This is Chuck. Chuck is the Airborne duck. Chuck had to do whatever training we did during Airborne school. Chuck got his Airborne wings in 1996. He has jumped from an airplane over 1000 times.
Practicing our exits from the mock door.
The harness trainer. It's medieval. We use it to practice "slipping." (steering our 'chutes)
This is the fun end of the 34' tower "zip lines." Pretty fun, all things considered.
The swing landing trainer. That's me on the left. You jump off the platform, swing a couple times, the SGT Airborne on the ground drops you, to simulate lateral drift while landing. You do this a lot, practice makes perfect. But not really.
The SLT in action.
Airborne graduation. Hot, humid, sweaty. We actually graduated on National Airborne Day -- 69th Anniversary of the "Test Platoon's" first jump.
This is Chuck. Chuck is the Airborne duck. Chuck had to do whatever training we did during Airborne school. Chuck got his Airborne wings in 1996. He has jumped from an airplane over 1000 times.
Practicing our exits from the mock door.
The harness trainer. It's medieval. We use it to practice "slipping." (steering our 'chutes)
This is the fun end of the 34' tower "zip lines." Pretty fun, all things considered.
The swing landing trainer. That's me on the left. You jump off the platform, swing a couple times, the SGT Airborne on the ground drops you, to simulate lateral drift while landing. You do this a lot, practice makes perfect. But not really.
The SLT in action.
Airborne graduation. Hot, humid, sweaty. We actually graduated on National Airborne Day -- 69th Anniversary of the "Test Platoon's" first jump.
Thanks for the graphic update on how you got your wings. We are lookiing forward to your arrival @ MSP on Friday the 21st.
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