How long does it take to read The Parachute Manual?
Dan Poynter
The Parachute Manual by Dan Poynter takes about 10 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 1 minute
A week or two of reading
First published 1977. 546 pages, about 150,150 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Handbooks, manuals, Parachutes
