Parachuting

PARACHUTING By Rastko Lekic

Andrew Garnerins Parachute
Andrew Garnerin Parachute

Da Vinci ’ s parachut

Da Vinci’s copy
A British man, Adrian Nicholas made a copy of , Da Vinci’s parachute and jumped with it from a hot air balloon 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) above the ground, but he wasn’t successful because of the wind
Next time he successfully landed on the ground. Some of the people were amazed and some didn’t believe

First soft parachute history
In 1793
By Blanchard
develop the first foldable parachute made from silk

Jean Pierre Blanchard - Animal Parachute history
Jean Pierre Blanchard a Frenchman was the first person to use a parachute for an emergency.
In 1785, he dropped a dog in a basket from a balloon high in the air.

Equipment
the main parachute
the reserve parachute
harness
altimeters ( to indicate the current altitude usually worn on the wrist or on the chest.)
jumpsuite
helmets
goggles
reserve Static Line
stabilizer
canpoy
slider
pilot chute
suspenison line

ALTIMETERS

Kinds of parachuting
Hit and rock
Pond swooping
Cross-Country
Camera flying
Night jumps
Stuff jumps
Tandem skydive

Stuff jumping A skydiver sits in a rubber raft st e e red by three other jumpers

Tandem skydive
A freefall of two people from a height of 10,000ft or more at a speed of 120mph !

World records
World's largest freefall formation: 400. This record was set in 2006 in Thailand .
World's largest canopy formation: 100 in 2007 in USA .
Don Kellner holds the record for the most parachute jumps, with a total of over 36,000 jumps. [4
Capt. Joe W. Kittinger achieved the highest and longest (14 min) parachute jump in history in 1960 as part of a United States Air Force
Adrian Nicholas holds the record for the longest freefall- 4 minutes and 55 seconds
Frank Moody, aged 101, made a tandem jump in 2004

Canopy formation

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