During the winter months the team run a two week team training camp in California, USA. During these two weeks, the team practice their display parachuting skills preparing them for the upcoming season.
The training begins gradually allowing the jumpers to perfect their display landings and approaches before moving onto the more advanced canopy formations training.
The training program consists of fifty to seventy jumps and by the end of it the team are ready to face the new season head on.
2010 So far
The Royal Artillery Parachute Display team
(The Blackknights) have had a fast and furious start to 2010.............
19-04-2010
Black Knights take gold at the Armed Forces Championships
The Black Knights recently entered the Armed Forces championships and won two gold medals.
28-08-2009
Help For Heroes Tandems
The Black Knights ran a tandem fundraising day in memory of two Royal Artillery Officers killed in Afghanistan.
08-08-2009