Skydiving With the Golden Knights

Last week, my dad had the chance to go skydiving with the U.S. Army Golden Knights, but the weather didn’t cooperate.

So, they rescheduled the jump for two days later.

And this time, it was on like Donkey Kong.

After hanging around and watching some other folks jump, it was time to get suited up.

Doesn’t he look dashing in his bright yellow jump suit?

Pretty soon, it was time to fly!

They went up in this plane…

And floated down to the ground!

Please forgive the glare in many of these photos. The sun was so bright and scorching hot — it was so hard to take good photos!

Here they are coming in for the landing.

Dad kept the form (Legs up! Back arched!) all the way to the ground.

Soon, they were nestled safely among their parachute.

Each jumper received a DVD of footage of themselves being interviewed before and after jumping, and footage of their freefall.

Doesn’t he look elated? He had such an adrenaline rush!

Here’s dad with his tandem partner, Jon, and the Golden Knights commanders, LTC Joe Martin and SGM Stephen Young.

They were a lot of fun and we had a good ol’ time.

Here’s Dad with the Army recruiter for his school, Sgt. Nguyen, and the GK commanders.

You may remember Jon from the Texas Rangers Game early last week. We’re glad he was ok!

Too soon, it was time for the suit to come off and the fun to be over.

I know Dad had a great time, and we’re so thankful to the Golden Knights for giving him the opportunity to do this!

Thanks for looking!

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