I sometimes do work where the Army does their HALO school. It's really cool. You can't even see the planes they're up so high. A few minutes after they jump out, you can see the little tiny chutes in the distance.
It's also cool, because all the megabucks worth of testing goes on pause for the twice-a-day 15 minutes when they're in the air. Helos just hang out, tanks stop, artillery goes silent.
Of course, as the son of an Air Force pilot, I have to ask, "what the hell are those idiots doing jumping out of WORKING airplane?!"
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