South African Military Skydiver dies

**Guymullins** · 07-17-2010, 11:26 AM

One of SAs most experienced military parachutists died yeaterda7y practising for an airshow which took place today. Brian Slade, a member of The Golden Eagles, the SANDF exhibition team died when he collided with the horizontal tail stabilizer of a C47 Dakota aircraft on exit. He did not deploy his parachute and fell onto a Durban golf course.
A memorial jump for Brian was made today, pictured here.IMG00082-20100717-0&.jpg

**Ferret_LE426** · 07-17-2010, 04:25 PM

Rest easy Brother and Heartfelt prayers to his family

**lz_NorthPole** · 07-18-2010, 12:27 AM

Rest in Peace Warrior and may God grant comfort to your loved ones

**Ops NCO** · 07-18-2010, 12:47 PM

Rest well.

A friend of yours, I assume, GM?

**AlaskaDad** · 07-18-2010, 08:04 PM

Rest in Peace Paratrooper

**Guymullins** · 07-19-2010, 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by Ops NCO

Rest well.

A friend of yours, I assume, GM?

Yes. He was airforce, but often on the SADF Skydiving Team. He had over 6000 jumps and jumped for about 35 years.
We await the results of the autopsy and Board of Enquiry as it seems as though pilot error may have cause the accident. We now have many Affirmative Action pilots who otherwise wouldnt make the grade.