Sunday, February 24, 1957
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Three
SudaFerur 2, 97 HEMCHA D IPaeThe
Fear, Nausea and Nervous Anticipation Are Among the Sensations
BY RICHTARD H.ALLORAN the temptation is too gr1eat to re-
Daity Staff 'Writer st anti the trooper is compelled I
SQHUFFLE DOWN anti stanrl tn to look wshete ho' a " sing.
'the rdoot. Ctottched in the dotr of the
The hoase conmmantd ftom the plane, thte lptratroopr feels 's if
jttmptnasfer ifirthter tightensal o- e5 t tntn ttt deo
read ci'Ltene norses of wAaitn ar a ragitt rer tthe Turbutlent aitr,
atroopers. Thte ticfnis ng toat of crnesd tip ho tin ptropellers, flows
the aircraft remtains uneard as hy the door tn totrtints. Termed,
all eytes fonos on Itoe opent door, rpt bliast' tn thte patraftropis
tihena on th e 'grecta and yelpo eat at"-ota tt wil 11be into thts streamn ,
2,000 feet below tha tihe jumpsr twaill jetttsnhm
As thte line of soumpoers movs ;self.
jerkily to the rear of itshe p1ltne, ",,UMBED ho thte weigt of int 'g
the leadint ftrooper stomps ottoi
foot, pivots, antd swittt" into thac ( tot tal atnd coin saal pte~u esa 05
door, Isis ofter foot 1landino sli-iht- uste patraitroopers atats the stonal
ly over the oedte of the sill Cr ouch- to V.tts ts niot ttOtt
ed in the readsytstto No matter hoss har d lie ftrtea not
outtstretchoed ,ad hiantds potessoei to alrh as hnI~p
Ittiri t 'stta Oto ostat t etcasts to go tad it alswas achelts
fuselage, he quickly glanaces firttimbospas
at thte patr of red andt "roots lightsi io by corisaOt. o
f jus.t inside thto tdoorrihen it the'
laorizon, dowen at tthe droit zoe, hard shlackt on tlae rear ho ttte
jusdas othiota tosies a stalasttet, andth e desoserate TIHI Pt L'NGFE
R n akt h ihs n hw omn-"O..nt made thai w.y
red, the oter notlaing. Thse sibstal At tis momett thse instant Ise
to exit ftrom thte attcrt illt be Isai u i ist osi~ttochaute opens and the ftrooper gets
toil ighit oft, 'teen light ottn. ttt h a I tO a snaashing hloss whih lie ab-
his "msoment o1 tr uthi his mom- sotrbs thtrottgI thae upper portion
'f5IE FE'" ING exeitced at itt 'ahots ho has overottote, for a' of his body, frost the crotca to the
flis siantmtat is onet of slAt ittt ottond. his humain caiiiacily fot shsostldersa Paisachtes list loast
nauseaO, I tt anittipiaitin,tnd toai ot uil recently swhen i a newas
ana almost toersoilmint fteat, Au Immesdiaitsl uption lossvtng thse thatte opaeating ont a ness potts-
aphism iasmong sitrhotrte soldieis ---- a iPtt ic
"oes 'shows roe a ot'ir who alais pito ottes at sits of sinsattios
lao's tait aftraid to jump anti Il o tisllosoitto thse other ini raid
shoi0 y 'i5 list" sitceson.i 'Thie tdrowntin' soasr of
Th le fit- is ntot tha t lie cht th lii i tss iad stitirt, abilast r
wson't 1 05101 tisotiola tis is sits o of tlac ptrop wtsht literailly knoot
% in Itie larck 'at tat' mitid. Notr is his breth ouit of the juipittra
sait is to ti tel thts utiknewts Ii t Littitsettns' sit fatllins1 is iri ^s
eed, thte oxperisiseed iititlist, t lmost tirih iaors'eltiesi 't 1,ff0 I '#io , T
knitt iii si to -.I eitt Patist mor - t is ttutt iitoo 'fer so0 rieattle
aftaid tihan the ies-ruit swio ottein tie eli sli up t ahsstt it0 feetI tar
diiisit't knoiwt s'ttrshi tot hi'retl d.t; fatlls,: bofort thie chte
so it d. tFsar' tries from the tin- ostiti
P t*,i ( osf'0 thle Ittivothink , file trooper'' tis r
tli11fttttr toitt tit ste t'oPet 1-Tr t 'li hintg ctarried slot otta
1,tO titt ti tbv he tsi",oft bi, trellikI's Ottti
Vii ssed frsiti I,000 foot stirz sig sna i~ arln sop- "aMW
ott silo outlinrd asi aand shrl eo ito ssN oy ehity as tie is
etchsed tiiietdasl of road an tisedad turinod toy the tair
alitiri A tan 1t buttt a speek ate I I ' ' uret P01 ii ls tse r tiolsief
tees's litok like luzzy' matst irks at tit lst' is moit 'int ro is the X1r1lhn tjmil ftmo h
Au 71 ol k isfuiri smeto 11t ciott ts to ltit ait1g'
the atwindi Tickit otiliti", n n;ta lut itnttt to tIlistiandti
1autk '.is a "ood ;lt 001ttad thi r thtousand," t icking 'tff, the
'ilt 0hio difiitilt' smote Ptat Ittd beor ths cte shoiutld
t iii i-! 111 ni r fts' tooe testis intdi otto. Shtoutld it tilt optnS at thae
tilt's a " ;lt~lIa itd inst 151otsbl titiu 1 f ite thsousantd," the
a r111 hi I titlit'' i tupi 7 i' tea ittid to riet by rising
1' olii itintist'r still iti ii the iteottve piarahte statppisied to
cot dI swith iis ftinting, rotn hs cet, etriesttii" ihimself
his ttentitn oit thetoiz on sndcl ftrtoi a tratioua psition 900
atvoits listikitt"} edtown. Nt 1 ais trot shots' tile "t ittiti itll no sis-
tta t tos dls thils to avoid a tea it l meIts of supprt. ~ 0
liiiug whi ic h lhs ight lose con- I IO EM' t n
troi sad "freeze" in the door, Thi j FTtRWHTSESa in
attitude asill list lot a while, unatil terinatble ait, thae pars-
ciple sas adoptedt do not flufftor 1
openn tlcoup thaev oraick open
shapytprodoucting whlit is us-
ually calletd the "oltenitag- shock."
IttHang muoh thse samae effect
as a crtisinga"g"'iag tackle" on
thae football field, paratroopers
likenthein openastg shook to moot-
its a spedin" locomotive head
sit. Destpste its posses, the open-
itng shock is thae most conmfortiag
setistition its the storld. It is a
voetbit tettain sign thai the
ptaratrooiper has a atpriad of silk
over lssishead, a tishealet hoitweon
hsim stid diestiruttion.
Cause of the opetastagasock is
sitople eniough benhemfcstudden
deceleratiotn fromo v t~ing i20
muiles pot hotris n one direcion,
pbus 14 feet per scond in anothot
(down), to pracicaily cotorosany
direction. The paratroopser, on ex-
ititag frotm the p1ane, describes a
trapsectory stisilar to that of a
dropped booth the dittosrence boutg
that afterthreeatecstotads laocomes
to a mtarked halt.
AFTER thae opening asock, the
Jumper swinsadown uster
tse canopy. the piiaaitite hasiso
pened taot dliectly shore butt at
tat stile isfottttof hi aim oe
it 5w55 snapp~ed by the force of
thae props blast,
Thac trooper thesa hocomesoware
of thae peaccsatd oquiet around haitm.
Thae noise of thae aircraft is'bitt
a drone its the distance sod
gaound sotunds are yet too far
away to be heard, The stillttess
ad tse gentle sway sand thse firm
hold of thte silk canopty give rise
to a blessed feeling of woeli-being.
Nu isti joturney is not yet over.
ODager is still mucha in evidence
and - momnct's inattentioncousld
be fatal, The toajority of para-
chute -aecidlents hatppen not from
a ftailusre of theiaprtachuste to fune-
tion prop ely bitt from the failure
of men in thae air to control their
movements, When many jumopers
sere droptued togethser----from one
plane 411 men can be taut into thse
air in eighat seconds-the result-
itag congestion makes the likeli-
hood of cntsanglement with soother
p.arachsute soiminisetnt possibility.
Thse taratrooper's first mote
after reovsering his senses shaken
by thue opsetaut, shook is to chock
his ossn parachute to insure that
it ftully opened sod lass no rips
or "blown pattels," casused by vio-
letnce of the opening. Ncthsets
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