SYDNEY BRINK/DEMOCRAT
Parachuting into Sedalia
Staff Sgt. Jerad Gough takes readings Thursday morning with an anemometer to measure wind speed as a twin-engine Grumman C-2 Greyhound Navy cargo plane circles overhead at about 12,000 feet with three skydivers from the 101st Airborne Division's Parachute Demonstration Team. The gusting winds, up to 21 mph, made jumping into a field next to Smith-Cotton Junior High School a dicey proposition but the go-ahead was given and students were treated to a free-fall event with trailing smoke. The unpredictable winds however forced the three jumpers to land in a field near Crown Hill Cemetery.
SYDNEY BRINK/DEMOCRAT
Parachuting into Sedalia
Falling at a speed of about 122 mph, the skydivers link-up to form a three-man star formation before deploying their chutes at about 3000 feet.
SYDNEY BRINK/DEMOCRAT
Parachuting into Sedalia
After the jump, Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Woods, a JROTC instructor at Smith Cotton High School, right, introduces the three Screaming Eagle skydivers to freshman students in the JROTC program. From left, are Staff Sgt. Derek Slade, Sgt. Matthew Thode an
Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:00 am
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Updated: 12:09 pm, Wed Sep 5, 2012.
Parachuting into Sedalia
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