On Apr 15, 3:25*pm, "Steve W." wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:58:59 -0700 (PDT), rangerssuck
wrote:

It was pretty sharp thinking. Ya gotta wonder if that trick's in a
manual somewhere. Perhaps on Iggy's site?

It looked like they were using an SOP for that situation. They pulled
that emergency chute out of that little red gear bag you can see in
the foreground in the video. They must have one stowed on each drop
plane for just such a contingency.

I wonder whatever became of the first few guys that got tangled up
before they developed the SOP? Because it usually takes a few screw
ups before somebody decides a policy and procedure fix is in order.
Dave

Yep, Emergency Chutes are standard equipment on most static line jump
planes.
It's actually not an uncommon thing to get dragged.

SOP is that the load master will notify the flight deck. They will
reduce airspeed and start looking for a clear drop zone. Then the EC
gets connected up. Once they are approaching the DZ the hung jumper will
get cut free (actually they just pop the static rail lock and let the
ring free) Once the jumper is free they can steady up and continue with
the drop.

--
Steve W.

I almost hate to ask what they do if it's a fer-real combat drop and
those troops are needed on the ground ASAP.

Maybe (best case?) they just do the emerg chute without any delay,
worst case, sorry buddy.


Dave