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Posted on Nov 23, 2014
For those who can answer, when did you make your first jump and from what aircraft?
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My first jump was from a Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar" on 7APR70. The photo is of a C-119 at then Pope AFB prior to a jump on a Fort Bragg DZ on 16JUL70. Needless to say, this piece of junk is no longer in service! SSG (Join to see) SSG(P) Christopher Erickson CSM (Join to see)MSgt (Join to see) MSG Dan Castaneda LtCol Matthew Sutton LTC Omar Hamada SSG Mike Simpson SGT Michael Olsen SGT John Melvin PO3 Phyllis Maynard SGT Robert Pryor CPT (Join to see)
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There was a kid screaming on a 3 hour Southwest flight I was taking home on leave one day. As soon as that door opened I jumped for the jetway and ran for it. I think it was a 747. Not sure though.
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C 130 rolling down the strip, Airborne daddy gonna take a little trip.
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Alpha 531, June 98
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LTC Stephen C.
My first jump was from a C-130 at Airborne School, Ft. Benning, GA in 1971.
Since that time, I have jumped out of C-130's, C-141's, Huey's, Blackhawks, Flying Crane (from a box it was carrying), and a variety of French aircraft, including from a hot air balloon, and a German aircraft.
My first jump was from a C-130 at Airborne School, Ft. Benning, GA in 1971.
Since that time, I have jumped out of C-130's, C-141's, Huey's, Blackhawks, Flying Crane (from a box it was carrying), and a variety of French aircraft, including from a hot air balloon, and a German aircraft.
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COL Jean (John) F. B.
LTC Stephen C.
I don't recall who it belonged to, but I do recall it was a Reserve Component unit that was at Bragg for training.
I don't recall who it belonged to, but I do recall it was a Reserve Component unit that was at Bragg for training.
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LTC Herman Valentine
My first jump was with a T-10 out of a Cessna 182...it was in Canton, Ohio and we jumped between snow squalls!!!! O-H-I-O!!!!
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SSG Nick Tramontano
LTC Stephen C. - The CTARNG had some into the late 1980s to at least early 1990s until they were turned in for Chinooks...I did get to fly in one of those boxes years ago.
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