I've made over a 150 jumps on Mullin's bird. The sound of plane heading down the runaway is like hearing your mama's voice. Sweet and true. All the video is missing is Mike Mullin's voice saying, "30000 feet. Exit, exit, exit, exit exit, exit. Get the hell of my plane!!"" Great video BS..BD!!!
I only have one earbud in, my other ear is being blasted by a desk fan on high. Needless to say, this was one of the most realistic skydiving video viewing experiences I've ever had.
@touggie2000 It's a drag chute, it is used to help stabilize the tandem jumpers and help prevent them spinning. Tandem jumping can quickly get out of control if the new jumper has trouble with body position, so these little chutes are used as a safety aid.
Right. Sometimes we are jumping 3 times higher as you did it! Depends on weather and the season and the total weight of the flight who will take our guys up on altitude!
Great video. Yes, a King Air has more altitude capability than you'd expect. It's not suicide no matter what you ground dwellers think. I've been solo (what did you expect?) out of a King Air at 21,000' and enjoyed the jump. Something very different. For me it was just another skydive but a lot longer. I'd recommend one and all to give this HALO company a call and give it a try. If not, no big deal. This sport's not for everyone.
I jumped once and only once to get rid of my fear of heights. It didn't work and I will NEVER do it again. These are some real brave people. I'll bet that was an adrenaline rush!
You are wearing thermo underwear and gloves. Helmet and oxygene mask also protect head and face, and in the plane it isn't much cold as outside. You are exit at 30k feet and freefall is around +/- 2 minutes. You will reach fast warmer layers of the atmosphere. Our jump season is from April to October. No jumps in winter times. Bad weather and then it is to cold in general.
Wow! First jump and 30k feet. That's amazing. I did 6 static line jumps from 2,800 and two tandems from 10,000 feet. Considered an 18,000 feet jump but have never gotten around to it. Seriously doubt I would have the guts to go HALO from 30k. Brave woman. German of course :-)
+WeeWillyII Impeccable exit too. No flip over. Those seem to happen more often when you try a tandem exit from a sitting start out of a Cessna. One thing you are not aware of (and if you knew wouldn't likely attempt it) is the 5.4g shock when chute opens. It will cause you to say "Holy ****".
@Chargeglass I 'think' the term is drogue chute but SEL9000 could tell you with certainty. And I believe it is used to stabilze the tandem. If a guest jumper freaks out it can cause a problem in a hurry so the drogue is, as mentioned, a safety/stability device. Does it slow free fall? Of course a little bit but you could never tell. A 'drag' chute is used to assist braking of ground vehicles such as the shuttle or some race vehicles. I of course defer to the experts for correction. Peace
@huangatang69 that might be HAHO(High Altitude, High-Opening). Some reasons for HAHO are to glide in silently, to recon a large area visually, to avoid the snapping and ruffling sounds of opening at low altitude (which the enemy might actually be able to hear in the dead silence of a night sky), to navigate in to a very specific and hard-to-find spot, etc.
Special Operators use HALO insertion to get past enemy radar undetected. They jump at 30,000 feet and open their chute at 2,000-3,000 feet above the ground... I've even heard of guys pulling their parachutes at 800 ft, which doesnt sound low from someone who's never really jumped but to give you some perspective, it takes at least 300 ft for a chute to fully deploy and for the diver to gain controllability.
Yes your right in normal circumstances, however since he was so high the air density was actually lower (IE at the edge of space). This meant that the drag was reduced and therefore he could achieve much higher speeds.
wow that looked very exhilarating to say the least ... great jump. i really enjoyed it... which i could ofdone it in person ... but it was awesome... thnx again :)
HALO means "High Altitude Low Opening". This is a special kind of skydiving, first invented in the 60th of the last century. You go up high as possible and you will have a freefall of 2:00 min! We performing this kind of skydives as HALO-tandem out between min. of 28,500 to 30,000 feet (sometimes a little bit higher). Are you scared?
This is awesome, before these private schools you had to join an elite military unit to even hope for a chance at this stuff. I have my Marine Gold Wings and both military & civilian freefall experience but never even had the opportunity for HALO. If this is your bag its worth the 2 or 3 grand. Just dont pay them until after the jump....keeps them honest and you safe..:)
Only during the first 3 to 5 seconds after exit do you get the falling sensation. As you reach terminal velocity of about 120 MPH after 12 seconds, it's more of a floating feeling because of the force of air resistance. Great fun, well worth experiencing it.
Most people use manual for main and manual or auto for reserve. Most popular brand of AAD (Automatic activation device) is CYPRES. When I was learning I had a mechanical activation on the main and a pyrotechnic CYPRES on the reserve so the school provided auto on both. This only applies for recreational 10-12K ft jumps, HALO and military might be different.
As I understand it, providing your initial velocity isn't too terribly much (less than mach 3 or so), the gradual increase in air pressure will slow your descent gradually.
terminal velocity is reached due to the air resistance slowing you down. if you go high enough, like joe kittinger, the air is thin enough that the terminal velocity is much higher than if you were to jump from a standard sky dive height
Beautiful vid !! By the way, what do they breathe up there ? just compressed air in their tanks, or oxygen enriched air, or maybe some other mix ? Thanx
Thats a shame, shydiving is one of the most thrilling sports there is. It's as close as you'll come to flying. If your afraid of heights thats alright, I was to, but once you do it you'll come to love it. Now I'm not saying you have to HALO jump like the guys in this video but just skydiving in general is a blast. You'll be glad you did it.
The drogue chute is to slow the pair of jumpers. They use them lower level jumps as well. The combined weight of two people with basically the same frontal area of one person would cause the pair of jumpers to out-speed the camera man. Objects of different weights fall at the same speed only in a vacuum. In the air, the weight/density of the objects and the drag of the air matter.
@Lights0ut1109 It means you open your parachute after a longer time of free falling. in military parachuting usually you dont really have a free-fall period as the chute opens right away.
i do wish to sky dive sometime soon. and make a perhaps weekly hobby, maybe get my license or something. i do think it's crazy how the plane lands bout the same time you do?? or was it a different plane? Awesome vid.
@DrMotorDude Technically, CO2 is not boiling out of a soda bottle when you open it. There is a difference in chemical potential between the CO2 in the liquid phase and the gas phase (the system is not at equilibrium), and as a result mass transfer occurs between the phases. It's the same principle for how a reverse osmosis water filter works.
Our TV presenter who performed on Tuesday of this week a HALO-tandem jump gave us directly after he comes home a personal quote of the day: "This adventure was exciting, unique, amazing, crazy and breathtaking in every sense of the word! I enjoyed it very much, even if I was really scared!" Stay tuned, we will release the date when you can be scared infront of your TV.
HAHO is different than HALO. Both serve similar purposes but have different executions. The military still very much uses HALO jumping. The Navy SEALs use them quite often actually. High Altitude High Opening insertions are usually reserved for extremely secretive missions, mostly because they don't want the enemy hearing their chutes open at low altitudes so they pull them a lot higher to avoid detection. Parachutes are pretty damn loud when they are first deployed.
Welcome in the club of the daredevils, mate! The girl in the video made her first ever skydive. She thought: if I do it, I will start with the biggest challenge ever. Thanks for your comment!
@SEL9000 .. Beautiful video and thank you for making this available. At what altitude is the main chute deployed? I looked through the comments and didn't see it .. sorry if I missed it. I also noticed the pilot had a lot of flaps dialed in. At what approximate speed (indicated or true) is the aircraft when you step out? Thanx!
I think a lot of astronauts would go for it! Except for the whole burning up in the rapidly densening atmosphere part... a few might be a tad deterred by that.
Would this actually work? By the time you reached the atmosphere and had a way to slow down with your parachute, wouldn't you already have accelerated too fast to slow down without burning up?
because the big one is locked until u pull it out. my friend is into this stuff not Halo but parachute(i think i spelled it wrong) jumping and he said it will not pull the big one out untill u will relise the big one
Yeah your right, under normal conditions but because he was so high the air density was lower, and therefore drag was decreased. This allowed him to achieve far higher speeds!
Wow, nice -- just short of 110 seconds of freefall, but thought they would've gotten 120 from 30 grand. My two highest were only 60's,from 12,500 (St. Thomas, V.I., back in the '70's). Almost got to do oxygen training and jumps under auspices of USAF at Wright Pat, when jumping Waynesville (Ohio) in the late '70's, but the plan fell apart...
@SEL9000 It's working now guys..at least with Internet Explorer...I don't know about other browsers. Just a recommendation...you guys have something very unique here and an amazing experience...would love to see interviews with the individual instructors and more pics on the site. Photography is an art form...utilize the views! I see you have coaching sessions too. it would be nice to see a professional session clip presented. ...incredible stuff.
@Lights0ut1109 In military terms it means leaving the aircraft at 30,000 or more feet and free falling to about 600 to 1000 ft. Try it at night. Over a combat zone. Some fun.
Just some feedback on your website...it is only opening up in a very small corner of my screen with arrows to scroll both horizontally and vertically. The rest of the screen is all black. I am using IE if that makes a difference. And no I am not going to try google chrome or other web browsers. Thought I would let you know. The Meltdownman
Well, we have Australian customers. ;) Dates what are still possible you will see here: www.space-affairs.com/index.php?wohin=halo_tandem or here the dates: April 2014: 21. / 28.04.2014 May 2014: 19. / 26.05.2014 June 2014: 23. / 30.06.2014 (there is one Australian customer scheduled for 23) July 2014: 21. / 28.07.2014 August 2014: 25.08.2014 September 2014: 22. / 29.09.2014 October 2014: 20. / 27.10.2014 Min. booking is possible +45 days before the jump date. Regards, Andreas
Wow, a jump from 30,000 feet, that's awesome! You'll notice they have oxygen, so it's not much more risk than a jump from 10,000 feet, but they get twice the freefall time. The tandem pair had 1:50 of freefall time, and the camera person had 2 minutes! I'd go for that jump, with oxygen of course, so far the highest exit altitude I've ever had was 17,000 feet.
The little chute deployed as he left the plane is a drogue chute and is used on tandem jumps. Wikipedia: "...to decrease the skydivers' terminal velocity. This is necessary for proper parachute deployment, lengthening the duration of the skydive, and allowing the skydivers to fall at the same speed as videographers."
How much does the drogue chute slow you down? I assume it's just to keep you stable instead of spinning, especially if the novice under you starts flailing his/her arms and legs randomly.
It must be hard to breathe up there at first, so do you have to wear oxygen? I'm blind, so I don't know. The way that air sounded, it must have been hard to hear anhyone or anything else. What do you hear besides the wind in your ears?
Special forces jump at heights of up to 35,000ft when doing HALO or HAHO jumps that's why they are called HALO (high altitude low opening) and HAHO (high altitude high opening) if they didn't t wouldn't really be hgh altitude would it. PS, normal infantry usually only do static line jumps at about 1250ft.
I would love to see in slow motion the main chute deploying from its backpack. I have not seen that in any video yet. What camera system are you guys using and have you considered this while setting it to music? Adobe After Effects and Twixtor might be able to handle it and would really show some really interesting footage. The Meltdownman
awesome stuff I used to fly jumpers you got some nice free fall time not like 9.5 all the best for you guys, if I had my knees in better shape I would come and take a jump ( hey, jump pilots jumped for free :) got 42 jumps all 9.5 I would love 30 !!!)
@tougie2000 1.)to pull the main chute out. 2.) to slow you down before the main chute deyploys otherwise you could die from the straps holding you to the parachute. 3.) for stability
I love flying, id probably love jumping out of an airplane too... but damn im scared that the parachute gets ripped off my back when it opens due to the force... lol.
+VeniVidiAjax Definitely give it a shot. I'm 15 jumps in and i've never had a hard opening. it's actually pretty gentle. People talk about "opening shock", but it's not a shock like it used to be. modern canopies have a slider that controls the opening rate so it all happens in a controlled manner. if you google "learn to skydive", you'll find somewhere nearby to give it a shot.
Well, with the MIG-29 we fly mostly higher, in altitudes between 56k and 72k feet. Then we still hope to lift clients then also in the upcoming years to 360,000 feet. Long way to go, we will try. Thanks for the note, still hope you like our channel.
Well actually, HALO jumps from this height are pretty rare. SF tends to make jumps at lower heights and from helicopters as opposed to fixed wing. Up until last year, only SEALs and Pararescue were all HALO qualified. LALO was more efficient at getting people in with less effort.
Well, I'd really like to give that a go some day. It's just that I've read about to many chute accidents. Then again, if it does fail to open it won't matter if your 30,000 ft up or 3000 ft. I'm not scared of heights or speeds, just of chute failures.
Most accidents during skydives aren't the reason because of the techniques. Most accidents coming from human errors or failures. We are in the year 2014, there is a lot of safety equipment in use and parachuting of today isn't the same than years ago.
***** Though it could be as simple as folding your chute the wrong way after use. What if you use one that someone else has folded for you. Well I guess you won't feel anything when you hit the ground anyway.
Nr1from1978 Our tandem masters folding their chutes by them self. This is always the case, as for other skydives, too. They made thousands of skydives especially thousands of HALO tandems. We minimize the risk. Of course, skydiving is dangerous, but most accidents are happening at home as we all know. No risk, no honey. If people are scared about it, might be better stay on ground. We can have the "if" always in mind, and we have it. This all isn't to take normal and routine. Routine kills, precautions saves lifes.
Its crazy that if you pull your chute at 30,000 ft it will take around half an hour to hit the ground. If you dont have enough oxygen or proper clothing you'll freeze or suffocate before you hit the ground.
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You know the game HALO? Or Beyoncé's song "HALO"? Both is very nice, but our HALO's are more even better!
Lol
I think you will only be better than the videogame it will if you jump from space to earth without parachute and survive
***** gayest joke ive ever see
***** I know Metal Gear Solid 3's HALO Jump.
I've made over a 150 jumps on Mullin's bird. The sound of plane heading down the runaway is like hearing your mama's voice. Sweet and true. All the video is missing is Mike Mullin's voice saying, "30000 feet. Exit, exit, exit, exit exit, exit. Get the hell of my plane!!"" Great video BS..BD!!!
I tandem jumped at 10,500 feet 4-5 years ago. The adrenaline high I had lasted for days. Can't imagine what a jump at this height is like. Insane.
Wow! Our first video with 1,000,000 views on UA-cam. Amazing ...
wow...you are so brave woman!!!
good parachuter ...
I watch it with exciting !!
great video
camera man is so great ...
She jump first time and at once from 10 km. Wow. Respect madame.
I only have one earbud in, my other ear is being blasted by a desk fan on high. Needless to say, this was one of the most realistic skydiving video viewing experiences I've ever had.
love the way she is sort of tripped out with the plane taking off at the end
@touggie2000 It's a drag chute, it is used to help stabilize the tandem jumpers and help prevent them spinning. Tandem jumping can quickly get out of control if the new jumper has trouble with body position, so these little chutes are used as a safety aid.
That's what I'm talking about!
I'm so eager to take my first jump next summer and if I could I'd definitely do it this way.
Way to go! Congrats!
wow! Halo jumps were classified... now u get to do them fun AWSOOOOM
Right. Sometimes we are jumping 3 times higher as you did it! Depends on weather and the season and the total weight of the flight who will take our guys up on altitude!
Great video. Yes, a King Air has more altitude capability than you'd expect. It's not suicide no matter what you ground dwellers think. I've been solo (what did you expect?) out of a King Air at 21,000' and enjoyed the jump. Something very different. For me it was just another skydive but a lot longer. I'd recommend one and all to give this HALO company a call and give it a try. If not, no big deal. This sport's not for everyone.
I jumped once and only once to get rid of my fear of heights. It didn't work and I will NEVER do it again. These are some real brave people. I'll bet that was an adrenaline rush!
Did a solo static line jump in '83. This is on my bucket list.
You are wearing thermo underwear and gloves. Helmet and oxygene mask also protect head and face, and in the plane it isn't much cold as outside. You are exit at 30k feet and freefall is around +/- 2 minutes. You will reach fast warmer layers of the atmosphere. Our jump season is from April to October. No jumps in winter times. Bad weather and then it is to cold in general.
GREAT JUMP! Loved it. Your a brave young lady to HALO on your first jump.
Wow! First jump and 30k feet. That's amazing. I did 6 static line jumps from 2,800 and two tandems from 10,000 feet. Considered an 18,000 feet jump but have never gotten around to it. Seriously doubt I would have the guts to go HALO from 30k. Brave woman. German of course :-)
+WeeWillyII Impeccable exit too. No flip over. Those seem to happen more often when you try a tandem exit from a sitting start out of a Cessna. One thing you are not aware of (and if you knew wouldn't likely attempt it) is the 5.4g shock when chute opens. It will cause you to say "Holy ****".
@Chargeglass I 'think' the term is drogue chute but SEL9000 could tell you with certainty. And I believe it is used to stabilze the tandem. If a guest jumper freaks out it can cause a problem in a hurry so the drogue is, as mentioned, a safety/stability device. Does it slow free fall? Of course a little bit but you could never tell. A 'drag' chute is used to assist braking of ground vehicles such as the shuttle or some race vehicles. I of course defer to the experts for correction.
Peace
@huangatang69 that might be HAHO(High Altitude, High-Opening). Some reasons for HAHO are to glide in silently, to recon a large area visually, to avoid the snapping and ruffling sounds of opening at low altitude (which the enemy might actually be able to hear in the dead silence of a night sky), to navigate in to a very specific and hard-to-find spot, etc.
Special Operators use HALO insertion to get past enemy radar undetected. They jump at 30,000 feet and open their chute at 2,000-3,000 feet above the ground... I've even heard of guys pulling their parachutes at 800 ft, which doesnt sound low from someone who's never really jumped but to give you some perspective, it takes at least 300 ft for a chute to fully deploy and for the diver to gain controllability.
Yes your right in normal circumstances, however since he was so high the air density was actually lower (IE at the edge of space). This meant that the drag was reduced and therefore he could achieve much higher speeds.
Holly shit, this looks scary and fun in the same time. The adrenaline rush you get while doing this must be fucking amazing.
that chill down my spine was so great I thought I was gonna die
NICE!!!! I love watching people have fun
Have a good jump into the weekend, fans - and watch your step!
wow that looked very exhilarating to say the least ... great jump. i really enjoyed it... which i could ofdone it in person ... but it was awesome... thnx again :)
HALO means "High Altitude Low Opening". This is a special kind of skydiving, first invented in the 60th of the last century. You go up high as possible and you will have a freefall of 2:00 min! We performing this kind of skydives as HALO-tandem out between min. of 28,500 to 30,000 feet (sometimes a little bit higher). Are you scared?
Yes, I am scared of going splat >.>
How much it cost? And is it available to public civilian citizens or no?
@SPACE AFFAIRS, According to my research last time, halo is used by some kind of military people to not get seen by the enemy
This is awesome, before these private schools you had to join an elite military unit to even hope for a chance at this stuff. I have my Marine Gold Wings and both military & civilian freefall experience but never even had the opportunity for HALO. If this is your bag its worth the 2 or 3 grand. Just dont pay them until after the jump....keeps them honest and you safe..:)
@SEL9000 Thank you!!! :) SOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!! Regular altitude is just not doing it for me anymore! Can't wait!! Blue Skies :D
You are the best hero in my life.
Happy Halloween, fans! Are you scared today? No? Okay, then watch this!
Only during the first 3 to 5 seconds after exit do you get the falling sensation. As you reach terminal velocity of about 120 MPH after 12 seconds, it's more of a floating feeling because of the force of air resistance. Great fun, well worth experiencing it.
Most people use manual for main and manual or auto for reserve. Most popular brand of AAD (Automatic activation device) is CYPRES. When I was learning I had a mechanical activation on the main and a pyrotechnic CYPRES on the reserve so the school provided auto on both. This only applies for recreational 10-12K ft jumps, HALO and military might be different.
A Bucket list item for sure!
As I understand it, providing your initial velocity isn't too terribly much (less than mach 3 or so), the gradual increase in air pressure will slow your descent gradually.
terminal velocity is reached due to the air resistance slowing you down. if you go high enough, like joe kittinger, the air is thin enough that the terminal velocity is much higher than if you were to jump from a standard sky dive height
This is what i want for christmas!!!
Beautiful vid !!
By the way, what do they breathe up there ? just compressed air in their tanks, or oxygen enriched air, or maybe some other mix ? Thanx
Thats a shame, shydiving is one of the most thrilling sports there is. It's as close as you'll come to flying. If your afraid of heights thats alright, I was to, but once you do it you'll come to love it. Now I'm not saying you have to HALO jump like the guys in this video but just skydiving in general is a blast. You'll be glad you did it.
The drogue chute is to slow the pair of jumpers. They use them lower level jumps as well. The combined weight of two people with basically the same frontal area of one person would cause the pair of jumpers to out-speed the camera man. Objects of different weights fall at the same speed only in a vacuum. In the air, the weight/density of the objects and the drag of the air matter.
@Lights0ut1109 It means you open your parachute after a longer time of free falling. in military parachuting usually you dont really have a free-fall period as the chute opens right away.
i do wish to sky dive sometime soon. and make a perhaps weekly hobby, maybe get my license or something. i do think it's crazy how the plane lands bout the same time you do?? or was it a different plane? Awesome vid.
@DrMotorDude Technically, CO2 is not boiling out of a soda bottle when you open it. There is a difference in chemical potential between the CO2 in the liquid phase and the gas phase (the system is not at equilibrium), and as a result mass transfer occurs between the phases. It's the same principle for how a reverse osmosis water filter works.
Our TV presenter who performed on Tuesday of this week a HALO-tandem jump gave us directly after he comes home a personal quote of the day:
"This adventure was exciting, unique, amazing, crazy and breathtaking in every sense of the word! I enjoyed it very much, even if I was really scared!"
Stay tuned, we will release the date when you can be scared infront of your TV.
HAHO is different than HALO. Both serve similar purposes but have different executions. The military still very much uses HALO jumping. The Navy SEALs use them quite often actually. High Altitude High Opening insertions are usually reserved for extremely secretive missions, mostly because they don't want the enemy hearing their chutes open at low altitudes so they pull them a lot higher to avoid detection. Parachutes are pretty damn loud when they are first deployed.
Welcome in the club of the daredevils, mate! The girl in the video made her first ever skydive. She thought: if I do it, I will start with the biggest challenge ever. Thanks for your comment!
@Godsjudgement12 the small chute is for resistance , to slow them down so they do not plummet to fast.
@SEL9000 .. Beautiful video and thank you for making this available.
At what altitude is the main chute deployed? I looked through the comments and didn't see it .. sorry if I missed it.
I also noticed the pilot had a lot of flaps dialed in. At what approximate speed (indicated or true) is the aircraft when you step out?
Thanx!
I think a lot of astronauts would go for it! Except for the whole burning up in the rapidly densening atmosphere part... a few might be a tad deterred by that.
Would this actually work? By the time you reached the atmosphere and had a way to slow down with your parachute, wouldn't you already have accelerated too fast to slow down without burning up?
the jump is real awesome
That was AMAZING!! Such a rush!
because the big one is locked until u pull it out. my friend is into this stuff not Halo but parachute(i think i spelled it wrong) jumping and he said it will not pull the big one out untill u will relise the big one
That was freakin' AWESOME!
Yeah your right, under normal conditions but because he was so high the air density was lower, and therefore drag was decreased. This allowed him to achieve far higher speeds!
Wow, nice -- just short of 110 seconds of freefall, but thought they would've gotten 120 from 30 grand. My two highest were only 60's,from 12,500 (St. Thomas, V.I., back in the '70's). Almost got to do oxygen training and jumps under auspices of USAF at Wright Pat, when jumping Waynesville (Ohio) in the late '70's, but the plan fell apart...
I like that patch..... nice jump
@SEL9000 It's working now guys..at least with Internet Explorer...I don't know about other browsers. Just a recommendation...you guys have something very unique here and an amazing experience...would love to see interviews with the individual instructors and more pics on the site. Photography is an art form...utilize the views! I see you have coaching sessions too. it would be nice to see a professional session clip presented. ...incredible stuff.
@TengenMachine It's a military term for High Altitude Low Opening, basically tactical freefalling
It's called a drogue chute, it slows down and stabilize the tandem jumpers.
@Lights0ut1109 In military terms it means leaving the aircraft at 30,000 or more feet and free falling to about 600 to 1000 ft. Try it at night. Over a combat zone. Some fun.
Just some feedback on your website...it is only opening up in a very small corner of my screen with arrows to scroll both horizontally and vertically. The rest of the screen is all black. I am using IE if that makes a difference. And no I am not going to try google chrome or other web browsers. Thought I would let you know.
The Meltdownman
I just planned a trip to the USA (from Australia) wish i saw this first... I would have booked.
Well, we have Australian customers. ;) Dates what are still possible you will see here: www.space-affairs.com/index.php?wohin=halo_tandem or here the dates:
April 2014: 21. / 28.04.2014
May 2014: 19. / 26.05.2014
June 2014: 23. / 30.06.2014 (there is one Australian customer scheduled for 23)
July 2014: 21. / 28.07.2014
August 2014: 25.08.2014
September 2014: 22. / 29.09.2014
October 2014: 20. / 27.10.2014
Min. booking is possible +45 days before the jump date.
Regards,
Andreas
***** Arg! I'm there in Nov. Maybe next time :(
youituber momo
HALO season is each year from April to October because of weather. Only for your info.
What does skydiving feel like? I'm afraid to go. The entire way do you have that drop feeling in your stomach as you get on a rollercoaster?
Wow, a jump from 30,000 feet, that's awesome! You'll notice they have oxygen, so it's not much more risk than a jump from 10,000 feet, but they get twice the freefall time. The tandem pair had 1:50 of freefall time, and the camera person had 2 minutes! I'd go for that jump, with oxygen of course, so far the highest exit altitude I've ever had was 17,000 feet.
wow guys a full 90 secs of FF time is awesome, great job guys! Keep looking up! Peace.
@Stantzs Wrong. Joe Kittinger is still alive and flying his plane. you can actually see the video of his experience on youtube.
Now that looks like a ton of fun :D
The little chute deployed as he left the plane is a drogue chute and is used on tandem jumps. Wikipedia: "...to decrease the skydivers' terminal velocity. This is necessary for proper parachute deployment, lengthening the duration of the skydive, and allowing the skydivers to fall at the same speed as videographers."
Great video job!
How does this have anything to do with Halo
Haaa.
Funny joke.
Gamers are so dumb
i cant believe this is her first jump! she well go to the stars!
How much does the drogue chute slow you down? I assume it's just to keep you stable instead of spinning, especially if the novice under you starts flailing his/her arms and legs randomly.
It must be hard to breathe up there at first, so do you have to wear oxygen? I'm blind, so I don't know. The way that air sounded, it must have been hard to hear anhyone or anything else. What do you hear besides the wind in your ears?
Kittenger - 102, 800ft Felix Baumgartner - attempt 120,000ft i think? either way both free fallers are amazing.
Special forces jump at heights of up to 35,000ft when doing HALO or HAHO jumps that's why they are called HALO (high altitude low opening) and HAHO (high altitude high opening) if they didn't t wouldn't really be hgh altitude would it. PS, normal infantry usually only do static line jumps at about 1250ft.
HALO drops from higher altitude than normal sky diving which they require to put mask and helmet on?
I would love to see in slow motion the main chute deploying from its backpack. I have not seen that in any video yet. What camera system are you guys using and have you considered this while setting it to music? Adobe After Effects and Twixtor might be able to handle it and would really show some really interesting footage.
The Meltdownman
awesome stuff I used to fly jumpers you got some nice free fall time not like 9.5 all the best for you guys, if I had my knees in better shape I would come and take a jump ( hey, jump pilots jumped for free :) got 42 jumps all 9.5 I would love 30 !!!)
30 000ft in a turboprop?
+Tony Miller That's right.
That's what I was thinking...
@tougie2000 1.)to pull the main chute out. 2.) to slow you down before the main chute deyploys otherwise you could die from the straps holding you to the parachute. 3.) for stability
this is what you call falling. with STYLE!
I love flying, id probably love jumping out of an airplane too... but damn im scared that the parachute gets ripped off my back when it opens due to the force... lol.
they would make sure it was completely secured before u jumped.
+VeniVidiAjax Definitely give it a shot. I'm 15 jumps in and i've never had a hard opening. it's actually pretty gentle. People talk about "opening shock", but it's not a shock like it used to be. modern canopies have a slider that controls the opening rate so it all happens in a controlled manner. if you google "learn to skydive", you'll find somewhere nearby to give it a shot.
that's why skydiving rigs have D bags...and thr cells are made to open slower than a base jumping rig
Hey, noticed your channel has 30k subscribers! What a number... 30k feet, 30k subscribers!
Well, with the MIG-29 we fly mostly higher, in altitudes between 56k and 72k feet. Then we still hope to lift clients then also in the upcoming years to 360,000 feet. Long way to go, we will try. Thanks for the note, still hope you like our channel.
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i love skydive!
Well actually, HALO jumps from this height are pretty rare. SF tends to make jumps at lower heights and from helicopters as opposed to fixed wing. Up until last year, only SEALs and Pararescue were all HALO qualified. LALO was more efficient at getting people in with less effort.
Sorry for. But we remind always read the video description! And who told you that HALO skydiving is without a noise? ;)
Well, I'd really like to give that a go some day. It's just that I've read about to many chute accidents. Then again, if it does fail to open it won't matter if your 30,000 ft up or 3000 ft. I'm not scared of heights or speeds, just of chute failures.
Most accidents during skydives aren't the reason because of the techniques. Most accidents coming from human errors or failures. We are in the year 2014, there is a lot of safety equipment in use and parachuting of today isn't the same than years ago.
***** Though it could be as simple as folding your chute the wrong way after use. What if you use one that someone else has folded for you. Well I guess you won't feel anything when you hit the ground anyway.
Nr1from1978
Our tandem masters folding their chutes by them self. This is always the case, as for other skydives, too. They made thousands of skydives especially thousands of HALO tandems. We minimize the risk. Of course, skydiving is dangerous, but most accidents are happening at home as we all know. No risk, no honey. If people are scared about it, might be better stay on ground. We can have the "if" always in mind, and we have it. This all isn't to take normal and routine. Routine kills, precautions saves lifes.
***** agreed
This looks soo ill!! Must try it soon!:)
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Did she say this was part of her astronaut training?
+Nils Guillermin She participated in that time for a future private asstronaut training as a civilian.
Its crazy that if you pull your chute at 30,000 ft it will take around half an hour to hit the ground. If you dont have enough oxygen or proper clothing you'll freeze or suffocate before you hit the ground.
So cool.. I was in the 1st BCt of the 82nd airborne but we never did HALO insertions.. I would love to do this,where are you guys located?
Hey this is on my to do list and i was wonder is it hard to do when you do a tandem?
do you have to go with someone with you or can you choose to jumo solo?
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Longest freefall ever! Ah that would be amazing.
It looks like much more fun than wing-suit-flying.
@touggie2000 The drag it causes pulls your main chute open when you pull the handle I believe.