Parachute in Andrews Air Force Base

On 19th May 2007, we went to the Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to see the Air Show. There were so many people getting into the base bus after bus that morning. It was one of the biggest Air Show we have even seen. It was still a little chilly but it did not avoid us from running around to see things we would not be able to see normally.

One of the first shows in the Air Show was the parachuting by the Army. Amazingly, a bunch of those parachuters were able to drop out of a plane and landed on a designated 25 feet diameter circle on the ground. It would take so much courage and skill to do something like that. We were able to use our telephoto lens 70-300mm to catch the moment while a parachuter was about to land. After they landed, we also witnessed how they folded the parachute back into the special backpack for next jump. Also, they were supposed to do the folding within a certain time limit.