Hey Military Folks

[dylan 0]

I was rinsing a bunch of reserves after a water jump recently. Those things are tiny and have the porosity of a well used hanky. Any body ever land one.

Also any thoughts on the reserves are more likely to kill you than save you school of thougt in regards to regular old static line jumps.

[slotperfect 7]

I did . . . back in the day (1985). I was jumping static line progression (my first & failed attempt at being a skydiving student) at the Green Beret Parachute Club at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. I was doing a 5-second delay, rolled over on pull, had a brief horseshoe malfunction, and successfully cutaway (capewells!) and landed the 24' flat circular on my chest.

I was young and weighed all of 200 lbs. Doing it now that I am . . . well . . . not fitting that description anymore, makes me shudder.

And shudder again.

Arrive Safely

John

[rjf98 0]

I landed one at 200 pounds without my gear. Low altitude entaglement. Had combat load as well.

[Shark 0]

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I landed one at 200 pounds without my gear. Low altitude entaglement. Had combat load as well.

Well, you were trying to do CReW, right?

[rjf98 0]

I'd love to be able to say so, but ... NOPE

[sdgregory 0]

You were supposed to say "yeah , yeah that's it, I was doing CReW. Wanna see my line burns?"

[riggerrob 643]

Back in 1979 I landed a military surplus 24 flat T-10 reserve in a freshly plowed field.
I weighed 30 pounds less back then, don't want to try that again.

[Jethers203 0]

A couple years ago I went through Dutch Airborne school in Holland. I jumped a round 5 times and had 5 pretty good landings compared to the Dutch that were there at the same time. Here is the website. http://www.paracentrumtexel.nl/

Clint D-24352

[dgskydive 0]

I had about 10 broken lines and used mine. Wasn't two bad since I had two (well one and a 1/2) out.

Dom

[steve1 5]

We used these for sport jumping in the 70's. I had two cut-aways on a 24 ft. round back then. Stood up one and sprained both ankles on the 2nd. Never had a malfunction in the army. I did do a backloop (with full equipment) through my risers once. Must have been a real poor exit. Put a good twist in things, but it landed fine.....Steve1