An Army Golden Knight dropping into Reliant Stadium before the 49er-Texans game, 10/25/09. Part of the salute to the armed services day.

Walking into the stadium the helicopter was up and dropping streamers for awhile before their drop. It was a gusty day and this pic shows 1 of the 3 Knights just clearing the open roof panels over the southside endzone to make it into the stadium. Approx a 420'x 280' opening.

You could see them working hard to make the opening fighting 20+mph gusts. Then breaking the roof plane into calm air and counteracting to make the field and not slam into the stands.

All 3 made the playing field.

Hey Wheel, the 3 that made the drop were all female.

Tight photo kind of lacks prespective but I thought it was cool.

Cool picture Mark! Yeah wind then calm has to be tough to stay in control.

Damn, I missed a Lou visit. 😞

What no Army fans here?

Used to have season tickets at West Point when we lived in NY. A great venue to see a game. Family friendly. Always a thrill to watch the Black Knights land at the center of the field (or at least try) every game. Cannon salutes for every point scored, not to mention Plebe push-ups.

Greta memories.

Eric

i was a 92R in the army. (parachute rigger-packed chutes for the paratroopers and jumped out of perfectly good airplanes- AIRBORNE)

ive jumped into 20knot winds and got slammed into the ground (ouch)the chutes we used were only partially controllable so we would of ended up in the parking lot somewhere. those ladies have guts