Goin’ Down

Would you want to be the one jumping out a heli going down?

Quick Mince 😀

That said when i went gliding of flying in the Air Cadets we had to wear chutes and we were only in small 2 seaters, e.g. RAF Tutor.

Yep. You betcha! You don’t know how often I’ve sweated a heavy load clawing into the air on a hot day – I’ve always maintained that as long as we had four hundred feet, I’d be out of there. Hey, I’ve jumped choppers, free-fall and static line. The first was an H-34 in Bragg, and if I was in one going in, I’d be out of it, rotor blades and all. Just give me 400 feet. What’s the difference between a chopper and and aircraft out of control, perhaps spinning, or perhaps in pieces after a mid-air? I’d get my ass out of there!

Gliders? Isn’t it regulation that glider pilots wear ‘chutes? And aerobatic pilots?