Parachutists of 10 PARA perform a clean fatigue jump from a Luftwaffe Transall C-160, Germany, Summer 1989.

Germany, Summer 1989:

British parachutists of 10 PARA perform a clean fatigue jump from a Luftwaffe Transall C-160 whilst earning their Bundeswehr wings.They were amongst the last foreign parachutists to do so before the collapse of the Iron Curtain.

Photo by No 2 out the door, Prosper Keating, whose position above Nos 3 and 4 gives an idea of the heat that summer and the thermals.