Airborne! Jump School in Oklahoma

[SigM4]

Only one I jumped out of was via ejection seat, shortly before it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

I'd like to hear the rest of this story someday.

As would I. From your picture and screen name can I safely assume this was from a Phantom?

[OlBill]

A group in Oklahoma does WWII-style parachute demonstrations, and is offering an Airborne jump school. This weekend, they're having an open house ... err ... hangar.

"... the World War II Airborne Demonstration Team will be having an Open Hangar Day Saturday from 8am to 3pm at the Frederick Army Airfield."

http://www.texomashomepage.com/news/loc ... ump-school

http://www.wwiiadt.org/FAAF.htm

It's been 36 years since I went through Jump School at Fort Benning. Glad I did it then. Won't do it again.

36 for me as well. This month.

[OlBill]

That's great, had no idea they existed.

I graduated from The Airborne School at Fort Benning GA in July 1981. Jumped from C-130s and C-141, they still had C123s then, but didn't get to jump from one of those. A C-47 would be cool, tho. And the gear looks pretty much to be the same. :)

AIRBORNE!

You didn't miss anything in the C123.

I had two HALO jumps from C5As.

[G26ster]

Jump school at Benning in '68. Broke my pelvis! Medivaced in a Huey. On flight to hospital found out flight pay was almost 3 times jump pay. Went to flight school after recovery

[Rhino1]

Actually, it was an F-101 Voodoo (or DooDoo). Phantom was on active duty, then again after the 101 in the Air National Guard. Generally don't like to mention the 101 in mixed company.

[threoh8]

It's been 36 years since I went through Jump School at Fort Benning. Glad I did it then. Won't do it again.

36 for me as well. This month.[/quote]

We may have overlapped. My helmet number was C98 ("C" for Cadet, as in ROTC), but can't remember my class number offhand. I came straight from six weeks of ROTC Advanced Camp at Fort Reilly. It was very hot that year, We saluted the red hot-weather warning flag with pushups. Oh, and as a volunteer on an unfunded slot, I didn't get paid for my time at the Benning School for Boys.

I'm still proud of my jump wings, and still have my Corcorans.

[OlBill]

It's been 36 years since I went through Jump School at Fort Benning. Glad I did it then. Won't do it again.

36 for me as well. This month.

We may have overlapped. My helmet number was C98 ("C" for Cadet, as in ROTC), but can't remember my class number offhand. I came straight from six weeks of ROTC Advanced Camp at Fort Reilly. It was very hot that year, We saluted the red hot-weather warning flag with pushups. Oh, and as a volunteer on an unfunded slot, I didn't get paid for my time at the Benning School for Boys.

I'm still proud of my jump wings, and still have my Corcorans.

You probably bumped me for my 2nd zero week. Thanks.

[ELB]

Jump school at Benning in '68. Broke my pelvis! Medivaced in a Huey. On flight to hospital found out flight pay was almost 3 times jump pay. Went to flight school after recovery

So you didn't go back and finish jump school?

The day after my 5th jump I was walking through the parking lot and saw this Marine cadet sitting in the passenger side of car with his leg sticking out the open door...and in a cast. I asked him what happened on the last jump, and he said "Nothing." Turns out he cracked the bone on his third jump, but he really wanted his wings, so he sucked up for two more jumps. On each jump day they made us run a bit, and anyone limping was pulled out, but he managed to run well enough to escape detection. I figured he was going to make a good Marine.

[G26ster]

Jump school at Benning in '68. Broke my pelvis! Medivaced in a Huey. On flight to hospital found out flight pay was almost 3 times jump pay. Went to flight school after recovery

So you didn't go back and finish jump school?

The day after my 5th jump I was walking through the parking lot and saw this Marine cadet sitting in the passenger side of car with his leg sticking out the open door...and in a cast. I asked him what happened on the last jump, and he said "Nothing." Turns out he cracked the bone on his third jump, but he really wanted his wings, so he sucked up for two more jumps. On each jump day they made us run a bit, and anyone limping was pulled out, but he managed to run well enough to escape detection. I figured he was going to make a good Marine.

No. Pelvis broken in three places, and after almost two months in the hospital in traction, and months of recovery, surgeon that put me back together said I would be nuts if I went back. Took him at his word. So I guess I wouldn't make a good Marine.

[AF-Odin]

threoh8,

A perfectly good airplane is one that still has the wings on it creating lift and the engine functioning enough to propel it through the air. Use of a parachute in my opinion is an emergency procedure when one of the two previous conditions cease to exist. Over 4,000 military hours (all with a parachute on my back) and over 1,000 civilian hours and the number of take-offs and landings are equal (thank God). Para-sailing at pilot training and water survival was enough for me.