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2025-02-17 Africa North

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Posted by DarthVader 2025-02-17 09:14|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top

#1 Everybody can be a paratrooper once.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-02-17 12:50|| 2025-02-17 12:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Jack it is a static line jump.

Things that went wrong:
1) High winds on the drop zone scattered the formation and blew them off the LZ
2) Planes dropped too near buildings and structures
3) Poor training for the paratroopers

Posted by DarthVader 2025-02-17 14:40|| 2025-02-17 14:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Poor sods.. I still have the memory of a power line coming at me from a static line jump.

Posted by Glolutch Tingle1702 2025-02-17 15:23|| 2025-02-17 15:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Turn into the wind with a dash one bravo. I recall watching the leader of my stick on our second jump at Bennington, running with the wind, his nose was under his left eye

Posted by Beavis 2025-02-17 17:27|| 2025-02-17 17:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Bennington? FYA, Benning or whatever it’s called now

Posted by Beavis 2025-02-17 17:39|| 2025-02-17 17:39|| Front Page Top

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