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Netheravon Airfield is a Ministry of Defence grass strip airfield on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England. Established in 1913 by the Royal Flying Corps, it became RAF Netheravon from 1918 until 1963, then AAC Netheravon (Army Air Corps) until 2012. Buildings from 1913 and 1914 survive on part of the site.
Silver Stars Parachute Team (The Royal Logistic Corps) – South Cerney, Gloucestershire; Skyhigh Skydiving(formerly: Peterlee Parachute Centre) – Peterlee, Co. Durham; UK Parachuting at Sibson Airfield (Peterborough Parachute Centre) – Wansford, Cambridgeshire; Skydive GB Parachute Club, Bridlington – Grindale, East Riding of Yorkshire
During a parachute jump on Easter Sunday 2015, both her main and reserve parachutes failed to open. She fell 4,000 ft (1,200 m) to the ground. She survived the fall despite life-threatening injuries [1] because she landed on a soft, newly ploughed field. [2] It was the second attempt on her life in less than a week. [2]
Fittleton cum Haxton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 12 miles (19 km) north of Salisbury. The parish contains the adjacent settlements of Fittleton and Haxton, [ 2 ] which lie on the east bank of the River Avon opposite the village and parish of Netheravon .
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Salisbury was the major centre of production, supplemented by Trowbridge and Reading. Several factories were set up in the centre of Salisbury and staffed by predominantly young women who had no previous mechanical experience but were trained for specific tasks in the aircraft construction process.
British Parachute Schools is the busiest civilian parachute centre in the United Kingdom, regularly completing over 30,000 descents a year. It is also the home of LU:ST; the Langar Universities Skydiving Team; the largest collection of university skydiving clubs in the country. It is approved by the British Parachute Association. Many ...
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