Donald M. Ross wrote:
I don't know - 12 years of doing it for Uncle Sam was a pretty decent
living.

Well, I should have qualified that with "in civilian life". I've never
been the military type so it never entered my mind as an option.

Frankly, I have a new respect for those that jump in the military. They
make it look easy, but I just can't imagine how difficult it must be to
jump into a hostile environment. I had a hard enough time flying the
canopy to a nice wide-open field with calm 10 mph winds and no one
wanting to kill me when I landed.

Incidentally, my instructor said he's done 60 static line jumps with
round chutes in the Airborne and said it's one of the most difficult
things he's ever done. They can open quite harshly, apparently. I
think I'll take a good 'ol square sport chute. :-)

-Doug

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