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Facts & stats

  • Years in sport: 14
  • Jumps: 3000+
  • Tunnel time: 21 hours approx
  • Quals: FS1, IC1, FF1, FS Coach
  • No. of 100+ ways: Over 200
  • Largest formation: 400 way
  • Yes to: RSL, Cypres, full face helmet, gloves & whatever it takes to be in slot!
 

Caroline Hughes
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Facts & stats

Quick fire answers

Addicted to: "World Team swoops, organising anything and everything, complex challenge events".
Dedicated to: "Making every event bigger and better than the one before"
Passionate about: "Progressing beginners and dreaming up complex, high movement skydives."
Lives for: "Super floating off a tailgate! Diving and base work are cool... but floating is where it's at!"
Best advice: "Learn to 'walk the walk' before you 'talk the talk' (Stephen 'Stealth' Elvy)."
Most memorable advice: "Why don't you become a load organiser" (John Curtis, Langar).
Learnt the most from: Milko

 

Most memorable moments

"Getting a slot on the 120 way sequential at Zhills!"

"Thinking I hadn't got a slot on World team 2006"

"Disappointment after injuring myself at World Team 2004"

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Articles & documents

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Proudest moments

  • Being a member of World Team 2004 & 2006
  • Being on a complete 400 way
  • 'My girls' on Brit Chicks 07 (you know who you are)
  • Netheravon 31 & 38 way club record
  • Every organising job offered!
  • Formation load attempts on beginner weekends

Planes jumped

  • Islander
  • Cessna Grand Caravan
  • Cessna 206 
  • Cessna 182 
  • DC3, DC4
  • BT-67
  • G-222
  • Nomad
  • Skyliner
  • Skyvan
  • Porter
  • Turbolet
  • Bell 412 Helicopter Twin Otter
  • Turbo Finist SMG92
  • Dornier G92
  • King Air
  • Hercules C130
  • Stretch Hercules
  • Antanov AN72
  • Casa
  • Pitt Special Biplane
  • Six man Air Balloon 
  • TwinStar Helicopter
  • Bell (206) JetRanger III
  • Huey Helicopter
  • Beech 99
  • AN 28