Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (ran el-Yaniv) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: C-47, Airborne aps. Message-ID: <1990Jul23.202343.6233@cbnews.att.com> Date: 23 Jul 90 20:23:43 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: ran el-Yaniv There was an instance, during a Day of Independence celebrations in Israel, of a paratrooper jumping out of a C-47 and getting his parachute caught on the tailwheel. He was one of the most experienced paratroopers in Israel at the time, a senior instructor in the para. school. The plane was flown, with the paratrooper still trailing from its tailwheel, (plainly seen from the astonished viewers on the ground) towards the sea. During the flight, three of the strings (or whatever those things connecting the parachute to the man are called) snapped. When the plane reached the sea, the last string was cut and the man dived into the sea from some 20 meters height. yaniv, etc