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Skydiving's risks are obvious: A parachute malfunction, a mistake in midair, or a loss of consciousness are all concerns, even for veterans. In 2010, there were 21 fatal skydiving accidents -- one ...
The company originally operated as Powered Parachute Plans, also of Athens, Texas. When parts for complete aircraft were made available these were supplied by Airframes Unlimited and gradually the two enterprises were unified under the latter name. [1] [2] The company seems to have gone out of business in late 2014. [6]
Bill Booth (born 1946 in Coral Gables, Florida) [1] is an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur in the skydiving equipment manufacturing industry. His invention of the 3-ring release safety device has enhanced skydiving safety. He founded the companies United Parachute Technologies and Complete Parachute Solutions, which had 150 ...
Six Chuter is an American aircraft manufacturer, originally based in Yakima, Washington and founded in 1991. The company specializes in the design and production of powered parachutes.
In response to this deal, on 1 September 2013, IrvinGQ (France), was established to provide technical and logistical repair, and support services for customers throughout continental Europe from the firm's new facility in Toulouse, France. [4] By 2015, the firm was reportedly deriving over 50 per cent of its turnover from its export customers. [4]
Southern Powered Parachutes was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Nicholson, Georgia.The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles trainer rules.
It features a 500 sq ft (46 m 2) parachute-style wing, two-seats-in-tandem accommodation, tricycle landing gear and a single 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft was also sold as a single-seater with a 450 sq ft (42 m 2 ) wing.
A main assisted reserve deployment (MARD) system is a skydiving safety device for parachute systems. While there are many variations, the operation and intended outcome for each is the same: open the reserve parachute container and extract the reserve parachute's deployment bag (and parachute) using the jettisoned main canopy.