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And a merry christmas to you!
Thanks for everything you have done for me and us crap hats - its a memory I will take with me forever.
24/12/09

Roy
Some shots hope they get to you okay
We arrived okay and were met at airport in Portugal. Then it was off to barracks with the Portuguese military. It was a great experience and we had a had a fantastic time. We were treated like very special people and the Military went out of the thier way to make us feel welcome. We could not have asked for more from them. A 'Well done' to all Pathfinder personnel on the course and for showing the professionalism that you all have acquire.
A very special thanks to Paulo for his hospitality and showing myself Herve and Big Stu the sites of Portugal on Friday evening after Endex. We then visited the Portuguese Association of Paras. There we were made very welcome and were given copious amounts of the local brew. We were also given wings and tee shirts by there members. It was a great honour to have been invited to visit them. I only hope that some day we can repay this in some way to them.
well done to all and well done Roy for this arranging this event.
Regards 22/11/2009

Ref Portuguese Para course

It was a superb trip. Unprecedented access to the Portuguese Parachute School. Well worth the trip and expense. Paulo Fernandes Pathfinder Portugal is to be commended for making this happen. Blue skies . 22/11/2009

Hi Roy
Thank you and Paulo for masterminding this event

Hi Roy

I received my certificate today - it's awesome. It is very well done and commemorates a very special experience in my life.

Again, thanks for your trouble with the certificate - it's much appreciated and I hope to see you soon on the DZ. Great to hear we have MC1s - I really loved jumping with it for the first time at Arnhem.

Nearer to May 2010 I'll make contact with you to see if it would be possible to jump at Teuge whilst in Europe.

Wishing you and your family a great festive season. 24/11/2009

Roy

I just receive a big letter from you, with my beautiful wings.

Thank you very much and see you later for the next jump 21/10/2009

I received my Wofheze certificate in good order. Thanks a lot.

Hi Roy

Thanks for all the hard work to make Arnhem work.

Received my certificates for Wolfheze and Driel today, thanks, but I also jumped at Overasselt, so if you can do a cert for that it would be appreciated.

Happy landings 21/10/2009

Thanks mate got my certificates today. 21/10/2009

Hi Roy,

This morning I received all Market Garden jump certificates, including my PF 25th round canopy wing, in good order. Thank you very much!

Kind regards, 21/10/2009

Hi Roy

Have received my Ginkel Heath DZ Certificate from you already many thanks.

Hope this helps

Will send a summary write up of jump and more photos when I gat a chance to sit down in front of this machine long enough! (hopefully by the end of the week)

Best Regards 22/10/2009

Hi Roy
A big thanks to you for the Arnhem trip, awesome....I jumped Wolfheze and despatched at Ginkle, lead plane second drop-...
Let me know what else I can do
thanks again 17/10/09

Hi. The certificate came today great background. Thanks. Hope things are going well ,

Good weekend was had by all those Pathfinder UK guys that I jumped with and drank with. Dakota going u/s was a bummer but there will be another chance but there will not be another 65th anniversary and that was the important thing for me. Not many Veterans will be able to attend in future years so this was the last chance to put on a good show for them.

Maybe see you next year. 08/10/2009

I was happy to jump onto the Ginkel Heath at Saturday and a great honour to jump on the 65th commemoration for the Arnhem battle. It was my 3rd jump at the Ginkel. Our jump master was Jason, perfect guy,maybe you can give me his email adress,

All the Best. . 08/10/2009

Many thanks for your assistance and for your kind welcome.

I look forward to membership, and to your future ventures.

I watched The Pathfinder Parachute Group jump at Ginkle two weeks ago as I was there with my Para Regt Assoc Branch. Very impressive !

All the best, 08/10/2009

Hello Roy
Thank you very much for a great weekend at Arnhem (not including the Dutch!), enjoyed the course at Teuge, hope everybody got back home ok 08/10/2009

Thanks a lot. God smiled to me last Saturday;) Herve, Lance and Ian helped as well ;)

Anyway I'll remember it for a long time as the hell of the experience. It was the best jump I've had so far (out of all 6...).

Thanks for the certificate.

Hello Roy,
Just like to say thanks for all your efforts, despite the problems...it wouldn't have happened without you.
Regards,
29/09/09

HI Roy

Thanks for a great week, you guys really run a good training course, nice to meet trainers who actually know what that are talking about! looking forward to another jump next year. 29/09/09

Dear Roy,
Just a note to formally thank Pathfinder for the opportunity to jump over
Arnhem again. I know I just turn up, do my bit ( and push off) but am well
aware of the effort required for such events. I'm well acquainted with
the concept of organizing for the Ungrateful and Over-demanding in other
areas.
I look forward to another trip sometime and my elder son will carry on the
tradition and is keen to join in 18 months when he's 16.
Best wishes

Hi Roy
A big thanks to you for the Arnhem trip, awesome....I jumped Wolfheze and then Oosted and despatched at Ginkle, lead plane second drop-...
thanks again 29/09/09

HI,ROY,IAN,LANCE,HERVE,THANKS FOR A FANTASTIC WEEK,THE WEATHER,TURNED OUT GLORIOUS,FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS.SO MANY HAPPY SMILING FACES,AT THE END,NONE MORE THAN,STU RICH,

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE ON THE COURSE. THANKS,TO ROY FOR EXCELLANT ADMIN, ADVICE, IANS DISPATCHING AND SAFTEY RECORD,HEATHER FOR HER NURSING SKILLS. A GREAT HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS THE CHURCH SERVICE,ON SUNDAY,AT ARNHEM.BOY DOES IT STRIKE HOME,THE SACRFICE,THAT THEY WENT THROUGH.IT WILL STAY WITH ME FOREVER. THANKS ONCE AGAIN, HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, IT WAS A PLEASURE 29/09/09

Ref Arnhem

Roy:

Thank you for organizing the jumps. Mine turned out well.

All the best,

Bob 29/09/09

I managed to drop on the Ginkels Heide DZ despite all the problems.

Many thanks for all your hard work, it was a brilliant weekend. 28/09/09

Hello Herve.

I expressed thanks to some pathfinders in my recent comments.

Thos were just the persons I happened to be around on Saturday 9/19.

However I forgot to thank you for all your help and I want to correct that oversight .

Thanks for getting me to pass the refresher + jump in August

and your never ending energy and enthusiasm.

I hope to see you again at a next jump.

Tot ziens, 28/09/09

To all.

In spite of all the commotion we managed to have a good time during the week prior to 9/19.

This was due to the good company and the Heineken Brouwerijen. Congratulations to those who still had to get their wings and managed to get their 5 jumps in on Thursday and Friday.

My jump at the Ginkle Heath was the easiest one so far ending with a very soft landing thanks to

great skills, no doubt, but somewhat assisted by the thick 1 foot high heather which presented a cushion. I made a nice PLF roll just to satisfy the audience of a family of four who had wandered on to the DZ. One of their daughters took a picture and promised to send it to me via a-mail. I hope she does as it'll probably be the only one to prove to my wife that I did it.

Participating in the commemoration of Market Garden was an emotional one for me as I still have vivid memories of those days in 1944. The ceremony at the cemetery had some moments during which I had to wear my dark glasses to hide my emotion. I remember when we as little kids were laying flowers on the graves and I was surprised to see that so many soldiers had the same name : "unknown."

I feel honored being a member of Pathfinder and I enjoyed the company of so many good buddies.

I am not as quick anymore as I would like to be and I want to thank those who offered assistance:

Austin for arranging lodging, , Henry for being my navigator, Bernard and Nick for helping me with my bag, Eric who offered to stand down in case I got bumped off the Ginkle jump.

Last but foremost ( that an oxymoron ?) our fearless leader Roy Mobs :

Thanks for all your work, humor, perseverance, patience and lending me the "Garment ."

22/09/09

Hi Nick

My deepest thanks to both you and Heather for all the help you gave last week, from packing advice, photo snapping and Car transport to Wolfheze.

Roy, Ian & Lance
Thank you again for all the work you have put in to make this event happen . Hopefully next time we all meet there will be more time for a beer & a chat. 22/09/09

We had a good time the weather was good and we met some nice people from all over the world. We had a good laugh with Gill and Julie and Dave. Herves a good sort also the Irish lads are looking forward to that elusive DC3 jump one day 22/09/09

Ref Arnhem

Roy,

Unfortunately we didn't have much of a chance to speak to you in Holland – I guess you were pretty busy anyway! Firstly I just wanted to thank you, we enjoyed the trip and I know we left it right to the last minute to sign up and were lucky to get out there in the first place!

Many thanks 22/09/09

Ref Arnhem 2009

It wasn't a good experience, it was a GREAT experience :-D

I got 2 good jumps in, broke the 50 jumps barrier, met some great people, had a great time !! …and all thanks mainly to you, Ian, Lance, Herve and Nick.

I plan to continue jumping with Pathfinder UK at Teuge (it’s only 2 hours down the road from me) and would definitely like to do Ginkel next year, I still need to get in a jump from a Dak ;-) All the Best 22/09/09

Hi Roy, I never thought I say this to you all, but I miss you guys, I'm looking forward to see you in August, I will jump again this is a promise. Did you see the web site? I noticed I am a different person and I have a lot off respect for you all and the guys during the war. I have still a bruise on my leg but it was worth it, and my rib is still not alright, so I can think the hole day on you guys. Again thank you all for the good training and friendship, Regards to Lance and Ian. All the best 12/07/2009

Hello Roy, Had a great time last week. I'd like to thank you Ian and Lance for the wonderful time. It was one of the best experiences in my life. I will never forget my 6th jump from the Antonov, what a great feeling. I was wondering if I can join the manifest for September in Groesbeek. Also the date of the jump. Thanks a lot... Mike 11/07/2009

It looks like that every time I'm coming back to Teuge it's better than the previous time.

I have to make a big compliment to Roy, Ian and Lance. Because they make from

people who have never met each other before, a very tight family or is it even more

Looking forward to see you all again and keep in touch. 04/07/2009

Guys....thanks for the week and allowing me to feel a very small piece
of what Para does. For us it was fun, I know it wasn't fun for those
actually serving. I look forward to seeing you when you're in Holland for the courses and adding jumps to my log book and I offer my services as a ground-based (for now) cameraman when I am available for the courses.
As I rode away from Schoonoord, trapped inside my motorcycle helmet, I tried to put in simple words what is was like for me and maybe the others before me and those to come. I thought that if I had to sum it all up very concisely I would say.. the deeper the angst, the higher the euphoria. on my first drop, climbing out to altitiude felt like a million years and the entire jump thousandths of a second the climb out on drop 6 felt like thousands of years and the jump a 10th of a second.
so the gap closes and the elation grows and I seriously thought that 2000 feet wasn't high enough, go figure.
thanks again for sharing and for what all the airborne forces do, 03/07/2009

All,

You remember that I missed last day during our course. Just to let you know that I got to Teuge this week on Wednesday afternoon and was allowed to join the course, got 3 jumps from Cessna till 16.00 and at the end of the day experienced one of the best moments in my whole life: we’ve jumped from Antonow AN-2 in a stick of 6 jumpers (with Floor as number 3 and Roy as number 6). So you can see that we were not offered an opportunity to think on our way to AN-2 exit – we just had to go ;););)

I was reading Peter’s AN-2 jump description again and again and now I could not agree with it more.

I have attached a picture with Roy telling jokes about Poles. Whereas those were very funny I was repeating the drill in my mind at that time (that is the official version – for those who jumped before: I am trying hard not to shit my pants) ;););)

It was a great 2 days in Teuge.

Hope to meet you all again, 04/07/2009

It looks like that every time I'm coming back to Teuge it's better than the previous time.

I have to make a big compliment to Roy, Ian and Lance. Because they make from

people who have never met each other before, a very tight family or is it even more

Looking forward to see you all again and keep in touch. 04/07/2009

Hope you got back to the UK all right. Thanks for the great week in Teuge! It was wonderful and I met some very nice people. I enjoyed it.

I would like to put my name down for a jump in Arnhem, but wasn't sure if that's all right since I just qualified this week. Please let me know if it's ok and I'll pay for it. Are there any trees on the DZ's in Arnhem? If not, could you plant a few for me? Hate to miss the comforting sound and feeling of branches whipping me on the last 30 feet down. :-)

Thanks for a great week, I think Pete Dahl put it together very well in the history page.

Regards to Roy and Lance, thanks for making a dream come true

A special thanks to Ian,

You worked your bollocks off, making sure we got the five in MATE!!, although I did think of other choice words for you after you put me out no 5 on the first jump, especially when I was looking down on the hangers Planes runway and various other buildings including car parks trees etc and seeing the D.Z dissapearing in the distance. Allowing me over two minutes to think of how the f--k Iwas going to get out of this and how many limbs I would probably break depending on what I was going to land on.

So from Roy and Ian Taylor

'OH' the choice word Roy ( F-----g Cock)

See you in Arnham 09/06/2009

It was fun jumping with you guys, very relaxed atmosphere. Thank you for letting us use one of your rigs. It was the first time my wife and I where in the same stick. 02/05/2009

Good to meet you and Ian at last, last week in Holland. Thanks for your hospitality.

Yours aye,

Si 02/05/2009

Just wanted to send a sincere thanks to yourself, Ian and lance for an absolutely top drawer week of parachuting.

As always, it's difficult to emphasise fully just how good Pathfinder as an organization really is, however rest assured those of us who take part in these events really appreciate the huge amount of time, effort and commitment put in by you guys to make it all happen!

All the very best to you all and I'm looking forward to September

I would like to thank you , Nick, Ian and Lance for all your hard work

on this years June Course at Teuge and for all the hard work running

Pathfinder UK and for making it all happen behind the screen's.

We all had a fantastic week at Texel/ Arnhem, cant wait to do it all

again!! It was great to meet up with all the lads again and we all had

a good laugh but we all said it was strange not to have you there mate

you was missed by all of us in pathfinder.

I was able to complete the last two jumps I still had left over from

last year at Texel and paid 15 euro's for the third jump on the 17th

September before we all set of for Arnhem, The weather was fantastic

with some of the lads being able to complete their 5 qualifying jumps

in one day!!! Sept 08

Just thought that I would write you about Holland. I had a great

time!!! No malfunctions. No injuries. Everything went well. I now have

I hope that we can continue to keep honouring the vets.

Hope that you are safe!!!! Sept 08

I would like to thank you personally for the great instruction

you gave me and every other guy on the course. I think your approach to

teaching reassured the not so confident guys who was with us.

Would you also pass on my thanks to Lance.

P.S. I'll be seeing you next year sometime.........Happy landings

Sept 08

Hi Roy, just got back today from Holland, want to write to express my sincere gratitude for all your efforts getting us there, my group made it to Texel ok, we met up with the boys on the course and with Ian Marshall, what a lunatic. I have never had so much fun in my life, both Bill ( he's 84 and did a sky dive whilst he was there!!) and Phil were treated like royalty by all concerned and had a wonderful experience, lance and Ian could not do enough for them , they even got a ride in a Dakota when the boys jumped. Brord, Willem and Monique were the most lovely of people towards us all whilst we were in their company at Arnhem and could do nothing more than they did to make us more welcome.

Once again, great respects to you and the lads in your superb organisation ,happy landings Sept 08

I received bad news yesterday. It turns out that I have been walking around with a fractured lumbar vertebra and won't be able to jump. As you are very familiar with vertebrae: its the L2.

I hurt my back on the 4th jump. ( not the 3rd when I ran into the ground downwind ). It was extremely painful when it happened ( Frank may have heard me moan) but fortunately I could do the last jump the next day. Initially I didn't think too much of it but as it still bothers me more than 2 months later I had an orthopaedic doctor look at it yesterday. The X-ray revealed that the second lumbar vertebra was compressed and fractured and it seems that a tiny piece had come off. Today I am having a CT done of the Lumbar area to see where that missing chip went.

Roy I cannot tell you how sorry I am that I cannot be jumping with you guys anymore, especially after I have bothered you so much about a uniform. I am grateful that I had the chance to do the course with Pathfinder and for a week be part of this wonderful group. I apologize for screwing up.The best I can do is keeping up my membership. I will follow your activities in your news letters and I hope that the big jump next year will take place. If so I will make an effort to come to the LZ to watch you jump , wear my wings on my jean jacket and join you all for a couple of Heinekens.

Thanks for everything. Feb 08

Once again i'd like to thank you all for the Arnhem experience, truly a fantastic time, secondly i'd like to put myself forward for the China Jumps. Feb 08

Thank you all for jumping at DZ-K Driel on the 22th September 2007.

It was great to see you all coming out the Dakota,

Special thanks to Brord,Willem and Peter for all their work, to come to

this special day.For more photo's look at our website ; www.greensparks.nl

Best regards and hope to see you all on the 19th April 2008 for Ops.RUMMY 3

at DZ Elspeet. Oct 07

What a fantastic week spent with great people having good times. Thanks to everyone at Pathfinder, we all know who they are, for organising these events for us and giving us the opportunities to take home so many great memories. I would like to extend a special word of thanks to Rob Si'Ree, Monique Van Dijk, Dave Moate and Aaron Beckingham who each in their own way for me capture the spirit of what Pathfinder is about. See you all on the DZ soon.

All the best, Oct 07

I just wanted to send an email to you to say a Big Thankyou to you all! Roy/Brord/Nick/Ron/Peter/Willem for all your hard work and time in Organising and for teaching us parachuting and giving us the opportunity to earn our parachute wings with you and making this event a Great and Enjoyable experence at Texel/Arnhem and for the warm welcome Martin and myself had all week into the Pathfindergroup by yourselfs all and all the other members in the group !!

I cant wait till next year to come back and do it all again!!, im sorry to say im hooked!! on the monday the 23rd after the weekend at home and getting back to keeping both feet on the ground i could'nt stop looking at the clear blue cloudless sky wishing we were all back up there again! Been telling all the lads in the group back home about my experences at Texel/Arnhem and all the fun times at night in the De-Kivit getting to know,as well as jumping with all the members in the pathfindergroup and especially jumping out of the old lady herself at ginkel heath and walking back from the DZ as fast as i could to the RV Point, talking to the veterans along the way which i had the pleasure to met some of them the afternoon before at the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek seeing there Smiles and there pats on the back for keeping the airborne botherhood alive!! and for sharing my experence with them which i just had at the airfield the tension before boarding the plane hearing the dak starting up taxing on to the runway getting airborne and approaching the DZ going throught the drill (stand up/hook up/check equipment/sound of equipment check 15ok 14 ok --- 1ok port stick ok/ action stations/ Go Go Go!!) and jumping out from the Dakota at ginkel looking at the surrounding area on the DZ and landing with PLF was Absolutely Priceless , it realy brought home to me even more what these Brave Lads went through 63 years before aswell as being shot at in the sky ,even before they had a chance to get on the ground with nine days of hell in front of them!!

Iv have been going through and looking at photos from both of our cameras which we had taken all week at texel/arnhem and the film footage of the jump at Drill which i will be sending to Nick for the web site!! asap

Just to report in that your 2 wandering members (Jason Lennox & self ) have returned safe and sound from Texel and got 5 square jumps in from the Caravan between 3,500 and 5,000ft.. Jason is now the proud possessor of his Dutch wings.

We also did as our 6th jump , level 1 of the AFF as an upgrade to the course so we are well pleased with that...and hooked!!

Can I thank you for your help in the coordination of the event and can you pass a BIG thank you to Ron for meeting us on day 1 and assisting us with the admin etc and also for seeing us off on the last day and assisting us in drinking some fine Dutch beer

Hotel de Kievet was a very good choice and we were well looked after by Derek and staff.

Para centre and staff were brilliant as usual June 2007

Subject: Texel basic course 2007

Just a quick note to let you know how the course was. It was great.

It was really nice to meet the lads they made us very welcome. The weather was against us, as we only got 3 jumps in. We were using the MC-1C parachute and it was great. I will not be able to get back until next year and I'm going to bring my Mrs with me and turn it into a Holliday.

All the best for now... May 2007

Hey Roy, thanks for the kind words and all your support, we truly appreciate it.

Thanks from everyone involved with Shadow Company.

http://www.shadowcompanythemovie.com Jan 07

Many thanks for making me a member of The Pathfinder Group, and compliments for the quick way of working in your organisation, especially Brord and Nick, and the others whose names I don't know ,

I hope I was not the person with the bad exit during the Arnhem Drop, but it should be great when the C-47 comes to Texel in 2007, so we can do some extra exit exercises. I also had a little smile on my face when the Dutch Military put there first stick in the trees, I was in the 2nd stick first Dak, and just on the ground, and saw the F60 coming in , so I had first class view on it.

It was a perfect day, one of the best of my life, jumping out a C-47 Dakota, who can wish for more, thanks to the Pathfinder Group. I am born in Ede and I hear the stories about Arnhem since I was a child, I had to jump on the Ginkle Heath, and I did it to thank the British Para's. I hope we can jump soon, next year, same weather, blue sky and soft landings (Nov 06)

Harry (Arie) Schuurman,

Nationale Reserve, (TA)

Ede/Arnhem, Holland.

Ref Arnhem 2006

To all members of Pathfinder, Paratroopers, Drop zone crew, Jump masters, Pilots, etc., It was a privilege and an honour to have jumped with you on that historic day. When in the future someone ask me with whom I jumped, I will answer: with very special ordinary men.

Thank you for being among you and see you all in the next event

I waited for this moment for over 25 years. My father took me, when i was 12 years old, to the movie "A Bridge To Far" from that day i wanted to jump at Arnhem.........Well, I finally did. During the Texel week and the Arnhem jump i met some wonderful people from South Africa/Ireland/USA/Holland/Maastricht/ext whereby the atmosphere and Airborne spirit was great. To jump out of a Dakota with 30 other Para's in two sticks gave me the feeling of what the veterans did in ww2.To stand up and hook up, count off, stand in the door.......Go. is something i will never forget. And to land on the original dropzone made for me the day complete.
I want to thank the Pathfinder staff, transportation from Col Rupert prince, Cooks, ext.
And to you all paratroopers........it was an honour to have jumped with you.

. (Oct 06)

All the best (Oct 06)

Since many years, I had a dream, an inaccessible objective: that of living and feeling the same emotions, the same sensations as those thousands of parachutists felt, all those who left all they had to come and render our freedom that was taken away from us. Initially with the assistance of Hubert, we could make truth this dream by getting access to the information to be part of the courses at Texel, then thanks to the patience and with the obliging ness of the staff, we had in reach of touch what had always been so distant; and finally in Arnhem, the apotheosis celebrated on the DZ after the jump of the Dakota will remain engraved forever in my memory. There will be certainly other jumps but that one was the first of all. I whish to thank you for allowing me to take part in this memorable event, still inaccessible 6 months ago.

Thank you all, Hubert, Brord, Nick, Terence, Ron, Hervé, Frank and all another those who made this possible. I will never forget. (Oct 06)

I would like to thank all the members of pathfinder for making the Texel course one of the most enjoyable Experiences, and I am looking forward to rejoining the group in future Events. (October 06)

Great time in Arnhem. Met up with a few of the lads from 7th. (14 of 'em on the jump). (October 06)

It's a shame you were unable to make it to Texel mate as it was excellent. The course comprised of a real international mix and as you said, a cracking bunch of lads. The South Africans were there in force and prior to every drop, sang that airborne song of theirs. Brord and Ron as always, were first class and their approach to be both the training and jump phase made the whole thing very enjoyable.

(October 06)

I hope you are well mate, I imagine you have already had reports about Texel and Arnhem by now. I just want to add my thanks to you, even in your absence we knew you were instrumental in its organisation. I had a great time, I arrived at Texel for a refresher jump, but the course had completed their 5 rounds and Ron and Brord were happy with my drills, so I just made a square jump as the winds were a little high.

Arnhem was absolutely superb, no wind! so a vertical landing was a new experience for me, massive crowds on the heath and obviously a few beers at the bar afterwards, all in all a fantastic week, I picked up the atmosphere when I arrived at Texel, the lads who had been on the course had built up such a team spirit especially the Irish and the South African gangs, really everything that Pathfinder stands for!

Thanks again Roy, you were missed, See you next year mate. (Sept 2006)

Just a line to say Thanks mate! I had a great time at Texel and of course at Arnhem, I know that events like that do not organise themselves! You guys dispatched us all so professionally, I was 2nd out, 2nd Stick, 2nd Lift, and watching the 1st Stick going out of the door was impressive to me [we didn't leave the nailmarks on the fuselage either!!!!] I might try to get on some other Pathfinder events next year.

All the best mate (Sept 2006)

Just a quick note to say how impressed I was with the Texel course and Arnhem commemorative jump. Got 6 jumps done at Texel and of course the Ginkel Heath jump (what a blast!!). In my opinion things couldn't have turned out better. Will definitely be coming back. Particularly grateful to Brord, Ron and the others who helped make the course happen. (Sept 2006)

My mate Peter and I had a excellent time and are looking forward to the next opportunity to do further courses with Andrei in Estonia.

Captain Hannes Oosthuizen

I cracked it and got my 5 jumps in after all and qualified and so I feel a million dollars! It was a great week and what a great bunch of people. We bonded quickly and very well and were lucky to have such a good group

Texel Basic Para course

Because we finished the course early we managed to fit in a trip to the Airborne Forces museum at Arnhem. I would highly recommend the course to anyone who was interested. A good time was had by all. We hope to fit in the Estonian course next time around.

Arnhem anniversary jump.1999

I should like to express my thanks to all that made this jump possible. Unfortunately too many to name. Being the 55th Anniversary, it was an occasion that can never be repeated in quite the same way.

..I would not have missed it for the world

Dreil ,Polish DZ Arnhem 2002

I would like to thank the following for making this all possible. All you jumpers who did not mind paying a lot of money for this weekend. Wybo Boersma, the director of the Airborne museum for supporting us from start to finish, Marc Hoedeman, for arranging the camp site,food, uniforms and the use of his vehicles. Corrien for her help and putting up with Marc, Carol for putting up with Roy. Peggy for her patience with me during all those telephone calls, visits and e-mails needed to organise this. Antonov Holland foundation, Robert van Essen and Arjan Kooger for the perfect flying, Ron Visser and Hans Oomkes for the perfect DZ control. Parachute center Texel for the use of some small equipment, Robert Si'Ree for his entertaining fracture, and all those who I forgot to mention.

Without all of you it could not have been done.

Gentlemen
Thanks again for making our Arnhem programme such a success! And for getting
this bloody great bruise on my arse!
Cheers! Oct 04

Texel, Dutch basic Para course 2003

I have never met a group of people so sincere, kind, genuine, and professional (when they had to be) . I would trust anyone of you to pack my chute. Thanks for the staff for training us well. Apart from a huge bruise on my tushy and a new desire to jump out of perfectly good airplanes, im in perfect working order. See you next year in Normandy. Don't bother hiding, I'll find you.

It has been an enjoyable and memorable few days, and again, as we leave to all parts Europe, new friendships have been forged.

Arnhem anniversary jump 2003

A big thank you must go to everyone present. The team out there all pulled together, human kindness, generosity and above all else, sheer professionalism ruled the day. It was a team effort and those present would agree the operation was a success. all the best.

Normandy 2004 Anniversary drop.

Pathfinder group, without knowing it have just achieved the most powerful piece of intervention youth work I have ever witnessed in my 11 years of running youth programs. This is a relationship that is going to run and that no nonsense mental attitude that is so prevalent in British Airborne Forces is now firmly entrenched in the youth service. goodbye PC,Hello Airborne, Its Green On!

Thanks to the following members for their great contribution to the revival of the Cambodian Airborne. Ian Marshall, Jason Snailham, Alister Mc. In recognition of these services the following have been awarded medals (officer of the Shahametrei) from Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia as a recognition for their contribution and assistance to the 911 unit. Ian Marshall, Jason Snailham and Maamar Ferkoun. This goes to the whole Pathfinder team and other fellow Paratroopers who joined us on these trips, without whom all of this would not have happened.

Andrei Ambros is to be congratulated on leading a highly motivated and capable group of instructors, presenting an outstanding course and future courses are highly recommended, guaranteed not to disappoint.