Парашютный спорт

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Parachuting , also known as skydiving , is the sport of jumping from enough height to deploy a fabric parachute and land safely.

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Andre-Jacques Garnerin The history of parachuting appears to start with Andre-Jacques Garnerin who made successful parachute jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797.

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Sport Parachuting is performed a competitive sport , as well as for the deployment of military personnel Airborne forces and occasionally forest firefighters . In the early days, a trained skydiver (or jumper) met at an isolated airport, sometimes referred to as a "drop zone ."

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A typical jump involves individuals jumping out of an aircraft (usually an airplane, but sometimes a helicopter or even the gondola of a balloon), at approximately 4,000 meters altitude, and free-falling for a period of time before activating a parachute to slow the landing down to safe speeds.

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