Been on several trials to aid location of airdropped kit on night drops. We seemed to keep coming back to Cylumes ! I was on JATE when the Wedge raised its head. The original notion is that it would replace door bundles. By the time the Mk3 (stretch) came along we were back to wedge and door bundles plus of course longer sticks of troops. As Doug says in this state you did indeed need a long DZ, especially if the comedians who suggested dispatching consecutively from the doors got their way. No, I could not stop the last couple of paras from going out of the door after the 'red' came on.
Nor could anyone else. The train was going too fast and their only ambition was to get out of the 'honk box' and get the weight off their legs as I am sure Jack will agree.