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Old 07-14-2011, 08:21 AM
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US suspends square-shaped parachute use

07-13-2011 04:13 PM

The US Army is suspending use of its first new parachute since the 1950s after a paratrooper was killed while jumping with the updated model, which features a square-shaped canopy resembling a huge fitted bedsheet.

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