title	A D-Day Veteran's Dakota Flight, Cherbourg, Normandy - 5th June 2026
intro	It's the first decent day of weather and the two Dakotas - Pegasus and Drag 'em Oot - are making up for lost time by doing most of the week's parachute drops in the one day. As well as several "hot loads", where the planes are still running whilst the next batch of parachutists load up, there's also a trip for an actual veteran of the D-Day landings, who's about 103 years old. He's not actually parachuting, but there is a group who is, along with about six free-fallers. Before that, Nosher, Clive and the Essex Massive are off on a mission to source baguettes for the Aero Legends pilots and ground crew.
imgp0176	The marina near Port Chantereyne in Cherbourg
imgp0177	Fancy buildings on Place Napoléon
imgp0178	The back streets of Rue Auvray
imgp0179	It's quiet on Rue de la Paix by the hotel
imgp0180	A herd of cruise-ship tourists roams around
imgp0185	We're on a baguette mission in Carrefour
imgp0187	Clive in Carrefour
imgp0188	We have several bags of baguette sandwiches
imgp0191	Quai Alexandre III
imgp0192	A freight line heads to the port
imgp0199	The Montana ANG C-130 and its eight-blade props
imgp0201	Parachute D-bags are hauled off
imgp0203	Drag 'em Oot and a field of daisies
imgp0222	A Hercules taxis around
imgp0227	A Charlie-130 is taxiing
imgp0236	Another group of parachutists heads off
imgp0245	Pegasus is ready to depart
imgp0252	Drag 'em Oot with engines running
imgp0256	The two Dakotas are about to head off
imgp0271	A once-in-a-lifetime shot of five Hercules
imgp0277	The final three US Hercules take off from Cherbourg
imgp0308	Pegasus follows Drag 'em Oot in to land
imgp0315	The D612 Route du Cap
imgp0329	Some last-minute checks are made
imgp0331	A parachutist waits
imgp0335	The first group heads off to board Pegasus
imgp0344	There's a last-minute pep talk
imgp0346	Clive leads the other group onto the airfield
imgp0358	Drag 'em Oot returns from a sortie
imgp0366	There's a "hot load" of parachutists under way
imgp0370	Parachutists are checked as they board
imgp0382	The two Dakotas are ready for another drop
imgp0393	Keith holds open the gate for the next group
imgp0394	Robert drives over the 103-year-old veteran
imgp0398	The D-Day veteran is in a wheeled chair
imgp0412	Two old-timers are ready to fly
imgp0419	Some free-fallers wait to board
imgp0422	Pegasus is still loading up
imgp0432	Back in the café, Robert's getting coffee
imgp0434	Cath and Keith meet the D-Day veteran
imgp0436	The Quai de Caligny
imgp0439	An enormous cruise ship has appeared overnight
imgp0440	Creme Fresh graffiti on a building
imgp0441	A statue of Napoléon