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Charles Broadwick

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Charles Broadwick (born John Murray) was an American pioneering parachutist and inventor. [1]

30 relations: Actor, Aircraft pilot, Airplane, Anderson, South Carolina, Backpack, Bracket, Businessperson, Charles Lindbergh, Death, Fair, Glenn L. Martin, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Hot air balloon, Human back, Parachute, Paratrooper, Pilot chute, Raleigh, North Carolina, Single parent, Smithsonian Institution, Southern California, Static line, Tiny Broadwick, Trapeze, Turbulence, United States Army, Wind, Woman, World War I, World War II.

Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Airplane

An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller or rocket engine.

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Anderson, South Carolina

Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States.

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Backpack

A backpack — also called bookbag, kitbag, knapsack, rucksack, rucksac, pack, sackpack or backsack — is, in its simplest form, a cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders, but there can be variations to this basic design.

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Bracket

A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.

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Businessperson

A business person (also businessman or businesswoman) is a person involved in the business sector – in particular someone undertaking activities (commercial or industrial) for the purpose of generating cash flow, sales, and revenue utilizing a combination of human, financial, intellectual and physical capital with a view to fuelling economic development and growth.

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Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Lucky Lindy, The Lone Eagle, and Slim was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist.

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Death

Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

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Fair

A fair (archaic: faire or fayre), also known as funfair, is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities.

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Glenn L. Martin

Glenn Luther Martin (January 17, 1886 – December 5, 1955) was an early American aviation pioneer.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, and the largest city in West Michigan.

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Hot air balloon

A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air.

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Human back

The human back is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders.

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Parachute

A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag (or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift).

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Paratrooper

Paratroopers are military parachutists—military personnel trained in parachuting into an operation and usually functioning as part of an airborne force.

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Pilot chute

A pilot chute is a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy the main or reserve parachute.

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Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States.

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Single parent

A single parent is a parent that parents alone without the other parent's support, meaning this particular parent is the only parent to the child, responsible for all financial, material, and emotional needs.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Southern California

Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost counties.

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Static line

A static line is a fixed cord attached to a large, stable object.

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Tiny Broadwick

Ready to drop Georgia Ann Thompson Broadwick (April 8, 1893 in Oxford, North Carolina – 1978 in California), or Georgia Broadwick, was an American pioneering parachutist.

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Trapeze

A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support.

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Turbulence

In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is any pattern of fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Wind

Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale.

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Woman

A woman is an adult female human being.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Broadwick

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