Aug 21, 2007, 12:38 PM
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Add a "wow" for me too. That took guts.
I didn't understand this part at first:
"Although at a fairly low altitude, Lt Callahan delayed pulling the ripcord in order to lessen the shock, which might have broken the bombardier's grip on him."
But I guess what that means is that the speed of the bomber when they bailed out was greater than freefall terminal velocity, so by delaying the ripcord pull, they actually slowed down their airspeed a bit.
Aug 21, 2007, 12:59 PM
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Add a "wow" for me too. That took guts.
I didn't understand this part at first:
"Although at a fairly low altitude, Lt Callahan delayed pulling the ripcord in order to lessen the shock, which might have broken the bombardier's grip on him."
But I guess what that means is that the speed of the bomber when they bailed out was greater than freefall terminal velocity, so by delaying the ripcord pull, they actually slowed down their airspeed a bit.
B24 cruise speed was around 160 -175mph, depending on load.
Aug 21, 2007, 11:51 PM
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No way, their hats are still on!
"The news of the feat soon travelled around the base and later Colonel Heflin, the Group CO, asked them for all the details. He decided to record the event and after they had recovered, a parachute was rigged up on a crane and the two "celebrities" demonstrated their act for the photographers."
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Aug 22, 2007, 4:55 AM
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Just as Lt. Callahan was preparing to jump, he noticed that the bombardier's parachute was out of his reach and on fire
So if he could have reached it, he would have still jumped it even though it was on fire? I didn't realise they had senseless acts of video in those days!
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