Parachuting: The Skydiver's Handbook |
Contents
Chapter One Jump? Out of an Airplane? | 7 |
Chapter Two Your First Jump | 35 |
Chapter Three History of Parachuting | 81 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Accelerated FreeFall aircraft airplane altimeter altitude arch arms automatic activation device Aviation basic freefall position belly band body position brakes breakaway Canopy Relative canopy release cell Dacron delta deploy descent door drag drop zone equipment exit point fabric fall feet flare flight flying gear glide grommets hand harness horizontal inflated instructor jumpmaster jumpsuit landing leading edge leg straps license look loop main canopy main parachute malfunction maneuvers meters nylon opening point P.O. Box pack Parachute Association parachute landing fall parachute rigger Parachuting Manual parachutists pilot chute plane procedure pull your reserve ram-air canopies reserve canopy Reserve static line ripcord handle risers round canopy seconds side Skydiver's skydivers slider sport parachuting stable static line stowed suspension lines tandem jumps target terminal velocity throw-out tion toggles trailing edge turn twisted USPA Velcro weight wing