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Period: 1973 BCE to
Skydiving
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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idea raised
Leonardo Da Vinci, who imagined a pyramid-shaped fall retarder, with a square base, joined to a man by means of four straps. -
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois
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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Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois
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. -
Jean Pierre Blanchard
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. -
Montpellier
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 -
Skydiving origin
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. -
Second world war
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. -
elements
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. -
Types of parachutes
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.
