Fighting Men of Rhodesia ep268 | S/Sgt Greg Ashton - Part 5 | Freefall Parachute Course
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Greg thank you for your linguistic skill and explaining, your HA -LO-HO courses. God bless.
Great to see Greg again! What a fantastic story teller and so interesting! A damn fine bloke - respect!
Thank you Greg and Tony for another excellent interview.
Got some interesting photos of my late uncle John Hodgson known as Jack.
One of him climbing in a plane saying Testing first steerable parachute for Rhodesian Army 1958. One of him instructing Jock Hutton on his first free fall. Plus others, great to hear all these stories .
Have been waiting for this, Greg is such an excellent story teller. Thank you
Thanks Greg for this very interesting and informative talk about the various types of parachuting.Also to you Tony,thanks for organising this.
Thanks Greg and Tony. Another great talk.
Thanks, Greg. Another very interesting episode.
Another reminder of the quality of Non Commissioned Officers and their importance to fighting units. Thank you both for this series of interviews. So articulate and informative laced with incredible humility and that crucial sense of humour.
Wow what a military career. As an Artillery Gunner can only tip my beret to these Parabat Special Forces boys. Salute to you, well done.
Salute Staff, absolutely brilliant talk
Legend!
Great video, I remember Queros on the submarines. He was a cool guy. Sorry to hear that he died. RIP.
Did my Para course at Tempe which did nothing to prepare me for the operational jumps ahead. Only one thing I remember it was the last time I ever rolled left and rolled right, just used to hit the ground like a post bag 😂
Absolutely brilliant thanks Greg! It's really interesting how early the Recces were practicing what became Accelerated Freefall Courses. I knew an operator from 5 Recce who used to spend time on the DZ at Phalaborwa airport in the mid 80's who mentioned that the most difficult thing he found with HAHO operations was maintaining blood flow to his lower legs under canopy so they didn't go to sleep..... so that if necessary he could run after landing!
Very informative and clear talk. Cheers Greg
Great talk really enjoyeble to listen too
Thanks Greg and Tony!! great job! Excellent work Tony 🙏 an education
Thanks no. 1!!!😊
@@Toncor12 👍 appreciate!
Thanks guys! Tatenda
Thanks for sharing your engaging parachuting experiences Greg and for presenting this material Tony. Woe betide any parachutist who did not tightly secure his harness or correctly position and accommodate his 'man tackle' when jumping the Para Commander. The effect of its rapid canopy deployment was often described as a 'back cracker' and/or a 'ball crusher' for very good reason!
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Very interesting, pity it is only an hour long. The mandevu (beard) is coming along nicely. Look forward to the next episode.
Thanks Greg, very informative. Did you ever work with HAP Ferreira during this phase?
Sadly, no. I never worked with him as we were in different teams
US is 3 weeks with the first being smashing, second smashing plus ground training third jumps.
Were those rounds like T10’s Greg ? (Slightly modified with the Cell split). Cheers mate
Greg, did you work in sales for Alfa Laval, in early 90s?
I did some branding work in another career and lifetime with Alfa
@@GregoryAshton_house_n_hill Aha, thought I recognised you from back then 👍