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A team of six men, nicknamed the Big Six, from No. 1 Parachute Training School was formed in 1961 at the school's base which at that time was RAF Abingdon.The Big Six were the first to jump from large military aircraft such as the Blackburn Beverley - a feat previously thought impossible on the premise that anybody trying to exit from the ramp would be sucked back by the air turbulence.
Parachute Training at Ringway (1945) by painter Patrick Hall shows an interior view of paratroopers undergoing training in a hangar at the Parachute Training School at RAF Ringway. Between June 1940 and early 1946, No.1 PTS provided initial training to all 60,000 allied paratroopers who volunteered or were recruited for that role in Europe.
Burson attended John Glenn High School in New Concord, Ohio from 1981-85. During his sophomore season, he led the nation in scoring with a 44 points per game average. In his four seasons at John Glenn, he scored 2,958 points earning him the record for most points scored in the history of Ohio high school basketball. [1]
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Troops make each descent from a C-130 or Skyvan aircraft using the Low Level Parachute at heights of 800 ft and 1000 ft. [1] On successful completion of their nine descents, trainees are presented with their 'wings' [2] by the Officer Commanding No. 1 Parachute Training School, and return to their units as qualified parachutists.
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Parachute Training School may mean: Parachute Training School (Australian Army), adjacent to HMAS Albatross, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia; No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF, in England, initially based at RAF Ringway (which is now Manchester Airport) and currently based at RAF Brize Norton