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  2. T-11 parachute - Wikipedia

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    The T-11 harness is designed to displace opening shock forces of the reserve parachute equally along the long axis of the jumper’s body. The main canopy and harness weighs 38 pounds (17 kg), and the reserve assembly 15 pounds (6.8 kg), for a total of 53 pounds (24 kg). The main canopy is 30.6 feet (9.3 m) inflated diameters at the hem.

  3. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    A Douglas EC-47 Skytrain, US Army tail number O-50781, built as C-47B-10-DK, USAAF 43-49137, c/n 14593/26398, to US Navy as R4D-6, BuNo 50781, [147] [148] [149] (R4D-6s redesignated C-47J in 1962) carrying members of the US Army Golden Knights parachute team on a recruiting tour crashed and exploded at ~0900 hrs. in a muddy cornfield on the ...

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    Most of the plane's parachutes were stacked near the door and were carried over the side by the decompression. Sheriff Ray Noland stated that an open parachute was seen drifting down near Sevierville, Tennessee, and deputies searching for the crewman's body found a parachute, a seat and the door ~two miles N of state highway 73, E of Gatlinburg.

  5. T-10 parachute - Wikipedia

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    US Army paratroopers utilizing the T-10D Parachute during an airborne operation from a C-130. The T-10 Parachute is a series of static line-deployed parachutes used by the militaries for combat mass-assault airborne operations and training. The T-10 parachute was introduced in the early 1950s. In 1976, the B model introduced the anti-inversion ...

  6. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    A Texas Army National Guard AH-1G Cobra Tail number 67-15737 of D/1/124 CAV of 49th "Lone Star" Div. crashed shortly after take-off at 8:20 hrs NW of Camp Merrill US Army Ranger Tng Camp AAF near Dahlonega, GA. Initial contact with team aircraft was made then contact was lost in a mountainous and heavily treed area.

  7. Was the Six Triple Eight Real? All About the History-Making ...

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    During World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — nicknamed the Six Triple Eight — was the first and only unit of color in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) stationed in Europe.

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    [59] First cruise for full-scale training exercises without operational restrictions for the Westland Wyvern S Mk. 4, deployed aboard HMS Eagle with Nos. 813 and 827 Squadrons, begins inauspiciously when Wyvern, VZ785, '135/J', of 827 Naval Air Squadron, [60] attempting a go-around after misjudged approach, strikes ship's funnel, forcing the ...

  9. Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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    From August to 3 November 1974 the 1st and 3rd Airborne Brigades fought the PAVN 304th Division in the Battle of Thượng Đức. The Airborne lost 500 dead and more than 2,000 wounded, severely weakening the strength of this elite unit at a crucial time, while PAVN casualties were estimated to exceed 7,000 and the 304th Division was rendered ...

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