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Skydiver day is an unofficial holiday of skydivers, annually celebrated on 26 July in some countries, such as
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Skydiver day is an unofficial holiday of skydivers, annually celebrated on 26 July in some countries, such as Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
,Skydivers day in Ukraine// Federation of parachute sport in Ukraine.
// Sport committee of Ukraine.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
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Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
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Russia
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Brazil
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, skydiver day is celebrated on 22 October.
History
In 1929, RA kombrig Leonid Minov within the trading organization Amtorg Trading Corporation had visited the IRVIN-GQ factory, which produced the emergencyparachute
A parachute is a device designed to slow an object's descent through an atmosphere by creating Drag (physics), drag or aerodynamic Lift (force), lift. It is primarily used to safely support people exiting aircraft at height, but also serves va ...
s, and performed several jumps. After returning to the USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
he was appointed to the Skydiving instructor position of the air force
An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army aviati ...
s of RA. He had performed a theoretical preparation for 30 volunteers of the 11th aviation crew of Moscow military district.
On 26 July, near Voronizh five USSR
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pilots and mechanics (Moshkovsky, Yegorov, Zakharov, Kovalenkov, Kukharenko, Mukhin, Povalyaev, Poydus, Fillipov, Freidman, Cherkashyn), headed by Leonid Minov, had performed the first training series of jumps from the plane in the history of the USSR
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. The parachute
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s used for jumps were produced by American company IRVIN-GQ, and were bought by Leonid Minov during his visit to the United States
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. In total, there were 59 jumps performed during the trainings from the period from 26 to 29 July. The first experience in 1930 propelled the further development of skydiving
Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes.
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in the USSR
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. There were around 600 jumps performed from 1930 till the end of 1931.Skydiver day// calend.ru. The enthusiasm was so high that many skydiving towers were built in city parks so anyone could perform jumps there.Skydiving day
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See also
*Airborne forces
Airborne forces are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in airborne units are also known as paratroopers.
The main ...
* Skydiving
Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes.
For hu ...
* Parachute
A parachute is a device designed to slow an object's descent through an atmosphere by creating Drag (physics), drag or aerodynamic Lift (force), lift. It is primarily used to safely support people exiting aircraft at height, but also serves va ...
* United states air force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
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