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TANDEM SKYDIVING [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

An alternative system of basic parachute training.

OBS

The student parachutist is attached with a harness to the front of his instructor's harness and the two will exit the aircraft together. The student and instructor descend under the same parachute ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Le saut en duo, appelé tandem, est la façon la plus facile de goûter à la chute libre.

CONT

La technique du saut en tandem, qui avait été mise sur pied uniquement à des fins d'écolage, s'est petit à petit transformée, grâce aux progrès importants du matériel et de la sécurité, en une discipline à part entière qui permet à tous, jeunes ou plus âgés, d'effectuer sans problème un saut en parachute.

Spanish

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