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1). The Parachute History By : john
According to researchers, the first practical parachute was introduced by a French inventor in 1783, Sebastien Lenormand. It was he who demonstrated the parachute principle with a dog at the passenger’s “seat.” However, parachutes had been imagined and sketched by Leonardo Da Vinci while he was living in Milan centuries earlier, around 1480-1483. Also, other inventors have designed parachutes, including the Croatian inventor Faust Vrancic, who constructed a parachute device, based on Da Vinci's sketches.
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2). The Parachute Experience By : john
What is the parachute? Nothing more than a thin, lightweight fabric, supported by tapes and suspension lines and attached to one’s body by special strong shoulder and waist straps, called risers. Why should one wear a parachute? Obviously, in order to avoid sudden death. This is not a game people. Parachutes have saved lives and if you are one of those.
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3). Parachute Uses By : john
According to the online version of Encyclopedia Britanica, the parachute is “a device that slows the vertical descent of a body falling through the atmosphere or the velocity of a body moving horizontally.” This is easier to understand, if one considers that through the use of a parachute a person increases his or her body's surface area, which results in increased air resistance and thus a body’s motion slows down.
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4). Parachute Safety Tips For Amateurs By : john
If you find exciting the new idea you and your friends shared late one afternoon of getting together over the following weekend to try parachuting, the hobby of jumping off a moving training airplane while wearing a parachute, you better read the following tips, as your and your friends’ safety literally depend on pulling the right type of cord at the right time.
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