Team 100 for Cystic Fibrosis - Skydive

Location: Langar Airfield, Nottingham
Date: 28 & 29 April 2012

Take a leap of faith and join 'Team 100 for Cystic Fibrosis' at Langar Airfield, Nottinghamshire on the weekend of 28 and 29 April 2012.

Commit to raise £500 and you could jump for free - we'd like to get 100 skydivers taking part in this weekend of skydives as part of Cystic Fibrosis Week.

What does tandem skydiving involve?
It is a Skydive because you will be freefalling through the air (without the parachute deployed) for several thousand feet; it is in Tandem because you will be harnessed to a professional parachute instructor at all times throughout the descent. This is the only way you can jump from such an altitude without spending thousands of pounds becoming a freefall parachutist. This is literally the chance of a lifetime.

What's it like?
We thought we'd leave this description to an expert. Pankaj Raikundalia completed his first tandem skydive at Sibson Airfield in September 2010:-

"Words fail to do justice to the adrenalin rush and the electrifying experience that blasts through your body when you step into the clouds, head first I might add, out of a plane which is soaring at 120+mph and at least a lofty 10,000+ feet; you plummet into thin air initially at 200 mph and almost instantly the pilot chute opens slowing your descent to only 120mph. In less than a minute you feel a sudden jolt and the main chute has opened and you think PHEW! You at first don't realise that you've freefallen around 5,000+ feet in a matter of seconds! The pace is then somewhat more sedate and gentle, almost serene.

"It is the most over-whelming experience ever. Plunging in the air, free-falling, your hands and legs waving and flapping in all directions; yoga lovers would be amazed as to the "shapes" the body can manage when freefalling! I had thought of this moment over and over again - what sensations would I feel and what would I be thinking? I can honestly say, my life did not flash before me as many had predicted - it was just a feeling of utter exhilaration."

Watch a Tandem Skydive
Watch Roz Cochran complete her tandem challenge here. Roz jumped on 4 June 2011 in aid of the Trust and raised over £1,000.

How to sign up? Please hit the 'Need more info' button below and we will send you an information pack and booking form. Once you receive this you will be asked to read through the pack, and send off your booking form along with a £60 deposit to secure your place on the skydive.