TITLE

APRIL 28, 1929

AUTHOR(S)

Stone, Ron

PUB. DATE

January 1984

SOURCE

Book of Texas Days;1984, p71

SOURCE TYPE

Book

DOC. TYPE

Book

ABSTRACT

The article recounts the first mass paratroop drop, staged over Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas on April 28, 1929. Small planes took off from the strip at the air base, and as the squadron of aircraft flew overhead, the sky was suddenly dotted with men and equipment falling, then floating beneath billowing parachutes. It was the first mass parachute drop in the history of the U.S. Army Air Force, and it proved that such a military maneuver was practical.

ACCESSION #

21474654

Tags: PARACHUTE troops;  PARACHUTING;  AIR bases;  MILITARY maneuvers;  UNITED States. Air Force

 

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