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Post by Spartan »

63, once I got 9 in one day.
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just less than 60. only one was on my reserve, with my main on my back when i hit.
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202 Logged static line jumps.

18 of 22 yrs jump status.

Master rated Parachutist Jan 82.

Platforms:

UH-1H Iriquois
UH-60 Blackhawk
CH-47 Chinook
CH-53 Super Stallion
CH-54 Tarhe aka Sky Crane (people pod)
C-7 Caribou (Forgot all about this one)
C-47 Skytrain (Goonie Bird)
C-119 Flying Boxcar
C-123 Provider(loudest one of the bunch)
C-160 Transall(French Jump school)
C-130 Hercules(Old reliable)
MC-130H Combat Talon
C-141 Starlifter, both A and B models
C-17 (Longest flight and jump in history-18 1/2 hrs non stop w/3 IFR)
OV-10 Bronco (wildest one of them all!)

Jump master'd all except the C-119, C-160 and OV-10.

C-17 is the "mac daddy cadillac" of them all.

As far as the best blast, water jumps have them all beat, hands down.

Winds@30 knots- it's a "go" :wink:

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Added one more due to crs
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Post by Chaos »

100 Static line jumps

Platforms:

UH-1H
UH-60
CH-47
CH-54
C-130
KC-130
C-141
C-17
OV-10 Bronco
AN-2 Colt
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Post by Towedjmpr »

65 Static line jumps.

C-130
C-141
SH-60
CH-47
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Post by Viking »

KW Driver wrote:just less than 60. only one was on my reserve, with my main on my back when i hit.

Are you the guy from A Co whose bayonet wire-cutters cut his static line going out the door?


Oh - 65ish jumps

C-130
Huey
Blackhawk
Shithook
C-17
C-141
Balloon

Feel like I'm forgetting something...
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Post by RGR_Dan »

Low 80's

UH-1
UH-60
CH-47
C-130
C-141
C-5
C-17
I jumped 6 or 7 chutes in one day CH-47 in the NG. After 2 jumps nobody else wanted to go anymore. The last chute I ever jumped I was in the bird by my self and the JM said go whenever your ready 8)
I never got hurt, I was very fortunate. I did start getting nervous toward the end cause I knew I hadn't gotten hurt yet and I was due.
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Post by Ripcord »

Only 8 :(
C-119's
C-123
C-130
1out of a C-141 That was when they were still new :wink:
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Post by The Holmchicken »

30 as far as I can tell. 24 in 2/75, 6 at SWC. Since I've been back at SWC, I have re-fucked my shoulder. So I won't be jumping again any time soon. :x

Correction,
It's 19 at 2/75, 5 at jump school. I was RSOV most of the time, so Air Lando Commando for me.
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Post by DixieRat »

Better late than never.

52 static line jumps.

C130
C141 (sucks big time)
UH1D
CH-47

-35 or so in Alaska was fun with 4 ft or so of snow on the DZ
600 +- fett into Panama was interesting to say the least.

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Post by BadMuther »

40

No jumps in RIP, birds were scarce during DS I
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Post by SF Flyer »

I also only had 1 real jump 8) , with 98ish practice SL jumps

C-130
MC-130 Thai Jump wings
C-141
UH-1
UH-60
MH-60
CH-47
MH-47

I also had exactly 199 Freefalls, because on 199 I was in a downplane by myself :shock: resulting in a broken back :evil:

CASA-212
OTTER
C182
Twinbonanza
Shorts
Pilatus Porter
DC3
Some other small shit that I can't remember
C-17 MFF test jump program Summer 94' (27,750'night)
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Post by Cpart84 »

Rangers, how plausible is it for someone to have "45-50 jumps" and not have senior-parachutist wings? I'm just curious, I don't really know how that works.
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