WWII Airborne Demonstration Team Helmet Camera Video
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Helmet camera video taken by ADT member Tom Boyle in January 2007 at the WWII ADT Jump School. Includes loading, takeoff, equipment checks, and two sticks exiting the aircraft, with Tom Boyle in the second stick. We also had the honor of having Don Burgett, WWII airborne veteran and noted author along for the ride!
How do we count in the Airborne, paratrooper????
or airsoft the guns are more realistic and cheaper
That is amazing
Very nice. Gives you some idea how it was. Thanks to the WWII veterans!
that looks so fun
parachuting looks scary though
but yeah i wanna try that
Blogengezer mate to me your uncle is a true HERO..
thank you
(from a birtish army vet)
Try that when ur fired at and u need to land and then quickly get a weapon… WW2 was difficult…
Have you guys ever thought of re-enacting a airborne mission with paintball guns… Germans on the ground, americans jump from the planes with parachutes…. Would be a fun experience.
Jumpers are trained for every possible problem; however, the parachute deployment system is specifically designed to prevent that from ever occurring.
what happens if you get stuck in the tail of the plane????????
Man I wish I could do that. One of these days I will =D, I hope
I actually have a C47 jump on my log, lol!
amazing, so doing that!
Smart arse!!
thats what they want you to think.
You can find out more by going to wwiiadt (dot) org
Check out the sections about the team and jump school.
I would love to do that. How do I get signed up? Do I have to have a skydiving license to get started? I have jumped once tandom.
I would love to do that. How do I get signed up? Do I have to have a skydiving license to get started?
what are these guys? are they just reenactors who know how to jump out of a plane with the chutes?
so how many jump rosters have u been on
It depends on the size of the drop zone. For our demonstration jumps, it takes a fairly large drop zone to put out 20+ jumpers, so often we use two sticks. The same was true during WWII; most drops in Europe used a single stick, but in the Pacific (the 503rd jump on Corregidor, for example), the drop zones could be very small, requiring multiple passes per airplane.