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    The Non-Maneuverable Canopy (T-11) Personnel Parachute System is the newest personnel parachute system to be adopted by the United States armed forces...
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    T-10 Parachute is a series of static line-deployed parachutes used by the militaries for combat mass-assault airborne operations and training. The T-10...
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    A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or, in a ram-air parachute, aerodynamic lift. A major...
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    The MC-6 Parachute is a Maneuverable Canopy (MC) static line-deployed personnel parachute of the United States Armed Forces. Developed by United States...
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    United States Army Airborne School (category Military parachuting schools)
    familiarization with the T-10D and T-11 parachute. The T-10D is a round-shaped parachute and the T-11 is a square-shaped parachute, both using static line...
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  • T-10 parachute for Canadian purposes, and its profile while deployed is similar to the American model. "AIRBORNE SYSTEMS WINS AWARD TO SUPPLY T-11 PARACHUTES...
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  • T11 (redirect from T 11)
    vertebra Thoracic spinal nerve 11 Marathon T.11, a British trainer aircraft T-11 Kansan, an American trainer aircraft T-11 parachute, used by the United States...
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    using a parachute or multiple parachutes. For human skydiving, there is often a phase of free fall (the skydiving segment), where the parachute has not...
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    A drogue parachute, also called drag chute, is a parachute designed for deployment from a rapidly moving object. It can be used for various purposes,...
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    The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part...
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  • 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2020. "Airborne Systems Wins Award to Supply T-11 Parachutes to the Canadian Armed Forces". Airborne Systems Canada. 2 April 2013...
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    The Parachute Regiment is an airborne and special forces regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1945 as part of the British Indian Army but was...
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  • A parachute candidate, or carpetbagger in the United States, is a pejorative term for an election candidate who does not live in the area they are running...
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    The 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), is a special forces battalion of the British Army's Parachute Regiment. Along with various other regiments...
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  • A golden parachute is an agreement between a company and an employee (usually an upper executive) specifying that the employee will receive certain significant...
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    United States Army Jumpmaster School (category Parachuting in the United States)
    student should already know all of the nomenclature for both the T-10 and T-11 parachute systems. Generally speaking, it takes a potential jumpmaster at...
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    dropped from heights with the benefit of parachutes. Early on, animals were used as test subjects for parachutes and as entertainment. Following the development...
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    The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) is a whole-plane ballistic parachute recovery system designed specifically for Cirrus Aircraft's line of general...
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    American rapper MC Hammer. They are often colloquially referred to as parachute pants, although that also refers to a different style, and MC Hammer stated...
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  • Thumbnail for High-altitude military parachuting
    High-altitude military parachuting, or military free fall (MFF), is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military...
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    Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), informally referred to as Para-Commandos, is a group of special forces battalions of the Parachute Regiment in the...
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    Mike Jackson (British Army officer) (category British Parachute Regiment officers)
    commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1963, he transferred to the Parachute Regiment in 1970, with which he served two of his three tours of duty...
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    the plunge. Futile attempts to use fabric such as clothing as makeshift parachutes were sometimes made. Some eyewitnesses believe they saw people jumping...
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    The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride and a landmark in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, along the Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island...
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    The Parachute Rigger Badge is a military qualification badge of the United States Army and the United States Air Force which was first created in 1948...
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  • Thumbnail for 11th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
    The 11th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army in World War II. The battalion was...
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    The 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (4 PARA), is an Army Reserve unit of the British Army. Now recruiting across the United Kingdom originally the Battalion...
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  • (/beɪs/) is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands for four categories...
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    Parachute is an American pop rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Formed in 2006, they released their major-label debut album, Losing...
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    The 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine) or 1er RPIMa is a unit of the French Army Special...
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