Parachute Jumping

There is some evidence that Chinese acrobats used parachute-like devices in 1306.

Step 1 Proper fitting of the harness

The harness is designed to distribute the opening shock evenly throughout the body, if a proper fit has been attained. A poorly fitted harness may cause badly wrenched shoulders as well as severe injury to the crotch area. Ensure that you are properly fitted before you accept your safety harness.

Comments

[escapefromyonkers]

IF you're a glider pilot, and need to rely on a parachute without training, these instructions are probably not for you. the altitude that you jump from dictates the equipment that you will be wearing. if you are doing a static line jump from 2000ft. you will have different equipment then a person who has trained to jump HALO. Also jumping from high altitude, in the military,, at least the us military , you will already have gone through the high altitude chamber training. You will learn all kinds of things like when you are entering hypoxia and what the warning signs are before you enter into a bad state called cyanotic, learning when you you see the signs of cynotic and what to do . You will have also experienced rapid decompression in the chamber,as they will blow a seal and you have to get your O2 on and also help any others that have gone cyanotic. AS you lose O2 to the brain you will find it hard if not impossible to perform routine task including mathematical problems getting your mask on..There is a lot to it. the type of equip will match the jump.The pilots will have experienced the ejection g force via the use of a seat on a crane like boom pointing up in the air, a exposive charge is set off , and you will be propelled explosively up, real explosively and come to a rather abrupt stop. For the glider pilots , if they are telling you to count to three and pop , your probably relatively low.Your best bet is to make sure the harness is on you right, don't get your jewels feeling the inflation and very quick stop and jerk as the parachute opens.. Also practice the PLF, the parachute landing fall it has 5 points of contact and never do a standing landing. The PLF you will find in an us army Field Manuel , and you can practice it from a porch, with a good soft sandy landing surface. i think 5 feet was ok, but better to have someone watch you to critique, since i knew a lot of people who broke their collarbone at 5 feet..knees bent, balls of toes, calf muscle outside of quadriceps, next glute, next rear shoulder/ push up muscle, chin tucked ,hands in front of face and elbows bent and on midsection.protecting ribsalmost touching each other while holding onto risers.
its like riding a bicycle you don't forget. ALso remember to release you rucksack at 30 feet, i never jumped hollywood.
usually if your dong a rough terrain jump,you will wear special protective gear including a full face mask called a rough terrain suit which has panels that hopefully protect your spine and stop the tree limbs from going through you, and help your encounter with volcanic lava landing. On a regular jump your real problem could be water.if you don't cut away and get away ,you lose, highway has cars, or HV electrical wires=smokey

[Dr. No]

Just in case you find yourself falling out of an airplane with a parachute and no training whatsover. Happens all the time.

[JChevin]

To the surprise of many this is probably very useful to glider pilots like me. We fly with emergency parachutes but have no training to use them, only count to three then pull. For this reason they are often referred to as "leg breakers" because they are designed to save your life, not your legs!

[icanryme2002]

hey its happened before

[jakee117]

not really good for anyone who is sane and has no desire to jump out of a plane but cool Basically saying what columbus geek said remember squat,pray,leap,ahhhhh!,touchdown lol that spells splat saw it on a tv show

[pyroman50]

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[ColumbusGEEK]

ummm.....educational.

[icanryme2002]

its a real canadian forces training guide