NOT everyone would willingly throw themselves out of a plane to fall thousands of feet over the sea, but according to one parachute display team, it's "just like riding a bike”.
The Tigers Army Parachute Display Team have impressed spectators with their smoke trailing, flag flying and incredible formations at the Bournemouth Air Festival this weekend, but one final jump today will depend entirely on the weather.
Frank Millerick, team leader of the Tigers, said: “I think today might be the only day that we may not jump because the onshore breeze is quite strong.
“It’s not ideal, but we’ll keep looking at it.”
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The display team have performed across Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and are scheduled to take flight again today- the final day of the Bournemouth Air Festival.
So far, spectators have enjoyed their parachute jumps from the skies, tailed with colourful smoke, or bright sparks to light up their evening jumps.
Frank said: “You get amazing views, especially at night. It's a different perspective.
"You see all the roads lit up and they look like almost like veins.
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"The crowd can be quite spread quite far out along the sand and on the cliff tops so sometimes it can quite hard to appreciate how many people are actually there watching.”
For many, the thought of jumping out of a plane would be daunting, or even terrifying, but for Frank, it has become like “riding a bike”.
He said: “When you first try to ride a bike you’re all over the place and bit wobbly, and after a while you get a big confident.
"Once you've done it for three seasons or more, your skill set is quite a high. You know the risks, but it doesn’t mean you should ever take your eye off the game."
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Frank joined the display team in 2009, and as a team leader, he has been responsible for training up many new jumpers.
He said: “I spend a lot of time critiquing people and putting them in the right direction so that they can be succesful, so watching them get it right can be quite satisfying.
"I don't particularly worry about myself and my own personal jumping. I'm cautious, and apprehensive, as you always should be. But the butterflies you get on your first couple of jumps, I get that more now when it's the people I've been training."
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