Quite a few volunteers jumped into Dienbienphu at night without any Training and survived It was a hot dz shrinking all the time Flak flying everywhere!
My great grandfather was joined the 101st in WWII at the age of 16. He jumped into Normandy with a M1 Grand and a M1 Bazooka. I don’t know what company he was in but he moved on to operation market garden, Bastogne, battle of the bulge, and the rhine. All through his missions he earned 5 bronze stars. He is a big part to our family.
+doomaga1 Certainly would be different, flying in a glorified piece of tube with a glorified boiling pot as your only protection, using primitive parachutes. Still, there's something about 12 parachutes appearing behind a C47 one by one that is very iconic and unique.
There is another Jump school that also does this. They have about 2-3 classes a year. They're called NPTC "National Parachute Test Center." I know. I know, a lot of people tell me that is a horrible name because it sounds like they're using you to test equipment. But I think its held by NPTC but taught by X-35 Jump School down in Florida. You train for about 5 days. You get to jump 3 times on a Cessna 180. Then Another 3 hopefully on a C-47 called Tico Belle plane. That is a total of 6 jumps. I say hopefully because the C-47 could be grounded due to routine maintenance. Their cost is roughly $1000. I hope to go one day. I know they have a classes in February and October and maybe the summer but i am not sure.
i went to jump school in weisbaden germany. got my wings and went to the 509th in mainz. brings back memories although i never jumped a c-47. did 2 night jumps out of a 141. scared the s... out of me
My grandpa was an electronics tech for the Enola Gay. He's still around and still laughs at the fact that she had to sit at the end of the runway for quite a while, while men looked her over possibly testing her. He said when she was okay'd to fly they put 14 radio and radar sets in her and they never worked right. They would slowly slide out of calibration. Despite it not showing any kind of radiation.
That’s scary and all..... but imagine doing that in the dead of night while bullets fly past you and explosions are hitting the air around you. That takes balls.
so...what you're saying is by surrogate earning "wings"?...theres a lot of static line DZs out there you can earn the same! But going through 3 weeks of turmoil....makes all the difference!!
Quite a few volunteers jumped into
Dienbienphu at night without any
Training and survived
It was a hot dz shrinking all the time
Flak flying everywhere!
My great grandfather was joined the 101st in WWII at the age of 16. He jumped into Normandy with a M1 Grand and a M1 Bazooka. I don’t know what company he was in but he moved on to operation market garden, Bastogne, battle of the bulge, and the rhine. All through his missions he earned 5 bronze stars. He is a big part to our family.
I'm a current us army paratrooper, and I wanna do this.
+doomaga1 Certainly would be different, flying in a glorified piece of tube with a glorified boiling pot as your only protection, using primitive parachutes.
Still, there's something about 12 parachutes appearing behind a C47 one by one that is very iconic and unique.
This former paratrooper would like to try out this experience, ww2 equipment JUMP !
doomaga1 ik ur lying
Cheers arctic, life is about risks and life in America is too easy. We need to remember that it was not always so. AIRBORNE
There is another Jump school that also does this. They have about 2-3 classes a year. They're called NPTC "National Parachute Test Center." I know. I know, a lot of people tell me that is a horrible name because it sounds like they're using you to test equipment. But I think its held by NPTC but taught by X-35 Jump School down in Florida. You train for about 5 days. You get to jump 3 times on a Cessna 180. Then Another 3 hopefully on a C-47 called Tico Belle plane. That is a total of 6 jumps. I say hopefully because the C-47 could be grounded due to routine maintenance. Their cost is roughly $1000. I hope to go one day. I know they have a classes in February and October and maybe the summer but i am not sure.
Bucket list for sure.
i had a grandpa who was in WWII hes gone now though
Outstanding
you can also do this in france, they to have a jump school you can attend.
Oh man I want to do this so bad!
i went to jump school in weisbaden germany. got my wings and went to the 509th in mainz. brings back memories although i never jumped a c-47. did 2 night jumps out of a 141. scared the s... out of me
My dream jump
My grandpa was an electronics tech for the Enola Gay. He's still around and still laughs at the fact that she had to sit at the end of the runway for quite a while, while men looked her over possibly testing her. He said when she was okay'd to fly they put 14 radio and radar sets in her and they never worked right. They would slowly slide out of calibration. Despite it not showing any kind of radiation.
That's an honor to get jump wings from a WW2 vet 💪❣️
I will do this. It will happen. it may take time, but it will happen.
I love this!
I collect ww2 antiuges and I almost finished with my paratrooper suit and I hope to do this
I want to join..., how do I get in on the action?
Great to see Pappy! I have not talked to him for ages and need to dig out his number and give him a call!
That’s scary and all..... but imagine doing that in the dead of night while bullets fly past you and explosions are hitting the air around you. That takes balls.
It’s scary now, but imagine doing it while getting shot by flak!
so...what you're saying is by surrogate earning "wings"?...theres a lot of static line DZs out there you can earn the same! But going through 3 weeks of turmoil....makes all the difference!!
Wish I was there looks fun for me but WARNING it's not like a video game jump and isn't much easy.
A birthday on June 6 creepy
Girl not jump