"...For extra money in his college years, Serling worked part-time testing parachutes for the United States Army Air Forces.
According to his radio station coworkers, he received $50 for each successful jump and had once been paid $500 (half before and half if he survived) for a hazardous test.[4]:58
His last test jump was a few weeks before his wedding.
In one instance, he earned $1,000 for testing a jet ejection seat that had killed the previous three testers..."
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