Abbreviations

[MokkNoir 0]

I’m new to the site and am trying to increase my knowledge about this incredible sport. However, I’m having a very difficult time trying to follow many of the posts because I have no idea what many of the abbreviations mean. I’ve search many times, but there is no list of abbreviations that I can find. So, I end up spending most of my time reading post after post trying to figure out what some abbreviation stands for.

[Heatmiser 0]

What abbreviations are you refering too?

What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo

Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama

[AllisonH 0]

Try the dropzone.com glossary.

http://www.dropzone.com/safety/resources/handbook/gloss2.shtml

[MokkNoir 0]

Ah! Sweet!

That is exactly what I was looking for.

Thank You!

[Andy9o8 0]

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Thank You!

yw

[Heatmiser 0]

lol

What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo

Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama

[GLIDEANGLE 1]

Here is another good glossary:

http://www.uspa.org/SIM/Read/Glossary/tabid/173/Default.aspx

The choices we make have consequences, for us & for others!

[fmmobley 0]

Now... What are some terms and abbreviations he may not find in those lists?

... Marion

[aresye 0]

DGIT needs to be added to the glossary.

Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

[Arvoitus 1]

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Now... What are some terms and abbreviations he may not find in those lists?

I didn't spot MARD (Main Assisted Reserve Deployment) on either one of the lists.

Your rights end where my feelings begin.

[BASEhead2528 0]

What does DGIT mean? I keep seeing it

[NWFlyer 2]

BASEhead2528

What does DGIT mean? I keep seeing it

Dead Guy in Training

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[potatoman 0]

NWFlyer

***What does DGIT mean? I keep seeing it

Dead Guy in Training

Which in turn would probably become a
"digit" (statistically )

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[JeffCa 0]

SOFPIDARF

"So many fatalities and injuries are caused by decisions jumpers make before even getting into the aircraft. Skydiving can be safe AND fun at the same time...Honest." - Bill Booth

[potatoman 0]

JeffCa

SOFPIDARF

= DGIT

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Davelepka - "This isn't an x-box, or a Chevy truck forum"
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[erdnarob 1]

Here is my list of acronyms I used for translating from English to French. This includes few acronyms concerning our Canadian system but you should find most of the current ones used in North America.

Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all.

[BobParker 0]

erdnarob

Here is my list of acronyms I used for translating from English to French. This includes few acronyms concerning our Canadian system but you should find most of the current ones used in North America.

Nice list. I'd prefer them in alphabetical order - it's hard to find something when they're all jumbled up random like that. Oh, and where in the heck is "Whuffo"?

[riggerrob 558]

BobParker

***Here is my list of acronyms I used for translating from English to French. This includes few acronyms concerning our Canadian system but you should find most of the current ones used in North America.

Nice list. I'd prefer them in alphabetical order - it's hard to find something when they're all jumbled up random like that. Oh, and where in the heck is "Whuffo"?

AAD - Automatic Activation Device/Petant d'ouverteur automatique


AFF - Accelerated (or accompanied) Freefall instructional method

AGM - Annual General Meeting of CSPA

Bridle - drisse

CSPA/ACPS - Canadian Sports Parachuting Association/ Association Canadien des Parachutistes Sportif

FAA - Federal Aviation Administration (USA government)

FAI - Federation Aeronautique Internationale _ civilian governing body for aero sports, base di Geneva, Switzerland

IAD - Instructor Assisted Deployment

MIL SPEC - Military Specification for quality control of parachute materials (fabrics, hardware, etc.)

PIA SPEC - Parachute Industry Association Specification that now takes the place of MIL SPECS
OSI - Opening Shock Inhibitor (last seen on 1970s-vintage Delta II canopy)


PIM - Parachutiste Information Manual éManuel)
d`ìnfromation des parachutists (published by CSPA)

pilot-chute - extracteur (European french)

pin - aguille

RA - Rigger A (CSPA)

RB - Rigger B (CSPA) (equivalent to FAA Master Rigger)

RI - Rigger Instructor (CSPA)

RE - Rigger Examiner (CSPA and FAA designation)

slider - glisseur


TC - Transport Canada

TI - tandem instructor (formerly tandem master or tandem pilot)

TE - tandem examiner examineur tandem

[jumpsalot-2 2]

erdnarob

Here is my list of acronyms I used for translating from English to French. This includes few acronyms concerning our Canadian system but you should find most of the current ones used in North America.

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EH ? ( Don't ya know )

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[erdnarob 1]

"" Petant d'ouverteur automatique""

What kind of french is that ????

I have proposed a while ago : DDA for : Dispositif de Déclenchement Automatique

Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all.

[erdnarob 1]

Here is your request. You ask and you receive.

Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all.

[riggerrob 558]

erdnarob

"" Petant d'ouverteur automatique""

What kind of french is that ????

I have proposed a while ago : DDA for : Dispositif de Déclenchement Automatique

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"Petant" is Quebecouis slang for any gadget that you cannot remember the official term for.
... English translation "thingy"
Hah!
Hah!

Accuracy - now referred to as Precision Landing/Precision d-atterisage

AD - Airworthiness Directive - a used to be issued by the FAA demanding grounding and/or Special
Inspections. It has been a long time since one was issued.

blade-running - precursor to modern Canopy Piloting Competition (named for "Airblade" gates invented by Reggie Eastaugh)

bridle - drisse

CF - Canopy Formations/Formations des Voiles

CISM - Committee Internationale des Sports Militaire

canopy - voile (includes Canopy, slider, lines, diaper and manual according to PIA Technical Standard 102)

cutaway handle/3-Ring Release handle - poigne du liberation

CReW - Canopy Relative Work - now referred to as Canopy Formations

sit-flying - chute-assis, see Artistic Events

ZZZZZ - an combination of manuvers that you cannot remember names for

[erdnarob 1]

Hi Rob, I think you should leave French language to people more current in French.
You mean "patente" for "thingy" since behind a lot of objects one can find the inscription "patent". But I have never never heard your version concerning AADs in Quebec and I am here for more than forty years. Do you think distance in time and space could alter your memories ?

BTW CF is in French : formations sous voilure (FSV)

Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all.

[riggerrob 558]

Sorry erdnarob,

It took me a long time to learn French, Then (courtesy of the Quebec school system) I learned a dialect that is not spoken in North America. as a result I find it easiest to speak with Swiss of Africans.
Some people guess my French as Belgian, while others guess it as Quebecois, while others just stare in confusion.
How messed up a dialect is that?

The most bizarre part of my education was a university-leaving exam administered by the University of Ottawa, administered in a dialect that I have never heard before of since????????
U.of O. eventually granted me a bilingual Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Go figure??????