#Parachute

SSI @ Cal Academy

calacademy_ssi

How do we avoid being "parachute scientists"? A quick recap of SSI's journal club meeting today [thread]:scientists––most often from wealthy nations––adventure in countries to collect data & publish research withou

Clio's Chronicles

CliosChronicles

As 2020 is ending, I want to share a true story with you all. A story that has saved, changed and touched a soul. Little long but a MUST read

Parachute Museum

ParachuteMuseum

1/4. Former Wright Field researcher DT Barish invented the sailwing, 10yrs after patenting his vortex ring chute. It had a self-inflating ramair leading edge - one of the first. This

Adam Berry

Agrbez

Warning Graphic Content: This photo will not be unfamiliar to many, but it is one of those photographs that I always stop and stare at whenever I am flicking through

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EasyCompany506t

One of the pioneering parachutists of the 20th century, and inventor of the ripcord mechanism, was a 5ft woman by the name of Tiny Broadwick. 1/ Georgia Ann "Tiny" Thompson

Dreadnought Holiday

TheDreadShips

I've never really understood the pleasure that some people get from throwing themselves out of perfectly serviceable aircraft.On the other hand I'm British. About the most exciting thing I can

🌏💧🌳Dr Kerrylee Rogers

KerryleeRogers_

I’m passionate about stamping out parachute science and making science more ethical. Just read the review below where reviewer takes a stand against this. It’s worth a read. (1/5)https://editor.copernicus.org/index.php/cp-2020-130-RC2.p

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EasyCompany506t

Robert Frederick Sink was born April, 1905, in Lexington, North Carolina. He joined the Army in 1924, graduating from West Point in 1927, and was commissioned as an infantry officer

Alan U. Kennington

kennington_u

AZ vaccine 70.4% efficacy for #COVID19 means:−log₁₀(1−70.4%) = 5.3 dB case reduction.P/B and M vaccines 95% means:−log₁₀(1−95%) = 13.0 dB case reduction.So AZ effectiveness is only 40.6% of P/B and

Brian Resnick

B_resnick

So soon! A new NASA rover is landing on Mars! 6:45 seconds until atmospheric entry. Watch here!!!https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2021/2/17/22286229/nasa-mars-perseverance-rover-mars-landing-live-stream-mission The rover, Perseverance

Andy Aitcheson

AndyAitcheson

By the 16th of February Veritable had not gone to plan, but the next phase was ready. It was now the turn of 52(L)Div to enter the battle. Tasked with

TheValuesVoter

TheValuesVoter

Whether you’re conservative or liberal is not the pertinent question at the present moment.Today’s game is whether or not you’re an AMERICAN who believes in our CONSTITUTION and our LAWS.

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EasyCompany506t

Little slideshow I made for y'all of Albert Blithe on a post-war training parachute jump while at Fort Bragg, NC, with 82nd Airborne Division, who he served with from 1953

YoreMTG

YoreMTG

Thread: For anyone wanting some insight on whats going on with Gamestop stock and hedge funds.Before I start I want to mention that I am a regular WSB user for

👑✝️✡️👑President Elect Ruby Carol👑✡️✝️👑

fit4aqueen3

NON POLITICAL TWEET Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous. (Sir Winston Churchill loved

Kevin Beaumont

GossiTheDog

I'm 4 hours into a flight across Africa. I broke the autopilot somehow (I have no idea about what I'm doing) so I've had to fly most of the way

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