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From: GoffinMarc
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  • Nice Jump!

  • YERRRR bring back the balloon for us brits, i would do it now if i had the chance again.

  • Interesting to watch balloon parachuting. I didn't know anyone did this anymore, although it's a good idea. I have heard that when the British used balloon jumping for new paratroops that they had more refusals to jump than from aircraft.

  • @oldeafcoot Balloon refusals were unheard of except once when a regular US unit visited us. We were Territorial Army (National Guard) & 1 of your guys refused. He jumped later because his Captain ordered him back & told 3 guys to "Kick the sonofabitch out" if he refused again. But we had refusal on a C130 on my jump course - the rest of my squad were regulars on refresher training. It impressed me that they did not blame him & told me "Its not natural to jump out of an aircraft"

  • @oldeafcoot The first 2 jumps on the British course were always from a balloon but they stopped it about 18 years ago. Some say the balloons were worn out and could not be replaced some said the accountants said it was cheaper to use light aircraft. The British army is so broke now we have paras who have passed selection, done active tours in Afghanistan but never jumped!

    Last I heard was they were being sent to Fort Bragg to get their wings because it was cheaper than training them in the UK.

  • Frog's are all queer's

  • wa sa c'était du stage!!! on c trop bien marer!! j'ai scotcher mon gsm sur mon casque quand j'ai sauté et je v bientot mettre la video.

  • comme il compte...lol! (la vittesse)

  • trop fort Goffin !!! ca doit etre bien flippant quand meme !! mais quel est l'interet de sauter d'un ballon ? c'etais valable dans les années 40, mais maintenant ?

  • I am Belgian, but my French is piteous, so forgive me for trying to explain it in English.

    Belgian paco's jump out of a balloon (THE balloon) so they won't be exposed to the speed of a c-130. If your first jump is already out of a plane the chance for twists or other problems due to a weak exit is twice as big.

    The balloon is nothing more than a trainig, it's not used in combat.

  • thank you for your reponse. i don't know that it was for training only !

  • Training, pas de combat.

  • lang leve schaffen !

  • whoua!!! super le 331....332.333.a.a.a.a.aa.

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