Skydive Dictionary :

On this page you'll find some of skydivings most commonly used abbriviations, terms and general lingo.
Click on the words and find the explenation.
The dictionary is not complete and never will, mail us when you have other words or expressions to put into it.

A   Aircraft - AAD - Accuracy - AFF - AGL - Airspeed - "A"Licence - Altimeter - Angle of attack - Angle of incidence - Apparent wind - Argus - Aspect ratio - Astra

B   Backslide - Bag - BASE jump - Base - Basic safety requirements - Beech - Beer - "B" Licence - BOC - Body position - Boogie - Box man - Brakes - Brake off - Bridle - BSR - Burble

C   Call - Canopy - Canopy Relative Work (CRW)- Cascade - Cell - Center point - Cessna - Canopy Formation Skydiving(CFS) - Chief Instructor (CI) - "C" License - Closing Loop - Coach - Container - Crabbing - Creep - Creeper - Cross Ports - Current - Cut Away - Cut Away Handle - Cypres

D   Dacron - Data Card - DC3 - De Arch - Decision Altitude - Demonstration Jump - Deployment - Deployment System - Deployment Bag - Dirt Dive - Dive Floater - Dive Loops - Diver - "D" License - Door Jam - Down Plane - Drop Zone - Dytter

E   Elliptical - End Cell - Exit Point - Exit Weight

F   F111- Fall Rate - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - FAI - Finger Trap - First - Flare - Floater - Formation Skydiving (FS) - Formation - Freefall - FreeFly - Freestyle - Frommel - Funnel - FXC - FARs

G   Glide Ratio - Global Positioning System (GPS) - Grips - Ground Speed

H   Hacky - Hand Deploy - Harness - Harness Container - Heading - Holding - Hook Knife - Hook Turn - Hot Fuel

I   In Date - Instructor - Instructor Examiner - International Parachuting Commissio (IPC)

J   Judge - Jump Master - Jump Run - Jumpsuit - Jumpship

K   Key - King Air

L   Line of Flight - Log Book

M   Main - Malfunction - Manifest - Microline - Mean sea level (MSL) -

N   National Aeronautic Association (NAA) - National Collegiate Parachuting Committee (NCPC) - National Director - Night Jump

O   Opening Force - Organizer - Otter - Out Landing - Out of Date

P   Pack - Parachute - Party - Peas - Pilot Chute - Pin - Pit - Parachute Landing Fall (PLF) - Poised Exit - Porter - Post Dive - Pro Rating - Pud - Pull Out - Pull up Cord

Q

R   Ram Air - Regional Director - Relative Wind - Relative Work (RW) - Reserve - Reserve Static Line (RSL) - Rig - Rigger - Rigger's Certificate - 3 Ring Release - Rip Cord - Risers - Round - Running

S   Safety and Training Advisor (S&TA) - SCR - Seal - Sentinel - Skydiver's Information Manual (SIM) - Single operation system - Skydive - Skydiver - Skygod - Slider - Slot - Spectra - Sport Parachutist - Spot - Spotting - Square - ST&A - Stability - Stabilizer - Stall - Static Line - Static Line Jump - Steering Lines - Steering Toggles - Stow - Student - Style -Sunset - Suspension Line - Swoop

T   Tandem Jump - Tandem - Target - Technical Standard Order (TSO) - Terminal Velocity - Throw Out - Toggles - Track - Tracking - Turf Surf - Turn Around Load

U   United States Parachute Association (USPA) - Uppers - USPA License

V   Vigil

W   Wave Off - Wind Drift Indicator (WDI) - Weights - Whuffo - Wind Line - Winds Aloft - Wing Loading -Wingsuit - Wingsuit Flying - Windtunnel

X

Y

Z   Zero P