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  2. Going skydiving? Here are five things to know before you jump

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    Tips from the United States Parachute Association for first-time skydivers.

  3. Pilot chute - Wikipedia

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    When the user pulls the ripcord, the container opens, allowing the pilot chute compressed inside and loaded with a large spring inside it to jump out. Spring-loaded pilot chutes are mainly used to deploy reserve parachutes. They are often also used to deploy the main parachute on skydiving students' parachute equipment.

  4. Automatic activation device - Wikipedia

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    CYPRES II panel. In skydiving, an automatic activation device (AAD) is a dead man's switch consisting of an electronic-pyrotechnic or mechanical device that automatically activates the opening sequence of the main or reserve parachute container when the AAD is falling below a preset altitude and above a preset decent speed.

  5. BASE jumping - Wikipedia

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    In the early days of BASE jumping, people used modified skydiving gear, such as by removing the deployment bag and slider, stowing the lines in a tail pocket, and fitting a large pilot chute. However, modified skydiving gear is then prone to kinds of malfunction that are rare in normal skydiving (such as "line-overs" and broken lines).

  6. Parachuting - Wikipedia

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    For human skydiving, there is often a phase of free fall (the skydiving segment), where the parachute has not yet been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity. In cargo parachuting, the parachute descent may begin immediately, such as a parachute-airdrop in the lower atmosphere of Earth, or it may be significantly delayed.

  7. An indoor skydiving facility in Wilmington will soon take ...

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    A new indoor skydiving facility set to open in December promises exciting entertainment and education for the Wilmington area, but it also carries deep personal ties to its owner's service in the ...

  8. Closing pin - Wikipedia

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    The closing pin passes through the closing loop [3] and in doing so, secures the main container of a skydiving rig, keeping the parachute from deploying prematurely. [4] When the pilot chute is thrown out by the skydiver and catches air, it pulls the closing pin from the closing loop and allows the main parachute to be released from the ...

  9. Skysurfing - Wikipedia

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    Skysurfing boards in different sizes, beginner - expert. A neutral position maintaining stability is to stand upright on the board during freefall, this is also the position required for deployment of the main parachute whilst surfing medium and expert boards. Both feet in the bindings and ready to exit the aircraft

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