Talk:Basic Parachute Course
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The article shows drop height of 800m, but I think it is more likely to be 800 feet.
The first clean fatugue jump is not 800m but 800 feet as previously mentioned. It also states that TA candidates do not have to complete a night jump, this is not true as they must complete a night jump to get qualified —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.65.97 (talk) 20:54, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Course as at 2013/2014 edit
Spoken with a recent (last week) graduate of the course. He was required to make 5 jumps; 4 at decreasing heights and the 5th at night. He was then permitted to wear the para badge with wings, despite not being a member of an airborne unit (he was temporarily attached to the Paras some months before, as a part of his role). He knows of the "lightbulb" but says he's never seen it worn, in or out of the Paras, whatever the regs say. Sadly can't find a reliable reference. Folks at 137 (talk) 21:37, 24 January 2014 (UTC)