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- Skydive - UK! (A portal site for skydiving in the UK)
Skydive - UK! was first established in the early 1990's during the infancy of the WWW to provide a portal for information relating to skydiving and parachuting in the UK.
- Skydive - UK! - Articles
Skydive - UK! presents a selection of free to republish general articles found on the World Wide Web about different aspects of skydiving and parachuting.
- Skydive - UK! - Fiction
Skydive - UK! presents a few pages of stories for you to enjoy. I hope the exploits of ZF; BJ & V&T raise a few laughs.
- Skydive - UK! - Fiction - The Sodmore Aces Fly Again
Skydive - UK! brings you the Sodmore Aces
At Sodmore the flat expanse of grey, rain lashed WW2 concrete runway seemed to join with the equally grey low straggly sky, from which came the constant deluge of freezing rain, ably assisted by the wind, driving into the flimsy door of the ailing Parachute Club. The Club was housed in a black Nissen hut, condemned as structurally unsound years ago. decrepit but somehow forgotten by bureaucracy.
- Skydive - UK! - Fiction - Big Jake's First Jump
Skydive - UK! brings you the adventures of Big Jake
One day me and Big Jake are cooling off with a gargle of the local brew, when Big Jake produces crumpled from his pocket a clip from the evening paper and pronounces as follows: 'Want to get high ?' says he, 'Try sport parachuting. Heh heh Barstids must be mad' B.J. seeing it at first thought it was an invite to a way out party hence the interest.
- Skydive - UK! - Fiction - Big Jake's First Display
Skydive - UK! brings you the adventures of Big Jake
One day shortly after he has passed the two hundred jump level Big Jake states as follows : "Here am I knocking on a dee licence and not yet done a display".
Now some folks on hearing this think privately to themselves that most everything B.J. does is a display of one kind or another but none ventures such ungracious thoughts aloud for fear of a kick up the atrium.
- Skydive - UK! - Fiction - Big Jake's Revenge
Skydive - UK! brings you the adventures of Big Jake
One day prior to his untimely demise, Big Jake and I, his minder, are sitting on the grass at the dee zed consuming the remains of a half bottle of the brew and what B.J. laughingly refers to as owlshit sandwiches, but actually they are made from peanut butter. It is lunchtime
- Skydive - UK! - Fiction - Big Jake At The Championships
Skydive - UK! brings you the adventures of Big Jake
Most times when I open my pee cee these days there is a rain of pea gravel on my helmet. The reason is that Big Jake has decided to enter the Bee Jays for the Accuracy Meet and is training us in a frenzy; fifteen jumps a day, no time to eat never mind clear gravel
- Skydive - UK! - Fiction - Big Jake - Potential Instructor ?
Skydive - UK! brings you the adventures of Big Jake
"Potential Instructors Course ," Harry the Slime is heard to state gloomily. "Potential - - - - up if Big Jake is on it." Harry has reason to be worried. B.J. as is well known is a mortal enemy of Harry the Slime, who has conned his way by devious means into being one of the guys who conducts examinations for other guys, who for some crazy reason want to become instructors. Big Jake's reason is neither crazy nor uncommon. He wants the free jumps and to see their faces as they go out the door; a laugh a lift.
- Skydive - UK! - Fiction - Big Jake's Oil Rig Jump
Skydive - UK! brings you the adventures of Big Jake
B.J. is suffering from divine discontent one fine spring day, "I am - - - - ing bored," states he. Now those of you with experience of Big Jake, and I don't just mean the ladies, will realise that such a statement from him may well signal the onset of some deviation from the norm.
- Skydive - UK! - Poetry
Skydive - UK! presents a few poems for you to enjoy. Most of these were emailed to me back in the mid 1990's.
- Skydive - UK! - Poetry - Mortal Skygod
Skydive - UK! presents poetry by Snuffy
The hawk floats gently upon the sky,
a winged predator who will kill in the blink of an eye.
So pure and graceful to see,
the skydiver falls fast as can be.
- Skydive - UK! - Poetry - The Spot
Skydive - UK! presents poetry by Snuffy
Last out the door and ready to go,
an eight way was spotting down through a cloud hole.
We fly a star way down low,
my dytter is wailing really got to go.
- Skydive - UK! - Poetry - The Otter Pilot
Skydive - UK! presents poetry by Snuffy
Baggy old blue jeans, two hundred dollar sunshades
and ripped up tennis shoes, boy our Otter pilot is
thinking he's real cool.
- Skydive - UK! - Poetry - Quincy Beauty
Skydive - UK! presents poetry by Snuffy
I stood there on the flight line at Quincy,
my head throbbing from the beer last night
my mouth not fitting very tight.
- Skydive - UK! - Poetry - Mad Dog
Skydive - UK! presents poetry by Snuffy
Mad Dog was S&Ta back in 93, while I was just
off student status but still couldn't stand up
even on grass.
- Skydive - UK! - Poetry - Missy
Skydive - UK! presents poetry by Snuffy
Like the sweet dew from the honey suckle vine,
or the foggy mist of an early morning wine.
- Skydive - UK! - Poetry - Man Small
From the man that brought the world the wonderful pictorial books Skies Call 1,2 & 3, Skydive - UK! presents poetry by Andy Keech from Book 1
Man Small
Why Fall
Skies Call
That's All
- Skydive - UK! - Funnies
Skydive - UK! presents a few pages of 'funnies' for you to enjoy. I hope they raise a smile or two as you read through them.
- Skydive - UK! - Funnies - You know you're a skydiver when...
Skydive - UK! brings you some lighthearted skydiving pages
You know you're a skydiver when...
Most of these will be recognised traits of the seasoned skydiver. A few may be 'out of date' by now, but still gems.
- Skydive - UK! - Funnies - You know you're an old time skydiver when ...
Skydive - UK! brings you some lighthearted skydiving pages
You know you're an old time skydiver when ...
If you know most of these terms, you're a veritable dinosaur now and if you don't understand most of the terms, don't worry about it.
- Skydive - UK! - Funnies - Are you a true SkyGod?
Skydive - UK! brings you some lighthearted skydiving pages
How do you become a true SkyGod ?
Never admit to any error and always pin blame on the least experienced in the group.
Don't take advice. understandable since a SkyGod knows it all.
- Skydive - UK! - Funnies - My online logbook
Skydive - UK! brings you some lighthearted skydiving pages
A very early attempt using tables in HTML pages. Not very elegant and fairly pointless but a reminder of some great days in the sport.
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