First Managed Planning Cargo Parachute Ready for Testing
To date, the Tekhnodinamika holding company, which is part of the Rostec state corporation, has manufactured and prepared for factory tests 7 prototypes (6-year-olds, 1 will pass the ground test…

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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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How to make money on parachuting (part 2)
In Soviet times, two categories of the population parachuted: the military and athletes. After the collapse of the USSR, funding for sports clubs that formed the reserve of the airborne…

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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 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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BASE FAQ, or why not jump (part 2)
4. Q: so what to jump on? Here I have a Radar, it seems to open quickly ... A: ... if at all opens. The BASE system has 3 great…

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In 2012, paratroopers made more than 150 thousand parachute jumps
With the end of the calendar year in the Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces), the final results of the annual plan for landing personnel and military equipment from airplanes and helicopters…

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