Almost!
Many moons ago when I was but a 20 something I hung about with a great crowd of people.

After much discussion of things we could do that were adventurous we decided that we would jump out of a plane!

So after months of organisation the weekend of the training and jump finally arrive. We all drive from London down to a small airfield just outside of Bristol. Saturday goes swimmingly, with the training in the classroom, and in the hanger, and the finally with a mock jump out of the side of a raised Cesna.

Saturday night, we're all celebrating the fact that we had all passed our training with a few beers (Read a lot of beers.) finally getting our heads down very late!

Sunday morning rolls up, we have breakfast everybody is excited and nervous except the ex para who’s done it all before. We get out to the airfield and get kitted up for the jump. Hours go by with no sign of when we’ll be jumping. Finally at about 2pm the jump master sidles up to us and tells us that due to the weather conditions we’ll not be jumping! WTF it was a fine summers day with no wind and not a cloud in the sky.

To say we were all disappointed would be an understatement! To this day I’ve never had the guts to do it all again, but I would if I did!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 12:22, 6 replies)

Hope you
got your money back..
(Errorist, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 12:31, closed)

Nope
We had done all the traing and stuff, and they said they'd let us jump for free when (if) we went back.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 12:40, closed)

Come on you
time to do it! Arrange a time and date and then stick it on the calendar so we can all come and watch.
( thealternativefact, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 14:22, closed)

Oh Hell
I'd have to do all my training again, and now being 15+ years older, fatter, and far more unfit, I'd prolly kill myself!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 15:11, closed)

Do it
I have a very strong fear of heights - but trust me, a skydive is a must do for all. (Much better than a bungee, that made my guts disappear into my brain).
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 15:29, closed)

Been there
A friend and I booked in for a tandem skydive (not with each other) in February 2007. We jumped in June 2008.

The jump centre was 2.5 hours drive away, and seeing as the cheapest day to jump was a wednesday, we had to keep taking days off work. Seven times it was called off due to strong winds, rain and poor visibility.

Eighth time lucky. I have pictures of me at 12,000ft, falling at 120mph, flipping the double-deuces to the world.

It was MAGIC.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 16:17, closed)