I jumped into Normandy in 2014 at the 70th anniversary of D-Day out of a DC3/C47 that had dropped paratroopers 70 years prior. That was a really cool experienc

I jumped into Normandy in 2014 at the 70th anniversary of D-Day out of a DC3/C47 that had dropped paratroopers 70 years prior. That was a really cool experience. We had 9 Dakotas at the 70th. There are 34 Dakotas or “Daks” scheduled to drop paratroopers en masse in Normandy in less than two weeks time for the 75th Anniversary. Unfortunately I can’t make it this year as I’ll jumping out of CH47 Chinooks at Leapfest for our NZ Team in Rhode Island later in July. Can’t do it all. The DC3/C47 is a really cool bird and the private effort to get them all together for this from around the world has been a Herculean effort. The crowd at the 70th was estimated between 250-300k people. This year will be far more. Very positive experience to have been a part of, looking forward to seeing the photos/video.