Kilted Paratrooper!

**rdjmchris** · 4th April 10, 05:04 PM

Saw this on a paratrooper site that I frequent. Found it quite interesting.

http://www.michael-mitchell.ca/news.html

Don't know if I would be brave enough to jump in a kilt. I had enough problems wearing BDUs.

Chris

**BoldHighlander** · 4th April 10, 05:10 PM

HOLY COW!!
That must've been cold!

I've heard of (& seen pics) of kilted bungee-jumpers, but this is a first on me.

**CDNSushi** · 4th April 10, 05:14 PM

Ya jeez. Gives death from above a whole new meaning. Can you imagine being the enemy, looking up into the skies and seeing a regiment of *ahem* THAT dropping down on you? That would be something!

**macwilkin** · 4th April 10, 05:36 PM

The late Sir Fitzroy Maclean was asked by Winston Churchill if he wore his kilt whilst parachuting into Jugoslavia to serve as a liaison to Marshall Tito...

T.

**weeknee** · 4th April 10, 05:45 PM

Thank you for that pic. As a former paratrooper, I must say that pic rocks!

**LANCER1562** · 4th April 10, 05:45 PM

If the enemy looked up and saw a kilted paratroop regiment (regimental of course) descending upon them they would surrender on the spot!

**Oldhiker** · 5th April 10, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by LANCER1562

If the enemy looked up and saw a kilted paratroop regiment (regimental of course) descending upon them they would surrender on the spot!

They would only surrender if they were Scots,,, if they were French & kilted the fear factor would be negated

**CDNSushi** · 4th April 10, 07:06 PM

Funny, now I got that old Weather Girls song stuck in my head....

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!

**NewGuise** · 6th April 10, 07:49 PM

Just prior to that jump I was interviewed for what would indeed become my job here in Edmonton. Obviously I was then really interested in any news about Edmonton, and when I heard about this I was positively impressed. Edmonton was clearly home to a hardy and eccentric breed of men - my kind of place.

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!

Oh, my, CNDSushi: were you there? That song came out later that same year, once I was working at the University of Alberta. I sang along, loud and often. And I was not alone in thinking of mighty Michael Mitchell, though by then I forgotten his name. Thank for the reminder, rdmchris!

But now that song is stuck in my head...