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Skydiving is the technique of launching humans or objects from a certain height using a parachute to cushion the impact of the landing
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Leonardo Da Vinci, who imagined a pyramid-shaped fall retarder, with a square base, joined to a man by means of four straps.
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By observing the oscillations dangerous Garnerin parachute during descent, physicist Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807) proposed to make a hole in the top of the swollen tissue to allow air to escape freely to him: This is the actual fireplace modern parachutes.
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When observing the dangerous oscillations of Garnerin's parachute during the descent, the physicist Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807) proposed to drill a hole in the top of the bloated tissue, to allow air to escape freely: This is the current chimney the modern parachutes.
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In 1785, the aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard launched from a height of 500 meters, a dog provided with a parachute, during an ascent on the Field of Mars. During a short ascent the rope that joined the nacelle to the balloon, and descended about 700 meters to the end of the first effective parachute in history.
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a young chemistry professor from Montpellier, Louis Sebastian Lenormand, made a parachute with several umbrellas and carried out various tests, first with inert loads and then with animals from the top of the Montpellier tower
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The technical history of the parachute begins with Leonardo Da Vinci, who imagined a retarder drop shaped pyramid with a square base, attached to a man with four straps. In 1793, a young chemistry professor at Montpellier, Louis Sebastian Lenormand, made a parachute with several umbrellas and performed various tests, first with inert fillers and then animals from the top of the tower Montpellier.
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The parachute was not subject to fundamental changes until the end of the Second World War. Instead, applications multiplied, and the history of parachuting happened to the parachute itself.
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The classic parachute comprises three essential elements: the hood, which ensures retention of the fall; cords or harnesses, holding the man or the load; and the harness or control lines and suspension holding the parachutist.
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Different types of parachutes. Parachutes can be classified in different ways. According to his employment. Parachutes staff . Consisting of a parachute back with full bell.
Parachute materials . Usually also it consists of a complete bell.
Parachutes for aircraft . Essentially of parachute-brake, which are the type of bands.
