Friday Freakout: Helicopter Nearly Hits AFF Skydive Student In Freefall!

Subscribe here for more aerial awesomeness from Teem! For licensing/usage please contact licensing@ and reference CS-000312 ___ *** What happened *** I don’t think dodging a helicopter in freefall was part of this AFF student’s ground school ? This AFF jump took place during a boogie, which offered heli jumps to fun jumpers at the boogie. As the student was deploying his main, the student and his instructors fell dangerously close to the helicopter as it was climbing to altitude. The main side instructor had some colorful words to say (and maybe some colorful underwear to wash) but everyone landed safely. *** Why did it happen *** Inexperienced Pilot In the video submission it was noted, “A helicopter was brought in for the boogie, piloted by someone unfamiliar with skydive operations.” Evidently this pilot was not experienced with flying jumpers and was not aware of the (common sense) safety consi