Safety

The club safety officer is Currently Tim Crow, he, other committee members or one of the coaching team will be able to offer advice or hear your concerns about safety issues.

If you have an accident, witness an accident or discover a problem with your kit, please report it to the BHPA using the incident report form.

You can see the BHPA response to incidents in their incident report pages

• Formal Investigations

• Informal Investigations

Information about military low flying

• Wales Community Relations Office Homepage

  • Wales low flying information

  • Low flying timetable

Emergency parachutes

Your descent rate on a emergency parachute depends on :

1. The design of the canopy

2. The area of the canopy (the bigger the better)

3. The weight of you and your kit

Mike Townsend, who is our local parachute expert and registered BHPA packer, has devised a spreadsheet to save you the trouble of getting your slide rules out. Follow the link to the Emergency Parachute Calculator to load it. (To use it you will need Microsoft Excel or Open Office loaded onto your computer, and will need to enable Macros).

Mike offers a repack service to club members for £25, or can often be found at club meetings if you need advice.

If you need to find him in a hurry, try email:  mike@skycatcher.plus.com Phone:  01242 232532 Mobile:  07791 585830

Page last updated 14 Dec 2009