LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – A student pilot with Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class 08-11 soars at about 300 feet during parachute training with Laughlin’s Aerospace Physiology flight June 19. Students “fly” twice during the training; once at 300 feet where they are pulled by a truck the entire flight, and once when a technician in the truck releases them at around 600 feet and they free fall under the parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

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LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Aerospace physiology technicians and their assistants rush to meet 2nd Lt. Seth Butler, SUPT class 08-11, as he touches down after a free fall from 600 feet beneath a parachute. Students are taught proper landing procedures prior to the parasailing “flights” that ensure they reencounter the ground as safely as possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Sara Csurilla)

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LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Strapped in and ready to go, 2nd Lt. Seth Butler, SUPT class 08-11, waits to be pulled skyward during parachute training with Laughlin’s Aerospace Physiology Flight June 19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Sara Csurilla)

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LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – While his classmates watch and wait for their turn, a student pilot from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class 08-11 steps off the ground and into the sky during parasailing training June 19. The students conduct the training to ensure the first time they find themselves descending beneath a parachute canopy isn’t immediately after an ejection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

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LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – A student pilot from SUPT class 08-11 works to steady himself while being pulled up to about 600 feet during parachute training June 19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

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Prospective pilots practice parachute procedures

Published June 21, 2007

Canopy class

Canopy class

Canopy class

Canopy class