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The Tigers Army Parachute Display Team - Pte Will Simms

The Tigers Army Parachute Display Team - Pte Will Simms

FromTop Landing Gear


The Tigers Army Parachute Display Team - Pte Will Simms

FromTop Landing Gear

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Welcome to TLG and to our series of interviews from the 2021 Bournemouth Air Festival.
 
Both the RAF and the Royal Navy took part in the flying display at Bournemouth, as did the Army, who were superbly represented by the Tigers Free-fall Parachute Display Team. These guys from the Princess of Wales’s Regiment and Queens Division do this in their spare time as parachuting isn’t part of their normal army life – that tends to be left to the Parachute Regiment. But they’re all highly qualified, as to be a display jumper you need to have an A-Licence which you can only get after a minimum 200 jumps. Private Will Simms from the team was kind enough to drop in on us the morning after a particularly Top Landing himself on Bournemouth Beach the previous day.  
Released:
Oct 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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