Skydiving terms (1958, 1964, 1989)

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INTO THE SILK
by Ian MacKersey
New York: W. W. Norton & Company
1958

Pg. 247:  GLOSSARY
AIR BRAKES
ANOXIA
BLACK-OUT
BUNT
CANOPY
CHUTE
DROGUE
HOOD
JUDDER
KNOTS
LIFT WEBS
MACHMETER
Pg. 248:
MAE WEST
NEGATIVE
PILOT CHUTE
POSITIVE
R/T.  Radio telephone.
RED-OUT
RIPCORD
RIGGING LINES
SNAP HOOKS
SUBSONIC

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THE SPACE AGE SPORT:
SKYDIVING
by Ray Darby
New York: Julian Messner, Inc.
1964

Pg. 179:  A GLOSSARY OF SPORT PARACHUTING TERMS
ALTIMETER
BATON PASS
BLOWN PANEL
CANOPY
CIGARETTE ROLL
Pg. 180:
COUNTING
DELAYED FALL
DELTA POSITION
DOOR EXIT
DRIFT
DUMMY RIPCORD PULLS
EXIT
FICHET
FREE FALL
FROG POSITION
GLISSADE
GORE
HARNESS
Pg. 181:
HIGH SPREAD POSITION
JUMPMASTER
LINE OVER
MALFUNCTION
MAXIMUM TRACK
MILITARY PARACHUTING
OPENING POINT
OPENING SHOCK
OSCILLATION
PACK
PANEL
PARACHUTE
PARACHUTE CLUB OF AMERICA (PCA)
PARACHUTE LANDING FALLS (PLF)
Pg. 182:
PARACHUTIST
PILOT CHUTE
POINTING
POISED EXIT
RELATIVE WORK
RESERVE CHUTE
RIGGER
RIPCORD
RISER
SHROUD LINE
SKYDIVING
SLEEVE
Pg. 183:
SLIPPING
SPORT PARACHUTING
SPOT JUMPING
SPOTTING
STABILIZING
STABLE FALL POSITION
STATIC LINE
STUDENT PARACHUTIST
STYLE EVENT
SUSPENSION LINE
TARGET
TERMINAL VELOCITY
TURNS
Pg. 184:
VENT
WIND STREAMER
ZAP!

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PARACHUTING:
THE SKYDIVER'S HANDBOOK
by Dan Poynter
Fifth Revised Edition
Santa Barbara, California: Para Publishing
1978, 1983, 1989

   "WHUFFO" and "hop 'n pop" (under "jump and pull") are both here.  That's about it for the interesting terms, though.

Pg. 96:
1955...Raymond Young coins the term _skydiving_.
   (OED has 1959.  Merriam-Webster has 1957--ed.)
Pg. 375:  Glossary-Index
AAD
A license
AC
A/C: Aircraft.
Accelerated Freefall (AFF)
AD:  Airworthiness Directive.
Advancement
AFF:  Accelerated Freefall.
AFF I/E
AGL:  Above Ground Level.
Aircraft
Alteration
Altimeter
Pg. 376:
Approved
APT:  Army Parachute Team.
AS-8015A
Aspect Ratio
Automatic Activation Device (AAD)
Auxiliary parachute
Awards
B License
Back sliding
Barrel Roll
Bag lock
BASE jumping: (Buildings, Antenna, Span, Earth).
Basic freefall position
Basic parachutist course
Pg. 377:
Basic safety requirements
Batwings
Board of directors
Books
Boots
Brakes
Break Off
Breakaway
BSR:  Basic Safety Requirements
Buffeting:  Rocking up and down in freefall.  Occurs when the skydiver is too stiff, or not relaxed.
Buying a parachute
C lincense
Camera jumping
Canadian Sport Parachuting Association
Pg. 378:
Canopy
Canopy relative work (CRW)
Canopy releases
Caopy transfer
Capewell:  A hardware manufacturer in Hartford, Connecticut.
Care of the parachute
Caterpillar Club
CCR:  Canopy Crest Recipient.
CCS:  Canopy Crest Soloist.
Cell
Certificated
Chord
CIP:  Commission Internationale de Parachutism.
Cloth extensions
Pg. 379:
Closing speed
Compatible
Competition
Conference Director
Connector links
Convection currents
COntainer
Control lines
Count
Crabbing:  Directing the canopy across the line of wind direction.
Cross pull
Cross connector straps
Crossports
CRW:  Canopy Relative Work.
CSPA:  Canadian Sport Parachuting Association.
Cutaway
D license
Delayed drop
Pg. 380:
Delayed opening
Delata position
Demonstration jump
Deployment
Deployment bag
Deployment device
Diaper
Direct supervision
Doctrine
Door exit
Pg. 381:
Downplane
Drogue
Drop altitude
Drop zone
Dual assembly
Dummy Ripcord Pull (DRCP)
DZ:  Drop zone
Emergency Parachute
Equipment check (_pin check_)
European Parachuting League
Exhibition jump
Exit
Exit point
Exit weight
FAR:  Federal Aviation Regulation
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Pg. 382:
Federal Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)
Field packing
Fitting the parachute assembly
FJC:  First jump course.
Flare
Flying the canopy
Forward loop
FPS:  Feet per second.
Freefall
Freestyle
Frog position
FSDO:  Flight Standards District Office.
Go toggles
Glide
Gloves
GMM:  General Membership Meeting...
Goggles
Gravity
Pg. 383:

Grip
GW:  Gold wings.
HAHO:  High Altitude, High Opening.  A type of military jump.
HALO:  High Altitude, Low Opening.  A type of freefall military jump.
Hand deploy pilot chute
Hardware
Hard pull
Harness
Hazards, parachuting
Helmet
Hesitation
High altitude jumps
Holding
Hook knife
ICC:  Instructor Certification Course.
I/E:  Instructor/Examiner.
Instructor
Pg. 384:
Instructor Asisted Deployment
Instructor Certification Course
Instructor/Examiner
Instructor seminar
Insurance
International parachuting license
JCC:  Jumpmaster Cetification Course.
JM:  Jumpmaster.
Judge
Jump and pull (_hop 'n pop_):  Pulling the ripcord immediately upon clearing the aircraft (within three seconds).
Jump run
Jumpmaster
Jumpmaster Certification Course
Pg. 385:
Jumpmaster workshop
Jumpsuit
Knife
Landing the parachute
Lift-to-drag ratio
Line dock
Log book
Low pressure area
Magazines
Main parachute
Maintenance
Major alteration
Major repair
Malfunction
Pg. 386:
Medical
Military specification (Mil Spec)
Minor repair
Modification
MSL:  Mean Sea Level
National Aeronautic Association
National Collegiate Parachuting Committee (NCPC)
National Director (ND)
Night jump
NOTAM:  NOTice to AirMan.
Novice
Open body of water
Pg. 387:
Opening point
Opening shock
Oscillation
Outboard
Pack
Pack tray
Packing
Parachute
Parachute, free type
Parachute, static-line operated
Parachute Industry Association
Parachute landng fall (PLF)
Pg. 388:
Parachutist
Para-Foil
Para-Plane
Partial inversion
Pattern
PC:  Para-Commander canopy.
Permeability
Piggyback reserve
Pilot chute
Pilot chute assist system
Plane
Planing:  A CRW transition from a stack to a plane.
Pocket, ripcord
Poised exit
Porosity
Pg. 389:
Power lines
Practice RipCord Pull (PRCP)
Premature opening
Progressive Freefall
Pud:  THe handle on some pull-out pilot chutes.
Pull-out pilot chute
Pull-up cord
Radio
Ram-Air
Rapide links
Relative wind
Relative work
Reserve parachute
Reserve static line
Rigger, Parachute
Pg. 390:
Right of way
Ripcord
Risers
Riser dock
Running
Safety & Training Advisor (S&TA)
SCR:  Star Crest Recipient.
SCS:  Star Crest Soloist.
Seat belts
Single Operation System (SOS)
Sink rate
Skydiving
S/L:  Static line.
Sleeve
Slider
Snivel
Smoke Jumping
SOP:  Standard Operating Procedure.
Span
Speed, canopy
Split saddle
Pg. 391:
Sport parachutist
Spot:  The exit point.
Spotting
Stable fall position
Stability
Stack
Sat Crest
Static line (S/L)
Static line jump
Statistics
STC:  Supplemental Type Certificate.
Stevens lanyard
Student
Student in tow
Suspension lines
"T" Type parachut
Pg. 392:
Tandem jump
Target (disc, pea gravel, _peas_)
Technical Standard Order
Terminal velocity
3-Ring release
Throw-out pilot chute
Tracking
Training Pilot Chute Toss
Tree landings
Trim tabs
TSO:  Technical Standard Order.
Turbulence
Turns
United States Parachute Association (USPA)
Waivers
Pg. 393:
Water jump
Weather
Wind cone
Wind drift indicator (WDI)
Wind sock
Wind tunnel
Wing loading
WHUFFO:  A non-jumping spectator.  Often heard to say: _Whuffo they jump out of airplanes?_  A "ground hog."
WPC:  World Parachuting Championship.