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| Exercise Flintlock Follies - How NOT to exit the ramp (video) |
| 2019-03-10 |
| [The Aviationist] Jumpers Execute Dangerous Exits, Ramp Strikes and Falls in One Jump Exercise. Military static line parachuting is safe when practiced correctly, but minor mistakes can quickly turn a jump into a disaster. Take a look at these. This video appeared on social media early this week from the Flintlock 2019 military exercise in the Sahel region of Africa. Whoever the unit is in the video- and no one is giving them credit (or blame...), they demonstrate about every aircraft exit mistake a static line parachutist can make short of actually forgetting to hook up their static line. The video has disappeared from social media, but we managed to make a video of the video before it disappeared. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Kinda evident they missed the sandpit tower training. |
| Posted by: Alistaire Bourbon1022 2019-03-10 20:55 |
| #3 I remember my father saying that with something like a Piper Cub you could trim it up to land slower than a typical parachute in the 1940's and 1950's. Now day's military aircraft will fall out of the sky if the computer poops thus more and more development of zero-zero ejection for the crew. |
| Posted by: Snavimble Bucket1794 2019-03-10 13:37 |
| #2 I've never quite mastered the thought that it's a good idea to jump out of a perfectly fine airplane. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-03-10 09:08 |
| #1 Putting down the coffee. Still shaking head. Thanks B. Good one. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-03-10 08:19 |