10-22-2006, 10:04 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Clinton, NJ
Posts: 3,341
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Originally Posted by svxcess
HALO stands for High Altitude-Low Opening (Sometimes referred to as Military Free-Fall) This is what skydiving basically is; opening your parachute after freefalling for an extended period of time.
HAHO stands for High Altitude-High Opening. This is what you are used to seeing in the WWII movies. The chute is pulled (either manually or by a static line) 10-15 secs. after exiting the aircraft. You then descend at a slower pace for a long period of time, sometimes covering almost 25 miles. This method was used for air-dropping equipment and supplies, as well as people.
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