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Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of exiting an aircraft and returning to
earth with the aid of gravity while using a parachute to slow down during the final part of
the descent. It may or may not involve a certain amount of free-fall, a time during which
the parachute has not been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity.
A skydiving center can be a commercial operation or a club, usually operates at an airport,
and provides one or more aircraft that takes groups of skydivers up for a fee. An individual jumper can go up in a light aircraft such as a Cessna C-172 or C-182. In busier drop zones
(DZ) larger aircraft may be used such as the Cessna Caravan 208, de Havilland Canada DHC-6
Twin Otter, Airvan or Short Skyvan.
By manipulating the shape of the body in freefall, a skydiver can generate turns, forward
motion, backwards motion, and even lift.
At a skydiver's deployment altitude, the individual manually deploys a small pilot-chute
which acts as a drogue, catching air and pulling out the main parachute or the main canopy.
There are two principal systems in use : the "throw-out", where the skydiver pulls a toggle attached to the top of the pilot-chute stowed in a small pocket outside the main container :
and the "pull-out", where the skydiver pulls a small pad attached to the pilot-chute which
is stowed inside the container.
If a skydiver experiences a malfunction of their main parachute which they cannot correct,
they pull a "cut-away" handle on the front right-hand side of their harness (on the chest)
which will release the main canopy from the harness/container. Once free from the
malfunctioning main canopy, the reserve canopy can be activated manually by pulling a second handle on the front left harness. Some containers are fitted with a connecting line from the
main to reserve parachutes – known as a reserve static line (RSL) – which pulls opens the
reserve container faster than a manual release could. Whichever method is used, a spring-
loaded pilotchute then extracts the reserve parachute from the upper half of the container.
In camera flying, a camera person jumps with other skydivers and films them. The camera
flier often wears specialized equipment, such as a winged jumpsuit to provide a greater
range of fall rates, helmet-mounted video and still cameras, mouth operated camera switches,
and optical sights. Some skydivers specialize in camera flying and a few earn fees for
filming students on coached jumps or tandem-jumpers, or producing professional footage and photographs for the media.
There is always a demand for good camera fliers in the skydiving community, as many of the competitive skydiving disciplines are judged from a video record.
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