Hi Tamara - that roll of yellow paper is used as a signal to the ground announcers to start playing the National Anthem. We try to time the landing to the end of the song. Thanks for watching!!

They sure are in the sky for a long time damn...

Thanks for checking in! The landing IS a bit weird, the winds get kinda squirly there...but it was FUN!

"Please don't land in East STL. Please don't land in East STL."

Cant believe this guy is soooooo relaxed.....thought he was going to take out a flask and have a cup of tea....👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏👏👏👏

@ E J Darly ~ The 'thud' you hear on the video is the side mounted camera as it brushes against part of the parachute harness on landing. With my weight off the suspension lines at touch down the harness moves up pretty fast. As far as running out a landing - that all depends on the type of parachute wing being utilized. Different parachutes have differing flight characteristics. For that type demonstration jump, with the relatively tight landing area surrounded by spectators...it's prudent in the interest of safety to select a canopy designed specifically for accuracy - that's how they land. I'm at 39 years of experience in the sport of Skydiving - over 35 of those years, I've been performing professional parachute demonstrations worldwide. I think that was my 12th or 13th time through the St. Louis Arch - legs are intact, in fact I've never been injured Skydiving. Like most anything - proper attention to training and and the conservative approach toward execution of a thought out plan results in success. Hope you enjoyed the video & thanks for the comment!

Talk about a birds eye view!

Looked like a fun ride down; I think I'd be wanting to keep that arch in my view all the time!

Wow! What a great video! Great piloting skills, too! Really enjoyed it.

I was there! It’s really cool to see from their perspective.

The fact that those are the flags of France on the parachutes and the Netherlands flag on his friend is funny to me

I was there and it was so cool, but I didn't know so much was involved. This is great and thanks.

So cool! I’m from St. Louis. Born and raised there. Was great to see this. Thanks.

I know this is from 8 years ago but that was a really cool ride 😁 looked like it was a relaxing ride down hope you guys are still doing this 👍

God I wanna jump again so bad. I miss it more than ever. When I watch you guys pull out the flare, left and right turn, and just the first thing, jumping into the breeze knowing there's a small chance thing might not work out as planned. Last time I jumped was a Combat FTX Mass Attack with the 82nd in 1994. You just haven't lived unless you've done any kind of parachuting. It's not as hard to do as most think, and it's not as easy we think either. It's all fun and games until the medevac is called in for ya. Great work guys, fantastic choreography and teamwork. I know how hard it is to hit the T on the ground. Perfect maneuvering. Great pilot as well.

That's freaking crazy to watch. Thank's for the view!

Wow, cool! I've been up in the arch a couple of times. Once when I was a kid when it first opened.

Awesome...great piloting skills

Longtime Missouri resident here, and I grew up across the Missouri River from St. Louis in St. Charles and am very very familiar with the Arch, having been to its top several times, the last in 2006, with a friend visiting from Poland. I remember the St. Louis VP Fair being a much larger affair? Anyway... the trip down looked kinda cool. The skydiver nearly hit the target dead on. Bravo!

Great timing. Cool video.

LibertyParachute what kind of plane was that you jumped out of? thanks

Oh wow, great job! I wish the video wasn't cut off though. It seemed so peaceful floating down.

The view was amazing!

“Bob, I dropped the flag!” *When he lands* “Oh, there is my flag!”

Fantastic Vid ! Thank You

What was the role of the yellow ribbon? And explain to me why the ringtone

Incredibly awesome! The only thing that could top this is if you had landed ON TOP OF the Arch!

Excellent performance! Love from the United Kingdom! 👍

WOW!! This is really amazing!! 😎👏👏👏👏

Wow I thought I could do this, after watching this video, I dont think I have the balls. Great video you guys truly have guts.

I remember someone tried to land on the Arch with a parachute, and slide did the side.

AWESOME JOB guys!

I liked this video and I'm Canadian, eh?

Land of the FREE and the home of the BRAVE! Hell yeah!

Balls of brass! I'd faint within the first 30 seconds.

Excellent job & video too!!

this why they need gta 6 in at.louis

Landing looks tricky, I came here from a message on dropzone forums

Amazing

The WDI is released to cue the start of the National Anthem.

@MarkMeltzer Was this you? ❤️

Damn I was hoping they would land right on top of the arch

wow perfect timing!

Percy Jackson goes crazy bro

woah...awesome.....i want to do that...best video view of the day!

Someone died doing something similar to this in 1980 😢

Uhhh are you supposed to make a big thud into the ground like that??? From the shadow at the end it looks like you're sleep and from what I understand you've got to be running in order to keep your legs intact. It was like "And the home of the Bloomp"

I heard a rumor that a few decades ago: a parachutist tried to land on top of the gateway arch. He then tried to refold his chute and sky dive again. Instead he slid down the side of the arch to his death and said "splat". I never confirmed the story but I believe it is true.

7:26 i love they had a guy there to corral the flag so as to not touch the ground.

Wasn’t there some guy who landed on the arch but fell from the top and died.

pretty cool

That was perfect landing skills. That's crazy I won't do that I like my feet to the floor.

nice touchdown

That was awesome

Lol that was a hard ass landing

Wow that was near to watch!!

Great timed landing…

good job

Are you FRIGGIN Nuts???😂😂😂 Hell No 4 me NO WAY JOSE!!!

I was at this event

i was thinking where is the arch? i thought to my it does almost reach the sky? does it? then i see it down there... y is it so small from the sky?

Don’t land in the river. Don’t land in the river. Don’t land in the river.

Looks like some brits disliked the video...

sick

What was that yellow roll you let go?

I WANNA DO THIS SO BAD BUT AM SO SCARED OF HEIGHTS.

Good shot man right on target.

Cajones grande

made it look easy

You had to have a jumped from like 2000 ft

We are only watching to see if you splatter against it...

WDI -- im guessing cause winds a squirrel'y around arch Jim can ans! ask him ! Cool Idea though -- chit changes from take off to landing -- and that can hurt ya I like the Idea --- he has been doing demos for a very long time !

Fuck yeah!

0:18 wow

What a jip. I thought one would land on top the Arch itself!

Great Job 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Don't land in East St.Louis!!! Hell. don't land in that dirty ass river. How far up was this jump?

Imagine he accidentally lands in the river

This scares the 💩 outta me and I’m watching video feels like I’m falling 😨😨😨😨😨😨

Great video.Your little yellow streamer didn't work work worth a dang though.Next time don't use toilet paper.

I thought they were playing Fortnite.

Pilembrat

America!! \(-ㅂ-)/ ♥ ♥ ♥

Eagles land on USA soil..

that water pollution tho

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