How to survive parachute failure
Former British Army instructor Emil Chillier found guilty of attempted murder of his wife Victoria. He intentionally damaged her parachute, but the woman survived, although she broke her bones.
How can you survive after falling from a height of 1200 meters?
Earth is rapidly approaching. You pull the ring, but the parachute does not open. Your body rushes to the ground, and only friction against the air slows down the speed a little. Continue reading
10 unique parachute jumps that you didn’t even know
The most restless
Worked in two systems and were able to pull 20 jumps per day? Cool, well done. Inhabitants of the St. Petersburg dropzones nervously swallow tears, but we know that Moscow parachute jumps in this sense are much better organized. At Kolomna Aerograd in the season and a hundred climbs a day is not the limit. However, until the record of American Jay Stokes, we are all so far away. In 2003, he hit the Guinness Book, making 534 jumps per day! Continue reading
The main parachute “Sirocco” company “SKYLARK”
The rapid development of swoop forces manufacturers of parachute equipment to raise the level of technical excellence of their products. When developing this dome, almost all the comments of experienced swoopers that occurred when piloting parachutes of a similar class were taken into account.
Firstly, it is the inherent diagonal parachutes excessive rigidity during deployment. Continue reading
The main parachute “Segment”
The main “Segment” parachute is a 7-section dome designed for acrobatics (rotation and rebuilding).
The dome “Segment” is made of fabric with zero breathability (ZP, Gelvenor Textiles), equipped with slings Dacron-600 or ML (microline).
“Segment” is characterized by fast and uniform filling. The behavior of the dome in the stall and recovery modes is stable and controlled, the dome is sensitive to inputs by control lines or free ends. Continue reading
7-section precision parachute Malva-24SK
Appointment
The parachute sports system “Malva-24SK” is designed to perform all types of jumps both by individual athletes – paratroopers, and groups of parachutists from airplanes and helicopters designed to perform parachute jumps, when it is put into operation immediately after separation from the aircraft or with a delay of opening valve knapsacks. Continue reading
