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I'm off the hook.....
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: 22 miles south, then 11 miles west of LAS
Posts: 2,895
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It's called a HALO. High Altitude Low Open.
In one of my former careers, had several SEALS leave an ex-Navy hospital VC9 at high altitude via the rear airstair door. All I cared about was being able to get the door closed again so we could repressurize and warm up. We pilots were pressure breathing, and the jumpmaster had a full suit on. We were freezing our a$$es off with the heat cranked full smoking duct high.
I cannot imagine the guts it took to do that at night at flight levels, and wait until very low to pop the chute.
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No, I don't sing. Based there for too long.
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