https://andy-guest-c7p2.squarespace.com/work daily 1.0 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1509178867864-VLKA819MBS3IB7OBJ875/106+Troop+9+mile+speed+march+1977_preview.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519349543378-CHDQQ9Y6QE5XPJG64QLE/IMG_20171224_0008.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519511090299-UJ6MNEL2MUE7JWHAJJRY/20180224_221310.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1509100231948-4UBLAR5AZZ7B9ZO84KZX/1980+CRW+World+Cup.JPG Home Winning Gold at the CRW World Cup, 1980 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519214098251-I3NVLT5GL4KJ3RW4KI94/10559925_1448895375379345_9113920769549892342_n.jpg Home - WOLFORD LODGE A tight demo into a wedding separating the boys from the men, the last words when exiting the Cessna 182 aeroplane......."Everyman for themselves" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1509101096755-RJD3GJE4SFTFTQOK044L/First+British+BASE+jmp+1981+2.jpg Home - FIRST BRITISH BASE JUMPS 1981 After countless road trips looking for a suitable aerial mast I came across Mendlesham. We completed the first British BASE jump from Mendlesham TV Mast on the 17th Oct 1981. Three jumpers used square parachutes and myself on a 26' National reserve round parachute due to selling my main square parachute five days before. Notice the policeman's signature in my log book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519219945337-FJ5C9O8YUUFS5MWD3VAU/IMG_20180219_0014.jpg Home - PARENTS It has to be said becoming a father eclipsed everything else I had done, very proud of Alison coping so well throughout the pregnancy and birth. A special moment seeing the birth of my son Westleigh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519221609483-WTCI3A3PZK5SYAEYL8G4/10516681_1441524676116415_3235883922601478269_n.jpg Home - RIDING THE WILD RIDE Both parachutes locked off, it was the time to ride this wild roller coaster of a ride. Adrenalin rush well we were not disappointed. The film footage for the documentary Dead Man's Tales was well received. Copyright by Leo Dickinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519249756644-Y55CWAWECJTBU47TBI9P/thumbnail_image8.jpg Home - LEAP OF FAITH Esther Reynolds leaping off Cheddar Gorge leaving only the building for her BASE membership number. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1509715767351-L6OYKZ7D6FHSQZFPEP0S/Berlin+1985.jpg Home - VE DAY CELEBRATIONS BERLIN VE Day celebrations in the heart of Berlin taking centre stage, the drop zone being the dual carriageway. After free falling for a short time, I proceeded to hook up with Bob Scoular converting into a bi-plane stack where upon Bobby deployed a Union Jack. Our jump made the papers front cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519226352803-B1IZ0XP6Z1GI1LHSRE4F/11222119_1631434253792122_4876779235218762747_n.jpg Home - SECURITY CONSULTANT Checking on my guards, the first stage of winning their respect which goes hand in hand with training them by making it fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519227935791-IS4XE6SFY3CHFNW1RN1O/15665956_1795844700684409_4625860553951296588_n.jpg Home - LOW PROFILE While other security teams would operate high profile wearing helmets, body armour and all the webbing I preferred the low profile approach. It would often be the case those in high profile would be hit by the Taliban as they stuck out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519230122426-OVLJE4QPS8DC5Y9O049R/Buzkashi+2+Feb+2010+055.JPG Home - BUZKASHI Over the winter months the Afghan sport of buzkashi takes place in Mazar e Sharif. An unusual sport that involves galloping about with a dead goat while others beat you to make you drop it with the aim of getting the goat to a goal area. Rules I have never understood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519224839996-VEMJV23B3W4IME905SNB/10277448_1455662284702654_8380170374457868347_n.jpg Home - MULTI ROLE Both the Chief Pilot and Chief Instructor running my own skydiving school. My Cessna 206 G-ATLT which I flew to Menorca from England with Arron Jones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1509098594278-W0M0MH7H3E0GKLGIP0VI/N.+Ireland+1978+GPMG.JPG Home - GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINE GUN Northern Ireland, 1978, with a GPMG. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519231400780-YSJZYY27I9H2M2329S67/20245340_1904864279782450_3696618666035514895_n.jpg Home - MARITIME ARMED SECURITY There's no doubt having armed security on board ships changed the situation on the Indian Ocean. Seafarers would have more peace of mind operating in what was a vast piracy zone. There's nothing romantic about these pirates, often crew members would be mistreated, some would be affected for life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1509100663511-01FYJ12QDGIP60ODXIZO/Afghanistan+1981.jpg Home - I SEE THE ENEMY Me taking pictures of the enemy position just before the Mujahideen launched an attack. Afghanistan 1981. Copyright Ken Guest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1509178112551-VGO21QJ74GHUWNG8FSET/1901258_1378720919063458_475531195_n%5B1%5D.jpg Home - BASIC PARACHUTE COURSE Neil Harrison (left) Myself (right) undertaking our parachute training in September 1976 at Ford airfield West Sussex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f0ee76cf81e01f85b23767/1519231635932-BAVR6WCF1TU0OG10AHHK/vlcsnap-2017-12-30-23h46m37s28.png Home - BASE JUMPING BRENTO Thirty seven years later I have the opportunity to jump another high cliff in Italy. The feel good factor was back again in abundance. Copyright 50CAL Andy Callendar https://andy-guest-c7p2.squarespace.com/new-page daily 0.75 2017-10-28