Up to the early 80's the SAS still used WWII Spec Balloons.
Were they actually WWII issue?
Don't know.
But that Squarlly Bast**d Jump Master led us to believe they were!
Course, when I joined the AirBorne, they told me military planes couldn't
land once in flight!
I was gulable then, eh?
:rotfl: :rotfl: