Photo Album ......... images of our youth
Despatching students
Bob Dowling with a ‘static
line’ load.on board
Packing area.......
Gate 5 Packing &
Manifest area...... c 1975
Testing student gear
Cub members checking out
new ‘student’ canopies.
Dove load.....
Kevin, PY, Wobby, Malcolm,
Jacqui, Clive and Paul.
A Winter load....
Check out the ‘latest’ in
B4 rigs........ c1976
Penny & Gill......
“Is that a ripcord
handle....Gill ?”
The ‘Dead Centre’...
Thruxtons’ aclaimed ‘accuracy’
pit..........circa 1974/75
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The images provided
here span a period of
20 years and focus on
the sport of ‘free fall‘
parachuting at the
Thruxton airfield.
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Celebrate 20 years of parachuting...... 70’s and 80’s !!
Bob Dowling......
Bob, a serving member
of the Armed Forces
and, qualified Free Fall
Parachute instructor,
prepares to despatch
his students from an
Islander
The Packing and
Manifest area....
Near gate No 5 on
Thruxton airfield, was the
designated Packing and
Manifest area,
throughout the RSA
years.
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Jacqui and Paul
repacking the student
rigs for the next load.
Students ??????
New student rigs having
been modified for Free
Fall parachuting, needed
checking out by the
more experienced
jumpers.
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Ian, Robbo, Jon, Neil
The ‘Dove’ aircraft...
The Dove, one of the
best jump ships in the
country, hauls a mixed
load to altitude.
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Kevin, PY, Malcolm,
Jacqui, Clive, Paul and
others sitting in relative
comfort, in the big suits
and hard hats of that era
The latest in B4 rigs
Even in the depths of
winter, experienced and
students alike, pursue
their search for thrills and
spills.
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The student here
sporting the industry
standard ‘B4 equipment’,
a modified ex USAF
pilot’s parachute
containing a C9 canopy.
Penny & Gill patiently
waiting to go..........
Girls in arms.......
One on ‘static’ line, the
other having progressed
to ‘Free Fall’, patiently
wait on the Manifest line
for another trip to
err........ altitude??
The ‘Pit’... one of the
finest in the country.
Basking in the sun
around the ‘accuracy
gravel pit’, spectators
watch the progress of
competitors.
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Mid 70’s, the hay-day of
classic ‘style & accuracy’
discipline.
Robin, Geoff, Roger.