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The club was able to take on and
occupy all the remaining rooms in the original
hangar building. This permitted development of
rooms for manifest, training and offices
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The 25th anniversary was celebrated
by some anniversary jumps made at Scone from the
original Tiger Moth and by opening for 2 weeks in
the summer with the use of an Islander and a Twin
Otter aircraft
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In 1985 Kieran Brady started
jumping, joining the committee in November 1986 as
an ordinary committee member
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Martin Rennie was elected onto BPA
council in 1985
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In 1986, Doc Robertson
loses his fight with Multiple Sclerosis and
dies in Canada
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Harry Morgan won the British
Nationals and went to Turkey to represent Britain
at the 1986 World Championships, although an
injury during training immediately prior to the
event caused him to miss the competition
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The club purchased a Dual Hawk
Tandem rig in 1986 and Rob Noble-Nesbitt becomes
the club's first tandem instructor
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In March 1987 Kieran Brady became
club Chairman, a post he still holds at the time
of writing in February 2003
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In 1988 a £10000 grant from the
SSPA facilitated the purchase of 5 complete sets
of accuracy equipment, the second biggest grant
awarded for Scottish parachuting at that time,
after the provision of the Cessna 206 G-BAGV
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At the end of the decade a 20 year
lease was agreed with Sir William Roberts. The
club continued to operate the Cessna 206 which
they owned, plus leasing in a second 207 as demand
required.
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By 1989 all the C9 equipment has
been phased out, the club's student equipment
being Irvin Skytrainers, 5.5 m GQ Aeroconicals
rounds with T10's and I24 reserves. The club also
had one tandem rig and two piggyback conversion
training rigs