Skydive for MND FAQs

A Tandem skydive lets you experience free fall without the need for lots of training. You will free fall normally from at least 10,000 feet with the parachute being opened at 5,000 feet. You then get to float down the last mile with your instructor to a soft landing. This is the perfect experience for your first-time jump as you are attached to an instructor who does all of the work for you. This leaves you free to enjoy the view! 

In most cases the airfields will allow anyone with a medical condition to jump as long as they have written consent from their doctor – this may vary per airfield. Find out more about how to declare a medical condition here.

Each airfield will try their best to accommodate any accessibility needs, but due to some many varying factors (instructors available, type of plane, weather being a few) they cannot set out what these accommodations are. Please get in contact with Skyline detailing your needs and preferred airfields and they will work with the airfields to see if it's possible for you to participate based on your abilities. You may be asked to go to the airfield for a risk assessment before booking.

If you need support with this, please get in touch with fundraising@mndassociation.org and we will do our best to help.

You will pay a (non-refundable) £70 registration fee directly to our event organisers Skyline and commit to raising a minimum sponsorship of £495.

Yes, Click on the Get your place button on our webpage www.mndassociation.org/skydive and once you have completed the booking contact details and inputted your required event sections, a new section called booking details will appear allowing you to select how many people you are looking to book for. This will then allow you to input the details of each group member. 

We usually recommend that you book a couple of months in advance to get the date that you want but many airfields can also accommodate last minute bookings.

Once you have booked your jump and paid the deposit, you will need to wait up to 5 working days for our event organisers Skyline to send you a confirmation email. This email will have everything you need to know for the jump. If you don’t hear from them after 5 business days, it’s best to contact them directly to make sure there is not an issue with your booking. 

You can change to your preferred airfield providing that you give your original airfield at least 4 weeks notice of the cancellation with them, and you haven’t paid the original airfield any jump cost. Also, keep in mind when changing that every airfield has different jump cost. 

If you have to cancel your jump, please let us know or alternatively contact skyline directly on 0207 424 5522 or email myskydive@skylineevents.co.uk – remember, your deposit is non-refundable and you have until 4 weeks before your jump within which they can reschedule you for free.

If you cancel or reschedule within four weeks of your jump, you are required to pay a £50 cancellation fee, and if this is within 7 working days of your jump date, this fee rises to £100. 

This amount is due by the jump date and our event organisers skyline will track your fundraising ahead of your jump date. We will also be here to provide support and guidance to ensure you reach your target in time.

If you have not been able to rasie the amount by your jump date, our event organisers skyline will ask you to pay the balance of the jump on arrival. 

The airfield will provide you with a jumpsuit on the day. You just need to wear comfortable clothing underneath and suitable tie up shoes (trainers or something similar would be ideal). We recommend layering up on a colder day and wear ski gloves (optional). 

If you are a glasses or contact lenses wearing, you can also wear both of these. The airfields will have a range of goggles made to fit over glasses. 

Your arrival time at the airfield would have been sent to you in your confirmation email. It is usually between 8am and 9am. Please note that we cannot provide a jump time as it is weather dependent. 

After a brief 20-minute training session you will be ready to skydive. You will be kitted up and then head to the aircraft. Once you have boarded the aircraft it will only take around 15-20 minutes to reach skydiving altitude. You will free fall from at least 10,000 feet with the parachute being opened at 5,000 feet after you have experienced around 1 minute of free fall. You then get to enjoy the last mile under canopy with your instructor, taking in the spectacular views before a soft landing back at the airfield.

Yes, you can bring along supporters! We would recommend that they arrive with you.

Unfortunately the airfields do not allow you to use your own recording equipment for the jump - however you can purchase filming from most airfields on the day. 

Each airfield offers different filming and photography packages and costs vary across the different airfields so please check out the Prices and Locations page to find an airfield near you and see what packages they offer and what the cost will be.

For most airfields you can book and pay for filming on the day but a few do require you to pre-book if you want your jump to be recorded. You will be informed once booked if your airfield requires you to pre-book for recording.