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Old 20th Aug 2017, 22:53
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Mechta
 
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Canopy Relative Work?

Back in the 70s and 80s the Red Devils performed for the Army Shows at Rushmoor Arena near Aldershot, and frequently jumped on to Queens Parade (the green area to which ksimboy refers) doing a lot of 'canopy relative' work. Stacks of three or more canopies with each parachutist sitting on the leading edge of the canopy below, and two (or more?) descending with their legs linked together, so their canopies formed one long high aspect ratio wing.

The Falcons, on the occasions I've seen them in the last few years, don't do canopy relative work. Don't they get enough time to practice it, or is it forbidden these days?
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