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Old 08-07-2007, 03:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
Kyt
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By the time of the BoB, the parachute wasn't attched. It was usually placed on the wing, and the pilot would grab it before he climbed into his aircraft. One of his groundcrew would then help him clip it into place.

It was found that running with the parachute clipped during scramble was too cumbersome, and slowed the pilots down.
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