Inventarnummer
202310.1
Titel
290 Foot Training Parachute
Hersteller
Beschreibung
This 290 Square Foot student parachute was used for 10 years teaching serving Royal Engineers on skydiving expeditions. They used this parachute in order to learn how to skydive, fly and land safely with it being used on over 1000 parachute descents. This particular parachute canopy is an Aerodyne Solo 9-Cell Student Main Canopy in neon green. This parachute is a 'Ram-air' where two layers of rectangular fabric (the top and bottom) are connected by airfoil-shaped fabric ribs to form "cells" allowing the parachute to be steered. There 4 white hanging lines finished with a screw lock carabiner and a sewn on patch showing the makers logo. Finally there is also a stitched warning label giving the specifications of the parachute, for example it's maximum weight-300lbs and deployment speed-130 knots.
Datum
2012-02-20 - 2012-02-20
Entstehungszeitraum
21st Century