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Austen completed an excellent Stage 7 then had a hard landing.  He broke his right fibula.  Please send Austen an SMS or give him a call to wish him a speedy recovery and return to jumping.  His mobile is 0439 380 043.

Attention CIs, ASO’s, APF Clubs.

 Apologies if received more than once. This message will also be promulgated through the APF email broadcast this week. Please ENSURE this information is circulated amongst your DZSO’s and club members.

 APF Service Bulletin No APF 091110 – Issued 10^th November 2009

 Background

An incident occurred on the 19^th of September 2009 in Belgium, in which a cutter body separated from its base on a Vigil AAD (see attached Incident Report. The original was originally received in French. I have translated and been advised that this translation is acceptable)

 Advanced Aerospace Designs (AAD) have completed their investigation of the Vigil unit and concluded that the cutter was part of a batch produced in December 2007. They have released a Service Bulletin that requires the recall and replacement of the affected cutters. Their SB requires the cutters to be replaced at the next reserve repack cycle.

 Though the Vigil PSB-5 has an issue date of October 10^th 2009, this bulletin was not made available to the wider skydiving community until early November.

 The APF has released mandatory APF SB 091110 on the 10^th of November, which takes precedence over the Vigil PSB-5. It includes the following APF Policy regarding the Vigil PSB-5

 APF POLICY: These cutters are to be replaced PRIOR TO NEXT USE for each affected unit. The cutter date of manufacture is printed under the part number 9582006 in the format 12-07-2 (mm/yy/batch). A hologram number is found on the cutter with a corresponding hologram on the main box. If the cutter has been upgraded from type 1 or 2 to 3 after December 2007 you will need to check the date of manufacture or hologram number against the list issued as part of AAD PSB 5 – the reserve container will need to be opened to inspect. Owners are to contact AAD VIGIL or dealer for replacement cutter.

 Attached to this email is the APF SB 091110, which includes the Vigil PSB-5 plus list of affected cutters.

 Kind regards,

Kim

Kim Hardwick

APF Technical Officer

(02) 62816830

www.apf.asn.au

WHAT!    The XL 750 from Naggas is coming again.....

WHERE?  Lower Light DZ

WHEN?   Friday 11th December until Monday 14th

WHY?   Why not?!... cause Al is a nice guy and he wants us to jump from 14000ft

SASPC Privileges (only$50 to join)

·         Members can take advantage of cheap Free Fly tutoring from James Hendsman & Evan G

·         Finish your AFF or get your B-rels out of the way

·         Star Crest loads get free camera supplied

·         Half price dinner Saturday night

·         Load organisers

·         Gear maintenance talks

·         2 way, 4 way, 8 way, anyway  ......   come on down and do it all from 14000ft

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