Speaking of military parachuting . . .

[Gil Boyd]

Agreed, it beats the balloon anyway with the same amount of lads jumping.
Peter and others will remember the dulcet words " Up 800 five men jumping".
Not my favourite pastime, as it left you no time to recitfy any issues that "could" occur like badly packed chutes at that height

I preferred the Fort Bragg approach of parachute towers, but hey ho who am I???