For LT COL P and Slab, a trip down memory lane:
I took this picture Saturday at Thunder Over Michigan. The aircraft are C-47s and the jumpers are all WWII re-enactors. The day was windy as hell with a very low ceiling. They had to make 4 passes over Willow Run before they finally jumped.
After the jump, there was a huge WWII battle re-enactment that was pretty incredible. I will try to get some pictures up soon.
OUT-STANDING. That is great. Thanks, BR!!
Awesome stuff… Will have to show you the video of a jump op we just did with the Brits from a 46. I can now say it is possible to exit the ramp horizontally and still hit the code letter, LOL. It was nice of them to slow it down to emphasize the “roll” off the ramp in a tight body position of course…
Four passes; that sucks. At least it was an A/NT jump.
Did a night JUMPEX Air field seizure with the a BN (+) of the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg in ’06.
13 C-130′s and 4 C-17′s worth of jumpers falling out of the sky with T-10 ‘chutes. Probably the most dangerous jump I’ll ever do.
One of the soldier’s behind me had the mortar tube he was jumping snap off during his opening. They found it the next morning half buried sticking straight up in the dirt.