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April 9, 2012 |
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 The
Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Demonstration Team broke
the collegiate record for largest formation March 31, 2012
in Gila Bend, Ariz.
Forty-six cadets jumped from 16,500 feet and
took 52 seconds to build the formation. They held the formation for 10
seconds before breaking off at 6,500 feet.
The team actually
broke their own record of a 41-person formation that they set in March
2008.
The plan was to set a 48-person record, but with poor
weather cutting the number of attempts from a planned 10 jumps to five,
they had to cut two cadets from the jump to have a better chance of
completing it. The team made three attempts on the first day and
eventually completed the attempt on the second jump of the second day.
Overall, more than 75 people were involved in the jump including six
pilots, three videographers and three maintainers. There were nine
sophomores, 22 juniors and 15 seniors in the formation.
The
oldest cadet was 25-year-old Cadet 1st Class Shawn Johnson, who
completed his 901st jump during the attempt. The youngest was
19-year-old Cadet 3rd Class David Moore, who completed his 149th jump.
Photo and information courtesy of the Air Force Academy Public
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