Skydiving As It Used To Be

Skydiving As It Used To Be After World War Two a skydiving club was established at Thruxton airfield near Andover in Hampshire, southern England. The British skydiving Club used old (even then) Jackaroo biplanes, ex military parachutes and the club members... More

Skydiving As It Used To Be After World War Two a skydiving club was established at Thruxton airfield near Andover in Hampshire, southern England. The British skydiving Club used old (even then) Jackaroo biplanes, ex military parachutes and the club members were pioneers who would go on to found other skydiving clubs, become National Coaches and so on. Today we re quite familiar with square parachutes that glide and perform like a hang glider, indeed it s possible to strap an engine to someone s back with a propeller in a cage, attach a modern square parachute to their shoulders and hey presto they can fly. We re also accustomed to the idea of buddy jumps where a would-be skydiver, or someone who just wants a one off experience can be attached to the front of an experienced jumper and do a minute s free-fall from twelve thousand feet on their first jump, often their only jump for the I ve done that box ticking character. The buddy jump is only possible because these days reserve p Less