U.S. ARMY 82nd Airborne "Hollywood" (No Combat Equipment) T-11 Static-Line Parachute Daylight Jump

2:01 JumpMaster weak side door exit jump from a C-130J propfan Hercules turbopropfan transport

2:55 Feet impact the Drop Zone ground
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0:54 Total seconds

Analysis

From 900 feet? 16.6 FPS descent rate (Probably what happened)
From 1250 feet? = 23 FPS descent rate

If you drop @500 feet = 0.30x seconds = 4x seconds to open canopy = 0.26x to Prepare to Land (lower rucksack)
If you drop @250 feet = 0.15x seconds = 4x seconds to open canopy = 0.11x to Prepare to Land (lower rucksack)

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