Blue Peter presenter does AFF
Craig Poxon
(first civilian to free-fall from 25,000), Janet Ellis (broke her pelvis
during training but eventually made a static-line jump), Katy Hill (tandem
with the RAF Falcons), and Stuart Miles (display with the Falcons?) current
presenter Simon Thomas' ambition is apparently to take part in a free-fall
parachute display. Previously Blue Peter screened the first part of three
which showed him undertaking a military static-line jump and training, which
unfortunately I missed. I was able to capture the second part which shows
him doing AFF training (including a tandem) with the RAF Falcons and his
first jump.
The video is available in a low/small and a high/large quality/size format,
which require Microsoft Windows Media Player 9, from:
ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/Students/BluePeterSimonThomasAFF128k.wm
v (7.2 MB)
ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/Students/BluePeterSimonThomasAFF384k.wm
v (24.1 MB)
The video runs to just under 10 minutes in length. I think it's pretty cool.
It's excellent exposure for the sport and the Falcons. It's just a shame
they had to go to California to do it. I also think it's an excellent
portrayl of the student experience; Simon's fear in the plane is palpable
but his confidence in his training allows him to control it and perform
well. The brief use of his onboard camera and microphone add to the
sensations. His training shines through when his radio fails and executes an
excellent pattern and landing (as all students should be able to do!). The
funniest bit is the pull, where dispite having kept hold of the handle on
the ground (although maybe not the first time), it goes flying in the air.
From his on-board microphone you can hear, "Woo-hoo! Whoa! My legs!(?) Check
canopy, one thousand. It's deployed"
There was a live web chat with Simon after the show aired and the BBC were
supposed to be making the transcript available at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/chat/index.shtml but unfortunately after
a week, it's still not there. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know if it
appears.
Nice one! Even though some of the camera-work is a bit shoddy :-P
--
Craig
D11665 FSB5
http://www.poxon.org/Craig/Skydive/
Gary McGuinness
first display, first CRW jump and CRW intro all on the same jump, into an
airshow, I think at the time he had about 20 jumps at the time.
Good job MOD are covered under there own insurance and exemption to jump.
Seeing skydiving on Blue Peter inspired me to want to jump myself.
Gary
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Ford1fly
the finger at for you starting the sport....
Fordy
Freeflybase
>i always new blue peter was too blame ..... there had to be someone to point
>the finger at for you starting the sport....
>
shit, you are right, if it were not for blue peter... we wouldnt have
guiness... now thats a thought!!!!!
Craig Poxon
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[SNIP]
>
> There was a live web chat with Simon after the show aired and the BBC were
> supposed to be making the transcript available at
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/chat/index.shtml but unfortunately
after
> a week, it's still not there. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know if
it
> appears.
Typical, not long after the initial post, it's now gone up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/chat/simon_livechat.shtml
It's more of a general chat rather than being specifically about the
skydiving but there were a couple of questions:
Simon Lover - What is it like skydiving?
Skydiving was scary! It's something I have always wanted to do, but until I
did it I had no real expectation and I found it a lot harder then I thought
I would. But once the canopy opened I loved it! It goes from being fast and
noisy to all of a sudden when the canopy opens it becomes very peaceful and
you're on your own. I will keep on doing it!
Nathanael - What did your face feel like when you jumped?
You can't really feel what is going on because there is so much happening,
and you're falling at 120k per hour, you can't really appreciate what is
going on, so I didn't even know what my face was doing at that time, I
couldn't feel it, but it's an awesome face massage if your after one!
Philip - Are there any events you would still like to cover as a presenter
for Blue Peter?
I still want to be in this freefall parachute display. I've got a lot of
work to do before I can do that.
Lotte - What has been your hardest challenge so far?
My hardest challenge was definitely free-fall parachuting! I don't have a
fear of heights at all, so I thought it would be a breeze. However it was
much much harder then I expected and I haven't completed the course yet, so
I haven't fully conquered it. That's still to come. As I've already jumped,
I now know what awaits me, which makes it even scarier. It's possibly true
that ignorance is bliss.
john
she was lover-ly.
John Jordan
Wash your mind out with soap and water young man.
J
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daedalus
from what "Craig Poxon" <cr...@poxon.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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tim
> Whatever happened to Valerie Singleton? When I was a teenager I thought
> she was lover-ly.
>
T
Mick Cooper
you are talking about the woman I love(d) also.
errm - what does carpet munching mean?
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Freeflybase
>shame i understand that he didnt complete the aff course.
>
The Presenter is a really great guy, he was unfortunate enough not to complete
the course as stated above but, this was not due to being shit scared or
anything like that, it was merely too much work to fit in in such a short time
span, with the filming of ground training over and over again and so on...
I say this as i was on the trip and saw all that went on back stage...
So please when the full programme airs next month, please respect the guy for
doing it in the first place and watch this space as he will be back to finish
it....
Regards to you all for respecting a student learning to skydive...
Paul Floyd
daedalus
hopefully he will carry on after the course finishes.
daedalus.
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she is drinking from the furry fountain.
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Mick Cooper
NOOOO
She's a todger dodger???
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a micky dodger
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Brian Knight
I remember Noakesie doing that and it too inspired me to do this later.
Not sure he did it from 25k, but willing to be corrected?
Best regards
Brian
ps roll on spring.............?
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