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Gnomey · Mar 26, 2011

Nice one!

Wayne Little · Mar 28, 2011

another G-6

Airframes · Mar 28, 2011

Nicely done.

Lucky13 · Mar 28, 2011

Good ones!

Wurger · Mar 28, 2011

Gnomey · Mar 28, 2011

Good one!

vikingBerserker · Mar 28, 2011

Well done!

Wayne Little · Mar 30, 2011

have you flown in one of these Terry?

rochie · Mar 30, 2011

nice, i think Dogsbody's first jump was from that very aircraft !

i'm going to hide right now, seeya

Wayne Little · Mar 30, 2011

Oh sh!t....time to duck...

Catch22 · Mar 30, 2011

Are you sure his first jump was from a plane that new Karl?

Gnomey · Mar 30, 2011

Nice one!

rochie · Mar 30, 2011

Catch22 said:
Are you sure his first jump was from a plane that new Karl?

well he'll probably be on and say his first was from a balloon, but i was thinking of his first jump from an aircraft

my apologies Terry, dont hurt me too much

Airframes · Mar 30, 2011

Smart Rs bunch of Bar Stewards! Nice one - and actually, yes! I got a flight in an Anson 19 in the early 1960s !!!

Wayne Little · Mar 31, 2011

What type of balloon?

rochie · Mar 31, 2011

Wayne Little said:
What type of balloon?

tried to find a pic but dont have one, but imagine a WW2 barage balloon with a box underneath so 4-5 blokes can fit in it then open a door and jump out

good fun actually, i enjoyed it anyway, some don't though !!!

Airframes · Mar 31, 2011

It's cold and clinical, with a vertical drop of around 300 feet before the canopy is fully deployed, with a jump height of 800 feet. Many hate it, and there are often 'refusals' during training. But I loved it ..... I know, I'm strange!!
The balloon is not used now, with the first jumps on the Para Course being done from the tail gate of a Chinnook helicopter, before moving on to the Hercules for 'proper' drops, in sticks.

rochie · Mar 31, 2011

Airframes said:
It's cold and clinical, with a vertical drop of around 300 feet before the canopy is fully deployed, with a jump height of 800 feet. Many hate it, and there are often 'refusals' during training. But I loved it ..... I know, I'm strange!!
The balloon is not used now, with the first jumps on the Para Course being done from the tail gate of a Chinnook helicopter, before moving on to the Hercules for 'proper' drops, in sticks.

a guy on the same cadre as me refused on the day, strange going all that way to drop out then i thought

Wildcat · Mar 31, 2011

I was para qualified was I was in the Army, 7 jumps from a Herc - and I hated every one of them! Especially the night jump..

Airframes · Mar 31, 2011

I was always glad to get out of the Herc - noisy, smelly, cramped thing! I did my course on Argosies, which were luxurious compared to the C130, although you had to 'launch' out of the door to clear the boundary layer, or you'd do a 'rivet inspection' down the fuselage!!

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