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B17 Flying Fortress Skydive

This video from the Chicagoland Skydive Center is amazing. What an opportunity.

Thanks to my favorite Weather guy, Brett S!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 at 18:00 and is filed under Parachuting. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

8 Responses to “B17 Flying Fortress Skydive”

  1. wb says:
    April 5, 2016 at 18:10

    Thanks for posting! I’ve wanted to make that jump since my first in 2006…

  2. Lawrence says:
    April 6, 2016 at 00:50

    “Hey, what about Major Kong?”

  3. bulldog76 says:
    April 6, 2016 at 01:04

    its almost an homage to the jedburgh teams …….

  4. Asinine Name says:
    April 6, 2016 at 01:25

    Anyone else thinking about Slim Pickens’ last scene in Dr. Strangelove? Wonder if anyone’s tried to re-enact it, with another jumper playing the ‘nuke’?

  5. cimg says:
    April 6, 2016 at 15:28

    Makes me think of the bomber crew who had to bail out, with basically no parachute training!

  6. Paul T. McCain says:
    April 6, 2016 at 20:02

    Most skydiving from B-17s historically was done under less than ideal conditions.