By 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the crowd on the beach and boardwalk all had their heads tilted up towards the sky in hopes to see the U.S. Army Golden Knights sail down towards them. It wasn’t until 11:45 a.m. that the first golden knight would descend down onto the beaches of Atlantic City to kick off the 15th annual Atlantic City Airshow. As the crowd began to roar, Ryan Reis cut through the sky at about 60 miles per hour, tugging on his parachute, slightly left and right, as he steered down to a marking on the beach where he landed perfectly. Reis was the opening ceremony for the event, and he said that the knights practiced all winter, from January to the middle of March, and that he and his team would be jumping at different events through September.
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