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Title: Assault on Gettysburg
Post by: Oldman731 on April 13, 2022, 08:55:57 AM

https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/helicopter-rescues-army-paratroopers-stuck-in-trees-during-windy-gettysburg-training-exercise/521-6618f2e7-7e43-44c0-9bee-b6ef7f93a94f

- oldman

Title: Re: Assault on Gettysburg
Post by: mikeWe9a on April 13, 2022, 09:53:46 AM

I am a bit surprised that paratroopers don't have a personnel lowering device (PLD) on their parachute harnesses.  As a pilot in an aircraft with parachutes, I had to train annually or bi-annually on the parachute and that included using a PLD to descend several feet from a simulated hung up parachute.  The device is about the size of a pack of cigarettes (most of which is just a folded up nylon ribbon cord), costs about $10, and can allow a person to lower themselves about 50'.