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  2. Skydiving regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    From a typical jump altitude of 10,000 to 15,000 feet, it takes just over one minute for the skydiver to freefall to parachute opening altitudes of 4,000 to 2,000 feet above ground level . The jump pilot ensures all jumpers have exited, advises Air Traffic Control and then descends to the airport.

  3. High-altitude military parachuting - Wikipedia

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    United States Air Force Pararescuemen jump at half the height of a typical HALO/HAHO insertion 2eme REP Legionnaires HALO jump from a C-160.. High-altitude military parachuting, or military free fall (MFF), is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion.

  4. 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.

  5. I've always been curious to go skydiving and finally tried it ...

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    The recommended height for a first-time tandem jump is at least 10,000 feet to give about a minute in free fall, where you are rushing toward Earth before you need to deploy the parachute. My jump ...

  6. Highest falls survived without a parachute - Wikipedia

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    On July 30, 2016, Aikins jumped from an aircraft without any parachute or wingsuit at an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,620 m) above Simi Valley, California, watched by a live audience. After about two minutes of free fall he successfully landed in a 100-by-100-foot (30 by 30 m) net. Ivan Chisov: 23,000 7,000 [1] 1942

  7. BASE jumping - Wikipedia

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    On October 5, 2016, Rozov broke his own record for highest altitude BASE jump when he leapt from a height of 7,700 metres (25,300 ft) from Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world, landing on a glacier approximately two minutes later at an altitude of around 6,000 metres (20,000 ft). He later died while attempting another high-altitude ...

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

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    The 55-foot-tall building will feature a vertical flight chamber, which uses four large fans to recirculate air within it. Currently, the Wilmington iFly staff consists of 10 fully trained flight ...

  9. Red Bull Stratos - Wikipedia

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    Red Bull Stratos was a high-altitude skydiving project involving Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner.On 14 October 2012, Baumgartner flew approximately 39 kilometres (24 mi) [1] [2] [3] into the stratosphere over New Mexico, United States, in a helium balloon before free falling in a pressure suit and then parachuting to Earth. [4]