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Old 24th Jun 2014, 08:56
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Civvy operated and leased to MoD as a more cost effective way to deliver basic para training. Balloon was retired many years ago and first jumps are now done on the Skyvan and later ones on the C-130J. The canopy is the 'fairly new' static line Low level Parachute (LLP).
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