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Easter Foreign Trip
Holiday time!! The Easter tour will either be hosted by us for Portsmouth students or we'll join the BCPA tour. In the past Portsmouth students have visited Seville (Spain) and Gap (France). Last year, however, 6 of us joined the BCPA tour and flew all the way to Perris Valley, California!!
Perris Valley
108 students + 4 planes (including a Skyvan) + swimming pool + huge bar + theme parks + LA + Vegas (the list could go on) = a great 2 weeks in sunshine!!!
Skydive students could continue their training with BPA certified instructors (without the bright orange jumpsuits) for RAPS and AFF.
Qualified jumpers could make use of the 4 planes and do as many as 9/10 jumps a day! Someone managed to do 76 jumps in the 2 weeks we were there!
There were plenty of people at the drop zone to learn from, a gear shop in which you could buy anything from t-shirts to canopies and an on-site wind tunnel to learn and practice in!!
The swimming pool came in handy when anyone advanced their skills (qualifying, FS1, 50 jumps etc...) as, clothes or not, they went in it!
Like with all BCPA get togethers there were plenty of things to do in the evening at the dropzone. In the bar there were games nights, karaoke and plenty of drinking games!
And if all that couldn't keep people entertained there was a running 'Killer' game throughout the entire trip!
Overall the Tour 2010 was a fantastic 2 weeks away and everyone came home actually needing a holiday!
Tour 2012
The location for 2012 has not been chosen yet. The location should be announced at BCPA Freshers in November. Once this has been released we will decide whether a separate Portsmouth Tour will be held or not.