Born:

Education:

• BSc (Physics) Manchester UK 1979
• MSc (Computer Science) Belfast UK 1980
• PhD (Robotics) Oxford UK 1984

Occupation:

Background:

As of 6th Aug 2002, I have approximately 2600 jumps and a suite of unbroken records: 3 FAI World Records, 1 Guiness World Record, and 1 Australian record. I was also on various other world, country and state records that have since been broken. I have 6 medals from the Australian National Championships over the last 7 years. I own a Javelin with an Icarus VX 89 main. I am an instrument rated private pilot with more than 550 hours and I own a '77 Cessna 182 and a '81 Beechcraft Bonanza A36.

I was born in the UK of Australian parents. I have one older sister Helen who has around 500 jumps. I grew up in Scotland 10 miles from an airforce base and was a regular attendee at every airshow. This is where I saw my first parachute jump! I have always loved airplanes and anything that flies (I am also a keen bird watcher!).

Lee Loncasty in her new '81 Bonanza A36.

As you all know, we have to buy a case of beer for a first, as well as a few other things, like a reserve ride or going low! Here is a list of some of the things I have had to buy beer for! I have so far bought 88 cases or 2,112 beers for all of these events, give or take a case or two!!! People may remember me as Lee Boswell.

My History

• 1st Jump: April 25th 1982 at Engelfield, UK
• 1st Freefall: jump 7
• 1st PC jump: jump 43
• 1st RW (with Pete Reynolds of Wally Gubbins fame): jump 50
• 1st (real) cutaway and reserve ride: jump 62 (may-west on PC)
• 1st square: jump 69
• 1st piggy-back rig with throw-out pilot chute: jump 75
• SCR: jump 84
• 1st jump in Scotland: jump 87
• 1st night jump: jump 94
• SCS and 100th jump: jump 100! - Netheravon (3/6/83)
• 1st CRW hook-up: jump 134 (landed the bi-plane)
• 200th jump (also first tube exit) - Weston-on-the-Green (6/5/83)
• 1st 4-way novice team competition in UK nationals: jump 246 (5th)
• 1st 8-way speed star competition: jump 251 (last!)
• Women's British Freefall Record (10 way) 6/8/83: jump 256
• 1st jump in Germany: jump 257
• 1st Helicopter jump: jump 258
• 1st Launch and Accuracy meet (RAPA) (29th): jump 272
• 1st Silver Medal for Intermediate 4-way (RAPA): jump 278
• 1st 5-way CRW stack: jump 285
• 1st demo jump: jump 299
• 1st 20-way: jump 304
• 1st demo jump with RAF Robins carrying smoke: jump 306
• 1st camera jump: jump 314
• 1st jump in USA and 1st in DC-3 (Z-hills): jump 315
• 2nd reserve ride: jump 328 (pilot chute in tow)
• 1st 10-way speed start competition (Z-hills): jump 335 (5th)
• 1st 10-way scrambles sequential meet: jump 336 (1st!)
• CCR (pilot) - jump 361
• 1st 12-way competition: jump 395 (2nd)
• 1st jump in Australia (Toogoolawah): jump 401
• 1st jump at Lodi (USA): jump 422
• 1st jump in France (La Pallise): jump 457
• 1st jump with my sister Helen (Elderslie, Australia, 12/13/86): jump 468
• 1st jump in New Zealand (Parakai): jump 488
• 500th jump - Lodi (5/17/87)
• 1st bi-plane with my sister Helen: jump 609
• 3rd reserve ride: jump 730 (my packing!)
• 1st 16-way competition: jump 767 (4th)
• 4th reserve ride: jump 774 (my packing!)
• NCCR: jump 810
• 12 hours of freefall: jump 835
• CCS (docked 8th on a 9 stack): jump 841
• NCCS (docked 8th on a 9 stack): jump 842
• 1st CRW sequential competition: jump 863 (2nd)
• Women's World Record Stack (15): jump 881 (3rd)
• Women's World Record Stack (16): jump 882 (3rd)
• 1st brain lock: jump 903
• 1000th jump - Lodi (2/23/92)
• 5th reserve ride: jump 1007 (retractable hang-up)
• 1st open 4-way competition (Big Al's 4-way meet at Lodi): jump 1039 (3rd)
• 1st completed formation larger than 20 (24-way): jump 1114
• 1st time 4-way at Eloy's Valentine's Meet: jump 1230 (4th)
• 1st completed formation larger than 30 (33-way): jump 1323
• 1st completed formation larger than 40 and 2-pts (42-way at Eloy): jump 1364
• 6th reserve ride: jump 1474 (high-speed rotation)
• 1500th jump - Kapowsin (9/30/94)
• 1st completed 100-way (Arizona State Record at Eloy): jump 1523
• 1st 3-pt 32-way at Eloy: jump 1554
• 1st high-altitude dive at Lodi (22,000'): jump 1584
• Jump into Wedding on 11/11/95 (Canberra, Australia): jump 1596
• 1st Tiger Moth jump: jump 1629
• 1st Bronze Medal at a Nationals for 16-way: jump 1664 (Australia)
• Guiness World Record Women's Freefall Formation (116-way): jump 1700
• 2nd Bronze Medal at Australian Nationals (16-way): jump 1806 (beer?!)
• 1st Bronze Medal for 10-way speed at Australian Nationals: jump 1812
• Australian Freefall Record (61-way): jump 1878
• Guiness World Record Freefall Formation (259-way): jump 1927
• FAI-World Record Freefall Formation (246-way): jump 1931
• 2000th Jump - Picton (10/3/98)
• 1st Gold Medal in 8-way at the NSW State Meet
• 1st Silver Medal in 8-way at Australian Nationals: jump 2099
• 1st Silver Medal in 16-way at Australian Nationals: jump 2101
• 1st Gold Medal in 10-way Speed at Australian Nationals: jump 2104
• 1st Head-Down dive: jump 2115
• 1st Bronze Medal in 4-way at NSW State Meet: jump 2161
• 1st Australian completed 81-way: jump 2179 20/10/99
• 1st jump on canopy less than 100 square feet (VX89): jump 2187
• 7th reserve ride: jump 2197 (psychopack mal)
• FAI World Record mass drop (572) and first jump in Thailand: jump 2203
• Guiness World Record Freefall formation (285): jump 2228
• FAI-World Record Freefall formation (282): jump 2229
• 8th reserve ride: jump 2241 (spinning mal)
• 2nd Bronze Medal in 4-way at NSW State Meet: jump 2316 (beer?)
• 1st jump at York, WA: jump 2351
• 1st Western Australian State Record (37): jump 2366
• 1st 12 point 8-way in time: jump 2587

My frustrating Big-Way history

• 36-way (1 out): jump 325 (Z-hills)
• 25-way (3 out): jump 328 (Z-hills)
• *21-way (complete): jump 367 (Netheravon) *
• 24-way (1 out): jump 698 (Lodi)
• *23-way (complete): jump 723 (Lodi) *
• 43-way (3 out): jump 764 (Lodi)
• 35-way (3 out): jump 828 (Lodi)
• 55-way (1 out): jump 835 (Lodi)
• *24-way (complete): jump 1114 (Lodi) *
• 40-way (2 out): jump 1115 (Lodi) - 2 pts
• 22-way (1 out): jump 1202 (Eloy)
• 40-way (1 out): jump 1205 (Eloy)
• 50-way (1 out): jump 1219 (Eloy)
• *33-way (complete): jump 1323 (Lodi) *
• *42-way (complete): jump 1364 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• *32-way (complete): jump 1366 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• *22-way (complete): jump 1384 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• *32-way (complete): jump 1385 (Eloy)
• 40-way (1 out): jump 1390 (Eloy)
• *32-way (complete): jump 1395 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• *43-way (complete): jump 1401 (Eloy) *
• *36-way (complete): jump 1402 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• *40-way (complete): jump 1403 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• 40-way (1 out): jump 1405 (Eloy)
• 51-way (2 out): jump 1412 (Eloy)
• *100-way (complete): jump 1523 (Eloy) *
• 32-way (1 out): jump 1535 (Eloy)
• *32-way (complete): jump 1536 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• 32-way (1 out): jump 1537 (Eloy)
• *32-way (complete): jump 1538 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• 42-way (2 out): jump 1543 (Eloy)
• 40-way (2 out): jump 1545 (Eloy)
• 48-way (1 wrong grip): jump 1551 (Eloy)
• *32-way (complete): jump 1553 (Eloy) *
• *32-way (complete): jump 1554 (Eloy) - 3 pts *
• 32-way (2 out): jump 1555 (Eloy)
• *32-way (complete): jump 1556 (Eloy) *
• 36-way (1 out): jump 1567 (Eloy)
• *40-way (complete): jump 1574 (Eloy) - 2 pts *
• 32-way (1 out): jump 1581 (Eloy)
• *32-way (complete): jump 1582 (Eloy) - 3 pts *
• *21-way (complete): jump 1624 (Toogoolawah) - 2 pts *
• *21-way (complete): jump 1625 (Toogoolawah) - 3 pts *
• *36-way (complete): jump 1626 (Toogoolawah) *
• 36-way (2 out): jump 1627 (Toogoolawah)
• 22-way (1 out): jump 1631 (Toogoolawah)
• 37-way (1 out): jump 1641 (Toogoolawah)
• 22-way (1 out): jump 1647 (Corowa)
• *38-way (complete): jump 1654 (Corowa)
• *69-way (complete): jump 1689 and 1690 (Eloy) *
• 126-way (1 out): jump 1695(Eloy)
• *116-way (complete): jump 1700 (Eloy) *
• *24-way (complete): jump 1715 (Byron Bay)
• 29-way (4 out): jump 1720 (Byron Bay)
• 36-way (1 out): jump 1735 (Toogoolawah)
• *21-way (complete): jump 1737 (Toogoolawah)
• 40-way (3 out): jump 1848 (Picton)
• *61-way (complete): jump 1878 (Picton) *
• *259-way (complete): jump 1927 (Chicago) *
• *246-way (complete): jump 1931 (Chicago) *
• *21-way (complete): jump 1932 (Lodi) - 4 pts *
• *81-way (complete): jump 2179 (Picton)
• *572-way mass drop (complete): jump 2203 (Ubon, Thailand)
• *285-way (complete): jump 2228 (Ubon, Thailand)
• *282-way (complete): jump 2229 (Ubon, Thailand)
• *22-way (complete): jump 2357 (York, WA) - 2 points
• *37-way (complete): jump 2366 (York, WA)
• 36-way out of 9 cessnas (2 out): jump 2382 (Corowa)
• 300-way World Record Dec. 12, 2003 Eloy, Arizona USA: jump 2714

Places Jumped:

• Englefield (England)
• Netheravon (England)
• Weston-on-the-Green (England)
• Strathallan (Scotland)
• Peterborough (England)
• Long Marsden (England)
• Bad Lippspringe (Germany)
• Farington (England) - demo
• RAF West Drayton (England) - demo
• Z-Hills (USA)
• Southsea (England) - demo
• Badminton (England)
• Lodi (USA)
• La Pallise (France)
• Dunkeswell (England)
• Elderslie (Australia)
• Yarrawonga (Australia)
• Rutherford (Australia)
• Toogoolawah (Australia)
• Wilton/Picton (Australia)
• Parakai (New Zealand)
• Lypston (England) - demo
• Coolidge (USA)
• Madera (USA)
• Mountain View (USA) - demo
• Galt (USA) - demo
• Collector (Australia)
• Corowa (Australia)
• Hollister (USA)
• Yolo (USA)
• Tullahoma Tennessee (USA)
• Chambersburg (USA)
• Paso Robles (USA)
• Perris (USA)
• Elsinore (USA)
• Cal City (USA)
• Mendota (USA)
• Lost Prairie Kalispell (USA)
• Eloy (USA)
• Batchelor (Australia)
• Kapowsin (USA)
• Euroa (Australia)
• Canberra (Australia) - demo
• Cessnock (Australia)
• Goulburn (Australia)
• Dale River (Australia)
• Pakenham (Australia)
• Warnervale (Australia)
• Byron Bay (Australia)
• Richmond (Australia) - demo
• Nowra (Australia)
• Chicago (USA)
• York (Australia)
• The Mint Oval, Canberra (Australia)
• Ubon (Thailand)

Planes Jumped:

• Islander (regular and turbine)
• Cessna 206 (regular and turbo-charged)
• Partenavia
• Pilatus Porter
• Cessna 182
• CH53 helicopter
• DC3
• Twin Otter (regular and super)
• Wessex helicopter
• Puma helicopter
• Cessna 172
• Twin Beech
• Sea King helicopter
• Cessna 185
• Beaver
• Skyvan
• Skyliner
• Nomad
• Kingair
• Queenair
• Caribou
• C123
• Bell 212 helicopter
• Tiger Moth
• Cessna Caravan
• Cresco

Canopies Jumped:

• 22' LOPO (round)
• Aeroconical (round)
• C9LL (round)
• I24 (round) - reserve
• PC (PC)
• Heavy-weight cloud (5-cell)
• Cloud Light (7-cell)
• Cuisair (7-cell)
• Strato-star (5-cell)
• Firefly (7-cell)
• Pegasus (7-cell)
• Swift (5-cell) - reserve
• Osprey (7-cell)
• Nigel's 9 cell
• Raven 2 (7-cell)
• Stretch's 7-cell
• Pursuit 215
• Fury 200
• Falcon 195
• Excalaber 190
• Sabre 150
• Bluetrack 60
• Falcon 150
• PD170
• Maverick - reserve
• Raven 3
• PD193
• PD176
• Firelight
• Stilleto 150
• Stiletto 135
• Sabre 135
• Monarch 135
• Monarch 120
• Sabre 120
• Stiletto 120
• Stiletto 107
• Bluetrack 120
• Nimbus Beta 185
• Raven 1 - reserve
• PD190
• PD126 - reserve
• FX 95
• VX89
• VX84
• Vengeance 120
• Alpha 130
• Cobalt 135

What Makes Me Tick

Canopy Collision Accident

She was the Managing Director Australasia of Axway, a European company.