Hi Tamara - that roll of yellow paper is used as a signal to the ground announcers to start playing the National Anthem. We try to time the landing to the end of the song. Thanks for watching!!
@ E J Darly ~ The 'thud' you hear on the video is the side mounted camera as it brushes against part of the parachute harness on landing. With my weight off the suspension lines at touch down the harness moves up pretty fast. As far as running out a landing - that all depends on the type of parachute wing being utilized. Different parachutes have differing flight characteristics. For that type demonstration jump, with the relatively tight landing area surrounded by spectators...it's prudent in the interest of safety to select a canopy designed specifically for accuracy - that's how they land. I'm at 39 years of experience in the sport of Skydiving - over 35 of those years, I've been performing professional parachute demonstrations worldwide. I think that was my 12th or 13th time through the St. Louis Arch - legs are intact, in fact I've never been injured Skydiving. Like most anything - proper attention to training and and the conservative approach toward execution of a thought out plan results in success. Hope you enjoyed the video & thanks for the comment!
HOW DID YOU DO THIS?! the view was beautiful and I would love to see it from that perspective but I wouldn't be able to breathe lol I hate open air heights
God I wanna jump again so bad. I miss it more than ever. When I watch you guys pull out the flare, left and right turn, and just the first thing, jumping into the breeze knowing there's a small chance thing might not work out as planned. Last time I jumped was a Combat FTX Mass Attack with the 82nd in 1994. You just haven't lived unless you've done any kind of parachuting. It's not as hard to do as most think, and it's not as easy we think either. It's all fun and games until the medevac is called in for ya. Great work guys, fantastic choreography and teamwork. I know how hard it is to hit the T on the ground. Perfect maneuvering. Great pilot as well.
Longtime Missouri resident here, and I grew up across the Missouri River from St. Louis in St. Charles and am very very familiar with the Arch, having been to its top several times, the last in 2006, with a friend visiting from Poland. I remember the St. Louis VP Fair being a much larger affair? Anyway... the trip down looked kinda cool. The skydiver nearly hit the target dead on. Bravo!
+ILove The80's Yes I'd like to have heard the applause and seen the faces of the brave jumpers from a camera on the ground… maybe there's another video…?
@@Aron-ru5zk Yes, I know the pilot that was flying the airplane he jumped out of. There were two other jumpers, I think. The guy that landed on the Arch, couldn't release his chute fast enough, and the wind took him toward the south leg of the Arch, where he slid the 630 feet to his death, with a streamer. (a collapsed parachute) Unfortunately, his wife was on the ground videotaping it, and didn't get the whole thing on camera, for obvious reasons, once "things went south". The pilot lost his license for a year.
I heard a rumor that a few decades ago: a parachutist tried to land on top of the gateway arch. He then tried to refold his chute and sky dive again. Instead he slid down the side of the arch to his death and said "splat". I never confirmed the story but I believe it is true.
Uhhh are you supposed to make a big thud into the ground like that??? From the shadow at the end it looks like you're sleep and from what I understand you've got to be running in order to keep your legs intact. It was like "And the home of the Bloomp"
WDI -- im guessing cause winds a squirrel'y around arch Jim can ans! ask him ! Cool Idea though -- chit changes from take off to landing -- and that can hurt ya I like the Idea --- he has been doing demos for a very long time !
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Hi Tamara - that roll of yellow paper is used as a signal to the ground announcers to start playing the National Anthem. We try to time the landing to the end of the song. Thanks for watching!!
That's really cool, I thought you used it to judge the wind for your landing spot. I was close.
Sounded like you nailed it dead on!
Thats absolutely madness one day those chutes won't open or the ropes will break ,don't you people like your time on earth or something?
They sure are in the sky for a long time damn...
Thanks for checking in! The landing IS a bit weird, the winds get kinda squirly there...but it was FUN!
@ E J Darly ~ The 'thud' you hear on the video is the side mounted camera as it brushes against part of the parachute harness on landing. With my weight off the suspension lines at touch down the harness moves up pretty fast.
As far as running out a landing - that all depends on the type of parachute wing being utilized. Different parachutes have differing flight characteristics. For that type demonstration jump, with the relatively tight landing area surrounded by spectators...it's prudent in the interest of safety to select a canopy designed specifically for accuracy - that's how they land.
I'm at 39 years of experience in the sport of Skydiving - over 35 of those years, I've been performing professional parachute demonstrations worldwide. I think that was my 12th or 13th time through the St. Louis Arch - legs are intact, in fact I've never been injured Skydiving. Like most anything - proper attention to training and and the conservative approach toward execution of a thought out plan results in success.
Hope you enjoyed the video & thanks for the comment!
HOW DID YOU DO THIS?! the view was beautiful and I would love to see it from that perspective but I wouldn't be able to breathe lol I hate open air heights
"Please don't land in East STL. Please don't land in East STL."
LMAO Hilarious
***** LOL!
Bud Jones q
exactly!
Look at that plite kids
Cant believe this guy is soooooo relaxed.....thought he was going to take out a flask and have a cup of tea....👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏👏👏👏
So cool! I’m from St. Louis. Born and raised there. Was great to see this. Thanks.
Wow! What a great video! Great piloting skills, too! Really enjoyed it.
COOL!!!
I was there! It’s really cool to see from their perspective.
Talk about a birds eye view!
Looked like a fun ride down; I think I'd be wanting to keep that arch in my view all the time!
I was there and it was so cool, but I didn't know so much was involved. This is great and thanks.
I know this is from 8 years ago but that was a really cool ride 😁 looked like it was a relaxing ride down hope you guys are still doing this 👍
God I wanna jump again so bad. I miss it more than ever. When I watch you guys pull out the flare, left and right turn, and just the first thing, jumping into the breeze knowing there's a small chance thing might not work out as planned. Last time I jumped was a Combat FTX Mass Attack with the 82nd in 1994. You just haven't lived unless you've done any kind of parachuting. It's not as hard to do as most think, and it's not as easy we think either. It's all fun and games until the medevac is called in for ya. Great work guys, fantastic choreography and teamwork. I know how hard it is to hit the T on the ground. Perfect maneuvering. Great pilot as well.
The fact that those are the flags of France on the parachutes and the Netherlands flag on his friend is funny to me
That's freaking crazy to watch. Thank's for the view!
Excellent performance! Love from the United Kingdom! 👍
Great timing. Cool video.
Longtime Missouri resident here, and I grew up across the Missouri River from St. Louis in St. Charles and am very very familiar with the Arch, having been to its top several times, the last in 2006, with a friend visiting from Poland. I remember the St. Louis VP Fair being a much larger affair?
Anyway... the trip down looked kinda cool. The skydiver nearly hit the target dead on. Bravo!
Awesome...great piloting skills
Land of the FREE and the home of the BRAVE! Hell yeah!
lololnonononono
Fantastic Vid ! Thank You
Oh wow, great job! I wish the video wasn't cut off though. It seemed so peaceful floating down.
+ILove The80's Yes I'd like to have heard the applause and seen the faces of the brave jumpers from a camera on the ground… maybe there's another video…?
Wow, cool! I've been up in the arch a couple of times. Once when I was a kid when it first opened.
The view was amazing!
I liked this video and I'm Canadian, eh?
WOW!! This is really amazing!! 😎👏👏👏👏
Excellent job & video too!!
AWESOME JOB guys!
LibertyParachute what kind of plane was that you jumped out of? thanks
Incredibly awesome! The only thing that could top this is if you had landed ON TOP OF the Arch!
+jurgostuff That was fatal to one guy that tried it
They would go to jail
They would probably slip on the stainless steel and have a not so fun time down the slide
jurgostuff one guy tried to do that in the 80s, he slipped off and fell 600 feet to his death...
@@Aron-ru5zk Yes, I know the pilot that was flying the airplane he jumped out of. There were two other jumpers, I think. The guy that landed on the Arch, couldn't release his chute fast enough, and the wind took him toward the south leg of the Arch, where he slid the 630 feet to his death, with a streamer. (a collapsed parachute) Unfortunately, his wife was on the ground videotaping it, and didn't get the whole thing on camera, for obvious reasons, once "things went south". The pilot lost his license for a year.
Amazing
Balls of brass! I'd faint within the first 30 seconds.
What was the role of the yellow ribbon? And explain to me why the ringtone
I remember someone tried to land on the Arch with a parachute, and slide did the side.
The WDI is released to cue the start of the National Anthem.
Landing looks tricky, I came here from a message on dropzone forums
wow perfect timing!
Awesome!
Wow I thought I could do this, after watching this video, I dont think I have the balls. Great video you guys truly have guts.
7:26 i love they had a guy there to corral the flag so as to not touch the ground.
this why they need gta 6 in at.louis
Damn I was hoping they would land right on top of the arch
“Bob, I dropped the flag!”
*When he lands*
“Oh, there is my flag!”
XD
what capt space cadet?
@MarkMeltzer Was this you? ❤️
woah...awesome.....i want to do that...best video view of the day!
pretty cool
That was awesome
Wasn’t there some guy who landed on the arch but fell from the top and died.
Davis Bigfish yeah my dad told me that and I thought he was joking
Someone died doing something similar to this in 1980 😢
Great timed landing…
nice touchdown
good job
Wow that was near to watch!!
That was perfect landing skills. That's crazy I won't do that I like my feet to the floor.
sick
Are you FRIGGIN Nuts???😂😂😂 Hell No 4 me NO WAY JOSE!!!
I was at this event
I heard a rumor that a few decades ago: a parachutist tried to land on top of the gateway arch. He then tried to refold his chute and sky dive again. Instead he slid down the side of the arch to his death and said "splat". I never confirmed the story but I believe it is true.
This is true. The wind reinflated his primary chute and pulled him down the leg before he could remove the harness and jump with the reserve.
@@JabbaTheAmerican Yep I came to make the same comment, I remember when that happened, it wasn't a rumor.
Fuck yeah!
Percy Jackson goes crazy bro
Uhhh are you supposed to make a big thud into the ground like that??? From the shadow at the end it looks like you're sleep and from what I understand you've got to be running in order to keep your legs intact. It was like "And the home of the Bloomp"
Don’t land in the river.
Don’t land in the river.
Don’t land in the river.
Lol that was a hard ass landing
Cajones grande
0:18 wow
🍑🍑
Looks like some brits disliked the video...
Yes it does don't hate Brits
RobloxPlayerXX I'm English
Great Job 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
made it look easy
Good shot man right on target.
I WANNA DO THIS SO BAD BUT AM SO SCARED OF HEIGHTS.
WDI -- im guessing cause winds a squirrel'y around arch Jim can ans! ask him ! Cool Idea though -- chit changes from take off to landing -- and that can hurt ya I like the Idea --- he has been doing demos for a very long time !
What a jip. I thought one would land on top the Arch itself!
someone did that in 1980...it didn't end well.
America!! \(-ㅂ-)/ ♥ ♥ ♥
You had to have a jumped from like 2000 ft
Imagine he accidentally lands in the river
Lol
This scares the 💩 outta me and I’m watching video feels like I’m falling 😨😨😨😨😨😨
Pilembrat
i was thinking where is the arch? i thought to my it does almost reach the sky? does it? then i see it down there... y is it so small from the sky?
Everything is so much smaller from the sky lol
What was that yellow roll you let go?
It's to let the stadium know to start playing the national anthem and they hope to land at the end of the song
We are only watching to see if you splatter against it...
I thought they were playing Fortnite.
Great video.Your little yellow streamer didn't work work worth a dang though.Next time don't use toilet paper.
Don't land in East St.Louis!!! Hell. don't land in that dirty ass river. How far up was this jump?
that water pollution tho
It's The Big Muddy Mississippi.
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