THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, August 7, 1994                 TAG: 9408080067
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

PARACHUTE TEAM PERFORMS AT LANGLEY

PAUL AIKEN/Staff

MARTIN SMITH-RODDEN

Above, Sgt. 1st Class Paul Raspino of the United States Army

Parachute Team jumps out of a plane over Langley Air Force Base in

Hampton on Saturday. Raspino, who is from Philadelphia, is the

``Golden Knights'' jump team's assistant leader. Right, a

parachutist from the team trails smoke from a canister. The Golden

Knights have performed over 6,000 live aerial demonstrations in all

50 states and 42 foreign countries. The team, founded in 1959 at

Fort Bragg, N.C., also researches and develops new parachuting

techniques and equipment.

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