Parachuting: The Skydivers' Handbook |
Contents
JUMP? OUT OF AN AIRPLANE? | 9 |
PARACHUTING DOWN THROUGH THE AGES | 41 |
PARACHUTING EMERGENCIES | 55 |
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Accelerated Freefall aircraft airplane altimeter altitude arms aviation belly band body breakaway breakcord canopy releases Championships Charlie Hillard chest competition cone container delays deploy deployment device door drop zone equipment exit point face to earth fall Federal Aviation Administration Fédération Aéronautique Internationale feet flap flight flying forward frog position gear gore ground hand harness head jumpmaster landing legs License look loop main canopy main parachute main ripcord malfunction maneuvers manually meters National nylon opening point P.O. Box PARACHUTE CLUBS parachute jump parachute rigger pilot chute plane pull the reserve rate of descent relative reserve canopy reserve parachute reserve ripcord ripcord handle risers Safety Officer Scott Hamilton seconds skirt Skydiving sleeve speed sport parachuting stable static line jumps steerability steering strap student suspension lines target target center terminal velocity toggles turn USPA Instructor wind line Zephyrhills