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Old 12-17-2012, 10:30   #1
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Lowest cutaway I've ever seen.....
This guy survived, but not by much.

Paratrooper Survives 50-Foot Cutaway!!!

http://iloveskydiving.org/view/video...-foot-cutaway/
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Old 12-17-2012, 10:38   #2
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RPI military. Wow!

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Old 12-17-2012, 10:42   #3
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Looks like 100-150 feet to me. But still very very low for a cutaway. I pulled a reserve at about 200 feet with another soldier hanging under my feet......and was told by those on the ground it only opened at about 100 feet, we both survived with minor bruising...
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Old 12-17-2012, 16:18   #4
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Psycho!!! Thanks for the ID Richard, I was thinking Phillipines or Maylasia but that is 1st Grps domain.

I side with one of my team mates on the cutaway thing... It's hard to cut away if you have ANY silk above you. I think I would have rode that one in with my hand on the reserve handle.
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Old 12-17-2012, 17:12   #5
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I would have rode what I had to the ground before pulling at that low of an altitude.
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Old 12-17-2012, 18:24   #6
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Seeing video like this reminds me why I was happy to be a Leg.

Glad he able to walk away from that .... Yikes.
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