The document discusses the history and evolution of parachuting, mentioning key figures such as Adrian Nicholas and Jean Pierre Blanchard. It outlines equipment used in parachuting, different types of jumps, and notable world records in the sport. Additionally, it highlights significant achievements, including the highest parachute jump and the longest freefall record.

1. PARACHUTING By Rastko Lekic

2. Andrew Garnerins Parachute Andrew Garnerin Parachute

3. Da Vinci ’ s parachut

5. 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

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

7. 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.

8. 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

10. ALTIMETERS

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

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

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

15. 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

16. Canopy formation

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