IAF officer creates record in skydiving
PUNE/MUMBAI, Jun 02, 2016, DHNS
Indian Air Force officer Wing Commander Kamal Singh Oberh has created a new record by skydiving with the largest flag in India at the National Defence Academy.
The record skydive jump was undertaken by the Wg Cdr Oberh, a Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award winner, on 29 May at National Defence Academy (NDA) airfield with a flag measuring 51 feet 10 inches in breadth and 81 feet 3 inches in length.
The record jump was undertaken from a Mi-17 V-5 helicopter that flew at 7,000 feet in the early hours so as to take advantage of nil wind weather conditions.
“The all-up weight carried by the officer was 77 kgs with the weight of the flag being 52 kgs and the parachute 25 kgs. The flag was made using special nylon fabric that is used for making parachute canopies. The flag was initially fabricated by the Ordnance Clothing Factory at Avadi in the outskirts of Chennai. The final technicalities handled by the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment at Agra which also manufactured the main parachute with which Wg Cdr Oberh undertook the jump,” a Defence Ministry spokesperson said.
Wg Cdr Oberh is a highly-trained and qualified Parachute Jump Instructor.
The record skydive jump was undertaken by the Wg Cdr Oberh, a Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award winner, on 29 May at National Defence Academy (NDA) airfield with a flag measuring 51 feet 10 inches in breadth and 81 feet 3 inches in length.
The record jump was undertaken from a Mi-17 V-5 helicopter that flew at 7,000 feet in the early hours so as to take advantage of nil wind weather conditions.
“The all-up weight carried by the officer was 77 kgs with the weight of the flag being 52 kgs and the parachute 25 kgs. The flag was made using special nylon fabric that is used for making parachute canopies. The flag was initially fabricated by the Ordnance Clothing Factory at Avadi in the outskirts of Chennai. The final technicalities handled by the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment at Agra which also manufactured the main parachute with which Wg Cdr Oberh undertook the jump,” a Defence Ministry spokesperson said.
Wg Cdr Oberh is a highly-trained and qualified Parachute Jump Instructor.
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