Helicopter Skydive Interlaken!
Tony Shimmin
Tony has made approximately 10’000 jumps over 24 years. He started jumping in the UK during the summer of 1994 where he made a static line round jump for charity. He has been actively jumping in several different disciplines to the current day.
Tony has travelled all over the world jumping for fun and has competed at national level before becoming a Tandem Instructor and turning professional skydiver in 2002. He has work at several locations over the years but has been mainly making tandem jumps from helicopters here in Switzerland. Also he is an accomplished videographer and has been responsible for the day to day running of a tandem operation here in Interlaken for over 10 years.
Previously, after gained bachelor’s Degree from Manchester University in 1992, Tony worked as an electronic design engineer for several large telecom manufacturers.
Before becoming a skydive instructor he was also involved in teaching SCUBA diving and more recently in Switzerland he is teaching skiing. This combined with his engineering background gives him a solid grounding in safety, the environment, people skills, people management and problem solving. All of which are valuable assets for Helicopter Skydive GmbH.
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Andrew Pfeiffer
Became involved in sport parachuting after making his first Free Fall over the Great Barrier Reef in 1994. Professional Skydiving since 1998 filming, documenting and instructing people at all levels in the sport.
Andrew has been skydiving for 24 years during this time making over 12`000 skydives, sport and commercial skydives, managing skydive centers and implementing safety protocols worldwide.
Andrew has worked with the largest global energy companies implementing and controlling safety protocols for Shell and Chevron LNG projects.
His Philosophy is: Working with high risk work daily has allowed Andrew to focus on Zero injury safe systems (Target Zero) Andrew's passion has always played a part in his life and welcomes those who would like to challenge themselves tandem skydiving.
Parallel to skydive Andrew has built his reputation with film production, specializing in coordinating and directing the production of extreme sports based documentary and stunts for films, working across multiple genres and formats. Andrew also delivers creative media educational projects nationally and internationally. He has successfully partnered with many local and international agencies including: Discovery, NBC, BBC, Amazing Race, Shine Australia, Coke Cola, Warren Miller, Science Films UK and many more.
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