108 Lucy Mancey, Head of Membership and Engagement at British Skydiving
Release Date: 05/11/2026
108 Lucy Mancey, Head of Membership and Engagement at British Skydiving
Radio Skydive UK
Lucy Mancey, Head of Membership and Engagement at British Skydiving Lucy explains wtf she actually does Lucy talks all things British Skydiving Craig gets jealous and wants to talk about British Skydiving too Craig and Lucy have a dance off to see who loves British Skydiving the most. Aerodyne Icon news. Lucy puts the boot in. Or she’s very diplomatic. We forget which. Craig borrows a friends rig Headcorn resumes fun jumper skydiving. Yay. Headcorn has increased their fun jumper training requirements The Daily Telegraph has the best skydiving headline ever “Freak accidents, suicides,...
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107 Knives with Simon Soper, UK Advanced Instructor
Radio Skydive UK
Knives with Simon Soper, UK Advanced Instructor Front Cover photo by Andy Ford Charlie Wakeham tags along to eat pizza We feel incredibly emotionally supported School of Hard Knocks with Simon Simon discusses his winter in NZ Simon discusses how excited he is to be back on a rainy little island in the middle of the Atlantic for the ‘summer’. Jet fuel running dry? Gliding bailout rigs and pencil packing drama Aerodyne Icon speculation Skydive Headcorn pauses fun jumpers ‘temporarily’ Craig’s doing 4way Brian’s SunPath Javelin is grounded. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD If...
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106 Icons and Sundays with Alex 'Buzz' Busby Hicks
Radio Skydive UK
• Alex ‘Buzz’ Busby Hicks is Chief Instructor at Skydive Tilstock • Buzz has even more opinions than Craig. • Wait… is that even possible? • Aerodyne Icons currently grounded in the UK • Craig’s Icon is grounded. • Luckily he doesn’t jump anymore so he won’t even notice. • Skydive Langar leading the investigation • British Skydiving response • Worldwide response as of Mon 13 April 2026 • World Cup of Indoor Skydiving. FS at Weembi in Lille, FF at iFly Aix-Marseille • Cloudbase logbook app by Chris Mayhew first look • Front Cover photo of a...
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105 European Skydiving Symposium Review
Radio Skydive UK
- Euro Skydiving Symposium review - Front Cover by Andy Ford of wing suits over Swakopmund in Namibia - Back Cover photo of Craig receiving a sword at the Expo - Craig talks - Craig talks some more - Craig interrupts Brian to carry on talking - Craig says something else but we weren’t listening by that point. - Craig says something interesting. - But we missed it. - Craig talks - Craig said something else interesting and revealed some true emotion. - It was authentic but not worth the wait - Craig raves about Jim Cowan's presentations - 400 The Movie - Skydive The Expo review -...
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104 Adrian 'Ferg' Ferguson Tail Strike & Crazy Hook Knife Story
Radio Skydive UK
• Adrian 'Ferg' Ferguson tail strike and crazy hook knife story • Front cover photo by Jarrad Nolan of Adrian 'Ferg' Ferguson hung up on the tail wing by his *reserve* canopy. Wild. • From climb out to landing - the full story • Ferg is just too helpful on climbout • Hook knife preparation for just this eventuality • Main canopy and reserve entanglement • Thoughts on social media commentators • Craig is too busy to show up • Everyone's favourite host from everyone's 2nd favourite podcast is a superb expert guest • Dave Schwartz expert opinion • Skydive Sebastian Invasion...
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103 Craig Girard | World Team 400way Deep Dive
Radio Skydive UK
• Craig Girard talks 400way skydiving formations (00:36:30) • How the green suit was made overnight. • Jumping with radio. • Hypoxia issues. • Craig Girard is our favourite Craig. Definitely Craig #1. • Front cover photo of Brian's 4000th celebration skydive. A wingsuit rodeo with a handful of trackers alongside. Self portrait. • Flight-1 announce their Parachute Landing Assistant. For USD 3500. • Indoor World Championships at ParacleteXP • Tariffs on US companies could raise gear prices. • Wingsuiter sets 3 World Records on one jump • Live streaming at...
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102 Andy Ford
Radio Skydive UK
Another episode recorded live on YouTube! • Andy Ford - cameraflyer, record holder, 20000 jumps. • Some other stuff too. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD We’d love it if you could please share #RadioSkydiveUK with your social media followers. Facebook, Instagram or X. If this episode rocked your boat, head on over to wherever you get your podcasts from and kindly subscribe or follow. Especially if it's Apple Podcasts. FEEDBACK Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going. Record an audio message on your smart phone and send it, or a...
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101 Bigways with Doug Barron and Rook Nelson
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• Doug Barron talks 250ways in Chicago this coming summer (37:30) • Rook Nelson discusses hosting 2x 200+ formation groups on the same DZ (1:00:35) • Front cover photo of a 29way Jewel formation in the world's largest wind tunnel, CLYMB in Abu Dhabi. Organised by Laura Hampton and Brian • Brian waxes lyrical about that tunnel and that trip. One of the best weeks of his life. • Dropzone.com is back as skydiveforum.com • Brian's in love with a Freak6 wing suit and it's tasty new inlets • Vegas and Hollywood tunnels shut • Steep and Deep announce a Heads Up Display •...
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100 not out
Radio Skydive UK
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99 Indoor Skydiving National Championships Review
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info_outline- Lucy Mancey, Head of Membership and Engagement at British Skydiving
- Lucy explains wtf she actually does
- Lucy talks all things British Skydiving
- Craig gets jealous and wants to talk about British Skydiving too
- Craig and Lucy have a dance off to see who loves British Skydiving the most.
- Aerodyne Icon news. Lucy puts the boot in. Or she’s very diplomatic. We forget which.
- Craig borrows a friends rig
- Headcorn resumes fun jumper skydiving. Yay.
- Headcorn has increased their fun jumper training requirements
- The Daily Telegraph has the best skydiving headline ever
- “Freak accidents, suicides, attempted murder: The dark side of skydiving”
- Makes you want to read it, doesn’t it?
- Amber Forte plans to fly across the English Channel in her wingsuit
- We await Red Bull’s permission for her to talk to us. Go drink a can of Red Bull for us please.
- Send us a video showing you drinking and saying “We want Amber!”
- Tristan da Cunha jump. Pathfinders jump into a tiny island in the windy Atlantic Ocean.
- Two tandems, both carrying medical professionals.
- Red Devils jump into Ten Tors. Lucy reminisces.
- Navy Raiders jump onto Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
- Lucy talks about a freefall collision and partial shoulder dislocation in her School of Hard Knocks
- Craig wins a Bronze Medal at the Royal Aero Club.
- We take the piss but secretly we are very proud of him. Just don't tell him, ok?
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