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INFO here -- https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technol ... /operation

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When I was young "sex was safe & flying was dangerous".

555th "Triple Nickle" Parachute Infantry - African American Paratroopers of WWII were deployed to the Northwest to fight forest fires. They were the pioneers of the smoke jumpers of today! Heroes in their own right.

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Cheers!

Lance Jones

Just by coincidende, I watched this morning a documentary on parachutes.

They showed forest service para-jumpers or smoke jumpers in 1934 jumping out of a tri-motor.

Saludos,


Tulio

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Why take the best part of life out of your life, when you can have life with the best part of your life in your life?

I am one of them 'futbol' people.

Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have learned to speak English.

Sooooo, how am I going to know to press 1 or 2, if I do not speak English????

Here's an article I found:
https://fireaviation.com/2021/02/04/tri ... ld-war-ii/

I could not access WIX for several hours.

https://www.nationalfirefighter.com/blo ... okejumpers

https://www.knkx.org/post/smokejumpers- ... how-valley


https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-histor ... rican-west



Saludos,


Tulio

_________________
Why take the best part of life out of your life, when you can have life with the best part of your life in your life?

I am one of them 'futbol' people.

Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have learned to speak English.

Sooooo, how am I going to know to press 1 or 2, if I do not speak English????