Swimmers Deploying from Gannets, no 'chute?
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My old man was the LM who picked up the guys near Buckden Pike.
Went for a walk to find the crash site years later....not the most hospitable.
If I remember correctly the Nav had an impact through a snow drift up against a dry stone wall....almost head first.
He said he was amazed they both survived.
Some days it's not your day!
Went for a walk to find the crash site years later....not the most hospitable.
If I remember correctly the Nav had an impact through a snow drift up against a dry stone wall....almost head first.
He said he was amazed they both survived.
Some days it's not your day!
Getting out of the water can be fun too. There is a debate as to who this actually is, doesn't really matter, not something I would be capable of.
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"There is a debate as to who this actually is, doesn't really matter, not something I would be capable of."
Where is the debate ?
Who do you think it is ?
Seems similar to driving a Zodiac onto a Landing craft which is all about timing !!! Was a good entry. Would have loved to have tried it.
"There is a debate as to who this actually is, doesn't really matter, not something I would be capable of."
Where is the debate ?
Who do you think it is ?
Seems similar to driving a Zodiac onto a Landing craft which is all about timing !!! Was a good entry. Would have loved to have tried it.
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At least the removal van doesn't move up and down like the back of a ship.
That Chinook ramp was quite stable, a lot harder in heavier seas states
or even mild sea states. Well, that is what I found anyway.
That Chinook ramp was quite stable, a lot harder in heavier seas states
or even mild sea states. Well, that is what I found anyway.
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devsan iv seen them exit a very low herc in swanage bay near poole
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There is a film around of GMcQ doing a 200ft LLP drop into a Lake in Wales. Not sure if it is in the public domain. This was before the LLRP so the reserve would probably not have been viable.
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AB - can you come up with the name of the guy you talked with? I have just talked to an old oppo of mine who was a senior clearance diver in the Andrew who cinfirmed that this "sort of stuff" went on just before he joined as a young occifer and wondered if you had a name - this apparently would add veracity (or not as the case may be) to the story. CB
There is a film around of GMcQ doing a 200ft LLP drop into a Lake in Wales. Not sure if it is in the public domain. This was before the LLRP so the reserve would probably not have been viable.
It was also fun answering calls from senior officers demanding to be part of the jump by telling them. "Sorry but we've got all the sergeant PJIs we need."
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I'll find out his name, sure. I'm well enough used to naval dits and this just didn't sound like one. He had no need to impress or bullshyte, he knew I was ex RN aircrew, he identified the Gannet as "the one with two propellors going in opposite directions" and stated the drop speed as 85mph.
Despite all the ridicule on this thread I'm still inclined to believe there is more to this story than an ex diver trying to baffle an ex waffoo. We'll see.
Despite all the ridicule on this thread I'm still inclined to believe there is more to this story than an ex diver trying to baffle an ex waffoo. We'll see.
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AB - straight from the horse's mouth (sorry to call you a horse WC!)
"Primed with sufficient quantities of rum these jokers would jump out of the back of anything."
More than that I cannot say, other than I believe this source is unimpeachable (I think that's what I am trying to say)!
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"Primed with sufficient quantities of rum these jokers would jump out of the back of anything."
More than that I cannot say, other than I believe this source is unimpeachable (I think that's what I am trying to say)!
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I'm still waiting to find out:-
a) Where the brave chaps sit en-route
b) If 'inside', how they got out.
Not holding my breath (or my nose..............)
a) Where the brave chaps sit en-route
b) If 'inside', how they got out.
Not holding my breath (or my nose..............)
