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The T-11R's handle (red) has killed multiple jumpers. One of them I watched from about 6 feet away; we still have not recovered Cole. The article repeatedly says "improperly configured", which I disagree with as a guy that was there competing in the skills competition (ST Rodeo). Our team was next to jump after Cole's team, so we were on the plane. I configured my team to immediately jump to Cole, but the pilots/command told me they "couldn't accept the risk" of putting our team in the water. I stayed on for about a week, diving and doing dive supervisor ops for the search. Tragic isn't nearly a strong enough word. Worst event of my career.
The handle catches wind/air and deploys itself. You know it's bad when the Army has to reverse engineer a fix- the yellow 'tuck tabs' that JMs and 1st jumpers in the door are required to use- to stop the chute from opening on it's own when exposed to the outside air safety check. The stand down and investigation that followed was a lot of finger pointing.
Gotcha. I didn't become airborne until late 2019, and I didn't have my cherry jump until after tuck tabs became standard practice.
That's an awful situation and bullshit your team wasn't allowed to immediately assist.
That's terrible all around.
Yeah man, I appreciate it. The other PJ they mentioned in the article that died during the mountaineering event (Peter Kraines) was a good friend of mine- the TL that worked on him unsuccessfully was also a close friend. Those events happened within a month of each other.
Anyway- I hate that chute as a JM and a jumper. The fact that the Army and Air Force look at the several events that the chute failed and blame the jumpers/JM's enfuriates me.
Fucking awful. I was on jump status from 95-99. We jumped T10c/whatever the reserves were, don't recall. I also worked a few jump fatalities, one sticks in my head, still to this day. Fucking government will maintain a chute that obviously had issues, puts a fucking band aid on it (half asses it) and then blames others.
Army/Airforce/government doing what government does.
Army/Airforce/government doing what government does.
The AF has ruined many careers to cover its
Ass or those of its pilots. The early F-16 wiring harness failures come to mind. Any incident involving an a/c becomes the Spider-Man meme with pilots, ATC, and various support staff playing roles.
It’s bullshit, but Air Force gonna’ Air Force.
757
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GEN Petraeus doesn’t understand what the fuss is all about.
Gen. Petraeus says Ukraine, military readiness top priorities for NDAA, vax mandate outrage ‘manufactured’
Gen. Petraeus says Ukraine, military readiness top priorities for NDAA, vax mandate outrage ‘manufactured’
He's a fucking hack. A government hack.
The kids call that a Toobin!
Devildoc
Verified Military
It’s a thing. Always been a thing.
ThunderHorse
Verified Military
General Betrayus needs to find Jesus.
Or some double aught Listerine…
I'd like to think doctors would have better things to do but this explains why many family doctors in Ontario still refuse to see patients in person.
I don't even need to look at the data to come up with my own hypothesis. Vaccinated are more likely to hide in their bubbles and are more hesitant to drive, resulting in less crashes.
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy associated with increased risk of traffic crashes in Ontario: study | Globalnews.ca
I don't even need to look at the data to come up with my own hypothesis. Vaccinated are more likely to hide in their bubbles and are more hesitant to drive, resulting in less crashes.
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy associated with increased risk of traffic crashes in Ontario: study | Globalnews.ca
