Congratulations are in order to the following APF members, who have recently achieved milestones in their skydiving careers!

List compiled by the APF of achievements from January 2026 - Congratulations everyone!

Certificate A:

Matthew Amaray - Jake Ashton - Savannah Bailey - Nakai Bleasdale - Reginald Buller - Jake Bulley - Callum Chilvers - Phillip Downs - Caterina Dzafic-Hanson - Finlay Evans - Nico Fermanelli - Lisa France - Tane Freckelton - Matthew Halford - Ryan Hewitt - Lia Kristovskis - Greg Loeliger - Brent Luscombe - Zimu Ma - Yana Max Maksiutenko - Jack Mcmahon - Kars Meester - Craig Mellor - Shane Murray - Monty Neve - Joshua Newton - Temma Perry - Tom Pryor - Aakash Raj - Lucy Ridings - Trent-James Robinson - Elizabeth Sarcevic - Matt Smith - Angelika Solomon - Dylan Sterle - Archie Symes - Luca Vasquez Buzzolini - Fiona Wang - Brandon Willick - William Wright - Nicola Yu - Xiaolong Zhou

Certificate B:

Andrew Ashby - Henry Chen - Samantha Davis - Evangeline Dioso - Jared Gray - Samuel Knights - Evan Natsis - James Prichard - Tom Pryor - Jared Rand - Deepak Selvakumar - Volya Shatorkin - Emma Simkin - Scott Smith - Brendan Squire - Jay Vincent - Danping Wu

Certificate C:

Reece Adamson - Tom Beacher - Debojit Biswas - Jackson Brunton - Mia Clough - Samuel France - Jared Gray - Andrew Gyimah - Caspar Hutchinson - Max Keltie - Akeid Mahde - Stephen Roberts - Noemi Saccu - James Sartori - Tory Simmons - Elliot Slater - Cameron Smith - Vera Sun - Danping Wu

Certificate D:

Sean Bartle - Fred Hawkins - Johan Nott - Ken Paten - Yaron Perelsztejn - Jonathan Saunders - Malachi Smith - Mikaela Taia - Riley Waugh

Certificate E:

Issa Amin - Paul Butler - Jesse Gold - Tye Gold - Courtney Hillyer - Tai Li - Eddie O'Kelly - Jazz Smith - Ariel White

Star Crest:

Tom Beacher - Debojit Biswas - Daniel Cahill - Carla Gelabert Gomila - Ryan Harrison - Kody Manning - Camilla Rokke - Riley Waugh

Freefly Crest HU:

Taeyeong Kim - Zaccaria Macdonald - Kody Manning - Simone Neumuller - Connor Pye - Eva Wingerath

Freefly Crest HD:

Insu Jo - Kody Manning 

Packer B:

Daniel Beddingfield - Marleen Ho - Caspar Hutchinson - Joshua Montgomery - Tai Morton - Alondra Mouat - Noemi Saccu - Lucas Tilley - Eddie Trevenen Smith - Riley Waugh - Felix Wiaczek

Rigger:

Ziyi Zhu 

Endorsement Tandem:

Benjamin Skuce - Christian Stewart

Endorsement Course Trainer:

Roy Hsu

Certificate B Coach:

Paul Butler - Erica Campbell-Rogers - Bec Lacey - Alex Simmons

Freefly Coach:

Mick Distefano

Display General:

Carla Gelabert Gomila - Lloyd Greenfield - Jakob Kapelj - Simone Neumuller - Shane Paderanga - Alex Simmons - Dominic Spring - Daniel Whalley

Display Pro:

Edmilson De Sousa Silva Junior

Jump Pilot Authorisation:

Ray Hurley - Troy Ottaway - James Overton - James Rodgers

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