A video captured an Army jumpmaster acting as the flight ‘safety’ grabbing a soldier whose static line had wrapped around his ...
Static-line parachuting has been a US military tactic since World War II. The use of a line that automatically pulls your parachute is an effective technique to deploy a large number of troops at ...
When the jumper falls away from the plane, the static line tightens and pulls the parachute out of the bag. Skydivers, on the other hand, typically deploy their own chutes when they reach the ...