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Originally Posted by greenberetTFS
ArtR,
I had a buddy from Chicago who was a rigger in the 11th....They had 2 T7's which they let guys use.....I made several jumps and opening shock was a hell of a lot more than the T10....  I got my wings in April of 1955 at Ft.Bragg and it was with T10's and C-119's........ That summer I was a cherry jumper in C Company in the 505 PIR and on Operation "Sagebrush" I jumped a C-47 which was in a trail of "V's" (C-119's,C-88's,C-46's and 47's) over 40+ aircraft and the first and last mass jump I've ever been on.......  The sky was full of chutes.......Guy's were walking off canopy's and it was really incredible.....  I'm sure their are guys that were there that had to remember it..... It looked like the invasion of Normandy......
Big Teddy  |
Teddy, Back in those days your Airborne Divisions were making all kinds of Mass Drops. I made quite a few with the 101st in the late 50's early 60's. The biggest one I ever made was in 1954 with the 11th Abn Div in Colorado, the whole 511th AIR out of C-124's. The 10th Group had a few left over T-7's when I got there in 1955. Some of the riggers were jumping them every now and then until Col Eckman got wind of it,and that was the end of jumping T7's.