🥳 Yay, my "#Parachutist #Instructor" rating has been renewed! 🪂 Fee of 50€ plus taxes is the same as three years ago! 💸 ...so I'll happily pay that to #DAeC LSG-B. 😙 #skydive #Fallschirm #aviation #Luftfahrt
Oh, and I forgot to celebrate the 10th anniversary of my #skydiving licence! 🎉🎉🎉 Time flies! 💀

C-47 with parachutist exiting! This C-47 was doing what it was intended to do - only over Barnes Regional Airport, Massachusetts, not Normandy on the 6th of June, 1944. Wearing the invasion stripes promulgated by the Allies at the very last moment (and with the paint often crudely applied by yard brooms), the C-47s, along with Short Stirlings and other aircraft, would make history that night. The parachutist is one of a 'stick' using authentic 'round' chutes replicating those of the period. #C47 #Douglas #DDay #WW2 #SecondWorldWar #Normandy #aircraft #aviation #paratrooper #parachutist #invasionstripes #invasion #France #Normandycampaign #BandofBrothers #Allies #BarnesRegionalAirport #airport #Massachusetts #USA #history #photography #avgeek #6thofJune #ShortStirling #parachute #roundchute #parachutejump #1944 #airport #airborne #USAAF