The parachute centre is located in the main building at Swansea Airport, which is situated on the Gower Peninsula near Swansea city. The centre operates a turbine Islander aircraft with skydives usually taking place from 12,000 feet. All Tandems are carried out by British Parachute Association Tandem instructors with thousands of jumps experience. The airport has an excellent canteen serving food throughout the day and also offers activities such as microlight and helicopter flights.

Experienced Jumpers Prices
Flight fees to 13000 feet - £23
Flight fees to 6000 feet - £15
Equipment - We have equipment for hire at £10 per jump (£5 charged for packing if required)

Tandem Skydive
A tandem jump is the ideal first time freefall experience, being by far the quickest, easiest and hassle free way to make a skydive. You'll experience the ultimate thrill of free falling at 120 mph after jumping from an aircraft then enjoy a long high performance canopy ride with an experienced BPA Tandem Instructor. Our aim is to allow you to experience the ultimate adrenaline rush while knowing that safety is our number one priority.

AFF
AFF (Accelerated Free Fall) is the fastest route to becoming a skydiver with one-to-one instruction throughout. You receive a personalised intensive course to teach you all the skills necessary to become a qualified skydiver. A full days training is required prior to jumping covering everything you need to know - the equipment, aircraft procedures, sequence of the skydive, body position and how to deploy, control and land your parachute.

Aircraft

G-LEAP, Skydive Swansea’s BN2T Turbine Islander is a high performance twin-turbine aircraft capable of carrying a full load of skydivers to altitude in approximately 10 minutes.

The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander started life as a 1960s British light utility aircraft, mainline airliner and also a cargo aircraft designed and originally manufactured by the company Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. The Islander, as it is known, is one of the best-selling commercial aircraft types produced in Europe during that period. Although designed in the 1960s, over 750 are still in service with commercial operators around the world, lending strong credibility to the aircraft's pedigree. The aircraft is also used by the army and police forces in the United Kingdom to this day and is a popular light transport with over 30 military aviation operators around the world.

The staff at Skydive Swansea pride themselves on providing a professional service with the highest regard for the rules and regulations laid down by the British Parachute Association and the Civil Aviation Authority. The aim of Skydive Swansea is to allow you to experience the ultimate adrenaline rush while knowing that safety is at all times the top priority.

The UK’s premier freefall skydiving and parachute specialists; a company run by British Parachute Association (BPA) Instructors. We offer beginner skydiving courses tailored to your skills and ambitions. We only operate at our own and other BPA affiliated skydive centres. Whether you come to us with some experience or are a complete novice to this exciting sport, we have something for everyone.

Owned and operated by professional skydiver Martin Harris, London Parachute School has been open since 1983 and is The Closest Skydiving Centre to London, with fast links from the M1, M5, M6 and M40 motorway systems.The "Drop Zone" is located at Lewknor which is on the Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire borderless than 60 minutes from London and is probably the friendliest and most social skydiving club in the UK. There is always something going on from competitions, corporate events and charity fun-days, to progression courses and seminars for our club members.

Tandem Sydiving
Tandem skydiving is designed for those people who wish to try Skydiving for the first time, without the need for a time consuming course. Available from Tuesday to Sunday either for a morning or an afternoon report time, Tandem skydivers should normally budget a half day from start to finish. All Tandem skydivers will receive a personalised certificate upon completion

AFF
One step further, the AFF Level1 is for you. This course requires more commitment as you will need to budget two days in order to achieve your aim. The first day is spent in the classroom learning about all aspects of freefall and canopy control through a series of lectures and practical lessons. The second day you will be taking to the skies at altitudes up to 13,000 feet and feeling the rush of adrenaline as you take your first "leap of faith" into the skies above. All students will receive a personalised certificate and a log record of their jump on completion.

AFF Full Course
Convinced you want to become a Skydiver? Ready to take that leap and commit to an adrenaline infused lifestyle, fuelled by throwing yourself from an aircraft at heights in excess of two and a half miles? OK but next time you are sat in the office, not concentrating on work, looking out of the window and wishing you were at the "Drop Zone"..... Don't say we didn't warn you!

Static Line
This course uses the most up-to-date equipment in the world of parachuting. The square canopies used are highly manoeuvrable and are the same type used by many experienced jumpers, and is the first step in the BPA Category System. The parachute is opened automatically when you exit the aircraft, are fun to fly, and can give you very light landings.Your jump will be from 3,500 feet giving you plenty of time to have fun and enjoy the view.

The Vertical Wind Tunnel Skydive
On your first visit you will be taken into a classroom for your briefing by one of our experienced instructors. This will include watching a short video and learning the safety procedures whilst in the tunnel.

You will then progress to the kit up area where you will be given your helmet, goggles, ear plugs, flight suit and if required, training shoes. Your group will then go through to the tunnel ante-chamber where you will watch the people in the previous group finish their session. Then, when it becomes your turn to fly you take your place in the doorway. The instructor will stand in front of you and, when it is time, give you the signal to lean forward into the airflow. The instructor will take hold of your flight suit and hold onto you. YOU ARE NOW FLYING!

Tilstock - The Parachute Centre

Based at Tilstock Airfield and the home of Manchester Skydivers in 1964 and Manchester Freefall Club in 1967. The Parachute Centre can give you the experience of a life time sky diving event or guide you through the system to qualify as a skydiver.

Located in Whitchurch, North Shropshire. We are the closest Parachuting or Skydiving Facility to the West Midlands, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, North and Central Wales, going to the North West of England to Merseyside, Wirral, Liverpool and Manchester and east to Stoke on Trent and Derby.

Tandem Skydives

After a short brief, enjoy the flight in our aircraft to 10 thousand feet, checking out the views on the way up before sliding to the edge of the door attached to one of our Tandem Instructors. You freefall for 25-30 seconds before the parachute opens at about 5000 feet above the ground. Enjoy the cruise down to the landing area opposite the club house.

Static Line

If you want to be in control of the parachute and jump out of our aircraft from over 3 thousand feet, steering the parachute down by yourself, maybe this for you. After a days tuition you will be ready to jump on your own.

AFF

We do not run Accelerated FreeFall courses here due to the British weather conditions and our operational limitations, our preferred  method of progressing to freefall is the Static Line Parachute Training Course. It can work out a lot cheaper too. With AFF to qualify you have to complete the couse of 8 jumps plus 10 consolidation jumps.

Experienced Jumpers

Experienced Jumpers are most welcome.

We have a G8 Airvan which can take up to 8 skydives.

Openning days:

Fridays 9:00 - 21:00 (March to November)

Saturdays 9:00 - 21:00

Monday 9:00 - 21:00 or when it gets dark. (Bank Holidays only)

Make Sure you have your BPA docs with you and your log book.

Any visiting Student jumpers or Student who were initially trained at a different drop zone and wish to train here, please call us on 01948 841111.

Membership of the club £25 entitles you to jump at Skydive Airkix at a discouted rate.

Location

The Parachute Centre location is at Tilstock Airfield (not Tilstock village) and the entrance is on the A41, 3 miles south of Whitchurch, Shropshire. The Dropzone is less than an hour from Birmingham, Stoke on Trent, Wrexham,Chester (Cheshire), Manchester, Wirral, Merseyside, Liverpool, The Black Country, West Midlands and most of North and Mid Wales. In fact we are the only parachuting facility within nearly one hundred miles!

Website

http://www.theparachutecentre.com

DZ Name - Netheravon APA
Aircraft - 2 x Caravan (G-BZAH and G-OAFF), plus the occasional Skyvan or 2...
Prices all from 1st Jan 2009
Experienced High Lift - £19 civilian, £12 military (13-14k)
Experienced Low lift - £15 civilian, £10 military (up to 7k)
Student - £32 civilian, £22 military, includes kit and packing
Kit Hire Available – About 100 rigs for hire as follows:
Student kit (included in jump ticket) – 36 static line rigs, 18 AFF ripaway, 10 ripcord RAPS progression. All Javelins with Skymaster 290/230/200 and Student Cypres or Cypres 2. Small harnesses available for small jumpers.
Experienced kit (£15 per jump civilian, £12 military, includes packing but if qualified can do this yourself and earn back £5) – 24 Skymaster 230s, 2 Saffire 189s, 2 Saffire 169s, 1 Saffire 149, all in Javelins with Expert Cypres or Cypres 2. Must be B licence to jump the Saffires, also weight limits on all kit.

Courses/ Training
RAPS – Yes, £180 civilian £150 military
Tandem – Yes, £225
AFF – Yes, Level 1 only is £345 (£270 military), full course is £1300 (£950 military)

Coaching
FS – Yes, FS coaching school, and regular FS and 4-way coaching from Army Nemesis 4-way team
Load Organising - Yes, load organising from a number of resident and visiting load organisers, including Caroline Hughes, Dave Lewis and Billy Payn to name but a few.
FF – Yes, with the Netheravon/Airkix tunnel sponsored freefly team, Euphoria, and various visiting coaches.
Wingsuit – Yes, first flight courses and flocking with with a number of resident and visiting coaches.
Canopy – Yes, with the Army CP team HEAT, most of whom are members of the current British CP and classic accuracy teams.

Facilities
Canteen - Yes
Bunkhouse - Yes
Camping - Yes
Showers - Yes
Bar - Oh Yes with regular parties

Operating Hours
Wed - Afternoons (summer season only)
Fri - from 10am (summer season only)
Sat - 8 - sunset
Sun - 8 - sunset

Misc

Being a Military DZ you will need to book in at the gate with some form of photo ID.

Regular parties in the bar.

A number of skyvan, load organising, wingsuit, canopy safety seminars/flight coaching and FS/FF team coaching weekends planned for this season.

http://www.netheravon.com

DZ Name - Target Skysports
Aircraft - 4 x G92, 2 x SMG, 1 x Cherokee 6

Prices
Experienced High Lift - £19.50 single, £180 block of 10, all to 15k
Experienced Low lift - Turbine is one jump ticket, Piston is £14 to 3.5k, £16 to 5k
Student - £36 inc kit hire & packing
Kit Hire Available - £15. Skymaster 280, Fury 220, 2 x PD210, Maverick 200, Spectre 190, Electra 190, Sabre 170, PD170

Courses/ Training
RAPS - Yes. £165 to £195 depending on group size
Tandem - Yes. £185 to £225 depending on group size
AFF - Yes. Level 1 £350, full course £1350

Coaching
FS - Yes. 2 slots plus £10 (min, can be more depending on level of coach)
FF - Yes. 2 slots plus £10 (min, can be more depending on level of coach)
Wingsuit - Yes (email Simon Brentford for details)
Canopy - No (but watch this space)

Facilities
Canteen - Yes. Normal breakfasts and lunches, evening meals when demand warrants it
Bunkhouse - Yes. £20 pn for a 4 person room, £4 pn for a bed in the dorm room. All rooms have heaters and TV fitted as standard
Camping - Yes. Free
Showers - Yes. Free
Bar - Yes. Sadly, not free

Operating Hours
Mon - 0900-2100 or dark, whichever is earlier
Tues - Closed but can open if demand warrants it
Wed - 0900-2100 or dark
Thurs - 0900-2100 or dark
Fri - 0900-2100 or dark
Sat -0900-2100 or dark
Sun -0900-2000 or dark

Misc
Large packing shed, creeper pad, RV Hooks Ups (free) & day room with download stations. On site rigging (The Rigging Works) and on site shop supplying all your skydiving needs. We also run various progression courses such as B Licence, Packing and FS Ground School, contact the DZ for details.

DZ Name - Black Knights Parachute Centre
Cockerham
Lancashire
Tel: 01524 791820
Website: http://www.bkpc.co.uk/

Aircraft - Pilatus Porter (10 place till April, the 9 place turbine thereafter)

Prices
Experienced High Lift - £18 or £180 for 11 jumps (£16.40 per jump). Tickets are transferrable and have unlimited lifespan.
Experienced Low lift (if avail)-
Student - £34 with hire and packing, you get £4 refund if you are checked out for packing and pack your kit.
Kit Hire Available (cost and range) - £14 per jump (£4 back if you are signed off to pack and pack it). Range includes SL, Ripcord and BOC throwaway student rigs. There's about 4 BOC freefall rigs, the rest are SL or Ripcord. Containers tend to be Xerox, canopies tend to be Furys and Mantas, 200sq ft +.

Courses/ Training

RAPS
Level one: £165
6 jump tickets course: £295
Subsequent jumps: £34

Tandem - £195

AFF
Level one: £340
Full course: £1215

(all including kit hire and packing)

Packing courses: Usually one every couple of months (subject to demand), midweek and approx £20 per head.

Coaching
FS - 2x slot (call ahead for availability. Neil Henshall is one of the FS coaches)
FF - £44 inc video, £42 if you get a block of 5 jumps.
Wingsuit -
Canopy -

Facilities
Canteen - Yes
Bunkhouse - Yes
Camping - Yes, free
Showers - Yes, free
Bar - No

Operating Hours
Mon - 8am till sunset
Tues - Closed
Wed - Closed
Thurs - Closed
Fri - 8am till sunset
Sat - 8am till sunset
Sun - 8am till sunset

Skydive North West - also known as the North West Parachute Centre is one of the longest established skydiving and parachuting centres in Europe. Skydive North West has introduced thousands of people from all over the world to the magical sport of skydiving and is considered to be the friendliest skydiving centre in the country.

Set in the beautiful Lake District amongst some of the finest scenery in England we boast excellent facilities for new and experienced skydivers. If you want to experience a tandem skydive, learn to skydive, skydive for fun or skydive for charity you should choose Skydive North West.

General Facilities

• The only aircraft in the UK purpose built for skydiving, we get you to altitude quickly and in comfort in our PAC XL750.
• High quality, well maintained equipment and safety devices.
• 1000m hard runway - less waiting around, we can operate our aircraft more of the time and get more skydivers in the air.
• Canteen - serving hot and cold food, snacks drinks and good vibes whenever Skydive North West is open!
• Chill out room - With bean bags, pool table, television and overhead projector for watching skydiving movies.
• Showers and toilets - for those those that wish to camp onsite there are showers and toilet blocks.
• Camping area and bunk rooms for those that want to stay over and like the simple life!
• Camera team - an an experienced team of freefall photographers to film your jump, whether it's your 1st or 10,000th!

Experienced jumpers

Are you an experienced skydiver? Come and visit us at Skydive North West - we have great facilities and we’re known as the friendliest drop zone in the UK. Here are just a few reasons to visit Skydive North West

• PAC 750 XL 18 Seater turbine aircraft
• Amazing views across the Lake District
• Known as the friendliest dropzone in the UK
• Packers on site to make your life easier
• Large covered packing area
• WARP instructors on site for newly qualified skydivers
• Extensive equipment rental and skydive shop
• Home cooked food at our cafe
• Bunk house, camping and showers
• 100s of other attractions close by

Tandem Skydive - The easiest way to experience freefall

• Experience freefall from 14,500ft on your first skydive!
• Only 20-30 minutes training and the safest way to skydive
• Securely harnessed to a professional skydiving instructor
• Your instructor deploys, flys and lands your parachute
• Purchase a DVD of your tandem skydive on the day

The perfect introduction to skydiving

Tandem skydiving really is a great way to experience your first skydive; whether you are skydiving for your own fun, making a charity skydive or just proving to yourself and friends that you really are capable of doing something that little bit different. A tandem skydive also makes an incredible gift, you can buy a tandem skydiving voucher right now.

You will experience the rush and amazing beauty of freefall at around 120 mph on your very first skydive. This will last just under a minute and you can enjoy the whole incredible experience knowing that you're in the hands of a friendly, qualified skydiving professional.

Your skydiving adventure can also be filmed by one of our talented cameramen who will film your pre-jump excitement, journey on the plane and tandem skydive itself. It's a great souvenir and a wonderful way of showing friends and family what you have achieved. This is available as an optional extra and we strongly recommend it so that your memory of the day can be fully preserved!

Traditional 'first jump' static line course - fly your own parachute

• The traditional first parachute jump experience
• Your parachute will automatically deploy
• You will fly and land your own parachute
• 5-6 hours extensive training on the ground
• Make extra jumps and learn to be a skydiver

Fly and land your own parachute

For those who want to fly their own parachute from their very first jump or learn to skydive the 'traditional' way - the static line parachute jump is ideal. It's low cost, exciting and if you want it to be - a genuine step towards learning to become a skydiver youself.

Your first parachute jump is from 3,500 - 4,500 feet and your parachute will automatically deploy as you fall away from the aircraft using a device called a 'static line'. It's a great and 'hands on' alternative to a tandem skydive.

Visit www.skydivenorthwest.co.uk for more details

Skydive Uk, Dunkeswell Airfield, Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon ,EX14 4LG. 01404 890222

www.skydivethewell.com

info@skydiveukltd.com

Facebook: Dunkeswell Looks Better From 15,000ft

DZO/CCI: Jason Farrant
Courses: RAPS & AFF
Operating Days: Fri-Sunday 08:30am til Dark
Office House: 9-5, 7 days
Aircraft: Beech 90 King Air, Cessna 206

Facilities:

Massive Landing Area, Large Packing Area, 'Blue Skies Cafe', DZ Shop, Reserve Repacking, FS and FF Coaching, FREE Camping, Hot Showers, Airfield Pub, Bunk House arriving 2009.

Formation Skydiving. Our organised FS loads include an emphasis on training and improving skills and we frequently invite guest FS load organisers such as Billy Payn and Dave Morris, to enable you to learn from their experience. Our community of formation skydivers tend to organise their jumps on the day so no matter when you turn up there will always be someone to jump with!

Free Fly. We are able to offer training in basic entry level freefly skills to more advanced flying skills that require the use of all axis and fall rates during a single skydive. 

SkySurfing. We welcome skysurfers at Dunkeswell and would like to offer many congratulations to Rob Bradley who recently won Gold at the British National Sky Surfing Championship in Leeds.

Tracking. After a hard days jumping, we like to end the day with a sunset lift. We operate from Dawn to Dusk and often organise a tracking dive for all abilities.

Canopy Formation CF. We love canopy formation at Dunkeswell. Over the last 2 year we have held frequent CF coaching weekends with Ian Marshall, Steve Saunders and Pat Hammond.

Events.

Friday 10^th April from 9am (sharp!!) Hughes 500 Helicopter Jumps.  Pre-Registration essential.

April Bank Holiday weekend (11^th-13^th April):Speed 6 Competition, all levels are welcome.  6 Crates of Beer up for grabs to the winning team! Pre-Registration Essential

25th-26th April: BPA Formation Skydiving Roadshow.

15th-17th May: Safe Flight School Canopy Course.Pre-Registration Essential
 

29th May: Antonov Jumps. Pre-Registration Essential

May Bank Holiday weekend (30^th May-1^st June): Mikey Carpenter and Adam Mattacola are at The Well for pre-boogie Free fly training and coaching.

20th-21st June: BPA Artistics Roadshow: James Davies and Dan Parker at Dunkeswell for FREE Fly fly coaching.

 July 12^th:Jump For Heroes, when a percentage of your jump tickets will go to the Help For Heroes campaign.

24th July: Hughes 500 Helicopter Jumps. Pre-Registration Essential

27^th July - 2^nd August: Twin Beech Boogie 2009. Beech 99 & Beech 90, Dave Morris, Tim Porter, Andy Lovemore, Chris Lynch, Alberto Fuertes and Macca from Phoenix Fly. Supported by Red Bull! Registration Mandatory £30.

 British Parachute Schools, The Control Tower, Langar Airfield, Langar, Nottingham NG13 9HY . . . . +44 (0) 1949 860 878

www.bpslangar.co.uk

info@bpslangar.co.uk

Aircraft. 2 x Cessna Grand Caravans (16 places each)

Prices

Experienced High Lift. £20 to at least 12,500ft. £190 for a block of 10 tickets. £15 on every Friday

Experienced Low lift. £14 up to 6,000ft.

Student. £40 for RAPS jump (including packing fee). £190 for a block of 5 RAPS tickets (including packing fee). £20 for First Freefall (Langar trained only). £30 for AFF Console jump (Langar trained only, includes packing fee). £45 for AFF Console jump (Everyone else, includes packing fee). Kit Hire Available £15 (including packing fee). Most of the hire gear are Fury's (220 square foot). We also have a PD210, a couple of Raiders (220 ish) and a Sabre 210. All with square reserves, RSL's and AADs

Courses / Training

Tandem  £260 at weekends. £230 midweek. £125 for 2nd tandem for the same person, same date. £75 for video and stills. £230 for academic students any day of the week.

RAPS £230. £420 for 6 jump package. £175 for academic students (including 2 jumps).

AFF Full Course prices from £1200. £360 for level 1 only. Full course 5-Star: £1750 for 8 jumps (including jumpsuit, altimeter, helmet, goggles, logbook, 10 console jumps and packing course). Full course Premium: £1500 for 8 jumps (including jumpsuit, altimeter, helmet, goggles and logbook). Full course Budget: £1200 for 8 jumps. Re-jump fee for any level: £50. £75 for video and still of level 1 only. £297 for full course video package

Group Discounts (6 or more booked together on the same course day). Tandem and/or RAPS (any mix) only. Tandem £230 per person. RAPS £230 per person.

Coaching

FS coaching available. Costs 2 full altitude tickets

FF coaching provided by Bullet Freefly School. Costs 2 full altitude tickets plus £5 Wingsuit.

Wingsuit coaching is sometimes available.

Facilties

Canteen selling breakfasts, sandwiches and hot food, hot and cold drinks, etc. Normally only weekends in winter (breakfast and lunch) but also during events.

Bunkhouse. Open bunkhouse is available free of charge. Rooms (4/5 beds) are also available for £5 per room per night, contact Langar for bookings(bring a sleeping bag and a good sense of humour).

Camping is free

Showers - Free of charge

Bar. Beer, lager, cider and stout on tap. Large range of bottles and spirits. Open from wheels-off of last load, or when jumping called on bad weather days.

Operating Hours

Open 7 days a week, all year round (except Christmas Day). Monday to Saturday - 9am until 8pm or dark (whichever is sooner). Sunday - 10am until 8pm or dark (whichever is sooner).

BPS has been a professional Skydiving Centre since 1977, providing quality services for both Beginning and Experienced Skydivers all year round. Skydives are normally from at least 13,000ft, using two fast 16-place turbine-powered Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft. For Beginners, we offer three options: our Basic Skydiving Course (using the 'RAPS' static line system), the Accelerated Freefall (AFF) Course, and Tandem Skydives.

For a 'taster' of our sport, Tandem Skydives provide you with an experience of around 50 seconds in freefall while securely attached to an experienced BPA instructor! If your aim is to become a Skydiver in your own right, then either the Basic Skydiving or Accelerated Freefall (AFF) courses are for you. These alternative courses each take about 18 skydives to complete, at which point you will be eligible to apply for your Skydiver's International 'A' Certificate.

As a full time skydiving centre, we are in an excellent position to offer ongoing coaching to intermediate and experienced skydivers, from help in choosing a first set of equipment through to enhancing skills up to Competition level - with further training from National Champions and World Record Holders.

Why not join the Peterlee JustSkydivers group - www.justskydivers.com/group/1/ Here you can talk to other Peterlee Skydivers, share view and opinions, ask advice, browse photos and videos, or simply find out what people are upto at Peterlee.