The choice of starting equipment for parachuting
If you firmly decided to master parachuting, then you probably already managed to appreciate its fascination and unique feeling of flying. Learning all the intricacies of this sport is not…

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The latest D-12 parachute system is ready for state trials
Kirzhach, Vladimir region. Honored parachutist - tester Vladimir Nesterov, who has more than twelve thousand jumps behind him, will test the innovative D-12 parachute system. The new parachute, designed for…

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"Capsule"
The extremal made a preplanned jump without a parachute from a height of 7620 meters and landed on a network stretched over the California desert. “This is a tiny object…

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Within six months, the ZVO rescue team made more than 1000 parachute jumps

In the summer period of training, the specialists of the search and rescue and parachute landing service of the aviation units of the Western Military District completed more than 1000 parachute jumps. Of these, more than 300 jumps ended with landing on unprepared sites or were carried out in bad weather conditions, every fifth jump was carried out above the water surface and ended with flooding.

At the same time, air defense rescuers ZVO performed over 100 parachute-free landings, having completed descents and ascents using winches and special rescue cables.

During this period, 3 gathering events were held at the Air Force and Air Defense Air Defense Forces association with search and rescue and parachute service officers, with parachute packers, with air defense rescue personnel and flight personnel as part of a comprehensive survival training.

The charges were held at the Baltimore, Ostrov, Gromovo, Khotilovo and Monchegorsk airfields in the Voronezh, Pskov, Leningrad, Tver and Murmansk regions.

During the landing from Mi-8 helicopters and transport aircraft, various parachutes and parachute systems were used, such as D-1-5U – an airborne parachute designed for training jumps, the Malva-24 parachute system designed for precision jumping touchdowns – splashdowns, the planning parachute system PO-17 and the parachute system special purpose “Crossbow-1”. This system is designed to perform jumps with a set of weapons and a load of up to 50 kg; it allows landing on unprepared sites and in difficult weather conditions.

During the implementation of a comprehensive survival training, the air defense rescue team and the flight personnel of the district’s aviation units worked out the elements of emergency leaving the aircraft, building a tent in the forest using a parachute and improvised tools, providing medical assistance to victims, extracting water and food in the wild, and using existing beacons to indicate your location.

The team of the Western Military District in acrobatics took part in the world championship in parachuting in Montenegro, where it set a new world record – 22 figures in the air in the discipline “four – rotation”.

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…

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How to make money on parachuting (part 1)
You can earn on parachuting, but so far no one. Along with other extreme sports, skydiving is primarily carried out by lawyers, middle and senior managers, IT specialists, that is,…

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Performing a set of figures in free fall
For a clear and safe execution of the complex of figures, the paratrooper must: On the ground: develop a detailed jump model; firmly master your actions at every second of…

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