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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 .

  5. 28 people died skydiving near Lodi. How does the Parachute ...

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  6. 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 ...

  7. 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.

  8. Joint Precision Airdrop System - Wikipedia

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    The steerable parachute or parafoil is called a "decelerator," and gives the JPADS system directional control throughout its descent by means of decelerator steering lines attached to the Autonomous Guidance Unit (AGU). They create drag on either side of the decelerator, which turns the parachute, thus achieving directional control.

  9. Rocket Lab tested its parachute system on a live booster for ...

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    New Zealand’s Rocket Lab has been preparing for its sixth mission of the year. The prospective launch was slated to take off from Rocket Lab’s Complex 1 site on the Mahia Peninsula.