41,000 HALO Skydive, Carmi IL

41,000 Ft Skydive on September 20, 2022 Carmi IL with West Tennessee Skydiving. Plane Cheyenne 400LS upgraded with two 1650HP Garret Engines

[@mikestone9129]

Awesome jump. I'm now 70 years old and gotta do one more before I croak. I still remember my first jump at Benning 1971.

[@scampi9588]

Go for it mate!

[@scottnj2503]

I'm a little younger and trained as Naval Aircrew to jump in emergency. Never had to. Would love to trying, not under emergency conditions. But time has taken it's toll, so not in this life time. Thansk for your service Sir. This HALO at a bit over a minute and a half free fall has got to be thrilling.

[@robertneven7563]

hallo and i am 69 years and i did 2 jumps yesterday in Europe

[@moosestangls5099]

How high you going for my friend

[@mikestone9129]

@@moosestangls5099 I'd settle for a hop and pop, or even just a static line jump.

[@alchemicalsoul]

As an A license trainee, not gonna lie, many times I wish I had thousands of feet to fall before pull. This is EPIC.

[@tonyelcucoy8661]

Awesome....that's the video I needed...no music just the actual feeling

[@aprianto1985]

Skydive always video always impresses me. So Amazing could see the terrain from the sky

[@olentangy74]

Fascinating video, but I wish that instead of spending the first 41/2 minutes sitting the plane's cabin, the time could have been spent following this fellow all the way to his landing.

[@radlogo]

Wish granted, here's Thomas's perspective including landing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpPXmXpooah_q68

[@chaosncheckt9356]

Great memories. My highest during my service time was 32k and it felt like I fell forever before reaching pull altitude. Our altimeters were the standard dial model so you have to remember, the needle had to go all the way around at least once. Worse part was the pre-breathing requirement.

[@jeffreylindsey1757]

What branch? Used to watch the reckon guys taxing out and taking off at New River MCAS mostly in the evening. Last guys legs were literally hanging out the back boom of the OV-10 Bronco. I reckon they must of had serious thermal suits on! And the other 3 or 4 dudes must of been cramped up pretty good and probably glad to get out. 😊

[@robertozube]

Between 6 to 800 feet for this callsign. Low Level Parachute.

[@chaosncheckt9356]

@@jeffreylindsey1757 US Army Special Forces 1974-1996

[@Tandem22]

@@chaosncheckt9356 Which group?

[@chaosncheckt9356]

@@Tandem22 Started in 7th?

[@RobertBrusOfficial]

Amazing! Nice work.

[@Sirmellowman]

its crazy watching how low the air drag was right after he got out of the airplane. you could tell there was so little drag on his head so he could look around so freely because of how thin the air is

[@pavnazwisko9196]

At that altitude, atmosphere pressure is obviously lower. And because of that you can reach higher speed to the point where drag is no different than at lower altitude but at lower speed. So I don't think he experienced lower drag as he came out from the plane as the plane to stay at that altitude has to move faster than at a lower altitude, if that makes sense. So drag is the same but there is different speed caused by differential pressure at different altitudes? Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm using here some theoretical knowledge, not my own experience.

[@kenttomlinson7380]

Amazing jump. Nice to see my buddy Thomas seated next to you. You guys hit some phenomenal speeds.

[@zardoz262]

That was amazing! It looks like altitude has diminishing returns. That first 10K went by in about 3 seconds flat.😊

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

It’s about avoiding detection.

[@Sailor376also]

Nice jump. Well filmed. I like your digital altimeter. If I was reading it correctly, your terminal velocity was near to 350mph somewhere about when you crossed 20,000 feet. What I remember was the extreme and sudden deceleration when I was down to 12,000 feet or so. Your altimeter was hard to see,, but it looked the same to you. Laughing,, my high altitude exit was unplanned. A C-130 caught at jump altitude,, by a declared aircraft emergency down on the runway. A DC-3 had lost an engine. and the C130, loitering, slow spiral,, just kept gaining altitude. Mine was an exit at between 24 and 25k asl We were sipping oxygen along the walls of the aircraft. Fingernails a bit blue either from altitude or just plain cold. Quite memorable jump. And you took me right back there. Thanks !! I don't know where you landed,,, I had the good fortune,, I landed right at my packing mat near the loading area. Did not have to walk but ten feet.

[@701CPD]

I envy you guys that have gotten to do HALO oxygen jumps. Highest of my 136 jumps was from 12,500 over St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. (Morningstar Beach DZ).

[@cilva7able]

What is the maximum altitude you can open a parachute? My guess is somewhere over 30,000 ft. What do you think?

[@Sailor376also]

@@cilva7able First, I don't know. But as explained to me years ago, a common rip stop nylon has a limitation as to speed at time of opening. If you are going too fast, the nylon rubs against itself as it opens, creates heat and melts. The momentarily melted fabric sticks to itself and then refuses to open fully or normally. So then,, I would assume there are coatings used, or different fabric blends, for high speed deploys, ejection seats, returning space capsules , etc., My highest opening ever was at about 14,000, but even then it was only a 10 second delay from exit, so I was not at terminal velocity.

[@agentsmith413]

not even close to 350mph. at that speed you'd be falling 1000 feet every 2 seconds. falling 10,000 feet would take only 20 seconds.. it took 20 seconds to fall from 30k to 24k(6k feet). that's roughly 200mph. i think you may have mathed wrong :P

[@Sailor376also]

@@agentsmith413 Very possible my math is off. I tried to look up terminal velocities at various altitudes, all I could find were in error. They all quoted 120mph (approx) regardless of the altitude. I was trying to watch them and relating that to my limited subjective experience of 30 years ago. I know that terminal velocity increases with altitude, but how much,, I have yet to find a source. There has to be one. If the jump begins at 30K there is an acceleration period of 12 or 13 seconds. More normal altitude jumps 9 seconds to terminal, you cover about 1k+ getting up to speed. Exit from 30k I would expect 12 to 14 seconds and cover 2k or more accelerating. Your estimate of 200 makes sense from one sensation I remember. When you track away hard at the end of the relative work, head down, arms back in delta,, you get up to about 200mph,, and flaring from that back to 120 or so for deployment,, yeah it feels like the wind is trying to pull your arms off. Annnnd two of my higher altitude jumps,, the same strong tug on my arms when I got down inside of 12k. You KNOW when you get down to 10k or 12k. You slow strongly. When you are at 18k you are above fully half of the total atmosphere of the Earth. The other 50% stretches to the Karmen (sp?) Line and above. So the density altitude does not really change all that much between 25 k and 15 k. I will accept your guess of 200mph. (One oddity,,,,, The speed of sound does NOT change all that much with changes in altitude. In round numbers 700mph near the ground 700 mph at 70k. Go figure.)

[@Georgi_Slavov79]

Best thing about HALO jumps is:you have more time to pray...Thank you for posting the nice video 🤝

[@DaBabyDoll1]

Damn

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Did my first and only jump (solo static line) in '83. Only thing holding me back from doing a tandem HALO jump is the cost.

[@traviskretz2779]

Here I am all excited when we let out at 16K and 17K 😅 Imagine freefalling for 2:45 seconds... 😍🤩😍 I'd never want to do a 14K again! 😅

[@paqx3534]

Wouldve loved to stick around for the landing. Super high cloud deck. Great jump, thanks for posting!

[@admiralbenbow5083]

Now that looks like FUN !!

[@SpiritintheSky.]

For me, vicarious pleasure. Thank you for the experience.

[@Mickeyjenn123]

That was awesome 🤩

[@wrightmf]

that's the way to do it. Instead of trying to do a 100 point 4-way, just enjoy the long freefall. 41K is quite awesome, highest I done was 31K. One of our 30K jumps the pilot was able to get extra 1000 ft from ATC. My altimeter was analog (did the jumps in 1990s), Tad Smith says be aware of your Altimaster as it approaches 3000, you might be at 15K (going through 27K happens pretty quick). When I exited I looked back up at the plane and see the sky much darker blue. Interesting cloud layer, or "industrial haze" as we would say to FAA, at 30K.

[@johnkieran7936]

I watched the whole thing thinking about the handcam on the right, then I watched you pull 😁

[@nikkisims8656]

Awesome, almost 3 minutes free-fall. 👍

[@robertozube]

Wow. Impressive. 😮

[@mikebutts8211]

Flat, dumb and happy is what we called that in the military. Nice jump dude.

[@headdown1]

Good video..thanks! Left hand deployment was unexpected.

[@kdup505]

Thank you!!!!! I've been scrolling through the comments wondering if anyone else caught that! I've heard of left handed rigs, but don't believe I've ever actually seen one.

[@soilsurvivor]

1. You could crop the first 5 minutes - just the jumper sitting in the a/c. 2. The LO part of HALO means Low Opening. Looked to me like the jumper opened at around 3500 ft. (Not a jumper myself, but I am a pilot and can thus guage altitude roughly.)

[@christopherrobinson972]

Exactly!

[@flagstafup5857]

What height would you consider low opening?

[@flagstafup5857]

Last look at his altimeter read approx 8600ft. He then went in for the pull, this lasted about 15 sec. Given that his flat stable position will see him, (at this point), free fall approx 1000ft per 5 seconds, he is probably 5000ft for the pull. Given that he has his full O2 mask, bottle and tubes, all of which could interfere with an emergency cut a way and deployment of his reserve, the brief would be a high pull, as it was in this case.

[@kg4nds]

@@flagstafup5857The idea behind HALO was to jump from a high altitude and then not open till BELOW enemy radar so that his chute would not show up. That is what the LO was to be for. So, the question is, what altitude would “below enemy radar” be?

[@z987k]

@kg4nds Depends how far away the radar is. You need to be behind the curvature of the earth or terrain. At 5000ft, the horizon is about 86 miles away.

[@Klausi-uq4xq]

Wonderful! my last HAHO was at round about 5 miles alt... 130 km parachuting into "enemy teritorry"...

[@freddypatterson8653]

Great, location please?

[@FaCePlaNt_4_YAHUSHA]

​@@freddypatterson8653that's classified!

[@VideoManDan]

@@freddypatterson8653 probably Mars lol

[@freddypatterson8653]

@@FaCePlaNt_4_YAHUSHA I bet when you were a navy seal attached to SF on that Black Ops mission we can't talk about?

[@peanutaxis]

This video should be half as long as it is.

[@NativeExplorer]

You had 2min and 45s of freefall… that’s insane. Any reason why you did solo belly? Would be fun to freefly with a group!

[@50buttfish]

That altitude, the air is thinner; stability is the issue. I wouldn't want a bunch of "space junk" slamming into me - gotta have control. Lower altitude, you can gather into a group (15K-20K).

[@wrightmf]

when jumping this high, enjoy the view with sky much darker blue, looking down at high mountains i.e. when I jumped 30K at Davis CA, I can look down at the Sierra Nevada mountains and easily see the entire SF bay area.

[@chewiebhz]

@@50buttfish I'm sure it's not unsafe to have a 2 way even at this altitute... sorry buddy, but it seems to me as a waste of altitude...

[@Rockajaw]

An 11k lift ticket must be nice 🤣

[@markburgess4528]

Wow! What a jump. Also didn't realsie that prop aircraft like that could get so high. He must be right in coffin corner.

[@mattgmattg83]

How often do you guys do this? I live in Carmi and would love to watch and bring my son out there

[@ALEXMX_428]

Hahahahaaaa!!…WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!….that was awesome man woooo!!!! Got my heart racing!! Lol…so sick! Lol

[@marks4471]

I thought he was gonna deploy the chute later. Cool video.

[@johnrobi0]

Yeah, not much of a low open.

[@walthastingsRV-7A]

HALO? More like HAHIGHO😊

[@cilva7able]

Those are some high clouds.

[@erhardt1477]

Already shitting my pants just WATCHING it 😂 Great job sir…💪🙏🏻👋

[@Pumba368]

No words apart from, fucking awesome 👍

[@alanblasczyk1779]

This is where I did app my jumping when Dwayne Dawes was alive and oved the Paracenter back in the early 80's good stuff. I miss Dwayne and Lisa and Carl and the whole gang !

[@RR-pw5nb]

Awesome! I used to jump and haul jumpers. WHERE did you guys manage to find a 400LS that they'd let you jump from!🤪

[@michaelmullins8328]

Nowhere, I had to buy one.

[@danmetropolarts73]

Awesomeness....HALO has been my lifelong dream,unfortunately in my country we don't have skydiving for civilians do jumps. One day I will visit USA or Europe's skydiving for my lifelong waiting to jump experience.

[@FireteamOmega7]

Start your own

[@paulgibson4991]

Did my first jump 2 months ago for my 60th,cant believe i left it so long,have to book one for my 70th,if im still here 😂

[@kiwidiesel]

Thats awesome seeing a turbo prop up that high considering how averge the efficiency is on those beaters at that height.

[@AP-314]

I was just about to comment on that. Bet it took awhile for that climb

[@flyerman482]

so damn cool!

[@Caninedriver]

Sweet ride!!!!

[@buckbuchanan5849]

Looks like great time. Questions, how was your spot!? And how long did you prebreathe before the jump? Thanks

[@michaelmullins8328]

He landed exactly on target, pre-breathe was 50 minutes.

[@buckbuchanan5849]

@@michaelmullins8328 thanks Mike. Will that 400LS outclimb your KA?

[@michaelmullins8328]

@@buckbuchanan5849 Chuck Yeager set the FAI World Record for time to climb in a Cheyenne 400 by climbing to 12k meters, 39370’, in 11 min, 8 sec, average climb rate of 3546 fpm. Record still stands for this class aircraft, and for all turboprop aircraft, regardless of size. And hell yes it will outclimb my King Air but since I own both of them it does not bother me a bit. I do have to keep them separated in the hangar as the Cheyenne will bully and taunt the King Air.

[@ehyouman]

Wow that was fucking badass...... like you were just floating there amazing

[@Anonymous-lw1zy]

OMG! Lucky you! I dream about 3 minute free falls! So far only 23k IRL and many minutes in wind tunnels. Not the same. Blue skies!

[@marcmenard9121]

Is tons of training required for this? Pretty cool.

[@aaronmontgomery4000]

I kept thinking those goggles were going to fly off

[@justinmann29]

14k is already cold to me. Must've been freezing up there 🥶

[@NzAviator]

-56 degrees Celsius roughly.

[@lucysluckyday]

2m45s of freefall. Wow!

[@AMM278]

When you start reading the comments and look up to him still falling

[@pschroeter1]

Wow, nearly three minutes of free fall.

[@JustMe-01]

That free fall time!

[@RioWilliams797]

That first 10k goes quick.

[@faustofeles8912]

Less air resistance

[@billkaldem5099]

Just wondering. What turboprop craft did you jump from?

[@edwardconway1507]

The plane is a Cheyenne 400LS at West Tennessee Skydiving, 41,000' jumps, owned and flown by Mike Mullins.

[@billkaldem5099]

@@edwardconway1507 outstanding

[@jordanscott7247]

3 min of free fall time, that’s insane bro

[@benperry490]

so what part of the low opening is standard I thought it was as low as 800 - 100ft agl ? is this technically a halo jump?

[@ahmedn9052]

مستوى عالي وقفز جميله جدًا

[@calebmcclure3893]

is it safe to do flips/summersaults during free fall on a HALO skydive?

[@edwardconway1507]

Safe? I mean I guess you could. I was some taken in by the view of the earth that I honestly didn’t even think about it

[@brianoswald1067]

Yes if you’re equipment free. Military Freefall jumps w/ equipment are a method to get to work. You’ve got enough to be concerned about. Don’t be “that guy”.

[@mrabrasive51]

A king air turbo prop at 41 000 ft?.is that possible?

[@arsalan4785]

Astonishing！

[@kimmin7422]

Seriously, this was done in Carmi, Il? I'm shocked in Aces territory!

[@oxfordlocalsclassifiedads-6969]

Insane, but amazing...feat

[@JeffreyPia]

FF to 4:30 for the actual jump

[@Johnnyroten]

No sky too high. Airborne!

[@timbrwolf1121]

I would be able to see my old house from this jump. I lived 15 minutes from carmi. If you drew an X from Carmi New haven, Omaha and Norris City. I was basically right there from 2nd to 8th grade.

[@12345fowler]

If you do some images of the Cheyenne that would be awesome.

[@ryanstropicalplantsoutdoor1989]

Why is it that we stared at this dude's helmet the entire time this video was recorded especially when there's multiple cameras..come on now...

[@Fly420]

That Cheyenne is just what we need to get a sniper within range of those Chinese balloons.

[@americanpeasant2815]

I've only jumped once and it was tandem, but I've always wanted to take it further... If I was him, or whoever, I think I'd add a Velcro aspect to the goggle situation... It looked like the wind was going to rip them right off of his helmet...

[@fcwolfx1123]

Man that must have felt like forever! I would consider doing a halo once I develop my skills a bit more, but I think I'd be too scared to go THAT high up. Also, how did you ever manage to fit those giant balls of yours into that flight suit? 😁

[@dtreezy]

big balls HAHAH

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

I have never jumped from that hight 17K max and I can tell you enjoyed it. Did I see a left hand deployment?

[@edwardconway1507]

Yes. I am a lefty !

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

@@edwardconway1507 You have some nice kit there and I did see the goggles Ice up........Good job you were on air there or the airway would have got a bit cold.

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

Subscribed.

[@kariivins-senft9302]

He can’t even enjoy the view because of the condensation on his goggles😢 your badass sir

[@Igor-my6ml]

He can

[@scott-qk8sm]

Wow cool

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Great jump

[@SkyChaserCom]

Insane. Sad it costs as much as a car to do this.

[@ryanpayne7707]

Give me a few years. If you pay for Jet A, I'd be more than happy to take you up that high. (And maintenance. And insurance. And hangar fees. And the payment on a turbine aircraft.)

[@NativeExplorer]

How much it costs?

[@Tandem22]

10/20k

[@riverrose3089]

Cars come and go.....

[@soldier-Dave]

@@Tandem22 is that per high alt jump ? Or to learn to do it?

[@stephenc107]

Nope nope nope nopity nope! There's not enough whiskey on the planet to get me to do that! 😱

[@jimstumborg5487]

Did that when I was 28 in Arabia at 45 000ft now 91 held instructors license 695

[@jim7082]

Did you run out of film at 5000 feet?

[@Jerry-rj6zx]

Cool skydiving Video by telling in the Horizon curve it looks more like 30 or 33000 feet.

[@sailorman8668]

Yes, the earth is a spherical planet, but are actually oblivious to the fact that the 'curvature' shown in this video was accentuated due to the footage being recorded using a camera with a distorting wide-angle lens?

[@graemebowd4071]

A great video which would have ben much better if the poster had cut out the first four minutes and shown the landing!

[@Ryan-yo4dg]

Could you do a high pull at this altitude?

[@edwardconway1507]

I guess. Provided you carry enough oxygen to make it down safely. But I don’t know about air traffic That may be a bigger issue.

[@Ryan-yo4dg]

@@edwardconway1507 yeah that makes sense if commercial aircraft were in the area, looks like a fun experience. Are speeds higher than 120 mph?

[@edwardconway1507]

@@Ryan-yo4dg much faster in the higher thinner air. I clocked 260 mph. As I descended the air got thicker and I dropped down to 124 mph

[@Ryan-yo4dg]

@@edwardconway1507 260 mph?! Wow that is intense

[@edwardconway1507]

@@Ryan-yo4dg never felt it ! I could tell I was falling faster because of the wind. But honestly it felt just like any other skydive.

[@jeffreylindsey1757]

Like what 2:45 seconds free fall. If your gonna jump that's the way to do it. Sure the ride up isn't cheap! Only jump I ever made was a static line at 2,800 ft. Out of a C-182, with a 28' former airforce pilot evac chute with two L cut outs in the back. Was damn glad I didn't have to use my reserve. The guy had to tell me to jump twice hanging on to the wing strut standing on the foot rest 🤣. Wasn't keen on jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. Figured I paid the $70, so I might as well go for it. That was the end of my glorious jump career. Hit the taxiway dead center of the airfield like a ton of bricks! Would of helped immensely if I had put my legs together slightly bent like I did 20 times off the 4 or 5' jump training platform. 😊

[@scottshrout5548]

Do you have financing for this

[@RichardSavage76]

Awesome. Oops I was trying to change the play bar to rainbows.

[@jordanh9643]

What does it feel like Iike?

[@uwelorenz3421]

Only one question: which Turboprop bring you on 41.000 feet please????? 😂😂😂😂

[@edwardconway1507]

The plane is a Cheyenne 400LS at West Tennessee Skydiving, 41,000' jumps, owned and flown by Mike Mullins.

[@uwelorenz3421]

@@edwardconway1507 Wow...I'm impressed.... one of a few which this altitude makings.... great job. Greetings from a ex Military Pilot and now FAA ATP Captain. Cheers.....

[@marksmith9176]

I wonder what a hop and pop would be like at that altitude? Anyone know the answer?

[@g0riz0nt]

Interesting how long it would be with wingsuit 😮

[@VitaminStudios]

There HAS to have been a cloaked UFO hanging out watching this and thinking "SICK!" lol

[@brianparrish8392]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh ! brings back memories of my airborne days ! just the wait befor exit always killed me !

[@blue_u_defense]

So damn cool

[@Mdwells2944]

How long was the climb to 41k from take off??

[@michaelmullins8328]

About 22 minutes in the Cheyenne 400LS

[@donallen1384]

Is there a part two video please?

[@kennimitz5241]

Ooooohhh what a rush

[@danwaldie4661]

I got the HA part of the jump. Where’s the LO part?

[@OffHeading]

HALO stands for: High Altitude, Low Opening - coined from the military I think

[@TacoMyrick]

I had NO idea a Cheyenne could fly at those altitudes. Was Mike Mullins flying ?

[@edwardconway1507]

Yes sir it was Mike.

[@billblumenthal4144]

Looks like you pulled your reserve?

[@skykaktus]

How did that plane go up so high???? I am a skydiver and just wonder about props going to lvl41. How???

[@edwardconway1507]

The plane is a Cheyenne 400LS at West Tennessee Skydiving, 41,000' jumps, owned and flown by Mike Mullins.

[@skykaktus]

@@edwardconway1507 Thx

[@user-rl3up5eh7x]

ТАКОЙ МОЩНЫЙ И ОПАСНЫЙ ПРЫЖОК , И ТАК ПАЗОРНО СНЯТО , ЖАЛЬ.