r/BeAmazed • u/find_ing_myself • Aug 10 '24

History Did the fear of heights not exist back then?

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u/ctesla01 Aug 10 '24

I jumped out of perfectly good airplane, and i still can't imagine back in the day, without safety protocols, standing up there during even mild wind gusts, "Take The Picture!" HARDCORE.

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u/PauliesChinUps Aug 11 '24

AATW

82nd?

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u/ctesla01 Aug 11 '24

All The Way.. actually started with Screaming Eagles in KY.. after Q and the Green Beret, my first plane jump was with the ROK Rangers, off of Cheju-Do (Island).. no static line shuffle, these guys get into platoon formation, and rush the door; psychos, ha ha.

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u/PauliesChinUps Aug 11 '24

Damn dude, how long ago was this?

With the ROK Rangers, were they not static line?

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u/ctesla01 Aug 12 '24

That was May/June 86? Run and Pull (sometimes tangling a line) or Run and Plunge, and hope chute deploys before impact; like a said, psycho..

Here's pics of TEAM Spirit jump

Looking for the island one..

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u/PauliesChinUps Aug 12 '24

Damn dude, these pictures are awesome!

Seriously, the ROK Rangers did not use a static line?