have the british paras changed so much?

Question by nosdda: have the british paras changed so much?
I was a regular soldier who joined up in 1959, and undertook a para training course. I was sent to No 1 PTS (para training school) at Abingdon, Oxfordshire. We were trained by the RAF, and the equipment used beside the ground training, was the “Fan”, the Outdoor Trainer, and thr Tower. The Jumps we had to do to qualify were eight jumps. These consisted of 2 balloon jumps at 800 feet, that was a side exit and a floor exit. Then came the aeroplane jumpss, and the Beverley Transport Plan was used then’. The six remaining Jumps were four in daylight, and two at night.The daylight flights were to use a Starboard exit, and then to use a port exit. The night jumps were taken through the floor exit. The drop Zone was somewhere over the Oxford area, and on the night jumps, you were guided in by flares on the ground. I got my wings and passed out, but later I took part in 2 NATO exercises over Germany and this mass jump included the 101st American airborne, The Royal marines, and the Gurkha rifles. In all i completed 12 jumps. The extra pay then for getting your wings was 2 guineas a week. Have this training in any way for Paras today??

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