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Please sponsor me and my girlfriend. I'm jumping out of a plane for an MS charity

I've chipped in - least I can do seeing as I can't make it to Benz on the Green this year. Have fun Olly!
 
Donated, good luck and have fun!! :)
 
A long time ago but I did the jump for The Red Cross and enjoyed it very much.
Beware the ground rush at the end! :D



I sincerely hope all goes well, Ollie, but if it doesn't, can I have your C-Class, please?

Just saying, that's all...
 
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I copped off with one of the female instructors when I did the jump. I really was sweet on her.
However, she ended up snuffing it after telling me she just wanted a quick jump with no strings attached.
 
Can I assume you're both doing solo jumps and not just strapped to an expert for tandem jumps? I did a solo jump for Mencap many years ago - a fantastic experience.

A small group of us had a full day's training then jumped that evening; static line. After leaping from the plan at 3,000 feet and shouting "Geronimo" I tilted my head back to check that the 'chute had opened correctly and was undamaged - but couldn't see anything!

My immediate thought was that I was pleased I had a reserve strapped to my front, but before deploying it I realised I wasn't plunging to the earth at high speed so things were probably OK after all. Just a couple of seconds before the instructor on the ground radioed up to me what had happened, I worked out that the lines had become twisted which is what stopped me being able to tilt my head back far enough to see. It was then just a matter of spinning round a couple of times to untwist them.

All too soon I was approaching the drop zone (a wheat field) so brought my feet together and bent my knees slightly in readiness to land. If it hadn't been for the only rock in the whole field that was hidden by the fully grown wheat, I would have made a perfect landing; instead I broke my foot! Of course I pretended that nothing was wrong and limped as little as possible back to the building to change out of my jumpsuit.

But despite the little problems it was an amazing day, culminating in a totally unforgettable experience that was over far too quickly. (It was my left foot that I broke so I was thankful I had auto for the drive home!)
 
One of the things I remember was seeing the ground whiz past from the open side door on the aircraft as we built up speed on take off.

I managed a perfect landing but my mate Mike wasn't so lucky and had an argument with a barbed wire fence IIRC.

It will be covered in training, but one thing I would say is most important is not to pull the emergency chute too soon. There is a counting procedure something like "One thousand, two thousand, three thousand... check canopy" that must be strictly adhered to.
Our instructor told us of an 18 year old girl who must have been convinced her chute wouldn't open and punched the emergency chute as soon as she left the aircraft. This resulted in the main chute and emergency chute spiralling around each other and she unfortunately fell to her death.
 
Made a small donation.

Have fun on the jump

230k
 
Our target has been smashed. It's all down to MBClub and friends . I can't put into words how I feel right now. Peoples generosity amazes me. My girlfriend and I have the easy part. Just jumping from a plane. People with MS have a lifetime of challenges.

Thank you, really thank you.
 
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