Parachute - revue d'art contemporain was a bilingual French and English contemporary art magazine. It was published quarterly in October, January and...
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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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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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Look up parachute in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A parachute is a fabric device to slow descent through the air. Parachute or Parachutes may also...
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This article attempts to list of the highest falls survived without a parachute. Some heights are difficult to verify due to lack of documentation and...
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British Parachute Regiment's parachute display team. The Red Devils are regular serving paratroopers from the four battalions of the Parachute Regiment...
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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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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 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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on July 1, 2002, and distributed with copies of the 107th issue of Parachute Magazine. All tracks are written by Tim Hecker Trade Winds, White Noise on...
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BASE jumping (redirect from Parachuting/BASE Jumping)
(/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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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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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 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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Parachutes is the debut studio album by British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 10 July 2000 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom. The album was...
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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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Nell Tenhaaf and Norman White", para-para- 022: Parachute Magazine No. 122 (April 2006), 7-8 "Parachute - para-para". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15...
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The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the...
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The Parachute Paradox is a memoir by the artist Steve Sabella, published in September 2016 by Kerber Verlag. It details Sabella's upbringing in Jerusalem...
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Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion created in 1948 and the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment . The regiment is part of the 11th Parachute Brigade. The battalion...
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records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue. Though he still holds the two latter...
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Paratrooper (redirect from Military parachuting)
military parachutist is a soldier trained to conduct military operations by parachuting directly into an area of operations, usually as part of a large airborne...
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qualified U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force personnel as high-altitude military parachute specialists. To earn the Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, the military...
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Airborne forces (redirect from Parachute infantry)
carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in airborne units...
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11th Airborne Division, the men of the 187th trained both as glider and parachute troops. They moved to Camp Polk on 9 January 1944 for glider training...
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Vertical wind tunnel (category Parachuting)
Vertical Wind Tunnel specifically for parachuting was published in CANPARA (the Canadian Sport Parachuting Magazine) in 1979. St. Germain then helped build...
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D. B. Cooper (category Parachuting in the United States)
000 in ransom (equivalent to approximately $1,500,000 in 2024) and four parachutes upon landing in Seattle. After releasing the passengers in Seattle, Cooper...
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Flare (redirect from Parachute flare)
"rocket-propelled parachute flares") have been mentioned in the modern era for civilian maritime emergencies since at least 1856. The U.S. Nautical Magazine of that...
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216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron is a squadron of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals that is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating...
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an independent, monthly news magazine covering the events, equipment, techniques, people and places of sport parachuting. It was based in DeLand, Florida...
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