Britsh parachute trainnig - 1954 - the way it was...

[JackD]

I found this - British parachute training film - 1954  http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4929569090447919775 - the way it was.......

 

[LakeSup]

I remember getting a training film out of the CFB Wpg film library back in the 70s, on Fallshirmjager training in WW2.  They had a one point  connection harness attached to their back around shoulder blade level.  They were flailing their arms and legs to try to turn in-flight....loooked like turtles.  I think the US got it right fairly early....we haven't changed much since their WW2 evolutions.  But, didn't Canada develop the skirt on the T 10 chute to prevent lineovers?

 

[George Wallace]

A good site to check on such things would be the Irvin site.  They still have a lot  of historical data on all the chutes they have manufactured.

http://www.airbornesystems-na.com/history.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimagz17.htm

http://www.airbornesystemsgroup.com/companies.htm

There are hundreds of pages for "Irvin, parachute,____________"

 

[daftandbarmy]

I found this - British parachute training film - 1954  http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4929569090447919775 - the way it was.......

Almost the same as when I did the course in 1982, right down to the type of parachute, boots and puttees, and the balloon (gulp!).

 

[LakeSup]

There was an old movie (Alan Ladd, I'm pretty sure) called Paratrooper about an american who joins the Brits in WW2 and takes jump training.  Has some good , through the floor, shots.  I haven't checked the google video...it could be from the same film.