Assignment 1
Textbook Assignment:
“Personnel Parachute Familiarization.”
Pages 1-1
through 1-30.
Learning Objective:
Identify
principal events and persons
related to the development of the
parachute as the principal item
of an aviator’s personal survival
equipment.
1-1.
1-2.
1-3.
1-4.
The first man to be accredited
with a successful parachute jump
from an aircraft was
1.
Jodaki Kuparento
2.
Fausto Veranzio
3.
Albert Berrv
4.
Andre Garnerin
Who was the first man to make a
free-fall parachute jump from an
aircraft?
1.
Floyd Smith
2.
Guy Hall
.3 .
Major Hoffman
4.
Leslie Irvin
In what year did it become a
mandatory requirement for all
Navy aircrewmen to wear
parachutes?
1.
1918
2.
1922
3.
1924
4.
1923
In what year was the PR rate
established?
1.
1922
2.
1924
3.
1942
4.
1944
1-5.
1-6.
1-7.
1-8.
1-9.
How many major components make up
a standard service parachute?
1.
Three
2.
Four
3.
Five
4.
Six
What is the air permeability of
1.1-ounce ripstop nylon?
1.
40 to 50 cubic feet per
second
2.
60 to 70 cubic feet per
minute
3.
70 to 80 cubic feet per
second
4.
80 to 100 cubic feet per
minute
How many sections are in each
gore of a 28-foot canopy?
1.
Four
2.
Three
3.
Two
4.
One
The sections used in a parachute
Canopy are cut at a 45-degree
angle to the centerline of the
gore.
This is known as what type
of construction?
1.
Off-center
2.
Bias
3 .
Filler
4.
Warp
Where can the
be found on a
1.
Section D
2.
Section C
3.
Section A
4.
Section B
date of manufacture
28-foot canopy?
of gore 28
of gore 28
of gore 28
of gore 28
Learning Objective:
Identify
basic criteria and associated
functions, operating charac-
teristics, and methods of
parachute assembly.
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