Excert from my journal....During this test program for HALO I participated in 16 jumps made from a U.S. Air Force C-130-B at altitudes from 20,000' to 43,000', the latter establishing a world record. On 16 Dec 1983 sealed barographs supplied by technicians from Edwards Air Force Base were carried aloft by the aircraft and my jump buddies. After the jump the barographs were read and averaged together to establish the exit altitude of 43'000. These jumps were not without hazards. Prior to the flight all 10 jumpers and flight crew started pre-breathing oxygen 1hr. before takeoff to rid the body of nitrogen,even with this precaution several jumpers suffered the bends. I suffered a small bit of frostbite as the outside air temp with windchill was close to-125 degrees below zero. All of us in these jumps were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by the Pentagon because of the hazards involved and the establishment of the world record.

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Tha was a job and an Adventure!