Different procedures from the 80s. First, the UH- 1 did not have a safety belt at the doors. Second, we undid our chest harness prior to hitting the water and slide back on our leg supports. Just prior to hitting the water, we would activate our Mae- West floatation and swim away from the chute. Water jumps were always fun.
A lot has changed since my water jumps. Granted, being Special Forces, we did things "differently", but I saw a lot of difference. In any helicopter jump, regular or water, we never hooked the static line while on the ground. The reason is that should the helicopter experience a hydraulic failure or whatever upon takeoff, you needed to run like hell to get away from the thing and you can't do that very well while hooked by your static line. We never stripped down like that--you don't jump into a combat operation wearing shorts, a t-short and a hockey helmet--the way these guys jumped made them combat ineffective. They are practicing in a way that they would never do in real world combat. We never used flotation devices. You'd be surprised how much air is packed into the reserve. That thing makes you bob like a cork. It feels like you go down 20 feet when you first hit, but the reserve drags you right up and I suspect that you go down maybe three feet. And inflating a flotation device before you hit the water is a huge mistake. That just makes you slap against the water. We did have boats in the water, but not those speedboats; and in our case, we swam. like a real-world insertion. The boats were just there to save the parachutes from sinking to the bottom. And you didn't do the real world "unhook the chest strap" thing because if you did and the parachute sank there would be hell to pay
The quick answer is "no". They can only install seatbelts when troop seats are fitted into the helicopter and they are rarely installed when inserting troops and never installed for airborne operations.
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Different procedures from the 80s.
First, the UH- 1 did not have a safety belt at the doors.
Second, we undid our chest harness prior to hitting the water and slide back on our leg supports.
Just prior to hitting the water, we would activate our Mae- West floatation and swim away from the chute.
Water jumps were always fun.
A lot has changed since my water jumps. Granted, being Special Forces, we did things "differently", but I saw a lot of difference. In any helicopter jump, regular or water, we never hooked the static line while on the ground. The reason is that should the helicopter experience a hydraulic failure or whatever upon takeoff, you needed to run like hell to get away from the thing and you can't do that very well while hooked by your static line. We never stripped down like that--you don't jump into a combat operation wearing shorts, a t-short and a hockey helmet--the way these guys jumped made them combat ineffective. They are practicing in a way that they would never do in real world combat. We never used flotation devices. You'd be surprised how much air is packed into the reserve. That thing makes you bob like a cork. It feels like you go down 20 feet when you first hit, but the reserve drags you right up and I suspect that you go down maybe three feet. And inflating a flotation device before you hit the water is a huge mistake. That just makes you slap against the water. We did have boats in the water, but not those speedboats; and in our case, we swam. like a real-world insertion. The boats were just there to save the parachutes from sinking to the bottom. And you didn't do the real world "unhook the chest strap" thing because if you did and the parachute sank there would be hell to pay
@@hjshort1yall swam with the chest strap still connected?
Keeping that ics cord wrapped awesy
Glad they gave you that giant seat belt :) Great footage, where the boot cam footage?
So kool
es admirable , un sueño para mí grácias por compartirlo !
Man do I wish i could do that.
So there are no seatbelts when you sit on the side of the chopper ?
The quick answer is "no". They can only install seatbelts when troop seats are fitted into the helicopter and they are rarely installed when inserting troops and never installed for airborne operations.
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