He only went and did it …
The Red Van Plumber’s Charity Skydive.
Heppelthwaite ‘The Red Van Plumbers’ have
reached new heights with their charitable fundraisers.
You may remember in the September HIYA edition we ran
an article with the title ‘The Flying Red Van Accountant’
where Ash Makwana volunteered to throw himself out of an aeroplane at 12000ft.
We caught up with Ash to find out more.
for themselves, I think my jaw dropped open and
Remind us please, what charity you were
doing this for and why?
it stayed that way all the way down.
It’s for the British Heart Foundation. I choose this
charity as one of our engineers (an ex-marine
with over 100 skydives to his name) suffered a
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heart attack some time ago, he’s OK today.
How was the Skydive - Were you nervous at
all?
I was surprisingly calm overall, I assumed they
would have to push me out but apart from some
mild apprehension I was good to go.
A tandem jump is where a fully qualified
instructor is attached to you by safety rigging. We
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sat on the edge of the plane with legs hanging
out travelling at 120mph and it feels as if you
are completely stationary. Then the instructor
pushes forward and all of a sudden I really did
not want to do it.
The first few seconds are the worst, a sort of
Will you be doing it again?
instinctual terror consumes you but after say
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5 seconds or so the adrenaline kicks in RVP_Chiltern_Adv 58without a doubt. So glad to have been
and
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able to do something for a good cause and push
you feel amazing, quite literally ‘on top of the
myself to do something I never thought I would.
world’. You are still in shock of course but it was
Thanks to all those that supported me.
fantastic. I had it filmed and the pictures speak
Can we see the pictures / video?
Yes, on our website http://redvanplumbers.co/community-news/red-van-plumber-sky-dive-complete/
How much did you raise for the British Heart Foundation?
I am currently at £808.50 including Gift Aid but I am hoping that with some aggressive fundraising in
my extended family we may be able to reach £1000.00. If you would like to make a donation, please
go to: https://www.justgiving.com/redvanplumbers/
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