Thank you to everyone who came along to jump the Skyvan here at Skydive Langar. It was so much fun to have so many of you here to enjoy this awesome plane and, thanks to the exra capacity and tailgate door, we were able to make some big formations and exciting movement groups. Here’s an edit by Anna Devoy; thank you to all who made and … Read More

Skydiver Dan Guest has appeared on BBC Breakfast today, talking about his new British record – and how he beat his own dad to do it! Last week, we were thrilled to support Skydive Langar sponsored athlete Dan Guest – and his friends Mikey Lovemore, Elise Sharp, Martin Roberson and James Round – in completing an incredible 60 jumps in a day, 9 more than Dan’s … Read More

Congratulations to Dan Guest, Martin Roberson, Elise Sharp, Mikey Lovemore and James Round who set a new British skydiving record yesterday (12/6/2024) when they completed 60 jumps in one day. The record attempt was planned and prepared for well in advance and when the day came, we were ready! With a dedicated Cessna 206 aircraft and their own pilot, a dedicated landing area and a dedicated … Read More

The Young Farmers Club from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, came to visit us here at Skydive Langar this week as part of their aim to learn more about what’s happening on land around their local area. The group, which comprised twenty 14-21 year olds plus their supervisor Rachel, came over on Tuesday evening and were welcomed to Langar Airfield by a group of Skydive Langar’s staff – … Read More

We had a brilliant time jumping into Sheldon Field in Cropwell Butler, Nottinghamshire last night. Our skydiving display team – known as the Super Secret Skydiving Stunt Squad – was led by Josh Carratt. 14 of us jumped into the cricket field, which was well attended by local residents who came to watch, enjoy and very kindly cheer us on. Here’s a video of the jump, … Read More

We were very grateful this week to be welcomed into Rectory Farm near Newark for our first staff display jump of the season. Display skydives, also known as ‘demos’, are jumps into a new site outside of our usual landing area. In this case, we jumped into this local farm which also has a grass runway – meaning our skydivers and our planes were able to … Read More

Last night, members of the Skydive Langar team made a jump into local town Bingham to land in the Bingham Rugby Club. Local residents came out to watch and we were able to entertain them by flying around the skies with coloured fog and landing right in front of them, on the rugby pitch. We like to do these ‘display jumps’ from time to time, and … Read More

This year Langar is proud to present our new Blackhawk caravan upgrade, and to make the most of it we’re offering great deals on team training rates throughout the season! The best rates can be had by joining us midweek on our ‘team weeks’. Standard rate for pre-booked teams during these weeks is just £90 per team jump, a saving of £20 for a 4-way team on … Read More

May Bank Holiday weekend saw the UK Wingsuit Performance and Acrobatic Nationals take place at Skydive Netheravon, and Langar was proudly represented by the ‘Angry Birds’ Wingsuit Team. With the Nationals being so early in the season it was difficult to find suitable weather weekends to train, especially with one of the team, Ellie, studying abroad. However we were incredibly lucky to be blessed with a … Read More

The ‘Angry Birds Wingsuit Team’ is an acrobatic wingsuit team, consisting of Jonathan Charles and Ellie Marshall as performers and Ollie Ellis as the camera flyer. The team was founded in late 2016, with combined aims of wanting to push the boundaries of acrobatic wingsuit flying, to encourage participation in wingsuiting and to hopefully win a couple of medals along the way! JC has a history of … Read More

On the 1st and 2nd of April FS team Chimera will be running a 6 way competition here at Skydive Langar. A few years ago the 6 way competition was a regular feature on our calendar, so we’re hoping to restore it in all its glory, but to achieve that we need you! To give you a head-start, we’re publishing the 6 way divepool so you … Read More

Skydive Langar is proud to sponsor FS4 team Chimera. Formed in 2016, Chimera comprises five local jumpers who all call Langar their home DZ – with four out of the five having trained here from day 1. As our sponsored team, Chimera is on hand to provide coaching, organising and advice for aspiring through to advanced formation skydivers. Chimera regularly host events at Langar; check out … Read More

2017 sees Langar-sponsored 4way Formation Skydiving team 4mula heading into the season aiming big – they want the British National crown, and that prized slot at next year’s World Meet in Gold Coast, Australia. Former World Champion Joey Jones, player-coach extraordinaire, continues with the team for the fourth season, helping deliver British National silver medals in 2015 and 2016. With over 25 years in the sport, he’s seen it … Read More