Acknowledgements

The British Skydiving Archive was created in 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the British Parachute Association.

The Archive aims to showcase the development and achievements of sport parachuting and skydiving in the UK, from long before the formation of what is now British Skydiving, right up to the present day. British Skydiving has retained very few historical records from the early years, so the content of this site has been gathered by investigative work and generous contributions.

We could not have achieved this without the generous help and support of a number of people. These contributions have included magazines, photographs, videos, other artifacts and most valuable of all personal memories. All additional contributions are very welcome. Please contact us if you are able to help.

We wish to express our gratitude to the following for their noteworthy help and contributions to the British Skydiving Archive:

  • Pete Allum
  • Liz Ashley
  • Tony Austin
  • Simon Brentford
  • Graeme Card
  • Rob Colpus
  • Les Cooper
  • Jim Crocker
  • John Curtis
  • Leo Dickinson
  • Jim Douglas
  • Gordon & Fiona Fernie
  • Keith Fuller
  • Kate Garner
  • Dick Gays
  • Bernard Green
  • Andy Guest
  • Michael Hand
  • Dave Head
  • John Hitchen
  • Milko Hodgkinson
  • Dave Howerski
  • Bob King
  • Brian & Caro Laithwaite
  • Cyril Landau
  • Bill Miller
  • Mark Miller
  • Scotty Milne
  • Simon Nath
  • John & Vicky Noakes
  • Kerry Noble
  • Mike O’Brien
  • Ronnie O’Brien
  • Doug Peacock
  • Craig Poxon
  • Noel Purcell
  • Brian Shaw
  • Charles Shea-Simonds
  • Pete Sherman
  • Martin Shuttleworth
  • Jackie Smith
  • Tony Smith
  • Margaret & Lawrie St John
  • Blair Stent
  • Sylvie Sweet
  • Grace & Lofty Thomas
  • Adrian Thornton
  • Dave Tylcoat
  • Simon Ward
  • Dave Waterman
  • Patrick Wills
  • Major-General Dare Wilson