Jim C. Hall - Biography of the Military’s Legendary Pioneering Parachutist (en Inglés) - Georgann Hall

Jim Hall is the Greatest Generation’s Parachuting’s Innovator, Pioneer and Visionary ...

Jim Hall’s legendary career started in 1943 when he joined the Army at the age of 17. By the War’s end, he had flown a combat tour in B-29s and received a battle field commission. His incredible career began, and almost ended, in the skies above Sonora, Mexico in 1949.

He was awarded a direct commission in the United States Air Force and distinguished himself as an expert in jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. He was a key developer of the parachuting program at the USAF Academy and

has participated in thousands of jumps. At Edwards Air Force, he created the Buddy System that was integrated throughout the military.

Jim Hall was an advocate for safety. As a parachute safety instructor and in the Air Force Reserve, he volunteered to act as the first human guinea pig for the "0-0" (zero-zero) ejection seat. To date, he is the only person to achieve this.

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Jim worked in Hollywood as a consultant for the military movie classics

"Twelve O’clock High" and "In Harm’s Way." His adventures and exploits led to the creation of the "Ripcord" television series in the 60s as co-creator and sometimes writer, actor, and stuntman.

In Jim C Hall - Biography of the Military’s Legendary Pioneering Parachutist, you will discover Jim Hall’s amazing adventures with Ace, his parachuting dog; lost gold mines in Mexico; and how Fidel Castro and Che Guevara attempted to recruit him.

Who is Jim Hall?  Jim was a Colonel in the US Air Force, Brigadier General in Colorado Air National Guard, and recipient of the US Air Force Legion of Merit.

Other honors included the Leo Stevens Parachute Medal for parachuting safety, the Air Force Association Colorado Man of the Year, and the Colorado Meritorious Service Medal. Jim was inducted into the Colorado Aviation Historical Hall of Fame in 1985.