British Parachute School Skydiving and Parachuting

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Description   British Parachute School Skydiving and Parachuting

Description of Active Adventure

Basic Skydiving Course: No experience required, but a reasonable degree of physical fitness is necessary. Two day course teaching all the skills required to jump from 3,500 feet using an automatically-opened 'square' gliding parachute. This is the first stage in a progressive system leading to becoming a fully qualified skydiver.

Tandem Skydiving: Skydive from 13,000 feet securely attached to a specially qualified Instructor, following a short briefing. Open to all, no experience required, less able participants welcome. Quick and easy way to try skydiving!

Accelerated Freefall: Our intensive course - become a qualified solo skydiver in one week! First day is given over to detailed ground training. Skydives take place over the following days, progressing over eight levels of achievement, usually involving eight skydives. Your very first skydive will be made from 13,000 feet accompanied by two Instructors who continue to teach you during the skydive. You will be in charge of opening your own parachute (and your Instructors are still there just in case!). The best way to take up skydiving as your sport!

Typical Day

Your day at a Skydiving Centre will always start with paperwork (yawn, but it has to be done!) followed by your initial briefing, and any further training depending on the activity you are undertaking. Tandem Skydivers are briefed on behaviour, equipment and basic freefall techniques - and then it's straight off into the blue with their own personal expert! Those on Basic Skydiving or Accelerated Freefall courses will spend their first day in the various classroom and practical activities required to ensure that their performance will be sharp under all possible circumstances! The following day gets really exciting...
... 'coz that's when you jump!

All skydiving is, of course, weather dependent, so a little patience can be required in this game!

Age range, type of group

Minimum age for Parachuting and Skydiving in the UK is 16. Parents/Guardians consent is required under 18 years. Those with certain medical conditions require a Doctors Certificate, as do those who are 40 years old or over. We provide the appropriate medical form. Basic Skydiving and Accelerated Freefall course are not normally available to those 50 years or over. Tandem Skydives may be undertaken by just about anybody: age and physical disability are not necessarily a problem - that's down to your Doctor again.

Sleeping and meals

We've got free camping on site, so you can bring your own tent or caravan, (fantastic shower facilities!). We have a bunkhouse (bring your own bedding) and there is local B&B and hotel accommodation at varying prices. Canteen and Bar on site (bar after jumping has finished for the day!). Local Pubs and restaurants offer good beer and food, and various local take-aways will deliver.

Restrictions

Don't bring pets, we don't have facilties for them - and you really don't want dogs doing what they do on the landing areas. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times. Smoking is OK except in certain areas (e.g. not near the fuelling facilties, aircraft, parachute systems... you get the idea). Ages 16 to 100+ may take part depending on fitness and activity undertaken. Those of any gender whatsoever may go skydiving!

Rates

Basic Skydiving Course costs from £200 (training, equipment and first jump).

Tandem Skydives cost £200 during weekdays, £230 at weekends and video with photographs in freefall is available for an extra £75.

Accelerated Freefall Courses (the week-long serious one) cost £1450, and include around £300-worth of skydiving accessories for you to keep as well as training, parachute hire, eight skydives and a lot of personal attention.

Other Information

You just have to try skydiving - there isn't a more exciting or rewarding sport! Learn to fly your own body: what more can we say!!
BPS is the UK's busiest Drop Zone, and we cater for skydivers of all experience levels, and all skydiving disciplines. If you want to become a Skysurfer, you can do it with BPS. You'll have to do quite a few jumps, tho: it's not as easy as it looks on the telly!

Discounts Offered

Current offers and discounts vary, so call us and ask!

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British Parachute School Skydiving and Parachuting
British Parachute Schools Ltd
Langar Airfield
Langar
Nottingham, England NG13 9HY
United Kingdom

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