The New "Skydive Quantum Leap"

[NoShitThereIWas 0]

This was not written by me (Noshitthereiwas), I am forwarding this info to those who are interested. If a greenie can make this a sticky that would rule. Thanks and Blue skies.

Dear Friends of Quantum Leap and Quantum Leap Family:

Thank you for your comments and messages following the tragic crash of
the Quantum Leap Twin Otter on July 29th 2006. It is wonderful to see how Scott, Rob, Robert,
Melissa, Victoria, Steve, Kimberly, the Quantum Leap Family, and the sport of skydiving touched
your lives in some way. What would the friends that have gone before us want us to do now? The answer is as clear as a clean blue sky…. keep living, keep smiling, and keep jumping. Sadly Quantum Leap Skydiving Center, Inc., the corporation that owned and operated the dropzone, will ultimately perish with its sole owner, Scott Cowan. Quantum Leap, the family, however is still very much alive and will continue to honor the lives and dreams of the brothers and sisters we lost.

Many of the staff and up-jumpers have grouped together in an effort to
preserve our home, the dropzone in Sullivan, MO. We have made great strides. As things
currently stand, we have procured a new Raytheon/Beech King Air- 14 seat Twin Turbine Aircraft, the Tandem and Student Equipment necessary to conduct skydiving instructional operations, and the other various and sundry equipment required to operate a state of the art dropzone. We have additionally formed and capitalized a new corporation that will do business under the trade name “Skydive Quantum Leap” that we may honor our friends and the skydiving heritage of our old dropzone.

The City of Sullivan is our home. Its citizens and municipal
leadership embraced us in our time of heartache and have made great efforts in supporting the memorializing of our fallen friends. A proposal to allow Skydive Quantum Leap and the new corporation to begin new skydiving operations at the Sullivan Municipal Airport will be heard before the Sullivan City Council on September 5th, 2006 at 7:00 P.M. at the Sullivan City Hall. While the City Council has been extremely supportive of the Quantum Leap Family before and after the accident, it is imperative that we provide a demonstration of the support we continue to have within our local community and the global community at large.
What you can do:

Whether or not you are a skydiver, if you can come in person to the
Sullivan City Council Meeting to make your voice and presence in support of us heard, please meet us at the Quantum Leap Skydiving Center, Inc. hangar on September 5th at 6:00 P.M. We are arranging a pre-meeting in order to organize a respectful and orderly presence at the City Hall.
Directions to the hangar can be found at the bottom of this message.

If you cannot come in person, whether it is because you cannot work it
into your schedule or you are a resident of Australia who doesn’t want to book an arduous flight you can send an email or letter to the City of Sullivan expressing your support for Skydive Quantum Leap and continued skydiving operations at the Sullivan Municipal Airport. Letters to the city may be emailed to:

city@sullivan.mo.us

or sent via postal service to:

City of Sullivan
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
210 W. Washington
Sullivan, MO 63080-9985

We deeply appreciate your continued support as well as the love and
genuine kindness you have
demonstrated to us.

Blue Skies Forever!

The Staff of Skydive Quantum Leap

Directions to the Hangar

From the St. Louis metropolitan area take Interstate 44 West to the
first Sullivan, Missouri exit #226, (Meramec State Park exit). Turn right at the top of the ramp, and then turn left on the service road (HWY 185 north). Go west approximately 1/2 of a mile to
the Sullivan Regional Airport sign, and turn right on highway AF. Go north 3/4 of a mile to the
Quantum Leap sign, and turn right on Airport road. It takes approximately one hour to drive from most parts of the St. Louis metropolitan area, a little less from the West County area. We are
located 1/2 hour west of the Six Flags Amusement Park.

From St. Charles County, take your best route to Interstate 44 and go
west following the directions above.

From Jefferson City, Missouri take Hwy 50 East to Hwy 63 South to Hwy
68 South to St. James, Missouri. Then take Interstate 44 East to the 1st Sullivan exit #225.
Turn left at the top of the ramp, cross over the Interstate and turn right on the north service
road (HWY 185 south). Go east approximately 3/4 of a mile to the Sullivan Regional Airport sign, and turn left on HWY AF. Go north approximately 3/4 of a mile to the Quantum Leap sign, and turn right on Airport road. It takes approximately 1 1/2 hours to drive here from Jefferson City

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[wildfan75 1]

bump

Email sent!

[bloody_trauma 2]

any one with html knowledge have a way to start an online petition site, im sure by september 5th the people here at drop zone can garner a generous number of signatures

Fly it like you stole it

[Sockpuppet 0]

there are loads of online petition sites...someone more connected than me can start one though.

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