11.   Paul Rogers still has a piece of his parachute from D-Day, when he landed eight miles from his drop zone in Normandy.

12.   Special forces moved in to identify mock targets, install clandestine navigational gear and mark landing areas and drop zones.

13.   The airborne troopers landing on that pitch-black drop zone, for instance, could see each other on their pop-down eyepiece computer screens.

14.   Time and accuracy over the drop zone will be critical, the wing commander said.

15.   Atalanta and Brescia need wins to stave off demotion, while Piacenza is just spot out of the drop zone.

16.   But Jibidar said the difficulty in landing light aircraft to get staff in to set up drop zones will cause delays.

17.   Craig Chesworth, of London, was skydiving shortly after noon Wednesday when he missed the drop zone and crash-landed onto a nearby home.

18.   Davies said radio broadcasts had warning residents not to crowd around drop zones and not to open fire on the planes.

19.   Everton is one point above the drop zone and Middlesbrough, which has never won the FA Cup, is six points clear.

20.   His first chip from the drop zone went directly into the water, then his second and third attempts hit the bank over the water and rolled back in.