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Inc. 1. _(fBftjH 2719 Middleburg Dr Suite 105 iwl Columbia, S C 29204 I Wofikak 254-6537 A <rAi4?MK?.r.'rt7 Attention fill Display Participants i Each organization participating in the display competition must send a representative to the "Information \ | and Rules'' meeting on Thursday, S I ivo/, a: / HM downs|j fairs in the Campus Activities Center. \ 4 Sport club <11\Jf airplanes o iUiStel By TAMAKA WILLIS Features fdllor T&vi I I // Some students jump out of airplanes every week I I // The members of the USC Sport Parachute Club ^ > // U 30 minutes to Lugoff Paraflight Club every weeken< >4v AjL^.J' skydiving. ^ "The club got started in 1967 when a bunch o - * t started meeting in front of the gym to drive 01 skydive," said marketing senior Andy Weddlc, pre * of the club. Mil "In the 1970s, these men petitioned to be a lit VW jTj ~Tlfc club. By the late 1970s, they were licensed and rec W/ v&y /Stirc supplemental equipment from the University." ' / /Jfilxl&M Weddle said the club has 58 members, most of M?f /Dux. MHaxtiXm "v,-aU3t l,,c *-,uu was 1111 nara oy graduation. JSrM /wMU(am ^'rst c'ass ?f l^c semester made its jumps th fsfjX jwjW 18M weekend. "It was the most successful jump class w rrcr /jtv cvcr *lac'' Everybody landed on the jump zone. gg|j^|pf were no surprises, and everyone was in full con \ By All of the first-time jumpers are on student statu VI ^maKX3B*jrJL first five jumps they make will be static-line jumps, oM means their rip chords will be pulled for them, V\ 9r| lp?K??SS58fily "After the fifth jump, the student will pu I 1 / If parachute for the first time. After about eieht iumi III II take the students up to higher altitudes and have / j! delay pulling their rip chord. This is how they learn t ! J\ U fall," Weddle said. I jj "At about 8,000 feet, which allows for abo jjk ^ seconds of free fall, we teach them to make right i ^4$* left turns, do back flips and maneuver their bod I '/ move forward. After that comes learning to fly your ' so l^at ^ou can comc 'n contact w'{h another pers< > jBn' Weddle said students enter novice status after the} J ZiSBf ^ac* ^ ^rec ^a"s anc^ can l^cn aPP!y ^or an A u| "When the student has mastered jumping and can / his own parachute and be comfortable with it, he is ' Mmj ble for the license." WSJ He said this license is issued by the United : S. ^Ca Parachute Association, the club's governing body license entitles jumpers to travel to any drop zon skydive. It also makes them eligible to compete, t After the skydivers make at least 100 free falls, th( g t\ take the certification course to become jump maste 5 V\ The club will travel to Duke IJnivercitv in Mr?u#?mi -Viv compcte. Wcddlc said the events are going to be NAj\ tured so inexperienced jumpers can compete. He sa competition will be tough this year because they w competing against schools such as West Point 2) f Clemson. ^ Weddle said he hopes to take about 25 jumpers to pete. He said there are four types of competition. \ \^\ Accuracy is the first area of competition. It inv \ landing on a 10cm disc. The skydivers make three ji W J anc* l^c distance they land each time from the ceni F / l^c ^'sc's added together. Weddle said the conipetit t I so intense that the winner might have a total distan C I half an inch. JLT I said the i 11 m r\rt?- # ? _ .V..VVU juiupvis v. <111 UISU CUI "S in accuracy competition. When the jumpers land, must take off their gear and run and touch the disc, are timed and then the times are added together. Th< If only typewriters let yoi work before they print? You've just proofread your term paper UMM ? r hv and it's got typos, spelling errors and Now, you can't hand in a paper like this. So no matter how tired you are, you've ^ The Videowriter solves all your typing problems. 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If you've ever had a teacher tell you to write a i L ? mousano word essay, you know what a pain it is ,?,.n,,r tryir^ to count your words On an ordinary typewriter you have to do it with your finder. But on a Videowriter you can press a mere two members dive out n weekend for fun .? .? w end "I started skydiving because I saw travel advertisements being pulled behind Jtogo airplanes while I was at the beach. I f guys wanted to prove to myself that^I could it and do it." ;sidcnt Andy Weddle i nresidpnt. I JSC Snort Pnrnrhutp Cluh intu ' ' ' ' ' ~" eiving son with the lowest score wins. 1 ' them The next phase of competition is style. Wcddlc said this involves free falling from 7,500 feet and doing as many is past right turns, left turns and back loops as possible in the e have allotted period of time. The jump is video taped. There Four USC students will be competing in the sequential trol," competition. Wcddlc said this involves jumping at 8,000 a feet and maneuvering, linking, letting go and then linking s. The again. wmcn I he jumpers have 35 seconds to make as many links as /eddle they can. This competition is filmed from the air and the ground. If any member of the team is out of the plane II his before the official start, the team is disqualified. ps, we The final phase of competition is called speed star. them Wcddle said this is done by eight or 10 people hooking up o free in the air as fast as they can. He said a star is actually a circle in skydiving. ut 40 Weddle said the club will also take part in the mixed turns, school competition. The names of all the jumpers will be lies to put in a hat, and the names will be balanced so that each body team has the same amount of experience. The teams will jn." then perform maneuvers set up for the competition. The t have students will have had no opportunity to practice them. :cnsc. Weddle, who has been jumping since the summer of pack 1984, said he has trained at least 300 students and has eligi- made at least 240 jumps. "I started skydiving because I saw advertisements being pulled behind airplanes while I a States was at the beach. I wanted to prove to myself that I could w . The do it." c and Other jumpers had other reasons for getting into skydiving. ry can Real estate junior Paul Gradeff, the vice president for rs. the club, said he has been jumping since 1985 and has her to made 170 jumps. "Skydiving was more of a mental task struc- than a physical one for me," Gradeff said. id the Biology senior Erin Boyce, the equipment manager, 'ill be said she got involved in skydiving because she missed the and varsity sports she played in high school. "A lot of my friends encouraged me. I think it is a great way to get com- away from campus for awhile." 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