I joined the Bergen Skydiving Club and took up skydiving as a civilian shortly after leaving the Navy. Bergen is famous for endless days of clouds and rain, and the Bergen Skydiving Club only had one plane, a Cessna 182, making it challenging to accumulate jumps.
After moving to Thailand with blue skies and much larger jump aircraft, a Brittan Norman Islander, Sky Van, CASA, and at times C-130s, skydiving and free-flying became more accessible.
I was also fortunate to have the opportunity to jump with the military in Indonesia and Thailand.
Parachuting is a method of transiting from a high point to Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or parachutes. It may involve more or less free-falling (the skydiving segment), when the parachute has not yet been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity.
Watch two short Skydiving videos below the Photo Gallery.
Photo Gallery
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Bangkok – Royal Thai AirforceBangkok – Royal Thai AirforceBangkok – Royal Thai AirforceCanopy – IndonesiaCanopy – ThailandCanopy – ThailandDC3 ExitFreeflying SkydivingFreeflying SkydivingFreeflying SkydivingFreeflying SkydivingFreeflying SkydivingGolden Beach Skydive TeamJakartaJakartaJakarta – Indonesia – SkydivingJakarta ExitJakarta – Indonesia – Patrick Van Den Berge – Younger DaysSARS TravelSky Diving – BorneoSky Diving – BorneoSky Diving – BorneoBorneo Boogie 2001Mt Kuta Kinabalu – Borneo – 2001Borneo Malaysia – Patrik V D Berghe – Paal S Dinessen – 2001Sky Diving – ThailandSky Diving – ThailandSky Diving Thailand – Fatal LiftTwo men on the left died skydiving-RIPThai Boggie Report FatalitiesThai Boggie Report FatalitiesBoogie Thailand – 2004Thai Sky Festival 2004Thai Sky Festival 2004Thai Sky Festival 2004Thai Sky Festival 2004Thai Sky Festival 2004Thai Sky Festival 2004Thai Sky Festival 2004Patrick Van Den BergheBorneo Malasia – Patrick V D B – Paal S D – 2012Andy Grimwade – CameramanAndy Grimwade – Early CameramenAndy Grimwade – Tandem MasterMichel Van Beirs – Early Days 1960Michel Van Beirs (Left) – 1969Jimmy T C PurveyMichel Van Beirs -Back Row Third from Left – 1977Michel Van Beirs in Chamo – Pathuap Kirikan 2004Michel Van Beirs – 2009Michel Van BeirsPatrick, Rits, Michel, Paal Roadhouse 2022Eli Thompson – 1973-2009
Skydiving in Indonesia
Video footage by Patrick van den Berghe (aka Flying Frog)
Skydiving from Malaysian Airforce C-130’s
Jump Logs
Civil parachute log book – Jump 1-4 – March 1988Civil parachute log book – Jump 16-17 – Febuary 2001Civil parachute log book – Jump 100-101 – April 2003
