Parachute Team

Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the act of leaving the plane and returned to earth by parachute. It can not cause a certain level of free fall, when the parachute is not used and the body is gradually accelerated to Terminal Velocity.

The history of skydiving began with Andre-Jacques Garnerin a successful parachute jumps from hot air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting technology as a way to save the emergency balloon pilots from ships and aircraft in flight, later as a way to provide troops to the battlefield. Early competitions date back to the 1930s, and became an international sport in 1952.

Skydiving is designed as a recreational activity and competitive sport, but also for the deployment of military personnel Airborne forces and occasionally forest firefighters.

A drop zone at airport sky diving operators operate one or more planes that take groups of skydivers for a fee. A jumper individuals can go to a light aircraft such as Cessna C-172 or C-182. In the busy drop zone (DZ), larger aircraft can be used, such as Caravan, Cessna C208 aircraft De Havilland Twin Otter or Skyvan DHC6 short.