- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:33, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
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Parachute tower
Parachute Jump, an example of a parachute tower
- ... that a parachute tower (example pictured) can be used to train parachutists how to land without needing an aircraft? "those who mastered their fear then progressed to the 250-foot High Tower. This intimidating structure was used for shock harness drills and for controlled parachute descent training" from: Horn, Bernd; Wyczynski, Michel (2002). Tip of the Spear: An Intimate Account of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1942-1945. Dundurn. p. 44. ISBN 9781459712829.
- ALT1:... that a parachute training tower at the US Army's Fort Benning was inspired by the Parachute Jump, a ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair (pictured)? "Maj Lee took them to New York to the site of the 1939 World's Fair. One of the features of the fair was a parachute tower that offered a controlled by means of a parachute that ran down on wire guides. Maj Lee and the volunteers returned to Fort Benning and built a replica." From: Hagerman, Bart (1999). Seventeenth Airborne Division. Turner Publishing Company. p. 13. ISBN 9781563114366. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ALT2:... that the British Empire's first parachute training tower (example pictured) was built by the Polish military?"last exercise in Largo House was a jump from a parachute training tower (which was the first such tower in the British Empire and it was built by the Poles" from: Dialogue and Universalism. Warsaw University, Centre of Universalism. 2004. p. 93.
Created/expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:22, 26 October 2019 (UTC).
- @Dumelow: Just a comment; the image depicts the Parachute Jump, an amusement ride (it's now in Coney Island). I linked ALT1 accordingly. I may do a full review later. epicgenius (talk) 18:25, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hi epicgenius. Sorry, I forgot to add an ALT image. The Parachute Jump is for ALT1, the Katowice tower for the others - Dumelow (talk) 19:50, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Dumelow: no problem. Here's my review (I was doing it when you made the comment): epicgenius (talk) 19:57, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hi epicgenius. Sorry, I forgot to add an ALT image. The Parachute Jump is for ALT1, the Katowice tower for the others - Dumelow (talk) 19:50, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
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Overall: 
Looks like a pretty solid article. Only one issue: the image quality for the Parachute Jump is not that good; it's 267x400 pixels, only a little less than twice the thumbnail image at 150px. The Katowice image is much better. I like ALT1 and ALT2 much more than ALT0. epicgenius (talk) 19:57, 26 October 2019 (UTC)