Parachute jump!!!

maznaq

Hi all, I wanted some advice! I want to send my hubby for a parachute jump for our 7 year anniversary!! Anyone been? any recommendations? I dont know where to start!!!
thanks:p

phill79

Might be a good idea to give us a region in which you'd like to do the jump before we can really help.
As a rough guide, it is about £150-200 for a solo jump and £200-250 for a tandem jump.

Becles

Have a look on here and contact your nearest airfield direct:
http://www.bpa.org.uk/dropzone/dzone.htm
The direct prices will be a lot cheaper than using experiences companies like Red Letter Days.

What does he want to do?

I did a tandem from 10,000 feet. You only need a short lesson for that one, and then you're off with the instructor to do your jump. The instructor does everything and you just enjoy it!

He could also go a static line jump. He'll be solo jumping from around 3000 feet. Training is a lot more intense for that one. It was an all day course with a jump late afternoon when I did it. You're in control of the parachute, so you need to know everything before they let you jump.

The tandem was good for a quick thrill without having to spend time learning stuff. However I got more of an endorphin rush with the static line jump as I had to make the decision to jump, then control the parachute, land safely etc.

wolfehouse

charities run jumps all the time.
my friends husband went with the MS society
he had to pay £500 and then he also gave them whatever he could get in sponsorship. but they also run free jumps if you can get enough sponsorship.

It was a tandam jump and he loved it so much he's been twice more off his own initiative- so a jump is potentially a good choice of present.

slowen

Their is a parachute place in Blackpool (lancashire) called the black knights if thats in your area, a colleague in work use to do parachute jumps and found them to be good. I will get round to it one day

maznaq

Thanks all for the response. we're actually in london phill79. Thank you so much Becles for the information. My hubby would love the static line jump. But do you know how much that would cost?

Becles

I did mine at Peterlee which is miles away from you! Just had a look on their website and they are charging £195 for the day's course and one jump.

maznaq

Thanks Becles. just checked the London parachute school and they're charging £170 for 1 jump and £200 for 2 jumps. So excited to book it. can i go and watch? i guess there's no point in going on the day of training. his jump is schedule for the following day.

moneysaver12

This is helpful as my oh wants to do a parachute jump for his 40th birthday, does anyone know ones near west yorkshire please

Becles

maznaq wrote: »

Thanks Becles. just checked the London parachute school and they're charging £170 for 1 jump and £200 for 2 jumps. So excited to book it. can i go and watch? i guess there's no point in going on the day of training. his jump is schedule for the following day.

Yes you could watch when I did mine.

My parents and children just stayed at the airfield while I did the tandem training, and then watched me jump.

When I did the static line one, I was in a classroom and mock aircraft most of the day, so people couldn't watch me. I rang my parents at the end of training and they drove over to see me do the actual jump. Unfortunately the wind dropped as we jumped, so we didn't get carried back to the airfield as expected. I had to land in a field of horses right over the other side of the airfield, so my family didn't see much

phill79

Becles wrote: »

Unfortunately the wind dropped as we jumped, so we didn't get carried back to the airfield as expected. I had to land in a field of horses right over the other side of the airfield, so my family didn't see much

Unlike this guy:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7420467.stm