Jerry Joins the Airborne Rangers As They Jump From A Legendary WWII Plane
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Jerry joins the Phantom Airborne Rangers as they jump from the legendary "Tico Belle" into Lake Dora! The genuine WWII era C-47 airplane carried 88 paratroopers as they did a static line jump into the water. This amazing plane is the same actual plane that saw action in WWII. The jumpers parachuted from The Tico Belle just like soldiers did during D-Day, The Battle of the Bulge, The Battle of Market garden and more. Their parachutes filled the skies over Lake Dora on May first. Jerry rode along on the first flight as Linda took videos from the ground. The ride was eye-opening as the heat, noise, and shaky plane must have made for a terrifying trip for the young men that jumped into battle back in WWII.
The plane returned to the airport after successfully dropping the Rangers into the lake. Jerry and Linda jumped into their car and made the trip over to Mt. Dora where they rode on a pontoon boat to help rescue paratroopers from the water on the next drops. It was a spectacular say for everyone, especially the crowds on the waterfront that watched the parachutes float down into the water. Each of the jumpers was an Airborne Ranger. We salute each and every one and thank them for their service. We also thank the Phantom Airborne Rangers for organizing the awesome event.
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As a Combat Vietnam Veteran I appreciate you guys caring about us old Veteran’s, my late father was in “D” Day. Thanks ❤️
Mr. Skinner, much respect! Thank you and your late father for your sacrifice and service to our nation! God bless! 🇺🇸
"Thank You" Sir And Your Late Father, Nothing But RESPECT 🇺🇸
Thank you and your father for your service.
My Navy son is a jump master and was in the Navy's part of the 70th anniversary D-Day drop in Normandy, France.
This is Shae-lee from Phantom....I can’t thank you guys enough for this video! It honestly brought a tear to my eye to have these guys highlighted like this. You guys are awesome! Always welcome with us!
Airborne Infantry veteran here. 1991-1996. Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door. Loved it. No close calls but very exciting. Great group of guys and wonderful video. Thanks Jerry and Linda
Duncan, Thank you Sir! God bless you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank You Duncan 🇺🇸
Dunkin you should come down to Florida and join us for one. Contact me for info
Thank you for your service.
Thank you Jerry! That was bitter sweet. My dad was in WWII at The Battle of the Buldge. When the pilot spoke where the plane had been I teared up thinking about all our men. Awesome video. Wonderful jumping from the men too. I wish you could’ve interviewed the 87 yr old after his jump. I’m sure he made it ok though. Thank you!
If you want to see an interesting video on You Tube. watch "The American St. Nick", about a group of American soldiers who tried to help the children of Wiltz, Luxembourg celebrate St. Nicholas Day in December. 1944, a few weeks before the Battle of The Bulge. The video was made about 6 years ago.
Thank you for your Dad's service.
My father was a D-Day Vet. He and 4 other men went ashore in a rubber raft, under fire, before the first wave landed. They were there to control the air support. My dad died August 30, 2001, and five days before he died, his congressman presented him the French Medal of Liberty, on behalf of the French government. After D-Day, he fought thru France, Holland, into Belgium and the Ardennes Forest, and the Battle of the Bulge, where he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre, which we didn't learn about until his death. He never talked about the war with my siblings and only talked to me after I joined the Navy. I was a member of the fraternity, I guess.
Thank you for your service and yout Dad's service. Watch "The American St. Nick" video on TH-cam. You might find it interesting.
Wonderful video - so informative so emotionally moving too - you two did a very respectful tribute video to these great military heroes and to the plane itself so interesting to know the history of the plane's working life Another A++ video 💕👍👏🇺🇸
Thank you Jerry and Linda for bringing this fun-filled and historical moment to us. Thank you to those who have and are serving currently in the armed forces.
WOW!!! Real life Heroes is exactly right! May God Bless each and every one of them. Thanks for sharing a spectacular event. Best! 💚
Brave men with everything on the line.
Thanks to all our veterans. Interesting video...I always wondered how the paratroopers prepared for jumps from planes.
Great video! It was like being there! My husband is a 26 year Army Veteran. We loved watching this together. Thanks for sharing your experience, and theirs.
Jerry thanks to you and Linda for documenting Phantom’s jump
My favorite episode. To all current and past service men and women...thank you for your service!
Absolutely your best video yet! Proud of both of you!
Thank you David, we really, really appreciate that!😁😁😁😁😁😁
Great video Jerry, my wife and myself had the honor of flying on Wiskey 7 at the Massachusetts Military History Expo another C-47 that was there on D-day. Look at those beautiful invasion stripes.
Wow! That was awesome! It is great to see these Veterans! Thank you for bringing us along! 🇺🇸
My husband and I had the amazing experience of visiting the beaches of Normandy. Unbelievable. Very moving.
Jerry , you luckey dog. How cool was that ? Riding along in that cool plane with the jumpers. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Men... Especially Fred 87 years old...God Bless the Jumpers..
WOWWW what an experience!! Jerry, you are so lucky, my friend! I would love to experience just to ride on that plane. I've ridden on a C130 in '87-88 which I took for granted at the time. Anyway, thank you Jerry & Linda for showing us more adventurous things to do in The Villages (or near it). Love it! Woof-woof to Gizmo. Cheers 🍻
Terrific video!
God bless our military and the men and women that serve(d)!!
Great video! Those veterans are what makes our country great! Thank you for your service!
Woooowee! One of your MOST EXCITING videos! Great viewing for tons of WWII history buffs and others. Thank you to the 88 paratroopers, boat pickup volunteers, C-47 Tico Bell, and Jerry & Linda!!!
That was incredible! We really enjoyed that thank you. God bless all those heroes. Thank you for filming that 🙏. Kind regards from the 🇬🇧
How cute is Fred. Nice adventure!!
Good luck Jerry have a smooth landing!
Jerry & Linda, Thank you for sharing such a wonderful special experience. It is incredibly humbling to know the history. I am so happy these Veterans got to experience this!
I hope each one of them had a wonderful time! I thank them for their service to our great nation! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 God bless each one of them!
X paratrooper with the 173rd airborne.Thanks for the video.Looked looked some one pulled their reserve chute.
Yes! 😝
Homeless old 82nd Airborne Paratrooper here who immensely enjoyed watching this and dreaming of the opportunity to jump one last time.
Thanks for this wonderful presentation of a timeless event!!
Thanks for your service! 🇺🇸
What a great video! Thank you again for your amazing contribution to your viewers and the public at large. Keep up the good work you two do for all of us in youtube.
Made me cry with joy and appreciation. All of those patriots together having great fellowship and fun! Can't express my thanks enough for the sacrifices those men made for us all. You two are a great blessing to me and all of us as well! Great day!
Your video makes me so proud on so many levels🇺🇸
This is amazing! Thank you! I'm glad you didn't jump, Jerry!
What an amazing day. Loved seeing the plane, our Airborne vets jumping and their comments. Looks like they and you two had an exciting day. Thank you for creating this wonderful video.
Thanks Jerry and Linda from a Army Vet! This was just awesome! Y'all are the best!
AWESOME VIDEO! So many aren’t aware of these events and they are so exciting for everyone involved to include and most particularly, the local area. Love your channel and watch every video. God bless!
Great memories for these heroes! So enjoyed seeing what the inside of the plane looked like. Awesome video!!
It's one thirty in the morning here in Hawaii and I couldn't sleep so I was delighted to find your latest entertaining video. Thank you for sharing a fun and interesting day!
It's really nice you and Linda feature all the things going on in the communities surrounding the Villages. We are blessed to have such an abundance of places to go and things to see. Have you guys done a video on Cape Canaveral? Thanks.
Awesome Video. God Bless all who serve our Country especially your sons. 🇺🇸🇺🇸✈️
Fred looks great for 87 years young. It never ceases to amaze me all the interesting adventures which you let us tag along on! That just doesn’t strike me as very good sentence structure.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 C+ jk
What a great day, bet the boys shared a few stories over some adult beverages
Awesome, Nothing But Respect For Those Souls In WWII And 👍For These Certified Jumpers Who Did This Into Lake Dora, Good Job Jerry Going Up And Linda For Footage Coming Down👏
Incredible Jerry and Linda. You raised your bar even higher today. What a great video, and I'm sure a great experience. Thanks.
That was one of your better ones!
What an experience watching those Airborne Rangers. True heroes in action. Great Video thanks for showing. Looking forward to your next upload.
Holy Smokes, what a thrill !!! Vintage aircraft...right up my alley. A bunch of friends and I followed Air Shows around the Pacific NW for about ten years...ya know...Top Gun days. We hit Abbotsford (Canada), Paine Field in Everett(Boeing), Reno Air Races and a lot more. Sure saw a lot of good shows and met a lot of nice folks. This was a joy to watch today. Mt. Dora was a possible retirement destination for me, but I settled in Mobile. Thanks for the "ride" !!! Loved it.
Typing this with tears in my eyes. What a wonderful day for our heroes. Thank you all for your service and thank you Jerry and Linda for taking us along. Please keep up the great work.
We appreciate your comment, Patricia! Thank YOU!
How’s life in paradise? What a beautiful day. Incredible to see that phantom airborne. Lucky man to experience it. Thank you so much for the documentation. 👍 Put a tear in my eye, thinking of my military family members who are no longer here. Good stock! And how is 1966, 55 years ago? 😂 Seems like it was just here.
Fantastic video! the biggest thing I got out of it was get out there and do something, don’t just sit around on the couch😁🤣 great people😎
OMYGOODNESS guys! That was incredible! You have gifted many of us viewers with many “once in a lifetimes!” This might “take the cake,” with all that history AND footage! WoW thanks Linda & Jerry- THE Village Newcomers!!🥰
Great jumps!!! I think Jerry needs to take some skydiving lessons. Hats off to our veterans & active military for all they do!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Adventure PLUS .... totally appreciative of our military’s service and your initiative to capture this event - Semper Fi!
Wow - what a fantastic video. It was great to see the vets enjoying themselves. Thank you for putting this together and sharing it.
Thanks for the video. So interesting.
Fun to watch! Bless all who have served!
Bravo! 👏👏👏. One of your best! God bless these guys and the USA! 🇺🇸
Thanks Jerry, I'm so glad you could pull this off. I can't believe this plane is still flying. God Bless!
Truly humbled by these honorable veterans! Great video!
This was awesome especially for us veterans. Thank you so much for doing this. Working as a VSO I see a lot of Airborne Veterans coming in for benefits because of hitting the ground time after time at 35 MPH and it just wears on the back,knees and just about the whole body so a huge shout out to all the jumpers out there.
Wow, Wow, Wow!!! Great narration, coverage, footage Jerry and Linda! You guys are Awesome! And... HATS OFF TO OUR VETERAN JUMPERS, GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU👏👏👏❤❤❤
How exciting! 2 years ago our small airport in Oxford,CT. had a squadron of WWII planes. It was their first leg of their journey over to Normandy for the 75th.It was such an interesting experience to view all those planes.Love our military!!
OMG, guys, this is a great video! Thanks to all our veterans! Thanks Jerry and Linda for bringing us this video with all the great information!
My Dad was in Normandy in WWII. He passed in 1976 at 61 yrs old.
Man of Honor!!!
The Greatest generation!
Truly amazing! Great job by all!
Thanks to the military past and present for your service. Great video. Thanks Jerry and Linda.
This was FANTASTIC! Thank you for this. God bless our veterans! ❤️
Thanks to all of our veterans. This was enjoyable and interesting.
Wish you could see the ear to ear grin this video put on my face! What a day. THANKS soooooooo much for sharing this event with us!
And nice hat Linda 👍👍
Great history lesson! I'll bet you both were great teachers:)
Great job! I have always said that some of the bravest guys in WWII were the Screaming Eagles that jumped on D-Day and the pilots that went with Doolittle on the bombing run to Toyko.
This is wonderful, thank you Jerry and Linda!!
Thank you Linda and Jerry for sharing! Fantastic!
Another well done, informative video. True heroes. A big thank you to all our military past and present, including your 3 sons!
Simple awesome....As a Navy Vet...I say...THANK YOU SO MUCH....
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ video! Awesome commentary and views from inside the plane and on the ground/lake. So exciting, and a blessing that these veterans could make their jumps from this historic plane. 🇺🇸
How exciting. Thanks for sharing Jerry and Linda.
OMGoodness! What a wonderful video! Thanks so much for sharing. God bless you and God bless America!
God Bless you for videoing and posting this! And God Bless all our Veterans! We were fortunate enough to thank some of our remaining WWll veterans in person at the 75th Commemoration of D-Day in Normandy 2019. We experienced the C-47 Flight Simulator at the D-Day Experience Museum, but you actually flew! Like so many others, we lost family during the Normandy invasion, but they saved the world. Now it's our turn. Keep living, laughing, loving, and videoing! xox, paul & roxanne
Jerry and Linda Just watched your fantastic video of the airdrops from the C47, I spent 30 in the Air Force and never flew in a C47. From what I hear they were all considered underpowered so a parachute was welcomed and sought after. I was always told not to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed it- A Lot!!!!!
Good to see the AF hat, worried you may have lost it! Great episode and great information about the plane and a little history about D day. The book and HBO series Band of Brothers really captures the challenges faced by the 101st Airborne. Many of the jumpers were dropped in fog and the wrong locations! Check it out. Thanks for honoring these hero’s. Go Air Force!
Thank you for sharing this video with us all, what a great day
This was so very interesting! And How lucky are you to be able to ride with them and watch. My father is 97 now and a D-Day vet but he was an infantryman (29th Infantry Division). He is still living and can recall many interesting and harrowing stories of the war.
Wow, what stories he can tell. So glad that he is still alive and please thank him for his service.
Thank you for sharing this AWESOME video. Thank you Veterans!!!!
Super neat video!! Thanks for sharing this experience. 👍😀
Awesome video. Thanks Jerry & Linda. God Bless our military and thank you for your service
My first flight ever was the ANG of Missouri taking us to Bootcamp in C47!! STL to San Antonio, very comfortable as we had seats & a box lunch!
Loved this...interesting, informative and fun to watch! Another great video from you two, thanks.
AWESOME job capturing and editing a GREAT event!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you for bringing this clip to us! Great story awesome job Jerry & Linda.
Saluting all the veterans thank you! Proud to be an American. 🇺🇸 Never forget our men & women protecting our freedom!
Hey Jerry what a fantastic Video today. I wish I was there to witness all those jumpers. You were so lucky to be able to fly up with them for their jumps. I used to go many many years ago with a buddy of mine and watched him jump all the time. Its so cool to see all those people jumping from the planes. Keep those Videos coming.
This was spectacular!!! Great coverage and narration. Really cool. Thanks to all.
Great and worthy content.
What a fantastic video. I wish we had been there. Thanks so much for sharing.
My husband was airborne and he wants to join them in a jump one day! So awesome. We were out of for this jump but such a neat experience. Thanks for sharing! -S
I agree with Tess it is very cool!!! My heroes for sure!!! Love our great military and our country. Looked fun to parachute something I have always wanted to do before I die. I am 57 soon to be 58 in December ha ha!!!
You can do it,people 90 have done it,including George Bush senior.Try tandem if your apprehensive.Just relax and enjoy.
What an exciting day for a lots of people...thank you Jerry & Linda for such a great video. Does the group of Airborne do this everyday
Jerry will you one day jump out?
Thanks Terrie, No, they do not do it everyday, but they do get together for jumps from time to time. Being able to do it from this amazing plane was a treat for them. (and Jerry!)
This is one of your very best videos. Thanks.
Thanks you two! Great Job!!
An incredible video.......quite a surprise from residents of The Villages.....definitely not a Mailbag Monday episode. Thank you for arranging the logistics and doing this video....from the Browders, Donna and Richard in Virginia.
Another wonderful video! Thank you!