PIA 2019

We will be exhibiting at PIA next year in Dallas, Texas. Visit us in booth 406! Also, we are excited that we will be giving several seminars at PIA. The schedule is as follows:   Seminar title: MARD for Military Systems–Safety and Reliability Trades Speaker: Matt Zwicker Monday, February 4, 2019 1:00 p.m. Location: Lecture Room […]

The Caterpillar Club

On April 19, 1919, Leslie Leroy Irvin made the world’s first premeditated freefall parachute descent using a rip cord, rather than using a canister or tether line attached to the aircraft to pull open the parachute. Working with the U.S. Army’s Air Service parachute research team, Irvin made the historic jump from a plane over […]

Airborne Days VII

Airborne Days is an invitation only event that is conducted every two years and showcases a variety of world-class aerial delivery products from Airborne Systems. This event is structured in a practical, hands-on educational format to demonstrate and inform the military community about our latest advanced solutions in personnel and cargo aerial delivery systems. All […]

Leslie Irvin is Inducted Into the International Skydiving Hall of Fame

This past weekend, on November 3, 2018, Leslie Irvin was inducted into the International Skydiving Hall of Fame. Elizabeth Johnson, Director of Sales and Marketing at Airborne Systems, and Robert Sinclair, Chief Engineer of Space and Recovery at Airborne Systems, attended the banquet and proudly accepted Leslie Irvin’s award. The event was filled with skydiving […]

100 Year Anniversary Release: 2019 Historical Calendar

For our October 19th release to honor our 100 year anniversary coming up in June of 2019, we have designed a calendar full of historical facts about our story over the last 100 years! January: 1928: Leslie Irvin opens a factory dedicated solely to the production of Irving parachutes in Buffalo, NY. February: 1963: Landing […]

100 Year Anniversary Coin

To celebrate our 100th anniversary this month, we are releasing our very special 100th anniversary coin!   One side of the coin features the first freefall parachute, known as the “Model A” parachute. The opposite side features our 100 year logo. In beautiful antique silver accented by our signature Airborne blue.    

Airborne Systems’ 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

In June of 2019, Airborne Systems will celebrate 100 years as the number one Military Parachute Company in the world! In order to properly commemorate this amazing accomplishment, each month we will be honoring our 100 year anniversary with a creative release. To kick off the first month, we thought a brief historical lesson in […]

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