10,000 ft Tandem skydive at Peterlee Parachute Centre.

12th June 2020

Cost £195.00 which includes full training on the day. 

You agree to the terms and conditions set out as below on the Checkout form and print off the attached completed medical form below and send it to the Festival Secretary @ paul.quinn@durham2021.org via email. 

https://www.durham2021.org/RMT...

Skydiving courses available for beginners and a continuation facility for those wishing to make further jumps. Central for the North East of England, mid-way between Tyneside & Teesside, only a short drive from Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham and Middlesbrough as well as accessible from North Yorkshire and Southern Scotland. Our Texas Turbine converted Cessna 208B regularly lifts 15 parachutists to 15,000ft up & down in 15 minutes, as well as 4 place Cessna 182 climbing to 10,000 ft in 30 minutes.

The Peterlee Parachute Drop Zone has been active since 1 April 1987 and is a listed site of significant sporting interest by Sport England. National Parachuting Championships, UK Skydiving League Events and British Parachute Association Instructor Courses have all been hosted here.

On the day

Registration, Documentation and Training can take in the order of 45 minutes to 1 hour.

On completion of training each instructor can, given good weather, take participants on Tandem Skydives at a rate of 1 participant per each remaining hour of the day. According to demand we may schedule in 1 instructor mid week, and 2 to 6 on weekends.

Participants, their friends & family should not rule out the possibility that adverse conditions may delay or postpone their jumps so requiring additional attendance at the Centre to jump - poor weather on the first visit is no guarantee of good weather on subsequent visits.

(Statistics indicate that 50% of participants jump on their 1st booked date, 25% on their 2nd, 12½% on their 3rd and 12½% have to book 4 or more dates in order to complete their jumps. That is the nature of skydiving and it should be noted that no refunds are offered to those unwilling to reschedule to alternative dates)

A queuing system operates at the Centre normally with those with the lower ticket reference being manifested first. Where possible we do try and group participants with friends and family, but this can't always be guaranteed.

Criteria

As a general guide, please refer to our BMI chart. 

All participants need to satisfy the criteria laid down in BPA Form 115-A, a fully completed version of which needs to be presented on checking in on the day of the course. Those unable to satisfy the requirements of BPA Form 115-A may still undertake a Tandem Skydive if their doctor suitably endorses BPA Form 115-B.

• Need to be 16 years older and above, 16 & 17 year olds need parental/guardian consent on BPA Form 106
• Whilst we may be able to accept upto 16st 7lbs/105kg after a face to face personal assessment we require prior consultation with regard to any prospective participant weighing 14st/88kg or more.
• Once trained participants would normally be expected to demonstrate an arched body position.
• Participants would normally be expected to be able to maintain a legs raised position for at least a count of 5 seconds (this can be practised by sitting on a stool).

Risk & How Safe

Information with regard to How Safe has been compiled and published by the British Parachute Association and can be accessed by CLICKING HERE.

• Those with with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 27.5 or over, &/or aged 40 years or older, have an increased chance of injury and would normally be restricted or advised to make a Tandem Jump as their first jump, particularly those weighing over 14st/88kg.
• Those aged 55 and older are restricted to making their first jump as a Tandem.
• Even when undertaking a Tandem participants with a BMI of 27.5 or over, &/or weighing 14st/88kg or over, &/or aged 40 yrs & older have a higher chance of sustaining an injury - this might range from a bruising of the thighs on canopy opening, lower limb injuries on landing such as sprains or twists, or fractures, or worse.
• To put this into perspective the chance of serious injury when undertaking a tandem i.e. a fracture is assessed by the BPA to be in the order of 1 in 3,400 and of any injury i.e. bruising, twist, sprain, cut or graze 1 in 1,100.
• These rates increase for those falling into any of the categories (1) BMI of 27.5 or over, (2) weighing 14st/88kg or over, (3) aged 40 yrs & older however they would increase further still for those falling into two, or indeed all, of those categories.

Essentially the older and heavier the participant the higher the likelihood of injury.

Tickets

On completion of their initial training participants will be issued with a jump ticket by their Instructor which they should then hand into the Manifest Office (normally on the same day for Tandems or very often the next day for Solo SLs). In the event that jumps are postponed due to adverse conditions jumpers should retrieve their tickets from the Manifest Office in order to be able to present them on their next visit. Should jumpers thereafter be unable to present their ticket on a future date (be that through loss, damage or forgetfulness) a 10 pound charge will be levied for a replacement ticket.

We operate a ticket in (jumper ready to jump) ticket out (jumper not ready to jump) system. Jumpers leaving tickets in at the Manifest Office when they have withdrawn from jumping that day leads to confusion and delays, accordingly any jumper who leaves a ticket in when they have not jumped that day will face a 10 pound charge to retrieve their ticket on a subsequent date.