Category: You have to be kidding, right!?!
I will always be amazed at the guts of the men who flew these birds. That and the Arrogance of the A.F. Brass that continued to push this type of war. But what do I know right? Grumpy
The 1914 Christmas War Truce
Project Excelsior was a series of parachute jumps made by Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 from helium balloons in the stratosphere. The purpose was to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system intended to be used by pilots ejecting from high altitude.