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  2. T-11 parachute - Wikipedia

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    T-11 Main Parachute System design Parachutists jumping from an MC-130 using the T-11 Personnel Parachute System. The main canopy is a modified version of a cross/cruciform platform. The canopy has an increased inflated diameter of 14 percent and a 28 percent increase in surface area, when compared with the T-10D assembly.

  3. Arnold Engineering Development Complex - Wikipedia

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    At one time or another, the center has operated 58 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, space environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges and other specialized units. Twenty-seven of the center's test units have capabilities unmatched elsewhere in the United States; 14 are unique in the world.

  4. Australian Defence Force Parachuting School - Wikipedia

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    Parachute Maintenance Wing (PMW) – stores repairs and repacks all personnel parachutes. Logistic Support Wing – stores, transport, medical and catering. The school provides static line training with the T-11 non-steerable parachute and the MC-6 steerable parachute at altitudes between 800 feet (240 m) and 1,000 feet (300 m) on land and water.

  5. United States Army Airborne School - Wikipedia

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    The T-10D is a round-shaped parachute and the T-11 is a square-shaped parachute, both using static line extraction with a descent rate of 18–23 ft/sec and 16–20 ft/sec respectively, dependent on the weight and equipment outfitting of the individual jumper. Prospective troopers are taught how to wear the parachute harness correctly and how ...

  6. List of SOE establishments - Wikipedia

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    This target was probably erected during World War II for use by SOE agents training at nearby Glasnacardoch House.. The following is an incomplete list of training centres, research and development sites, administrative sites and other establishments used by the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.

  7. List of aerospace flight test centres - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Air Force Test Center, based at Edwards Air Force Base, California, United States (founded 1942, as the new location of 477th Air Base Headquarters and Test Squadron) Flight Test Center (CEV) of the French Ministry of Armed Forces (CEV is a part of Directorate General of Armaments ), based at 217 Air Base in Brétigny-sur-Orge , France ...

  8. Who exactly is Geronimo -- and why do we say his name ... - AOL

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    Aubrey was a private in the U.S. Army during the 1940s, when the army was beginning to have soldiers parachute from airplanes as a new method of deployment, according to Today I Found Out. His ...

  9. Yuma Proving Ground - Wikipedia

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    Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is a United States Army series of environmentally specific test centers with its Yuma Test Center (YTC) being one of the largest military installations in the world. It is subordinate to the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command .