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reserve. The T7 reserve system now has an automatic deployment capability and the jumper no longer must "help" the canopy to deploy after pulling the rip cord. Hi Dave: When did you retire?? or you still active. I've never heard of an assisted opening reserve. I retired in 1975 so I guess that could make a difference. grin Cheers: Paul N1431A KPLU CW-2 Retired |
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You have obviously never owned an airplane. There is no perfectly good
airplane - something is always broken and that something is always time consuming and expensive to repair. "Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message ... Bob Harrington wrote: "Dan Edwards" wrote in : You're absolutely right Luke. I have made 3 static line jumps from 3500 ft. AGL 7 years ago when I was crazy. I'm all better now... -Dan Edwards- Looks like you weren't the first person to leave permanent hand grip imprints on the wing strut... =) I just don't understand people who jump out of perfectly good airplanes... JT |
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Free fall parachuting is employed in the military by Special Operations personnel. Usually the HALO (High Altitude, Low Opening) method is used. HALO jumpers may deploy from aircraft as high in altitude at 60,000+ feet and have not only highly maneuverable parafoils but also high altitude life support equipment. The combat jumps made during Desert Storm and the present conflict have all been HALO by Special Operations Operators. Remember that a HALO from 60,000 feet using a B52 aircraft and deployment from the forward bomb bay, will allow a jumper to travel some 200 miles "cross country" before grounding. Using GPS and other guidance technology, a HALO team can deploy over the Gulf and land inside a patio garden in Tehran, Iran in a matter of an hour or so of "flying" time. I thought the initial Desert Storm Special Ops jumps were HAHO rather than HALO. I could be mistaken. TP |
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"Tri-Pacer" wrote in message news " WOW!! Just look at all that old stuff you're wearing! What's in that big pouch in front?!? .....and check out that main cutaway system! I didn't realize they had photography back then. :-) You probably had a "DaVinci" main canopy, didn't you? ;-) Even though I'm an old guy, I started jumping recently enough to have never had a round canopy on my back and I made my pre-second jump from a CASA 212 tailgate. BSBCU, Tony P. Ouch you really know how to hurt a guy Grin That picture was taken in the early 60s over Lake Elsinore in California. The lake was dry back then. I made my first jump in 54 I think the last in 1970. I really did have modern equipment on. It was a 28' 7 TU very advanced canopy. :-) Cheers: Paul N1431A KPLU Just poking a little fun while I stand at the precipice of senior citizenship. :-) My generation wasn't supposed to grow old. But, thanks to you guys paving the way, we "younger" jumpers get to have more fun in the sky than you could have imagined back then. Nothing like stepping out that door for the first time........... Blue Skies, Tony P. |
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"Politicorrect" wrote in message ... Fho warted? I can relate! Start with packing 20+ jumpers in a fast climbing turbine, sitting toboggan-style in two rows, and then let the climb to altitude render it's effects. It's a barometric thang.... :-) I've "heard" of a jumper being thrown out of the door for being particularly offensive. No first-hand knowledge of this event so don't ask. ;-) TP |
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Tri-Pacer wrote:
reserve. The T7 reserve system now has an automatic deployment capability and the jumper no longer must "help" the canopy to deploy after pulling the rip cord. Hi Dave: When did you retire?? or you still active. I've never heard of an assisted opening reserve. I retired in 1975 so I guess that could make a difference. grin Cheers: Paul N1431A KPLU CW-2 Retired I retired in 1988 and then worked for the government for years after that. The "assist" is a set of stiff plastic spines which act as compressed springs. Ordinarily when a jumper deploys a reserve, he must make sure that he carefully feeds the reserve canopy upward and outward, so that he obtains a good canopy. I don't know if the military is still working on this reserve system now; all HALO is done with commercial type gear and the reserves have altimeters. Cheers, Dave |
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I may not own a plane but had plenty of participation in building 'em
over the years. And, I was speaking in relative terms, not absolutes. JT acroman wrote: You have obviously never owned an airplane. There is no perfectly good airplane - something is always broken and that something is always time consuming and expensive to repair. "Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message ... Bob Harrington wrote: "Dan Edwards" wrote in : You're absolutely right Luke. I have made 3 static line jumps from 3500 ft. AGL 7 years ago when I was crazy. I'm all better now... -Dan Edwards- Looks like you weren't the first person to leave permanent hand grip imprints on the wing strut... =) I just don't understand people who jump out of perfectly good airplanes... JT |
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