Flashcards: Parachuting

A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag (or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift).

Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (May 25, 1757 – April 4, 1837) was a French chemist, physicist, inventor and the first pioneer in modern parachuting in the world.

Olav Zipser (born 12 March 1966, in Simmern, West Germany) is a highly accomplished, multiple-time world champion, trainer of multiple world champions, Sports Emmy Award-winning, pioneering skydiver.

Štefan Banič (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʃcefan ˈbaɲitʃ]; 23 November 1870 – 2 January 1941) was a Slovak inventor who patented an early parachute design.

A drogue parachute is a parachute designed to be deployed from a rapidly moving object in order to slow the object, to provide control and stability, or as a pilot parachute to deploy a larger parachute.

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Paraavis Company (sometimes styled as "ParAAvis") is a Russian aircraft manufacturer based in Moscow and founded in 1992.

The Irish Parachute Club (IPC) is located in Clonbullogue, County Offaly, in Ireland.

The Parachute Industry Association's mission is to advance and promote the growth, development, training, and safety of military, commercial, and sport parachutes.

Perris Valley Airport (FAA LID: L65) is a privately owned and operated airport open to public use and located one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Perris serving Riverside County, California.

The SkyHawks are the Canadian Forces Parachute Demonstration Team.

Skydive Empuriabrava is the brand that has been commercially operating Empuriabrava Aerodrome (on the Empuriabrava residential estate of the town of Castelló d'Empúries, Costa Brava, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain) since 1985.

Sky Science Powered Parachutes Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer and parachute training and service provider, based in Tidworth.

In military organizations, a pathfinder is a specialized soldier inserted or dropped into place in order to set up and operate drop zones, pickup zones, and helicopter landing sites for airborne operations, air resupply operations, or other air operations in support of the ground unit commander.

The Skydivers is a 1963 film directed by Coleman Francis.

Leslie Leroy Irvin (10 September 1895 – 9 October 1966) made the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump in 1919.

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome Aerodrome, (TC LID: CSG5), is located 2.

Takata Corporation (タカタ株式会社 Takata Kabushiki Gaisha) is an global supplier of automotive safety systems based in Japan.

High-altitude military parachuting (or military free fall (MFF)) is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion.

Loïc Jean-Albert (b. 8 February 1978 in Toulon, but grew up on Réunion), known as the Flying Dude from a popular YouTube video, Loic is an expert parachuter, and among a group reported in 2007 to be developing and testing a wing suit for landing without a parachute.

The Torrey Pines Gliderport (FAA LID: CA84) is a city-owned private-use glider airport located in La Jolla, 11 nautical miles (20 km) northwest of the central business district of City of San Diego, in San Diego County, California.

Albert Leo Stevens (March 9, 1877 – May 8, 1944) was a pioneering balloonist.

James Floyd Smith (October 17, 1884 – April 18, 1956) was a test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin and was a manufacturer of parachutes.

Paratroopers are military parachutists — military personnel trained in parachuting into an operation and usually functioning as part of an airborne force.