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UPPER CANOPY [12 records]

Record 1 2012-05-04

English

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

The hook-up will be effected by your instructor's canopy coming into contact with you behind your knees and you should then take a hold of the leading edge of the upper surface of his canopy.... you can now hook your feet into the sides of the ’channel' so that the leading edge is across your ankles.

CONT

What causes wraps and entanglements? Most are caused by bad docks.

PHR

CRW hook-up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Accrochage à une formation en chute libre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-09

English

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

A four-person plane configuration.

CONT

The student shall have successfully completed the following task on a single dive: A five-point rotation dive where the student docked 4th on the original quad-plane.

OBS

PLANE configuration : the head of the upper jumper must be below the lower surface of the lower canopy and the grip must be on a line attached to the centre cell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
DEF

Formation à quatre.

CONT

Malgré une température plutôt fraîche, on a réussit à se faire 2 joyeux sauts de Crew dimanche; deux jolies formations à quatre (quadriplan) plus une couple de rotations.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-12-14

English

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

The rearward part of a wing.

CONT

Branching out from the bands, the cords run from the leading edge of the wing to the trailing edge. These cords evenly distribute the weight of the pilot and equipment to the wing.

CONT

The colorful cloth that suspends us is known as the canopy or wing. There is an upper surface and a lower surface to this canopy as well as a leading edge and trailing edge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

C'est la partie située à l'arrière de l'aile. Cette partie est fixée aux suspentes qui serviront de frein à l'aéronef. En tirant sur le frein gauche, le bord de fuite gauche se baissera, mettant ainsi la voile dans une position qui la fera tourner vers la gauche.

CONT

La commande gauche est reliée à quelques suspentes cousues sur la partie gauche du bord de fuite.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

That portion of the trees, in a forest of more than one storey, forming the upper or uppermost canopy layer...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Étage formé par les arbres dont les cimes s'étalent à la partie supérieure du couvert forestier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Explotación forestal
DEF

Conjunto de árboles de una masa forestal que constituyen la cubierta superior.

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Record 5 2006-05-11

English

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

The colorful cloth that suspends us is known as the canopy or wing. There is an upper surface and a lower surface to this canopy as well as a leading edge and trailing edge. The upper and lower surfaces are held together by ribs that are shaped to create a cross section like a bird's or airplane's wing.

CONT

The canopy is constructed of a top and bottom surface joined by a number of vertical segments. When it is fully inflated, the cell takes up an aerofoil shape with a flattish lower surface and a curved, or cambered, top surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

La partie supérieure [de l'aile] est appelée l'extrados et la partie inférieure l'intrados.

CONT

Extrados. Partie supérieure de la voilure: surface qui regarde le ciel.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-05-11

English

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

The forwardmost part of a wing.

CONT

The canopy is constructed of a top and bottom surface joined by a number of vertical segments. The resulting chambers are called cells. They have an opening at the front - the leading edge. These cells entries are covered with a mesh on some models. Large entries generally indicate a slower and more stable aircraft, narrow or valve entries are found on craft on which the aim is to maximize performance.

CONT

The colorful cloth that suspends us is known as the canopy or wing. There is an upper surface and a lower surface to this canopy as well as a leading edge and trailing edge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

L'avant de l'aile est appelé le bord d'attaque et l'arrière le bord de fuite. Le bord d'attaque est le côté par lequel l'air entre dans les alvéoles de l'aile.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-03-02

English

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

The most basic manoeuvre in Canopy Formation Skydiving is the hooking up of two canopies in flight.This formation is known as a "Stack".

CONT

In a "stack" configuration the shoulders of the upper jumper must be above the top skin of the lower canopy and the grip must be on the centre cell...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Dans une configuration en PILE les épaules du parachutiste du haut doivent être au-dessus de l'extrados de la voile du dessous et la prise doit se trouver sur le caisson central.

CONT

La rotation doit être exécutée par l'équipier du dessus qui, lâchant ses prises, doit se porter au bas de l'empilage et compléter de nouveau la formation.

Key term(s)
  • stack

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Ecosystems
DEF

A tree whose crown has grown above the general level of the upper canopy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Arbre dont la cime s'élève au-dessus du niveau général de l'étage supérieur du couvert.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Ecosistemas
DEF

Árbol cuya copa supera la altura de la cubierta superior.

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Record 9 2004-04-22

English

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

Tri-Plane Roatations: This exercise involves building a tri-plane. Student is pilot, Instructor A second, Instructor B third. Student leans forward in his harness and applies brakes to float up, creating a two stack with a third canopy planed (called a "One-Two") formation. He then releases his foot grips and roatates up, back and over the top of the biplane, and uses risers to get his canopy level with the shoulders of Instructor B. He then docks on Instructor B, and applies brakes to plane cleanly. Emphasis is placed on smooth and timely transition from plane to stack, and risering to shoulder level as described.

CONT

In a "plane" configuration the head of the upper jumper must be below the bottom skin of the lower canopy and the grip must be on a line adjacent to the centre cell...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
OBS

Voir dans le Dictionnaire forestier multilingue, au terme «dominant».

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

An ornament peculiar to the Gothic styles, usually resembling a leaf half opened, and projecting from the upper edge of a canopy or pyramidal covering. The term is supposed to be derived from the resemblance to a shepherd's crook.

CONT

The intricacy and delicacy of the Flamboyant crockets is extraordinary: their long wiry thistle leaves interlace and twist over and under one another in a way that speaks volumes for the ingenuity of the carver and his dexterity in stone-cutting, though in spite of all their cleverness they will not bear comparison with the simpler and broader effects of the earlier sculptors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Ornement sculpté en forme de fleur stylisée décorant le sommet d'un gâble ou d'un pignon auquel il sert d'amortissement. Les architectes médiévaux en firent grand usage à partir du XIIe siècle, ils leur donnèrent la forme de bourgeons, de fleurs ou de feuilles différemment disposés selon les époques.

CONT

Les fleurons des gâbles se perdent dans une sorte de corniche qui ondule en une ligne continue.

Spanish

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Record 12 1988-10-19

English

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

[In a parachute], a continuous suspension line or Type 1 nylon tape which passes through a channel created when two adjoining gores are sewn together. It gives additional strength to the canopy between the lower and upper lateral bands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces aéroportées
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
DEF

[Dans un parachute], suspente continue ou bande de nylon de type 1 passant dans les doubles coutures qui relient les fuseaux et donnant une force additionnelle à la voilure, entre le bord d'attaque et le bord de fuite.

Spanish

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