Acknowledgments The Parachute Rigger Handbook was produced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the assistance of Safety  Research Corporation of America (SRCA). The FAA wishes to acknowledge the following contributors: Parachute Labs, Inc., for images used in Chapters 1, 2, and 4 Ilse Ungeheuer, for images used in Chapters 3 and 5 Tim Taykalo, for images used in in Chapter 6  Tom Dolphin, for images and content used in Chapter 7 and the Appendix v