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TYR HALO Navigation Board with Chest Harness

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

HALO nav boards are pretty specialized pieces of kit and they aren’t something you run across very often. In fact, we can think of only a few companies making them. Unlike some other designs the TYR model is semi-rigid to prevent injuries in the event of a hard landing and does not need to be mounted to a parachute harness. It can be positioned on the front of the jumper in four different configurations and is adjustable for jumpers from 5’0″ through 6’10”. One of the cool features is that the jumper can configure the compass and GPS modules for easy commercial replacement of items and equipment upgrades.

For more info visit www.tyrtactical.com.

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Heavy Drop

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Lots of guys get to see heavy drops from the ground, but it isn’t as common to see what is happening inside the aircraft as a vehicle or other cargo is released out the ass end. One second it’s there and the next it’s gone!

Got any good heavy drop stories?

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It Never Fails

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

All that drop zone and you end up in the trees. This photo of PFC Sean Murphy of the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company C, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion was taken last week on Sicily Drop Zone in the heart of R5311. Anyone who has jumped Ft Bragg’s Sicily DZ knows it is HUGE but often as not someone ends up in the trees, even if it’s just on the edge. Either way, retrieving a chute is a pain in the fourth point of contact. Ahhh to be a PFC again and on jump status in the center of the universe; Bragg. Lucky guy.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samuel W. Goodman

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Camelbak Big Jump Pack Now Airborne Certified

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Camelbak developed the Big Jump to satisfy a requirement out of the 82nd Airborne Division for an assault pack with integrated air items. After extensive testing it has been air drop certified by the Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate at Ft Bragg, NC. The pack is feature laden as you can see below, but a couple of items stick out. The back panel’s padding channels have been specially designed to allow the harness to be stowed out of the way during jumps. Additionally, a single-point release has been integrated into the bottom of the pack.

Camelbak Big Jump Pack

www.camelbak.com

Unit orders of the Big Jump can be processed by ADS.

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Stuff We Didn’t Write About

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Arms Merchants of South Central

Pentax K-x now available in Tan and OD

Why is there a hole in the center of a parachute?

Nano ‘tea bag’ purifies water

New gel could speed wound healing

S.O.D. Shorts Review by MM

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SSL Tactical Drybag

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

The new Sky, Sea & Land Tactical Drybag from Unleashed Tactical Equipment is designed specifically for Military Freefall Operations. The SSL Tactical Drybag is a very specialized piece of kit that stows in the bottom of the parachute container and accommodates the parachute, container and harness, helmet and oxygen equipment as well as any other ancillary items such as altimeter once the parachutist has landed. The integrated shoulder straps allow the parachutist to move his equipment off of the Drop Zone for cache including burial. The bag also features an air purge valve.

Naturally, it will be available from UTE’s US distributor Tidewater Tactical.

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GoPro Camera Test Jump

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

While traditionally the GoPro Hero has been considered a helmet cam, like so many others Eric Halberstadt realized it could be used in other ways as well. In this case, he attached it to his leg during a static line parachute jump. Eric makes demonstration jumps using WWII equipment as well as a professional TV commercial director of photography.

The GoPro Hero is widely recognized for its use in action sports. One of the huge draws is that it’s relatively inexpensive and with a variety of mounting solutions it can be adapted to any number of uses including attaching it to a rifle. In fact, the GoPro Hero is so small that there might even be room for a couple of them on the rail of your M4 allowing you to capture numerous perspectives. But probably the biggest selling point if the quality of the image. Just look at it, have you seen anything so clear? And all of you legs, make sure you bow down when you watch this video.

www.goprocamera.com

Thanks for the help Hans!

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BAE Awarded Contract for Airborne Rucksacks

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Natick has awarded BAE a contract for a unspecified number of Large Airborne MOLLE rucks. The packs which will be delivered in Coyote, will undergo testing by the US Marine Corps. The airborne pack is a modified version of the Large MOLLE intended for use by parachutists While no quantity of packs was specified in the award the number will be low as they are being used for testing and not fielding.

Details of the award can be found here.

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