Skydivers Over Sixty (UK).
SOS UK is the British branch or the Skydivers Over Sixty
society (for skydivers over the age of sixty). SOS UK was founded in 2006 and is starting to
build members into double figures.
Membership is via application and a lifetime subscription,
currently £5. The UK SOS meet as part of the UK POPS meets
To join the SOS you will need to apply to Niels Hansen (at a POPS meet), or you can
download and send the membership form
to Niels together with your fee.
First SOS UK formation skydiving record
For the first time since its formation this year, the SOS UK has created a SOS UK record 5-way.
It took place on Sunday 15th October 2006, was videoed by Mike Coleman and
authenticated by Steve Scott, CCI Weston. The Jumpers were :
- Lennie Mobbs
- Eddie McBride
- Roger Flavell
- John Knight
- Caroline O'Hagan
They made a 5-way star, followed by Roger in the middle and the rest forming 2-way pods
with the outer hands of each pod member taking handgrips on Roger's arm and leg,
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This page is about skydiving and sport parachuting. Freefall and jumping out
of planes and balloons is included. You might consider that peripheral interests are skydiving
equipment such as parachute canopies, rigs and harnesses, jump suits and alimeters, goggles
and helmets. People looking at this page may also be interested in skydiving videos and
freefall camera work. Free flying and canopy formation events and records are
part of the sport too, as is classical and sports accuracy.
The interest is not regional and has a world wide appeal, so it is of as
much interest to skydivers in Australia and New Zealand as to parachutists
in Europe and the USA. Age is no barrier, except that to join the Parachutists
Over Phorty societs you have to be older than forty and similarly with the
sykdivers over sixty, jumpers over seventy and jumpers over eights societies
This page is not about music or pop groups, bands. It is not about pop-tarts or picnics,
lollipops, popsicles or other confectionery, cookies, candy or sweets. Ignore POPS .
It has nothing to do with CDs DVDs or records. Tandems are not particularly relevant either.
