When jumping with a parachute, the main thing is not to give up. My comrade served in the Airborne Forces and something is wrong with him (1 photo) Training Airborne Forces recruits in the art of landing

No, I did not serve in the Airborne Forces, but I have experience communicating with one of those who served there and I think that I have the right to express my opinion.

What interests me most is where this fashion for swimming in fountains came from, and what it means.

Now a lyrical digression.

My parents got an apartment in a new 120-apartment building in the early 70s. Almost all the residents are young workers and professionals with families, with the exception of two families, which I will not write about, except that one was gypsy (they tried to accustom them to sedentism life), another Chinese, consisting of five children and, accordingly, two parents. All other families had from one to three children.

The yard was very friendly, modern generation will not understand, of course, that the doors were practically not locked, and feeding the neighbor’s child if the parents were late at work was in the order of things.

In the summer there was complete bedlam in the yard, children of all ages made noise and made all sorts of noise in the sandboxes, on the swings, on the makeshift football field or simply in the front gardens. With the onset of darkness, the older generations came into their own, they were already strumming guitars and squeezing their friends in the bushes.

So 10-15 years passed, and in the mid-80s all these yesterday’s boys, that is, us, began to be actively drafted into the army to repay their debt to the Motherland.

There was no such thing as mowing at that time, it appeared a little later, so everyone, not to say that with pleasure, but they went, it was necessary, then it was necessary.

So here is one of our comrades, very quiet and modest guy, before the army, he was a professional cyclist, which we mercilessly mocked, like, why do you need this, he got on a bike and rode to a river or a garden, and don’t listen to the coach, he ended up in the Airborne Forces.

We only found out about this a few years later.

Coming from the army, everyone bragged about their exploits, demobilization albums, jackets with a bunch of badges, but what to hide, I myself had a master’s badge, although where I served, soldiers were not awarded higher than first class, so that the ensigns would not be offended. I just asked a warrant officer I knew.

And he was always silent and smiling.

We teased him, I suppose he was a clerk at the headquarters, or a bread slicer in the canteen.

Then he went to live in another city, this had never happened before, the courtyard, by inertia, lived as it had been since the day of its inception, a little later everything fell down like a house of cards, everyone went to seek their illusory happiness.

One day we, those who remained (those who had not left and gathered occasionally) were sitting in the courtyard gazebo and remembered the army and the days that had passed, his older brother came out, listened to us and was silent. Someone asked about his brother. Then we learned that he served in the Airborne Forces in Afghanistan, received two medals for courage and two wounds. And for some reason he hid it from us. He never splashed in the fountains, although we had them within walking distance, and he never broke bottles.

If I offended anyone, but looking at the bathing paratroopers breaking bottles on their heads, I remember a comrade in the yard who was quiet and could have become the coolest in the yard, but he chose to remain silent.

"The Blue Berets" talks about service, first jumps and the influence of the army.

August 2 is Airborne Forces Day. Despite the working day, several hundred men in blue berets took to the streets of Kirov, and some were supported by their families.

The official part of the Airborne Forces day began at 10 a.m. at the Philharmonic. Here the “blue berets” laid flowers at the monument to the soldiers who died in local conflicts. The first persons addressed the audience: the acting governor Kirov region Igor Vasiliev, city mayor Valery Vladykin and chairman of the Legislative Assembly Vladimir Bykov.

After laying flowers, the column set off along Kazanskaya Street to the Eternal Flame. Along the way, the paratroopers accepted congratulations from passers-by.

For those who served, the holiday is a reason to see their comrades and remember the brightest moments. They shared their stories with our portal.

Dmitry, draft 2013:

– We get together with our colleagues every year on holiday. There are pleasant memories and not so pleasant ones. For some of us, the service was unsuccessful. We served in Omsk in 242 training center. There, in 2015, a barracks collapsed, killing 25 of our guys. Every year during our meetings we always remember them.

But there was a lot good times: how we are “pumped”, made better. And when we meet with the older generation, who spent 2-3 years in the army, they say that we didn’t serve at all, so to speak, we didn’t smell gunpowder. But time passes and even we can say that there are changes in the army. For example, my friends are now also serving in the Airborne Forces. They don’t “hem” or wear foot wraps - everything is more loyal. On the one hand, it’s correct, more guys will go to serve. I think this is important, the army is a school of life. It’s interesting how each guy shows himself, for example, a well-groomed guy who is in demand among girls in civilian life behaves too impressively in the army, and this does not help him much.

Leo, call 2004:

“I served for two years and decided to stay on contract. Why? This is romance, audacity, a challenge to oneself. Imagine day and night parachute jumps and shooting. Moreover, I served in Ivanovo, and we constantly went on field trips to Yeisk on the sea. In general, everything is beautiful and chic. For me, the service turned out to be the acquisition of discipline and independence, because you live without parents, no one cares for you, and throughout the entire time, faithful comrades appear who are always ready to lend a helping hand. This is very cool.

I like it parachuting, in total I made 18 jumps. Of course, I want to jump again, but not to Poroshino, but to go to new level and jump from four thousand meters. The first jump, to be honest, I don’t remember at all - everything was in a fog, and the second and third times it was very scary, I tried to get into the outfit so as not to jump with a parachute, but I failed. Kidding! (laughs)

Alexander, draft 2004:

– The most striking thing that happened to me during my two years in the army was my first parachute jump. As I remember now, it was August 14th. It was so memorable that I lost two kilograms. I associate the service not only with jumps, but also with the obstacle course that we had to overcome, as well as with initiation into the paratroopers, the presentation of blue berets and vests.

In general, I consider my service in the Airborne Forces to be my pride, because I ended up in intelligence, which is considered more elite unit. Being a paratrooper is not given to every man, you need to undergo special physical and psychological preparation. I hope that my son will definitely be one of those who fell into these elite troops.

Vladimir, draft 1981:

– I served for two years, and then spent a year in Afghanistan. I clearly remember my first parachute jump; it wasn’t scary. Why be afraid? If we went to the Spartak stadium and drove cars there at 110-120 km/h, and the plane flies a little faster. To be honest, we didn’t even have anyone who was afraid. The commander did not force anyone out of the plane. Our generation, I think, was more courageous because it was brought up differently. We were not intimidated by the service.

The Airborne Forces instill in a man courage, boldness, and develop a sense of friendship, because your crew is your family, everyone helps and supports each other. Everyone must master two things: run well and hide well, because a paratrooper, like a wolf, is fed by his legs.

Mikhail, draft 1984:

– I made my first jump in Poroshino. The emotions were vivid: you fly and see small houses, and Kirovo-Chepetsk and Kirov seem to be closer friend to friend. You look from above, everything is side by side and very beautiful, captivating. I am not the least bit disappointed that I ended up in the Airborne Forces; first I was in “training” in Lithuania, and then served in combat companies. In my youth, I practiced sambo and knew for sure that I would end up in the elite troops. The most important thing here is discipline; if you run, then the regiment commander runs with you. By the way, he is now a Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General Vostrotin.

For those who are just planning to serve, I can advise them to be less afraid, and most importantly, to be more useful after the army. Moreover, now they only serve for a year.

Evgeniy, call 2014:

– When we get together with our colleagues, we most often remember how mass exercises of our entire intelligence service took place. This is probably the most colorful and vibrant thing that happened to us during our year of service. Just imagine, 700 people in the air - it’s beautiful! It’s paradoxical, but I don’t even remember my first jump, it was so fast and exciting: I jumped, the parachute opened and peace appeared in my soul.

I jumped only 18 times and I can say with confidence that everyone should definitely try it at least once in their life. The main thing is to gain courage and desire.

After the official part Airborne Forces Day, the paratroopers went to Poroshino to make new jumps and relax outside the city.

The editors of the Svoykirovsky.rf portal congratulate the “blue berets” on their holiday and wish them always flying weather.

Who are paratroopers? As we can judge from the rally in honor of Airborne Forces Day, there are at least a hundred of them in Revda - active, active and deeply devoted to their troops and each other. The Revda-info.ru portal asked four of them what service in the Airborne Forces gave them, what it was like to jump with a parachute, and what they remember about the army today.

"I would G I haven’t chosen the path"

Vladimir Semkov, 56 years old

Since childhood, Vladimir Semkov dreamed of becoming a military man. Role models were his father, who served in Moscow in the KGB, and his uncles, a sailor and a tanker. Vladimir served in the army for a year and a half and entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs school. He worked in the police and then served as deputy commander of special forces.

In the special forces, we guarded Boris Yeltsin,” recalls Vladimir. - Afterwards he served in Tajikistan and Chechnya. There was a lot of bad things: blood and the death of friends, but service is service. What remains is friendship. The guys from my native third company, with whom I was in Chechnya, have been calling since eight in the morning to congratulate me on the holiday.

In 2000, Vladimir retired after full service - as a major. Now he works in security and is raising two grandchildren. He says that a military career is guaranteed for one of them - he is three years old, and he is already shouting: “For the Airborne Forces!”

“I’m proud of how I lived my life, and my daughter is proud of me,” says Vladimir. - If I started my life again, I wouldn’t choose any other path. Everything is the same: both Tajikistan and Chechnya. I have never looked for another way.

“I wanted to join the Marine Corps”

Vladimir Shevchuk, 64 years old

Vladimir Shevchuk came to the rally in honor of Airborne Forces Day this year on a motorcycle. He says he marks the date every year because “I want to put on a beret at least once a year and remember all the friends with whom I served.” And the man served for two years. At the commission I asked to marines, but he was offered airborne troops. And without thinking twice, he agreed.

He served in Tula, in the 51st Parade Regiment. But first he spent three weeks in Kostroma, and from there he volunteered to transfer to Tula. He says he decided to transfer because a friend served there.

Previously, as they say, every other day on the belt,” says the paratrooper. - We had shooting, demonstrations, training - there was no time to relax. But now the service is only a year. Well, what is it? Men definitely need to serve.

After the army, Vladimir trained as an electrician and, as he says, wandered around Soviet Union. As a result, I stopped in Revda. Now he enjoys foresting and fishing.

“My father is a paratrooper, I’m following in his footsteps”

Kirill Mokrousov, 23 years old

Kirill is following in the footsteps of his father, Valery Mokrousov, an “Afghan” veteran. At the commission, the guy was offered to join the Marine Corps, but he refused: he wanted to join the winged infantry, like his father.

At the recruiting station, Yegorshino waited a long time for the paratroopers to arrive for reinforcements. For four months, Kirill studied at the 242nd training center for airborne march specialists in Omsk, receiving the specialty of a driver mechanic. Then he was sent to Kostroma in the 331st airborne regiment. He ended up in a reconnaissance company and served there for the remaining eight months.

During his service, the paratrooper made five jumps. He says that it was familiar to him: he jumped to the army, but it took his breath away every time.

I also wanted to join the airborne troops because I was always a prepared person - I did karate. I believe that paratroopers are the elite of the troops, and they should be stronger and more prepared than others.

Kirill graduates from UrFU and serves under a contract. He still communicates with his army friends. He says that the army was for him a step into his future life, which the guy wants to connect with service.

“When you jump with a parachute, the main thing is not to give up”

Mikhail Zaitsev, 79 years old

Mikhail Zaitsev, who spent three years serving in the airborne troops, will turn 80 this year. He served in Kostroma in the 331st Guards Parachute Regiment. He says that he was commissioned into the Chemical Engineering Troops, but at the regional distribution point he was taken away by paratroopers.

“I never regretted joining the Airborne Forces,” he smiles. - I remember that I made my first jump somehow completely fearlessly: if I’m alive, then I’ll be alive. But the main thing is not to give up. Until the eleventh jump, everything is as per the pattern, but then you jump consciously. I jumped with a parachute 36 times during my service.

Mikhail Zaitsev was called up in 1956 during the Hungarian uprising. He remembers that their regiment was in combat readiness No. 1: the planes were loaded and ready to take off. But the unrest in Hungary ended, and there was no need to fly out.

After service, the paratrooper studied at the Sredneuralsk training center to become a first-class driver. He got a job in the internal affairs department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, where he served for 34 years. He left the service with the rank of ensign - he wanted a peaceful life.

“I’m proud to be a paratrooper,” says Mikhail Zaitsev. - Thanks to the service, I began to look at life more seriously. And this service is a memory for life. No matter how long we live, we remain paratroopers for the rest of our lives.

Airborne troops in mandatory undergo jump training during the training phase. Then the skills of parachute jumping are used during combat operations or demonstration performances. Jumping has special rules: requirements for parachutes, aircraft used, and training of soldiers. The landing party needs to know all these requirements for a safe flight and landing.

A paratrooper cannot jump without training. Education - mandatory stage before the start of real airborne jumps, during it theoretical training and jumping practice take place. All the information that is told to future paratroopers during training is given below.

Aircraft for transportation and landing

What planes do paratroopers jump from? Russian army on this moment uses several aircraft to drop troops. The main one is IL-76, but other flying machines are also used:

• AN-12;
• MI6;
• MI-8.

IL-76 remains preferable because it is most conveniently equipped for landing, has a spacious luggage compartment and retains pressure well even at high altitudes, if the landing party needs to jump there. Its body is sealed, but in case emergency situations the compartment for paratroopers is equipped with individual oxygen masks. This way, every skydiver will not experience a lack of oxygen during the flight.

The plane reaches speeds of approximately 300 km per hour, and this is the optimal indicator for landing in military conditions.

Jump height

From what height do paratroopers usually jump with a parachute? The height of the jump depends on the type of parachute and the aircraft used for landing. The recommended optimal landing altitude is 800-1000 meters above the ground. This indicator is convenient in combat conditions, since at this altitude the aircraft is less exposed to fire. At the same time, the air is not too thin for the paratrooper to land.

From what height do paratroopers usually jump in non-training situations? The deployment of the D-5 or D-6 parachute when landing from an IL-76 occurs at an altitude of 600 meters. The usual distance required for full disclosure– 200 meters. That is, if the landing begins at a height of 1200, then the deployment will occur at around 1000. The maximum permissible during landing is 2000 meters.

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More advanced models of parachutes allow you to start landing from a level of several thousand meters. Thus, the modern D-10 model allows you to land on maximum height no more than 4000 m above the ground. In this case, the minimum permissible level for deployment is 200. It is recommended to start deployment earlier to reduce the likelihood of injury and a hard landing.

Types of parachutes

Since the 1990s, Russia has used two main types of landing parachutes: D-5 and D-6. The first is the simplest and does not allow you to adjust the landing location. How many lines does a paratrooper's parachute have? Depends on the model. The sling in D-5 is 28, the ends are fixed, which is why it is impossible to adjust the direction of flight. The length of the slings is 9 meters. The weight of one set is about 15 kg.

A more advanced model of the D-5 is the D-6 paratrooper's parachute. In it, the ends of the lines can be released and the threads can be pulled, adjusting the direction of flight. To turn left, you need to pull the lines on the left, to maneuver to the right side, pull the thread on the right. Square parachute canopy the same as D-5 (83 square meters). The weight of the kit is reduced - only 11 kilograms, it is most convenient for paratroopers still in training, but already trained. During training, about 5 jumps are made (with express courses), D-6 is recommended to be issued after the first or second. There are 30 rafters in the set, four of which allow you to control the parachute.

D-10 kits have been developed for complete beginners; this is an updated version, which only recently became available to the army. There are more rafters here: 26 main and 24 additional. Of the 26 stops, 4 allow you to control the system, their length is 7 meters, and the remaining 22 are 4 meters. It turns out that there are only 22 external additional lines and 24 internal additional ones. Such a number of cords (all of them are made of nylon) allow maximum flight control and course correction during disembarkation. The dome area of ​​D-10 is as much as 100 square meters. At the same time, the dome is made in the shape of a squash, a convenient green color without a pattern, so that after the landing of the paratrooper it would be more difficult to detect.

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Rules for deplaning

The paratroopers disembark from the cabin in a certain order. In IL-76 this happens in several threads. For disembarkation there are two side doors and a ramp. At educational activities prefer to use side doors exclusively. Disembarkation can be carried out:

• into one stream of two doors (with a minimum personnel);
• in two streams from two doors (with an average number of paratroopers);
• three or four streams of two doors (for large-scale training activities);
• in two streams both from the ramp and from the doors (during combat operations).

The distribution into streams is done so that the jumpers do not collide with each other when landing and cannot get caught. There is a small delay between threads, usually several tens of seconds.

Mechanism of flight and parachute deployment

After landing, the paratrooper must calculate 5 seconds. It cannot be considered a standard method: “1, 2, 3...”. It will turn out too quickly, the real 5 seconds will not pass yet. It’s better to count like this: “121, 122...”. Nowadays the most commonly used counting is starting from 500: “501, 502, 503...”.

Immediately after the jump, the stabilizing parachute automatically opens (the stages of its deployment can be seen in the video). This is a small dome that prevents the paratrooper from spinning while falling. Stabilization prevents flips in the air, in which a person begins to fly upside down (this position does not allow the parachute to open).

After five seconds, stabilization is completely removed, and the main dome must be activated. This is done either using a ring or automatically. A good paratrooper must be able to adjust the opening of the parachute himself, which is why trained students are given kits with a ring. After activating the ring, the main dome opens completely within 200 meters of fall. The duties of a trained paratrooper paratrooper include camouflage after landing.

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Safety rules: how to protect troops from injury

Parachutes require special treatment and care to ensure that jumps using them are as safe as possible. Immediately after use, the parachute must be folded correctly, otherwise its service life will be sharply reduced. An incorrectly folded parachute may not function during landing, resulting in death.

Airborne troops perform a huge range of combat missions. And airborne jumps are one of the main trump cards used by paratroopers. Specially prepared airplanes and helicopters are used for this purpose. The Airborne Forces are equipped with a large number of modern effective weapons, special equipment, military equipment, allowing high efficiency cope with the tasks assigned to them.

The task of the Airborne Forces fighters is to capture strategic industrial facilities, administrative and political centers, areas of concentration and forces of a potential enemy, to capture and hold infrastructure nodes, mountain passes, crossings, and communication lines; destruction of funds mass destruction, power plants, runways and airfields, and other key facilities; disruption of the enemy's work in the deep and near rear and coordination of his forces, disruption of the movement of enemy reserves.

One of the main tasks of the Airborne Forces is related to the implementation of operational-tactical landings on special important areas potential local conflicts.

Completing such a task is impossible without airborne parachute jumps. The Airborne Forces train their personnel especially scrupulously. Therefore, paratroopers carefully become familiar with the theoretical foundation of parachute jumping, landing techniques, modern systems parachute-jet and parachute type, landing containers, platforms and systems with the help of which the installation and landing of weapons and military equipment is carried out. Special attention is devoted to the study of current military transport aviation.

Airborne jumps at the stage of emergence and development of the military branch

The first jump into the Airborne Forces took place in the thirties of the last century. It was then that a new branch of troops appeared in the Red Army - the Airborne Forces. The first paratroopers had to complete a completely accessible task - to land in a given area, where they were delivered by aircraft. Paratroopers with parachutes were initially transported on any aircraft in service: strategic heavy bombers TB-1 or training U-2, which were not the best solution For young generation troops. The choice of aircraft depended on the number of paratroopers transported.

Resolving the issue of transporting cars, armored vehicles or guns turned out to be more difficult. We decided to opt for the TB-1 bomber. To create specialized systems with the help of which equipment would be successfully landed, an OKB was created. Among the very first types of weapons adapted for air transportation and landing, one should name mountain cannon 76 mm caliber, invented in 1909, chosen because suitable weights and dimensions. The gun crew was transported along with the gun and had the opportunity to parachute from an airplane, slightly reducing the bomber's flight performance. Then the first parachute jump in the Airborne Forces took place, and since then the paratroopers have come a long way.

Airborne parachute jumps in modern army Russia

Fast forward to modern life warriors Airborne troops. In 2012, servicemen of this type of troops stationed at military service, in just one week, more than 11 thousand parachute jumps were performed! Including the airborne jumps from Ila-76 amounted to more than four hundred. Nowadays, jumps during long daylight hours are performed at an intensity of two parachute jumps per minute, and even more often.

There was a message about how many jumps they do in the Airborne Forces, for example, in the unit stationed in Ivanovo. As it turned out, 2800 jumps per division. In the mountain, air assault formation stationed in Novorossiysk, and the Tula airborne division, paratroopers make 2,000 jumps each. The cadets of the Ryazan School manage to make more than one and a half thousand jumps within one week.

Airborne jumps were more regular in Soviet army. Let's say, in the 80s, an ordinary paratrooper made about 30 airborne jumps from an Il-76 per conscript service. In the 90s, their number decreased sharply, but nowadays one can once again observe a gradual increase in the role of combat training of paratroopers, which means an increase in the number of airborne parachute jumps for cadets and conscripts.

Recruit training Airborne art landing

Representatives make a lot of jumps young replenishment, arriving at the Airborne Forces unit. Young soldiers have a lot to do airborne training. They are given the proud title of paratroopers after they make their first parachute jumps.

In addition, technicians specializing in parachute instruments are constantly trained and trained in Ryazan. Seminars on retraining for commanders of parachute units are also held there. They are studying issues of landing and preparation military equipment. During the summer period, which is characterized by favorable weather conditions, Russian paratroopers plan to perform more than 35 thousand airborne parachute jumps.

It is absolutely forbidden to force people who do not know how to control themselves in the sky to skydive. To prevent an erratic fall, parachutes D-5 and D-6 include a stabilizing exhaust canopy. Thanks to the presence of the canopy, the parachutist cannot be carried away in a disorderly fall. To an inexperienced person, it seems that the earth is everywhere from him. The function of the stabilizing canopy is that the lines do not interfere with the skydiver's ability to take to the sky. The dome comes out first, after which the PPK-u device is triggered within five seconds, opening the backpack. The backpack is equipped with a double-cone lock, which can be opened either with a ring or with a device. A parachutist can pull the ring without waiting for five seconds of free fall to expire. With the help of a stabilizing parachute, the canopy is completely extended from the parachute pack.

Airborne jumps from Il-76

Speaking about the training of paratroopers, one cannot fail to mention the role of military transport aviation. Airborne jumps from the Il-76 can be called the most effective today. The main military transport aircraft Il-76 easily copes with the following tasks:

• parachute landing of military units;
• parachute landing of standard military equipment and cargo;
• l/s landing airborne units;
• landing of military equipment and cargo of established dimensions;
• transportation and evacuation of the wounded to the rear.

Each of the above options requires the use of specialized equipment.

When landing from an IL-76 they use:

• two streams into the side doors, to minimize the possibility of parachutists converging in the air;
• three streams, one of which goes into the ramp, and the other two into the side doors;
• four streams - two each into the ramp and side doors (subject to combat conditions).

During the landing of personnel, the speed of the aircraft reaches 300 km/h. Let us note the tightness of the cargo compartment of the IL-76. If it is necessary to make long-distance flights at high altitudes, the pressure in the aircraft cabin is equal to the pressure at an altitude of 2.5 km. Airborne jumps from the Il-76 have been considered one of the safest and safest for many years. effective types landing. In emergency situations, all seats are equipped with oxygen masks, so all paratroopers have the opportunity to individually receive oxygen nutrition.

Pre-jump training in the Airborne Forces

Before you prepare a real paratrooper, you need to go through a serious combat training. Pre-jump training in the Airborne Forces is carried out at the most modern level. Not a single paratrooper is allowed to make real parachute jumps without thorough special training.

The IL-76 is an aircraft that fully corresponds to the tasks assigned to paratroopers. The aircraft cabin provides all the nuances that ensure the safety of parachute jumps. Traffic lights are installed at all exits from the aircraft. There are traffic lights on both sides of the ramp. Green light lights up with the inscription “Go”, yellow - with the command “Get Ready”, red - with the command “Hang Up”. When a yellow traffic light is turned on, a short siren is simultaneously turned on, and when a green traffic light is turned on, a long, blaring siren is turned on. She continues to roar until there is not a single parachutist left on the plane.

Every paratrooper who performed parachute jumps in the Airborne Forces will never be able to forget this siren. During a long-distance flight, the engine hums smoothly and calmly, which is conducive to sleep, but because of the sound of the siren, there is nothing left of sleep. After the command “Get ready” and a short warning siren, each paratrooper jumps up, waiting for the command to jump into the Sky.

Photos and videos of airborne jumps

Photos of airborne jumps are especially spectacular. You can admire parachutists flying in the sky, the second suspended deck of the Il-76MD transport, and the cargo cabin of the Il-76. Thanks to the increased capacity, the cargo compartment of the IL-76 transport can accommodate three BMD-1s, and can be dropped by parachute or landing.

The aircraft's capabilities include landing four cargoes weighing 10 tons each, or two cargoes weighing 21 tons each. The IL-76MD is produced in a double-deck version and is capable of transporting up to 225 fighters, and not as in a single-deck version - no more than 145 fighters.

Watching equipment landing from an Il-76 aircraft is always amazing. Today everyone can watch airborne jumping videos, thanks to the Internet. Interesting fact is the establishment of high-altitude world records by Soviet paratroopers. These jumps by our skydivers were made in 1975 and then in 1977. Girls were jumping with parachutes from an Il-76 plane flying at an altitude of over fifteen thousand meters. And no one has yet been able to break the records set then.

Video Airborne jumps with a parachute can convey the external impression of this unique and exciting process. And the parachutists themselves consider these the most exciting moments of their lives. Each jump is different from the previous one. The first jump is especially emotional.

For a D-5 parachute jump, an altitude of 800 to 1000 meters is required. At minimum height throws 600 meters. The period from the moment you exit the plane to the moment when the parachute should open is 200 meters. The parachutist has to fly about six hundred meters under the canopy.

Today, instead of parachutes of old systems, they use landing parachute D-10, with a dome area of ​​100 sq.m., improved parameters and a shape reminiscent of squash. On airborne weapons entered and D-12, Listik, recognized as excellent parachute system, which has no analogues in the world.