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Having taken into account the current COVID restrictions that currently apply in the different parts of the UK, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 reunion.
The Chairman Nick Butler will be heading up the Fan at 0930 hrs on Saturday the 15th May and he will lay a BAFC wreath on behalf of the Club at the summit.
He will also toast The Fallen.
If other members wish to make their own pilgrimage up the Fan at their own risk please follow the relevant COVID restrictions that will be in place.
As a Club we are not able to accept liability for members safety and well being over the weekend of 14/15 May. Our Clubs insurance that normally covers Fandance will not operate this year.
Update to follow reference Aldershot 10 Miler on the 20th November 2021.
...........................................................................................................................................................The 10 Miler will be held on w/e Saturday 23rd November 2024..................................................................................................................................
I remember being told they did a dummy test on those sleek grey 'chutes the dipatchers used to wear,and the majority failed,so they started wearing the PX4 the same as us to chuck us out.
Another thing I have thought about with the Herc and such like. Why they did'nt just drop the the ramp and we walked off like the Pathfinder HALO blokes do on them You Tube Videos ? Surely that would have been easier. No tangling under the plane and all the other nasty stuff. Like bashing your helmet along the fuselage ....doing rivet inspections.
"If they control your speech.....they control your life" Me
Another thing I have thought about with the Herc and such like. Why they did'nt just drop the the ramp and we walked off like the Pathfinder HALO blokes do on them You Tube Videos ? Surely that would have been easier. No tangling under the plane and all the other nasty stuff. Like bashing your helmet along the fuselage ....doing rivet inspections.
Think the Brit Airborne jump training was based on practicing for the real stuff. Agree with you about tailgating, we did tailgate on free fall and water jumps for 22 and SBS but they were only single sticks and normally followed a rigid raider boat off the ramp. Sim sticks off the ramp led to some near misses, for some reason the 'vortex' behind the aircraft could behave in an odd way immediately behind the ramp. Sim sticks off the ramp would often be quite safe then suddenly a couple of parachutists could be swept together as they left the ramp. Got an explanation once but too long winded to repeat here. On an operational drop the ramp was to be used for the dreaded 'wedge' (platform for carrying kit to the DZ) so our lot figured that to keep it 'real' we must always jump from the doors (other than FF and water jumps) because in war the space on the ramp will be being used.
Dave....If you got to lob a Bev that means we missed it by only a year. Where did you jump a Bev ?... at Weston ?
That,s reight Tone, but also did a couple inta the arseoyl Of Arabia after emplaining at Khormasker, big fukk off fleet of em theer parked up on the tarmac. Much better lob machine than that bag o shite Hastings.
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