July 1995 - Parachute Industry Association

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Technical Committee
From July 17-19,1995, rcprescntatives of
USPA, PI.A and thc FAA gathercd in
Oklahoma City at the FAA Civil
Acromedical Instituto (CAMD to conduct
a scrics o[ tosls involving the usc of thc
parachutc harness as part ofthe personncl
rcstraint systoms for skydiving aircrall. 4
dil'l'erent harncss and container systems
wcrc tcsted ovt:r a scries of 11 tests.
Thoso tesls involved thc use of dynamic
impact tcst slcd at the Biodynamics
Research Section of the Protection and
Survival Laboratory through the use of
this slod and anthropometic dummies,
various parachute harncsses and
attachmcnt systcms wcre tested and
documcntcd t