Bengaluru: They appear like petals floating in the air. Minutes later, when one realizes what they are, almost every youth with the adrenaline rush wants to try it, at least once in life: Jump out from a flight, float in the air and descend on a parachute.
A team of US Army Special Airborne Forces -popularity known as Green Berets -along with India's Para Special Forces and National Security Guards (NSG) have been performing High Altitude Low Opening (HELO) jump from an altitude of 7,000 feet above ground level -that's higher than the Mullayyanagiri (6,330 ft), highest peak in Karnataka -at the Aero India.
"Once you jump out of the aircraft, for the first 40 seconds, you will be freefalling at a speed of 120mileshr. That is the best part . By the time we deploy our parachutes, we would have dropped 1,000 feet," said Captain Patrick Hyde.
22/02/15 Arun Dev/Times of India
A team of US Army Special Airborne Forces -popularity known as Green Berets -along with India's Para Special Forces and National Security Guards (NSG) have been performing High Altitude Low Opening (HELO) jump from an altitude of 7,000 feet above ground level -that's higher than the Mullayyanagiri (6,330 ft), highest peak in Karnataka -at the Aero India.
"Once you jump out of the aircraft, for the first 40 seconds, you will be freefalling at a speed of 120mileshr. That is the best part . By the time we deploy our parachutes, we would have dropped 1,000 feet," said Captain Patrick Hyde.
22/02/15 Arun Dev/Times of India
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