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Old 28th Oct 2007, 14:33
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Capot
 
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My army unit pioneered, after experiments in the UK and USA, jumping out of twin-engine helicopters at night using a 300ft abseil rope, as a means of insertion into jungle areas.

That was bad enough; I really don't think it's do-able to do jump to an airliner, in spite of Hollywood's ideas.
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