S&A Bits - Saturday 25 Octoberby Cadet Kevin Krupski |
| Greetings from sunny Florida! Well, here’s a little bit of the Black
Knights experience down here at Lake Wales. We got in here late Wednesday
night, and breathed in the warm night air. We got a call as we landed
letting us know we just missed the first snowfall in New York. I don’t think
anyone minded missing that. Last jump in New York I think I ended up with
icicles hanging out my nose. Florida weather is a little nicer to jump in.
This really is a win-win situation for us; warm weather and lots of great
jumps, plus a chance to beat Air Force. We have a contingent of five West
Pointers down here, plus our coach, the great Chris Moore: Three are “firsties”(seniors),
Brent “Gangler” Hoops, Brian “Old Man” Montgomery, and John “Denny”
Dennison. The other two are “cows,” (juniors); Myself, Kevin “Straight Meat”
Krupski, and Pat Bell. Accuracy took up our first three jumps. The otter
with 16 people was one of the roomiest rides I’ve ever had. Our one aircraft
at West Point is an old Huey that looks like it was dragged out of the Ia
Drang valley, and can get a little cramped at times. At this point, we’ve
just finished the team competition for acc and are awaiting the results for
style. Our showing in accuracy was not what we had hoped for, but there’s
still style. With two rounds judged, we look pretty good. This is our first
sight of Nationals and it’s awesome. I find myself spitting out lines from
“Cutaway” all the time, to the behest of my teammates. That’s all for now,
hopefully we can brag about our style results when they get out.
-Cadet Kevin Krupski |
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