A parachute landing fall (PLF) is a safety technique that allows a parachutist to land safely and without injury. The technique is performed by paratroopers...

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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part of the parachute landing fall preceding ground contact and is executed about 15 feet (5 m) above ground. During a helicopter landing, a flare is...

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parachutes are deployed after exiting the aircraft. In the HALO technique, the parachutist opens the parachute at a low altitude after free-falling for...

simulating the final stage of parachute landing. This maneuver teaches a soldier to transfer the energy of the fall (landing) up the sides of the lower legs...

fall-restraint cable to simulate the exit from an aircraft and safe landing technique. Trainees then pass on to the high tower jumps with parachutes....

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shorten an aircraft's landing distance, a drogue chute is called a drag parachute or braking parachute. They remain effective for landings on wet or icy runways...

mannequins in his experiments, was attempting to perfect a parachute design to ensure the safe landing of a pilot with all or part of a damaged aircraft. Reichelt...

Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents, the Parachute Regiment, the Glider Pilot Regiment, Air Landing Regiments, air observation post squadrons, Commando...

fuselage of a powered parachute contains the aircraft engine, a seat for each occupant and is attached to the aircraft's landing gear. While in flight...

team in 1964 as the Parachute Regiment Free Fall Team and was their commander in the first year. They became the official parachute display team of the...

balloon before free falling in a pressure suit and then parachuting to Earth. The total jump, from leaving the capsule to landing on the ground, lasted...

Deployment PLEBS – (i) People Lacking Everyday Basic Skills PLF – (i) Parachute Landing Fall PLGR – (a) Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver ("plugger") pli –...

zone (DZ) is a place where parachutists or parachuted supplies land. It can be an area targeted for landing by paratroopers and airborne forces, or a base...

have learned how to: Pack the RA-1 Military Free-Fall Advanced Ram-Air Parachute System main parachute and don the system Rigging/jumping procedures for...

intentionally jump and land without using a parachute was Gary Connery in 2012 who wore a wingsuit to aid his landing. Although several news articles headlines...

1940 as the Central Landing School and from 1 October 1940 it was designated as the Parachute Training Squadron of the Central Landing Establishment. Following...

(/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...

part in six major parachute assault operations in North Africa, Italy, Greece, France, the Netherlands and Germany, often landing ahead of all other...

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord...

system and landing gear to soft-land on the Moon. Several Soviet rockets including the Soyuz spacecraft have used parachutes and airbag landing systems to...

The RA-1 Military Free-Fall Advanced Ram-Air Parachute System (MFF ARAPS) provides a multi-mission, high-altitude parachute delivery system that allows...

The Singapore Armed Forces Parachute Team (SAFPT), also known as the Red Lions is best known for its free-fall displays at the annual National Day Parade...

A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions. The first human-made...

first airborne forces parachute jump is dated to 2 August 1930, taking place in the Moscow Military District. Airborne landing detachments were established...

in significantly lower landing injury rates for jumpers. The reserve canopy is a derivative of the British Low Level Parachute (LLP) aero-conical design...

Low-Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) is a variation of the high-velocity drop in which aircraft come close to carrying out a touch-and-go landing without...