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Posted on 5/23/23 at 8:39 am to LittleJerrySeinfield
quote:Perfect way to describe why you do not want steerable canopies for a MASTAC jump.
LittleJerrySeinfield
Skysharking.
Posted on 5/23/23 at 9:12 am to Wolfhound45
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MASTAC jump.
Is that cancer?
Posted on 5/23/23 at 10:12 am to 1BIGTigerFan
quote:Mass Tactical jump. More jumpers in the air than you could ever want to see. Lots of opportunities for mid-air entanglements (a very, very bad thing).
MASTAC
YouTube - Inside a Mass Tac event with the 82nd Airborne
Lot of ways to get badly hurt or killed
Posted on 5/23/23 at 12:34 pm to Wolfhound45
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Lot of ways to get badly hurt or killed
That doesn't seem very.....tactical.
Posted on 5/23/23 at 1:09 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
One of my ex's dads had to have a couple of his vertebrae fused together after he retired from the Marines due to chronic back pain from para jumping
Posted on 5/23/23 at 1:50 pm to BowlJackson
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chronic back pain from para jumping
I can see why. Everyone hits the ground like a falling sack of potatoes.
Posted on 5/23/23 at 2:16 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
quote:On average, a descent rate of 15-22 feet per second (several variables affect this).
Everyone hits the ground like a falling sack of potatoes.
YouTube - A Bridge Too Far (British paras jump clip)
My opinion, the best depiction of what it is like to be a paratrooper in the military.
All practical effects, no CGI.
This post was edited on 5/23/23 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 5/24/23 at 8:39 am to Wolfhound45
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73 static line jumps so...
(only one into a tree though)
Yikes; how is your back and knees? My mom spent several years as a Doc at the VA in Pittsburgh and she used to cringe when she talked about the physical state of ex-paratroopers.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 8:58 am to RolltidePA
Well, he's 42 and retired, so that should tell you.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 10:43 am to RolltidePA
quote:Broke my right hip on a jump. Busted up right knee. I take care of myself but I will have problems as I get older. Get great care from the VA.
Yikes; how is your back and knees?
And I turn 60 this summer
Posted on 5/24/23 at 11:08 am to Wolfhound45
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Broke my right hip
Sound like an old lady.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 11:11 am to 1BIGTigerFan
quote:Definitely hobble along like one
Sound like an old lady.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 12:56 pm to Wolfhound45
Posted on 5/24/23 at 1:38 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
Saw that one on Army WTF site. Knuckle head was doing an A/NT jump (administrative/non-tactical). No excuse for that.
Personally saw with my own eyes an SF guy do the same with a steerable parachute ( MC1 at the time) because he was "chasing" (trying to earn his senior or master parachutist badge) and was trying to land as close to the parachute turn in/parachute issue point as possible so he could quickly re-don, be inspected and then load for a subsequent jump. Landed squarely on the front hood of the parachute issue truck (2 1/2 ton or "deuce and a half") and flopped to the ground (about six feet up - oof). Was a little banged up but no major injuries. Worst part?
We had no more parachutes to issue
Personally saw with my own eyes an SF guy do the same with a steerable parachute ( MC1 at the time) because he was "chasing" (trying to earn his senior or master parachutist badge) and was trying to land as close to the parachute turn in/parachute issue point as possible so he could quickly re-don, be inspected and then load for a subsequent jump. Landed squarely on the front hood of the parachute issue truck (2 1/2 ton or "deuce and a half") and flopped to the ground (about six feet up - oof). Was a little banged up but no major injuries. Worst part?
We had no more parachutes to issue
Posted on 5/24/23 at 1:42 pm to Wolfhound45
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I turn 60 this summer
Dang, you're like, 48 years older than Pio
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:35 pm to paperwasp
Speaking of kids, who's running the best and worst poster tourneys this year?
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:38 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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who's running the best and worst poster tourneys this year?
Harry is almost always the logical answer to any board-related question.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:40 pm to paperwasp
That would be more chaos than even Ted could handle.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 3:01 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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