I wonder if anyone was holding his beer for him.
As the Army brat son of a career Paratrooper (Airborne All The Way, and don’t you forget it.) one of the things my dad taught me was to never jump out of a plane without your parachute. I still remember that lesson to this day and I’m still alive!
Knew someone who got his airborne “wings” in the 70s. Still remember him singing “Stand up - hook up - shuffle to the door...”