For underwater escape training, a system dubbed “helo dunker” is used.
It consists of a mock up helicopter that is plunged into a pool, and then flipped over as a real aircraft would do upon impact with the water.
U.S. Marines are required to test their ability to fight their way clear of restraint and harness to surface and this is what this particular exercise looks like.
H/T to Business Insider’s Geoffrey Ingersollfor the heads up
David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written four books.
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