Whether or not one was issued a parachute, this was one part of the
training in which everyone paid close attention. Killing yourself while being picked
up by a helicopter would not have been a satisfactory way to end the day. Note that
although all facets of a recovery operation were performed in this training, the aircraft
is close enough to the ground that falling would have only broken some bones at worst.
Carried out under these controlled circumstances, it was actually a lot of fun. |