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Military jumpers, question:

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if you have a halo rig and jump out of a plane... of course no staticline...

any altitude... hopfully enough to deploy and have a good canopy...

Records? I heard of some mil jumps over 35k?
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If you jump out of an A/C with an MC-4 Parachute it is considered a HALO jump. Normally for training purposes thats at normal skydiving altitudes(12.5) but can go up to 17,999 before we have to go to O2. 18K and above we prebreath for 30 minutes 100% O2 before passing through 18K. However, we do go to our max ceiling sometimes for training. I'll be doing a 25K + jump here shortly in fact.
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If you jump out of an A/C with an MC-4 Parachute it is considered a HALO jump. Normally for training purposes thats at normal skydiving altitudes(12.5) but can go up to 17,999 before we have to go to O2. 18K and above we prebreath for 30 minutes 100% O2 before passing through 18K. However, we do go to our max ceiling sometimes for training. I'll be doing a 25K + jump here shortly in fact.



Ok, and what qualifies as a "low opening"? I was having a discussion and I was pretty sure that a "low opening" for a freefall with the military is a lot higher than we consider a "low opening".
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I was pretty sure that a "low opening" for a freefall with the military is a lot higher than we consider a "low opening".



That is correct. When its dark out and you have 100+ lbs of crap strapped to you, you don't want to smoke it down. You also have to take into account canopy opening characteristics not only for the main but also the reserve in case you have to cutaway. You have similar concerns that a tandem also has. Unlike skydiving, you may not be landing in a large obstacle free landing area that you are familiar with and know which way the wind is blowing.
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