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FIFTY SELECTED PARACHUTE REFERENCES,
1. WWW.SKYDIVING-ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM
2. A list of common abbreviations and technical terms in skydiving, from Bryan Burke’s The Student Skydiver’s Handbook,1 is available online from the Dropzone.com website (http:// www.dropzone.com/safety/resources/handbook/gloss2.shtml).
3. The USPA provides an online English skydiving glossary on its website (http://www.uspa.org/Default.aspxtabid=70) and information in Swedish is available online from the SFF website (http://www.sff.se).
4. aero.com, http://www.aero.com/publications/parachutes/9511/pc1195.htm
5. Arlington National Cemetery Website, Thomas Scott Baldwin: Major, United States Army Retrieved May 1, 2012. http://www.nationalaviation.org/baldwin-thomas/
6. Arthur Gould Lee, No parachute. (London, UK: Jarrolds, 1968, ISBN 0090865901).
7. Aviatory Life Buoy - Patent # 1192479, July 25, 1916, held by inventor Solomon Lee Van Meter, Jr http://www.vanmetre.com/Misc/Life_Buoy.pdf
8. Ballistic recovery systems US 4607814 A, Boris Popov, Aug 26, 1986
9. BBC: Da Vinci's Parachute Flies (2000); FoxNews: Swiss Man Safely Uses Leonardo da Vinci Parachute (2008)
10. CSPA The Canadian Sport Parachuting Association—The governing body for sport skydiving in Ca* [http://stratocat.com.ar/fichas-e/1960/HMN-19600816.htm Excelsior III free-fall from a Stratospheric Balloall airborne sports.
11. Daniel Poore, A History of Early Flight. (New York, NY: Alfred Knopf, 1952).
12. Data of the stratospheric balloon launched on 8/16/1960 For EXCELSIOR III
13. David W. Tschanz, Flights of Fancy on Manmade Wings. IslamOnline.net. Retrieved July 11, 2008.http://www.islamonline.net/english/science/2003/05/article04.shtml
14. De Prins der Geillustreerde Bladen, February 18, 1911, p. 88-89.
15. Dr L. de Jong, 'Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog', (Dutch language) part 3, RIOD, Amsterdam, 1969
16. First jump with parachute from moving plane - Scientific American June 7, 1913.
17. French Web site on recent work on parachutes (in French): http://jmp-pan.blogspot.com/2008/02/historique-du-parachutisme-ascensionnel_988.html . Includes photo of Mr. Lemoigne.
18. Guttman, Jon (May 2012). "Heinecke Parachute: A Leap of Faith for WWI German Airmen". Military History Magazine: p.23.
19. hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padobran#Poboljšanja
20. http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/How-Things-Work-Whole-Airplane-Parachute.html
21. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Parachute#Etymology
22. Jeffrey S. Hampton (2003-12-15). "'Hero of Aviation' speaks about record-setting free fall". The Virginian-Pilot. p. Y1.
23. John H. Lienhard, "Abbas Ibn Firnas" in The Engines of Our Ingenuity. NPR. KUHF-FM Houston. No. 1910 (2004). Retrieved July 11, 2008.
24. 2008.http://www.fi.edu/wright/again/wings.avkids.com/wings.avkids.com/Book/Vehicles/advanced/parachutes-01.html
25. John Wilkins. Mathematical Magic of the Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanical Geometry, part I: Concerning Mechanical Powers Motion, part II, Deadloss or Mechanical Motions. (London, UK, 1648)
26. Kentucky Aviation Pioneers Solomon Lee Van Meter Jr. (1888-1937), KET Aviation Museum Of Kentucky
27. Lee, Arthur Gould (1968), No parachute, London: Jarrolds, ISBN 0-09-086590-1
28. Lynn White, "The Invention of the Parachute" Technology and Culture 9(3) (1968): 462-467.
29. Mae West. Dictionary, encarta.msn.com. Retrieved July 11, 2008. http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861627693/Mae_West.html
30. Mahncke, J O E O (December 2000). "Early Parachutes, An evaluation of the use of parachutes, with special emphasis on the Royal Flying Corps and the German Lufstreitkräfte, until 1918". South African Military History Journal 11 (6).
31. Mars Exploration Rover Mission., August 26, 2004, NASA. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
32. May 1931, Popular Mechanics photo of observation balloon gondola with external bag parachutes used by British Royal Navy
33. Milestones. Airborne Systems. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
34. Mitcheltree, R; Witkowski, A, "High Altitude Test Program for a Mars Subsonic Parachute", American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
35. National Aviation Hall of Fame, Thomas Scott Baldwin Retrieved May 1, 2012.
36. Parachute
37. Parachute History
38. Parachute. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved July 11, 2008.http://www.etymonline.com/index.phpsearch=parachute&searchmode=none
39. Parachuting at the site Divo: The Russian Book of records and achievements (Russian)
40. Pierre Marcel Lemoigne, U.S. patent no. 3,228,636 (filed: 7 November 1963; issued: 11 January 1966). Available on-line at: http://www.google.com/patentsid=XcxVAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&zoom=4&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html .
41. Principles of Aeronautics, Parachutes. Franklin Institute. Cislunar Aerospace, Inc. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
42. Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier
43. Ritter, Lisa (April/May, 2010). "Pack Man: Charles Broadwick Invented a New Way of Falling". Air & Space 25 (1): 68–72. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
44. Russian parachute of Kotelnikov (Russian)
45. Scott Royce E. "Bo". Jump School at Fort Benning (originally published in a column called DUSTOFF in the July - August 1988 Issue of the Screaming Eagle Magazine)
46. See also: Theodor W. Knacke, "Technical-historical development of parachutes and their applications since World War I (Technical paper A87-13776 03-03)," 9th Aerodynamic Decelerator and Balloon Technology Conference (Albuquerque, New Mexico; 7–9 October 1986) (N.Y., N.Y.: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1986), pages 1-10.
47. Skydiving education
48. Smithsonian Institution. Manned Flight. (Pamphlet 1990.)
49. The 2nd FAI World Championships in Canopy Piloting - 2008 at Pretoria Skydiving Club South Africa
50. The Irvin Parachute & the Caterpillar Club. copied from Irvin Aerospace. Retrieved July 11, 2008. http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimagz17.htmhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/0090865901tag=encyclopediap-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0090865901&adid=0NQQZXQ96PDAJGB1J8XS
51. The Parachute History Collection at Linda Hall Library (text-searchable PDFs)
52. Tim Friend (1998-08-18). "Out of thin air His free fall from 20 miles (32 km) put NASA on firm footing". USA Today. p. 1D.
53. United States Patent US1108484 Available on-line at: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1108484.pdf .
54. USPA The United States Parachute Association—The governing body for sport skydiving in the U.S.
55. White 1968, p. 465
56. White 1968, p. 466
57. White 1968, pp. 462f.
58. White, Lynn (1968), "The Invention of the Parachute", Technology and Culture 9 (3): 462–467, doi:10.2307/3101655, JSTOR 3101655
Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189,

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