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Locals Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday in All Sorts of Ways Over the Weekend

By News Staff
Skydivers Jump from WWII Plane over LG
Local veteran and U.S. Army Paratrooper Dustin Blackwell jumped with the skydivers. He’s pictured here on the course after the landing with his wife Kelly and their children. Photos by Andy Behlen
One of the pilots of the C-47 “That’s All Brother” waves to the camera as the plane taxied to the terminal at Fayette Regional Air Center

Local veteran Dustin Blackwell and a team of parachutists from Texas Skydiving in Lexington jumped out of a World War II C-47 Skytrain over the Frisch Auf Golf Course on Friday, July 3. The plane, known as “That’s All, Brother,” led the main airborne division in the DDay Invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944. “That’s All, Brother” belongs to the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing based out of San Marcos.

The plane performed a low pass over the golf course, where hundreds of locals congregated to witness the jump. Then it climbed to 5,000 feet of elevation, where the jump team departed. At first, they appeared as specks in the sky. The first two made a fast decent. David Moore, the owner of Texas Skydiving, unfurled a 1,000 sq. ft. American flag. On the ground, the crowd joined in to sing the National Anthem.

After everyone landed safely, a large crowd of people flowed onto the course to meet and congratulate the jump team. – Andy Behlen

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