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  1. I have jumped from C-2 Greyhounds, C-130 Hercules, C-141B Starlifter, C-17 Globemaster, MC-130 Combat Talon and Shadow, various helos and many small prop civilian aircraft. Don't really have a favorite. Anything with decent room is ideal. Nothing worse than a long trip cramped in small quarters with a platoon of heavily equiped teammates.



    Forty-two

  4. People's attitude towards me never has/never will effect me. How friendly a certain DZ is has no bearing to me. For some people it bothers them. I personally could care less even if they are down-right rude. I am there to skydive, not make friends.



    Forty-two

  6. Definitly do it. It's an unbelievable feeling. The highest I have jumped/pulled in the Navy was 38,000/900 feet in one jump.

    You will get many opinions I am sure from peeps on this message board, but bottom line is they are just that...opinions. Get out there and try it yourself.

    HOOYAH!



    Forty-two

  9. Stick with the 500 feet for something extremely dangerous and death-defying. Forget that nonsense of 150 feet. Isn't possible. Think of it this way...average TV is 5 seconds/1,000 feet. That breaks down to 1 second/200 feet.

    If you want to use the poster's "150 foot pull is possible" that would mean pulling at 150 feet you would have 3/4 of a second for your shoot to come out, catch and land. Impossible.

    Any skydiver reading your book could buy into pulling at 500 feet and living. 150 feet is illogical.



    Forty-two

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    Well, what do true HALO spec ops jumpers deploy at? Over water?



    HALOs are almost always pulled between 900-1,000 feet. This is actually a pretty standard number for almost every HALO. Halfway through a HALO the entire squad or platoon will link up to stay together.



    Forty-two

  12. I agree with the original poster. I have seen tons of complaints from this scam. I have not personally been ripped off but have had two law enforcement officers who I taught in their tact unit complain about the exact same thing the original poster stated.



    Forty-two

  13. For your fictional story, in my professional opinion, you could pull at 300-400 feet. That would give you impact almost immediately. I have heard of people deploying at 500 feet safely. You would be pressed to safely pull at 300, but possible. Besides, in fictional movies/books you can take a .38 revolver and fire it 42 times in a row without reloading.

    As far as repacking a wet chute...yes you can. It is not reccomended, but you can pack a wet chute.



    Forty-two

  15. He went through the panel wall near the door. I had heard stories about things of that nature happening before, but never seen it first-hand.

    The plane was not so lucky. The pilot got her down just fine, but a good chunk of it near the door was taken out.



    Forty-two

  16. I have had only 2 close calls. One was a streamer that I finally got corrected at 1,500 and the other was a HAHO jump at 30,000 feet where my oxygen stopped working the moment I jumped and pulled.

    The scariest moment was not even a jump. Last year I was in California visiting a friend and went to do some skydiving while I was out there. There was 4 of us in the back. One of these morons got hung up on something and accidentally deployed his chute. The canopy immediately flew out the door.

    What did this genius do? Did he do what you're supposed to do which is follow it out?

    Of course not.

    He tried to freakin fight it. Needless to say gravity won and this idiot was at an odd angle and went right through the side of the plane near the door, taking me with him. He smacked me pretty hard. Felt like he broke my jaw, but all turned out good. He turned out ok, minor bumps and bruises. I regained control and made it safe.

    This was the first and only time I was in a plane when someone's canopy opened. Weird shit.



    Forty-two