Beginner Tips - Low U-Turn (part 3)
Acceleration using the front free ends has a number of important advantages compared to turning the brakes. Acceleration with the help of the front free ends accelerates the dome, and…

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The first parachute jump
I went to Taupo, New Zealand, and this was my first parachute jump. Skydiving was never what I desperately wanted to do, or even miss such a fleeting thought, but…

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Skydiving canopy piloting
Dome Acrobatics (canopy RW, CRW, CReW) In this type of parachuting, athletes build various figures in the sky and perform rebuilding with an already opened parachute. At the same time,…

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CSKA parachutists win gold at the World Cup

At the 35th World Parachuting Championships, women’s group competitions for precision landing were held.

At the World Parachuting Championships, the first set of awards was played – in women’s group competitions for landing accuracy.

Athletes of the Russian team won the Gold. The team consisted of three paratroopers of the Central Sports Club of the Army – 11-time world champion, two-time absolute, four-time European champion, world record holder, multiple Cup winner, who accounted for more than 10 thousand parachute jumps, senior warrant officer Elena Laktionova, world champion, medalist European champion of the RF Armed Forces, lieutenant Elena Tusheva, as well as multiple champion and world record holder, absolute champion of Europe 2017 Lyubov Ekshikeyeva.

Beginner Tips - Low U-Turn (part 2)
Now consider the pitch angle of the dome, which is often confused with the angle of attack. This is the pitch angle that is set by mutually adjusting the length…

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Skydiving: Truth and Fiction
Parachuting is one of the most extreme that a person could come up with. Very few decide on a parachute jump - and only a few, having decided on a…

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Skydiving canopy piloting
Dome Acrobatics (canopy RW, CRW, CReW) In this type of parachuting, athletes build various figures in the sky and perform rebuilding with an already opened parachute. At the same time,…

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