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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

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
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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

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

"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.

"Politicorrect" wrote in message
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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

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

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