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To: Vendome

Saw something similar on Sicily drop zone at Ft. Bragg in 1979. Some poor PFC rookie jumper was running with the wind on his first jump out of jump school. He forgot that you have to turn into the wind 200 feet before you land, and hit the ambulance at about 15 mph. Messed him up pretty good, but at least the medics were right there. That’s back when we were still jumping MC1-1B steerable chutes.


2 posted on 04/18/2026 8:38:12 PM PDT by rangerX (Sua Sponte)
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To: rangerX

When I was in the 82nd 1971 thru 73 jumping T-10’s you landed what ever way the wind blew. Seemed like it was more often than not backward. The three point landing was usually heels, butt, head.


6 posted on 04/18/2026 9:21:31 PM PDT by moreisee
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To: rangerX

It looked to me that he was turned into the wind, look at the flag. As he passed over the jumbotron it looks like he lost lift and or caught a downdraft that collapsed the chute. He should have gave up and turned back to run with it to clear the stadium. 18th Abn Corp 78-80.


10 posted on 04/19/2026 1:47:38 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (FTL)
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