The UK's Army Parachute Association (APA) has upgraded one of its Cessna Caravans with a Blackhawk engine in order to 'future proof' the performance of its skydiving aircraft.

The U.K.'s Army Parachute Association (APA), based in Netheravon in Wiltshire and open to civilians, has acquired a Cessna Caravan 208 on a flexible five-year asset finance package put together by The Solent office of asset finance provider Lombard. A Lombard team also agreed to do a sponsored parachute jump from the Caravan to raise funds for Naomi House, a children's hospice in Winchester.