Jumping into the record books! Fearless schoolgirl, six, becomes the UK’s youngest ever sky diver as she leaps out of a plane at 12,000ft
- Lola-Jo Guildford-Bradshaw, from Shropshire, took her first skydive on August 6
- Due to the sky diving age laws in the UK she had to travel to Denmark
- Her father, Gary Bradshaw, 33, said she pestered him for months to take her
- ‘To see what she’s doing at such a young age with no fear is amazing’, he said
A six-year-old girl has become the UK’s youngest ever sky diver after jumping out of a plane at 12,000 feet.
Lola-Jo Guildford-Bradshaw, from Whitchurch, Shropshire, took her first skydive on August 6, after ‘pestering’ her father, Gary Bradshaw, 33, for months to take her over to Denmark to do her first sky dive.
Mr Bradshaw, a sky diving instructor, started diving in 2015 after leaving the army.
Lola-Jo Guildford-Bradshaw, 6, has become the UK’s youngest ever sky diver after jumping out of a plane at 12,000 feet
Lol-Jo pestered her father Gary Bradshaw (pictured) for months to take her for her first sky dive
Due to the sky diving age laws in the UK which require an individual to be 16 or over (with parental consent), Gary and Lola-Jo had to travel to Denmark to do the skydive
Shortly after leaving the army, Mr Bradshaw said he ‘got a bit bored’ and despite his initial fear of heights, decided to go sky diving.
Since then he’s never looked back, he said.
Due to the sky diving age laws in the UK which require an individual to be 16 or over (with parental consent), Gary and Lola-Jo had to travel to Denmark to do the skydive.
Mr Bradshaw said that he was so impressed with his daughter’s ‘fearless’ attitude – who has long dreamt of doing her first dive.
He said: ‘It was amazing, she was absolutely fearless, there were grown men on the plane who were terrified, and my little girl couldn’t wait to jump.
‘The sky dive was at Dropzone Denmark and was around 12000ft, we went up with a great sky diving instructor who goes by the name of Magic Mike.
‘She’s always had nerves of steel, she’s grown up around sky diving and as soon as she could go in a wind tunnel she was in there at three years old, to see what she’s doing at such a young age with absolutely no fear is amazing, I couldn’t of imagined doing that when I was a kid!
‘I was quite nervous myself; it was my first dive with my daughter attached to me and I knew nothing would go wrong, I was just worried as she is quite small and to fly with her attached to me was a bit difficult to maneuver.
Lola-Jo was inspired by her father, Mr Bradshaw, a sky diving instructor who started diving in 2015 after leaving the army
Shortly after leaving the army, Mr Bradshaw said he ‘got a bit bored’ and despite his initial fear of heights, decided to go sky diving
‘Anytime I ask her she still says that it was the best moment of the holiday and she is already pestering me for her next chance to sky dive’, Lola-Jo’s father said
‘When we landed there was no hesitation from her, she was instantly like next stop Legoland!
‘She just wanted to keep going and it was great.
‘Anytime I ask her she still says that it was the best moment of the holiday and she is already pestering me for her next chance to sky dive.
‘I think a lot of people have this idea that sky diving is a thrilling experience which gives this crazy buzz and maybe it does for others, but for me it’s just mind blowing and when you’re up there, it’s so peaceful and amazing to look out across the land.
‘I filmed my footage on a go pro and took the pictures with a Sony stills camera, Magic Mike got the other footage by the use of a hand cam and his go pro.’
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