Skydiving. It is a hobby loved by adrenaline seekers - and one which for many years could be partaken at Ipswich Airport.

East Anglian Daily Times: Let us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.ukLet us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.uk (Image: Archant)

UK Parachuting, then known as Ipswich Parachute Centre, ran weekly jumps from the airport site on Nacton Road, where people could be taught how to jump correctly and how to pack away the parachute afterwards.

East Anglian Daily Times: Let us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.ukLet us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.uk (Image: Archant)

The airport also ran competitions with entrants keen to be crowned Suffolk’s best skydiver.

East Anglian Daily Times: Let us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.ukLet us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.uk (Image: Archant)

The airport closed in 1997 to make way for the Ravenswood housing development, despite a ten-year fight to keep it open by campaigners. UK Parachuting is now based at Beccles Airfield, Ellough.

East Anglian Daily Times: Let us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.ukLet us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.uk (Image: Archant)

Did you take part in a skydive at Ipswich Airport? You may be pictured in this gallery.

East Anglian Daily Times: Let us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.ukLet us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.uk (Image: Archant)

East Anglian Daily Times: Let us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.ukLet us know if you ever took part in one of the parachuting competitions by emailing suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.uk (Image: Archant)

In the coming weeks we will be running a nostalgia spread on Ipswich Airport.

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