George's of the Jungle

[matthewcline 0]

So I was the Assistant DZSO for a Army Static Line jump today.

The nav delayed the Green light a bit and put the whole pass in the trees!

The radio exchange went some thing like this;

"Torch this is Bison inbound 1 minute."
"Bison this is Torch winds calm clear to drop."
"Roger."


"Bison this is Torch why did you abort the paaaaaaaaaaaaa ah hell, shit, damn, correction I count 8 good canopies. The 1st jumper came out after you passed the DZ was there a refusal?"

"Torch this is Bison umm a, hmm, a minor mistake on our part with the light."

"Bison this is Torch, minor? I got the whole pass in the tress! Before you make the next pass fix your CARP our I am in for along day!, SIR."

"Torch this is Bison, Sorry we figured it would be close, we will have it fixed"

To the Class who I was teaching "Now you see why CARP is the best DZ to run? It is all his fault (pointing to the C-130), he did the math I just read the winds", but oh yes it was heavy in the sarcasim.

"Torch this is Bison inbound 1 minute"
"Bison this is Torch winds 7 knots at 220 clear to drop, Don't ,make me look bad now!"

"Torch this is Bison roger"

The rest of the drop went fine after that.

Then I had to put my climbing skills to use, all the jumpers are fine but we did tear up a few of our tax dallors.

But hey, it is all funny now with a beer in hand!

An Instructors first concern is student safety.
So, start being safe, first!!!

[JohnRich 4]

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Before you make the next pass fix your CARP our I am in for along day!, SIR."

What's a "CARP"? I take it this is not a scum-eating fish...

[matthewcline 0]

Sorry,

It stands for Calculated Arial Release Point, we call it the "spot" whe nwe jump but hey a military thing has to be more complicated right?

An Instructors first concern is student safety.
So, start being safe, first!!!