Speaking of military parachuting . . .

[Gil Boyd]

After all said the balloon probably, as other than the cable snapping, parachute not opening fully, sudden high gusts, incompetent dispatcher...........not a lot can go wrong. The tower was poorly maintained IMHO as the frames just sat up there waiting for the next candidate to hook up, where the balloon basket and the cable was inspected fully on a daily basis by the full time RAF crew at Hullavington