it far, havent we? The stories of our WWII Veterans are an epic example of how when right is pitted against wrong, right eventually has the upper hand. We owe it to our WWII Veterans, and all Veterans, to pursue these turbulent times with wisdomwisdom backed by courage, character, vision, restraint, humility, love, and respect for the dignity of every human being. Those are among the values our Greatest Generation pursued time win the war. The gift our Veterans have passed on to us is not a world free of challenge or discord. The gift theyve passed on is a world where we are free to use the best in the human spirit to create a continually brighter future. Nothings stopping us but our own vision of where we want to end up, a humanity united or humanity broken in pieces. Were lucky to have the followers that we do here on our page. Your comments and feedback are always inspiring. Whatever your opinions during these times, the stories of our Veterans encourage us all to act nobly. If we want this to be the Victory Year, acting nobly is a great place to start. Our children ARE watching. And, they deserve our leadership. We hope you agree. Heres looking forward to a great Victory Celebration. All The Way! Photo credits in order: D-Day Veteran Joseph Morettini, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, by Michael Abrams, Stars and Stripes Iwo Jima Veteran James Krodel, 5th Marine Division, by Senior Airman Robert L. McIlrath, United States Air Force British Para Frank Ashleigh with many thanks to Funcksterrshoots PhotoGraphy. Guy Whidden, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, by Friends of Guy Whidden, WW2 Paratrooper, 502nd 101st Airborne Eugene Kleindl, 90th Infantry Division, by the WWII Veterans History Project Bastogne Veteran George Merz, 818th MP Co., 8th Corps, by the Courier Journal British Para Geoff Roberts, with many thanks to Funcksterrshoots PhotoGraphy. Bill Lapshies, 10th Mountain Division, and at age 104 the oldest known living survivor of COVID-19, with his great grandchildren, by Jamie Yuzie via Chime In

Visited Tiny Broadwicks final resting place today. Salute!

2017 Thunder Over Michigan. Nothing like stepping out of a 75 year old C-47 flying 110 knots at 1,200 feet. :)

MC Parachute Rigging is the one for FAA parachute rigger training and rigging services.

Hello friends! Thanks for being patient with us, but after many weeks of waiting and preparing, we have finally been given the green light to resume operations.... We are currently taking Tandem skydiving reservations Online or by calling 905-899-1528 As a general rule, if you feel sick or experiencing COVID symptoms, or have been in contact with anyone who is ill with Covid, we ask that you please do not come to Skydive Burnaby. Please read the detailed COVID procedures we will be following located on our website www.skydiveburnaby.com Were looking forward to having great summer, and seeing everyone back in the air!

AFF Rating Course June 26th @ Jumptown, MA.

Our display for Flag Day.

SKYDIVE BURNABY IS OPEN TOMORROW. If there are enough peeps we can fly the otter - with the wicked new paint job . GET IN TOUCH WITH TARA TONIGHT !