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

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    An investigation by The Sacramento Bee found that at least 28 people have died while skydiving at the Parachute Center near Lodi. ... Old Navy's Break a Sweat Sale has activewear from $2 — shop ...

  3. 28 deaths, 1 drop zone. How does this California skydiving ...

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    A skydiver lands in the field at the Parachute Center skydiving facility at the Lodi Airport on Sept. 7, 2023. ... Old Navy's Break a Sweat Sale has activewear from $2 — shop our top picks here ...

  4. Firebird Skydiving - Wikipedia

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    Firebird USA LLC (formerly Firebird Skydiving GmbH and Firebird Sky Sports AG) is an American parachute manufacturer based in Eloy, Arizona. [1] The company also has locations in Germany, Sri Lanka, and the Czech Republic, and was formerly based in Füssen and Bitburg , Germany. [ 1 ]

  5. Parachuting - Wikipedia

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    Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent 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 ...

  6. Bill Booth - Wikipedia

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    The device allows the rapid release of the skydiver's main parachute in the event of a malfunction. As of 2020, all sport skydiving equipment and some military systems employ the design. [3] He also invented the pull-out and throw-out pilot chute. [4] A pilot chute is a small parachute used to extract and deploy a main parachute.

  7. How did 28 people die while skydiving near Lodi? Here’s what ...

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    The Colombia native had been living at the skydiving center for a couple of weeks prior. Oct. 14, 2018 The main parachute for Nena Mason, 62, malfunctioned, according to a San Joaquin County death ...

  8. 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.

  9. Pilot chute - Wikipedia

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    A pilot chute is a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy the main or reserve parachute. The pilot chute is connected by a bridle to the deployment bag containing the parachute. Pilot chutes are a critical component of all modern skydiving and BASE jumping gear. Pilot chutes are also used as a component of spacecraft such as NASA's Orion. [1]