STAFF AND SKYDIVING INSTRUCTORS
Highly Experienced, Safety Minded
With thousands of jumps and years of experience, the skydiving instructors and staff at Chattanooga Skydiving Company are some of the best in the industry. Our team members are safety-minded and thoroughly trained in their specific areas of expertise.
We invite you to take a moment to learn a little bit about our skydiving instructors, pilots, management, and ground crew here at Chattanooga Skydiving Company.
Owner
Justin
Owner
Justin has completed 11,000 jumps. His first skydive was on June 17th, 1984. He has been skydiving for 35 years and a tandem instructor for 30 years. Justin holds a D license.
Sky Team
Wizard
Tandem Instructor, Coach Examiner, AFF Examiner, Tandem Examiner, S&TA, Pro Rated
Wizard has been a skydiver for 12 years and a tandem instructor for 8. With over 8,700 jumps he holds a D license.
Darcy
Tandem & AFF Instructor, and Coach
Darcy has been skydiving for over 15 years and a tandem instructor for 12. With over 12,000 jumps, he holds a D license.
James
Tandem Instructor
James has over 2,000 jumps and holds a D license. He has been a skydiver for 5 years and a tandem instructor for just over 2 years.
Joey
Rigger, Coach, Skydive, Videographer
Joey has been around the skydiving industry since he was 4 years old, having done his first tandem at age 7. He has been a full-time skydiver for 4 years. He has a C license and over 400 jumps.
Konrad
Tandem Instructor
Konrad has been skydiving for 22 years, a tandem instructor for 8 of those. He holds a D license with 4,800 jumps.
Michelle
Skydiving Videographer, AFF Instructor, Coach
Michelle has been skydiving for over 8 years, and with over 1,600 jumps, she holds a C license.
Sebastian
Coach, Tandem Instructor
Sebastian holds a D license and has just over 1,600 jumps. He has been a skydiver for 5 years, and a tandem instructor for 2.
Pilot
Rick
Pilot
Rick is a master rated skydiver with expedition experience in the US Army. He has been a pilot for over 25 years and has been at Chattanooga Skydiving Company for over a year.
Ground Crew
Flea
Manifest & Video Staff Manager
Flea has been at Chattanooga Skydiving Company for 8 years. She is also a fun jumper with CSC with over 85 jumps and holds a B license.
Austin
Head Video Editor, PR
Austin has been on one tandem and has over 4 years with The Chattanooga Skydiving Company.
Meggs
Video Editor & Social Media Coordinator, PR
Meggs has been at Chattanooga Skydiving Company for just under a year and has done two tandems.
Kyle
Video Editor Intern, Drop Zone Social Media Photographer & Landing Area Photographer, PR
Kyle has been employed at Chattanooga Skydiving Company for just under a year. Currently, the youngest employee and has not done any tandems yet.
Frank
Director of Transportation Management
Frank has been with The Chattanooga Skydiving Company for over 10 years. He has been skydiving since 1996. Now retired, he was a tandem instructor for 25 years.
Julia
Head Packer/Rigger
Julia has only been at Chattanooga Skydiving Company for just over two months. However, with over 17 years of experience in the skydiving industry and 250,000 pack jobs, she has traveled the world as a master packer, for hundreds of teams. Just to name a few: Head Packer for the European Head Up Record. Rigger and Repair Department Manager for Sunpath, and Packed for Golden Nights Team. She is quoted as saying: “I love what I do!” She also holds a D license and has well over 700 sport jumps.
