Paratrooper drops… Campaings.

[Flyboy]

Oops, sorry Don. You're right.

And Pawa -- thanks for the been-there-done-that perspective. I've only done recreational jumps from a Cessna 182, getting out at 10 to 12,000 feet, and only a handful of those.

While even I can manage to land within a 10 meter box at the drop zone on a sunny summer afternoon, I know that's a world apart from getting out of a C-130 in the dark at 750 feet with 120 pounds of gear on your back. I have tons of manouever and steering time under the canopy that a paratrooper obviously does not.

Points well taken.