A total of 960 international parachutists have been invited to join in the world

There's a more indepth review on the TAT site below:

http://www.tatnews.org/tourism_news/2779.asp

Unfortunately the first fatalities loosely associated with this attempt occurred yesterday. Five young children, aged 5 to 9 were standing looking up in the sky at the jumpers when they were struck by a train coming from Nong Khai to Udon. Apparently they were standing at the side of the railway track and weren't aware of the trains approach. The two youngest aged 5&6 were dismembered. The other three aged 9 scrambled clear.A terrible tradgedy reported byThai Luk paper yesterday, 31st Jan.

That is absolutely terrible Val, my thoughts are with their families.

For anyone wishing to witness the practice jumps, they practice between 09.00-10.00, 12.00-13.00 & 15.00-16.00 daily at Wing 23 Airbase which is halfway between the Prince Prajak roundabout and the ring-road on route 2. Take some id with you to leave at the main gate when you enter the airbase.

I was there at 12 noon, there was a good clear view of all the 5 planes taking off, then at about 12.45 you could see the parachutists join up to make their formation in the colours of the Thai flag. It was all over in a matter of minutes and then we watched them all land, most within a stones throw of where we were standing. It was very impressive display and definitely well worth a look.

The record jump will take place on either the 7th, 8th or 9th of February.

Call 05 - 9056292 for more information

Here are some photos of the World Team record jump 03 Feb '06 (Taken from Wing 23 Airbase)

More information about the jump can be found here www.theworldteam.com