How To Use Parachute In A Sentence

Carried by B-52 bombers, the "bunker busters" used five parachutes to land softly on their targets before detonating a nine megaton explosion, in effect simulating an earthquake.
Please urge all ultralight owners with BRS units (or even hand-deploy parachutes) to re-evaluate the series of attachments that connect the pilot to the airplane, to the parachute, and to both.
At twenty thousand meters, with the pods still traveling at a high velocity, parachutes billowed out from the same boxes that had contained the glider wings.
The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.
As a holder of the Combat Infantrymans Badge, it and my Parachute badge are still on my old field jacket, as is the 173 Abn Bde patch on the right shoulder. Why Life is Now More Complicated

First commercialization application just is knitted make sock and parachute.
Suspended from a giant parachute, the bronze-colored capsule carrying the taikonaut, coined from the Chinese word for space, touched down at around 6.23 am after a 21-hour journey that took him around the world 14 times.
Disaster was obviated by the opening of the reserve parachute.
The command module would then descend to the sea on its parachutes.
Leonardo's inventions - a parachute, hang-glider, tank, underwater diving suit and robot - are built and put to the test for the first time, 500 years after he designed them.
Kevlar also was used on the Galileo probe to Jupiter, which included a parachute made of Kevlar, and at the International Space Station, where a blanket made of Kevlar was used to wrap its inner walls to protect from micrometeorites.
I agree: if a golden parachute is the difference between black and red ink, then the golden parachute oughta go. CNN Poll: Obama approval under 50 percent
Nothing I have done in my 29 years on this planet comes close to a parachute jump.
Less than 10 minutes after lift-off the payload parachuted safely back to Earth, and the suborbital flight was over.
In 1936, 1,200 men in the Red Army parachuted during manoeuvres near Kiev.
It must be waterproof, vermin-proof and able to survive a 100-foot drop without a parachute.
Meanwhile, senior mandarins are concerned about the number of political appointees being parachuted into government as civil servants. Times, Sunday Times
But the whiff of being a "carpetbagger" - an insulting term for candidates with no local connections who are parachuted into winnable seats - persists. BBC News - Home
The teddy bears will be equipped with their own small parachute and harness, and carried aloft by a giant kite - then dropped from a height.
He made over 40 parachute jumps while serving as a rifle platoon leader, battalion adjutant, and commander of a raider platoon.
When bad weather stopped the jump, the parachute was kept in a store at the airfield that was locked overnight but was left open in the day.
The silk could also be woven into strong textiles to make parachutes, body armour, ropes and fishing nets.
The group was tasked to parachute behind enemy lines, infiltrate into the town, reconnoiter the objective, select the place to kill the mayor, and then execute actions on the objective.
A thousand feet later, he opened his parachute for a landing.
The professional pundits who were parachuted into Egypt by the international media have come with them pre-cooked conclusions about "radical Islam", security threats and what it takes to ensure regional stability. Marwan Bishara: Egypt's Community Organizers Teach the World a Lesson
Leather is a key material for the season, along with parachute silk, cotton poplin, cotton canvas and shining silk.
The sky diver had a plunge of more than 10 , 000 feet before his parachute opened.
Who holds the record for the highest freefall parachute jump?
Once safely over the French coastline, he simply pulled his parachute ripcord and floated gently to the ground on a clifftop near Calais.
There were no parachutes seen, nor were emergency radio "beeper" signals heard that day by other aircraft. Featherston, Fielding W. III
Gliding is in some senses a modified form of parachuting, in which lift forces are produced by an airfoil-type membrane, so most gliders could also be considered part-time parachuters.
Eve discovers the world of 'parachute kids,' children of wealthy absentee Asian parents set up in palatial homes near the best high schools. The Jasmine Trade: Summary and book reviews of The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton.
They also filled nontraditional billets as air traffic controllers, link trainers, mechanics, and parachute riggers.
Tourison wrote: "1 case involving 2 airmen from the same loss incident (MIA-KIA/BNR), one parachute was reportedly seen by a wingman, witnesses in Vietnam have testified that a shootdown correlating to this case involved two bodies seen a the crash site. 19 New POW Cases
The parachutes opened and the missile stabilized at 5000 feet, at which point the parachutes separated and the rocket was ignited.
And he made a parachute drop to raise cash for a forces charity. The Sun
I unfortunately lost the pictures of his very slick bridles, but he has created two aerotow bridles from Spectra and Vectran lines in thicknesses used for shroud lines on parachutes.
Today, a parachute is a drag chute and both crewmen were onboard the aircraft. 19 New POW Cases
Police launched a murder inquiry almost eight weeks ago after disclosing that the cord on the main parachute and the strapping on his reserve chute had been deliberately severed.
The assertion that the noise of the parachutes opening can be terrifying puzzles me somewhat.
He was parachuted into Jacqmar, a women's fashion subsidiary, and his interest in retail was born.
Parachutes sewn at home are made from ripstop nylon and use twill tape to reinforce its seams.
The team performed their aerial display, then broke off to deploy their parachutes and land back at the airfield.
ski-basing" - a combination of skiing and Base jumping in which you hurtle off the top of a mountain on skis, release them in mid-air and sail down the mountainside in a "wingsuit" like a flying squirrel, before finally deploying a parachute - which claimed his life last year: Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
Each had its own harness and parachute that opened automatically during descent. Times, Sunday Times
Golden parachutes entitle them to a full year's salary if they get booted out of the company.
Couldn't they airlift food and water and drop it by parachute or helicopter to some dry areas?
Pilots had begun learning how to parachute with life rafts dangling between their legs. Spitfire Women of World War II
They found what they said was a parachute, but it's my belief that was either a blind or it was really some kind of collapsible boat. The Man from the Clouds
Your main method of movement is a grappling hook and parachute combo that allows you to scale any surface with ease. Times, Sunday Times
Vibrations and failure to heed the warnings by the contractor resulted in the loss of the STS-4 (IIRC) boosters when the main parachute deck fitting separation explosive bolts inadvertantly fired prematurely when the linear shaped charge used to separate the frustum (nose cone) from the booster fired and generated vibes that the decelerometers sensed as water-impact ... at 10,000 ft.! More Ares Woes - NASA Watch
Hopefully you'll keep that in mind while the board has the accountants prepare your golden parachute.
Paratroopers who parachuted in will be lifted by crane back to their helicopters.
Scientists studied the rover landing site images to determine the likely reflectance properties of Mars Polar Lander's parachute and the blast zone created on the Martian surface by Mars Polar Lander's retrorockets.
Prosthetic limbs are dropped by parachute to a wind blown field hospital for land mine victims.
The pilot bailed out and parachuted into the sea.
Voskhod capsules also had larger parachutes to permit ground landings.
Sheriff was blinded by a German mortar bomb seven hours after he parachuted in 1944.
So last night, over my Red Chicken Curry, I was verbally assailed by the diner to my left, who stated that cryonic freezing as a parachute option in the event of one's own death was ‘arrogant’.
Once found, we then drop 2-liter bottles of water attached to parachutes.
Lining up alongside his sporting hero, two-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Diamond, the parachute rigger had a bad first two days, scoring below his usual score.
There was a large rent in his parachute.
And not only that the knowledge of surfing with the dragon and the parachute (kiteboarding), also known as kiting, driving attractive to travel on the sea, but also on snow, ice, sand consolidated basis or even a meadow. MyLinkVault Newest Links
He, however, not having observed the anthelion at the moment when her image appeared in it, had not been especially surprised by a phenomenon which he had already seen several times and observed under better conditions from the parachute of a balloon, and having taken no particular notice of it, had nothing to say about it. Part II, Chapter II of "Uranie"
I was shocked and felt like I had leapt from a plane without a parachute. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Making a change by Eileen Flanagan
In 1922, Soviet soldiers were dropped successfully by parachute from aircraft.
You can't be worrying if you steered your parachute badly and land in the wrong field. Times, Sunday Times
Parachute drops could be made by Whitley and Wellington bombers.
The wings are added to represent entry into combat via air, and the bendlets symbolize the unit's parachute drops into combat.
Sixty years after he parachuted into battle at Arnhem, Yorkshire veteran Tom Hicks descended once again from the skies to mark its anniversary.
Parachute packs a foot-tapping pop melody into its fidgety frame, coming across something like a grittier, grizzlier BBC - Ouch
Lord C told her to take a spot of leave before reporting for a short parachute course.
OC Parachute Maintenance Wing Capt Jimi Harcourt is responsible for the parachute riggers and all parachutes and related equipment.
The assassinations and executions were to be carried out by agents already in place in the occupied countries or by agents parachuted in specifically for the task.
He made his first parachute jump at the age of seventy.
The cartridge-activated device did not fire immediately, but by the time it did, the hoist cable was under tension from the parachute, making the cable hit the right sponson as the cable separated.
Earth arrival is accomplished by aerocapture, followed by descent of the sample container under a parachute.
Like most aspects of early hip-hop, these baggy pants were appropriated into mainstream culture, where the term parachute expanded to describe the large amount of fabric used for them. Stories from The Sun
Parachute riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division in February conducted the first airdrop of fuel to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
That was prevented by an automatic parachute arrangement which came into instantaneous operation.
One recipient was Jan De Vries, who was airdropped into Normandy before dawn on D-Day with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion.
There was, however, no way of contacting them and arranging for a parachute drop.
Now, nearly 13 years later, she has decided to do a parachute jump to raise money for the special care baby unit at Great Western Hospital.
She stands stiff, feet together, as the parachute pulls her into the air, making her possibly the first Inuk woman to parasail in the Arctic.
Pilots had begun learning how to parachute with life rafts dangling between their legs. Spitfire Women of World War II
If it weren't for the parachute riggers' dedication to making sure aircrew have all their required equipment, in good condition, we would have lost a lot more pilots.
He jettisoned his parachute but died after his reserve chute failed to open in time.
In case you were wondering, you hook your arms through the straps of another jumper's parachute.
The term parachute almost makes it seem like there's some sort of financial salvation out there for everyone. Design daily news
They expressed a wish to do a parachute jump from the tower then but were not allowed.
There are problems with fuel, problems with parachutes, guns, explosions -- you know the drill.
Leo Houlding, for example, parachuted into Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, then spent weeks climbing an iced-up rock tower called Mount Asgard, only to leap from the top in a wingsuit. A Nature for the Great Outdoors
On the safety concern I believe nowadays the outer skin can be made of materials able to withstand the impact of birds etc without being too heavy, compartimentalisation helps too, to keep toying with ideas I reckon one of the nacelles could be jettisonable and have a big fat parachute. Wired Top Stories
A Land Warrior platoon - each soldier outfitted with body armor, a computerized backpack system and helmet-mounted monocular eyepiece - is also part of the parachute assault.
All three Parachute Regiment battalions are safe. The Sun
The one tally he did manage to keep was the number of parachute jumps he made: some 2,000. Times, Sunday Times
At once terrifying and thrilling, many would consider a parachute jump to be the experience of a lifetime.
It's worse than the sound of your parachute failing to open. Times, Sunday Times
But the ability of a Steve Forbes to parachute into that field shows a vacuum there.
Master Chief Watson ordered the platoon diving supervisor to inspect and predive each Draeger scuba, and the platoon riggers to check the parachutes and fast-rope gear. Pressure Point
The sodden rocket would not ignite and his soggy parachute failed to open.
They hope to get 350 people to parachute in 24 hours to set a tandem jump world record. The Sun
There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
Post-war development of parachutes acting as brakes on jet aircraft are also covered in this rarely written about subject.
All the passengers put on a parachute and jump. The Sun
There will be gospel singers and choirs and the service will close with a freefall parachute display.
I then saw a parachute land. The Sun
And also, it's good to be reminded that my smalls haven't always resembled a Second World War parachute.
I'd love to do a parachute jump, but I can't pluck up the/enough courage.
The plane's weapons officer parachuted into a rocky field and hid in a sheep pen as locals approached. The Sun
Evidence for the scheme was said to have been discovered when a model of a dolphin wearing a parachute harness was unearthed at a Russian military installation. Times, Sunday Times
But he taught me how to make a parachute with Saran Wrap and how to repair bicycles.
Pilots had begun learning how to parachute with life rafts dangling between their legs. Spitfire Women of World War II
Douglas made his first 10,000 foot parachute jump yesterday.
He looked up, horror in his straining eyes as the fire licked greedily along the edges of his parachute.
There is only one entrance to be a patriot: be a POW in Vietnam, in a manner your enemy missile brings you down because you are an under-average, unadept pilot and you don't know how to use parachute so you break your leg and the enemy captures you on Oct. 26, 1967. Breaking: McCain Campaign "Concedes" That Obama Is Patriotic
It weathercocked slightly into the wind but coasted for what seemed like ages; finally the top section popped off and the parachute came out.
For the Gemini program, it developed a ballute system, an inflatable balloon-parachute combination that slowed the descent of spaceships re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Undefined
In this paper, a method to determine and calculate terminal test load is pointed out for adjusting brake rope parachute gear for cage hoisting in auxiliary shaft.
There are lots of satin and technical fabrics which include silk jersey, duchess satin, silk satin, parachute silk, viscose organza, silk twill, cotton canvas and taffeta.
At first glance, the powered parachute appears a hermaphroditic aircraft - half loud, thrusting engine, half soft, pliant airfoil.
Cavernous and rambling, possessed of uninterrupted views of the Coney Island parachute jump, and with what my cousin still calls "ripply walls" (faux stucco), the place had sat unoccupied for a few years except for all of my grandparents' furniture, my grandmother's clothes, bags of long-forgotten photographs from the Old Country taken right before Hitler marched into Poland, and a jar of two year old gefilte fish sitting in the (thankfully still running) refrigerator. Elissa Altman: Why Brooklyn Needs to Be Careful
Once in the water, the hoist promptly snarled in the parachute's shroud lines.
The men kill time collecting the small parachutes from the shells in between attacks and bombardments.
As the parachute shot out from the top of the spacecraft, the aerobrake was released to fall freely to the surface of Mars.
He now works as an instructor to other troops undergoing parachute training. The Sun
Analyst Jeff Hammond, an ex-crew chief who has dabbled in pro wrestling, has bobsledded, parachuted, ridden a fighter jet and crushed cars in a monster truck for footage to liven things up. NFL draft analysis has its own language
ballute recovery system meant that the vehicle's Global Positioning System driven steerable main parachute could not be deployed as intended, Armadillo officials stated. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Each had its own harness and parachute that opened automatically during descent. Times, Sunday Times
What is certain is that these golden parachutes were monuments to greed, cronyism and the absence of accountability. Times, Sunday Times
In addition to clerical work, they also filled positions as parachute riggers, mechanics, radio operators, mapmakers, and welders.
AN EXPERIENCED parachutist died after his parachute failed to open during a 13,000 ft jump on Sunday.
They converted them to radio control and use them to drop parachutes for testing, far cheaper than the Blackhawk helicopters they were using for these tests.
Sgt Sylvia Connolly is a parachute rigger at PTS and is also the second female in 40 years to become a PJI.
It helps to know what living in the village is like as it feels odd to be parachuted into this weird little world populated by 10,000 athletes.
The point of attaching the parachute bridle to the carabineer is that then you can dangle from the hang glider as you come down under chute.
The pilot was able to parachute to safety.
Golden parachutes entitle them to a full year's salary if they get booted out of the company.
Amanda has been parascending - hanging from a parachute and being towed hundreds of feet behind a speedboat.
The former Parachute Regiment sniper was not overly concerned. Times, Sunday Times
I'd love to do a parachute jump, but I can't pluck up the/enough courage.
There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
Paragliding is the act of strapping on a parachute and running off the top of a cliff, where upward air currents fill the parachute and allow you to glide.
The parachute money only takes you so far. The Sun
You need to be strong enough to endure the shock of a parachute opening, and flexible enough to be able to land safely. Times, Sunday Times
He had often before jumped from aircraft and learnt to trust parachutes to open. Times, Sunday Times
They may have the best seats on the aeroplane, but they have no parachutes. The Sun
I remembered Mike's words and pulled the ripcord that opened the parachute.
If I was going to climb to altitude in a plane with a wing about to come off, I certainly wanted my parachute leg straps fastened!
Over the years he's developed a technique in which he sketches out his works, then paints them in sections on what he calls parachute paper, a thin but durable substance. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The rear gunner and navigator escaped by parachute, but the pilot flew on. FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
She stood confidently in the stern, gathering the parachute silk around her like a cloudy pink crinoline. RUSHING TO PARADISE
On the third day, Source witnessed a red parachute eject from a disabled F-105 airplane. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT
There are lots of satin and technical fabrics which include silk jersey, duchess satin, silk satin, parachute silk, viscose organza, silk twill, cotton canvas and taffeta.
Classes start with fun warm ups, circuit training, hoppers and parachute games.
Add pyjamas, sweater, serge uniform, flying boots, scarf, flying jacket, helmet and goggles, harness and parachute and it becomes a tight fit.
Part of the filming involved him wading through a river strapped to a parachute. The Sun
He has parachuted out of cargo planes, jet-powered troop transports and even Blackhawk helicopters.
And she's getting some assistance from the close-out crew there, so-called caped crusaders with her parachute and all the other things that you need to have attached to you before you go flying the space shuttle. CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005
I eased my combat knife out of its sheath and leaned over to try and cut through the harness and parachute lines. The Sun
Highlights included visiting America in an exchange programme, a parachute jump and qualifying to fly solo.
There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
His feet became entangled in the parachute's rigging lines and he began spiralling downward, head first.
So it will be obvious that we have considerable flexibility in determining the size of parachute.
The US military in Afghanistan loaded cargo planes with food, tarpaulins and other emergency aid to drop by parachute over areas of Pakistan, officials said.
In a moment of rashness, I agreed to do a parachute jump for charity.
Your main method of movement is a grappling hook and parachute combo that allows you to scale any surface with ease. Times, Sunday Times
We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth, chopping at it with jungle machetes.
On his back were a parachute and 100-pound rucksack crammed with clothes, food, medical gear and other stuff.
More than 100,000 men stormed ashore or landed by parachute or glider in Normandy. The Sun
Mark has reached a top speed of 325 mph before he deploys a parachute at 3,000 ft above the ground.
An aeroplane was parachuting supplies to an isolated post in the calcaire those strange weather-eroded mountains on the Annam border that look like piles of pumice, and because it always returned to the same place for its glide, it might never have moved, and the parachute was always there in the same spot, half-way to earth. The Quiet American
Air filled out the parachute canopy above him and then, swinging on the gentle south-west wind, he landed near St Pancras Church less than two miles away.
The American 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions parachuted into a deliberately flooded zone at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula.
A legend held by the Red Army told of soldiers who were dropped from a low flying plane without parachutes as they were targeted at a large snow-bank!
Investigation showed it was caused by chandeliers of lights suspended from parachutes slowly drifting above the roof-tops.
I would agree that there is such a culture in the parachute regiment.
This is basically an underwater parachute which fills with water and slows the boat down.
She is doing a sponsored parachute jump in her granddaughter's memory.
Helicopters are not like cars; they are not like aeroplanes, microlights or parachutes, they are like bubbles.
The parachute had retracted in a mere fraction of a second, so quickly that Alan barely saw it withdraw.
He's going to do a parachute jump for charity.
She has already proved herself to be fearless after performing a parachute jump for the charity last year.
When men such as Hudson were parachuted into Yugoslavia with their pockets filled with gold sovereigns in order to pay partisans to attack the Germans, the first thing they had to do on landing was to bury their gold.
In his pocket was a map of a planned parachute drop. Times, Sunday Times
We gathered up our parachutes without a word and hustled over to the hangar to prepare for our next jumps. Fair Game
Frogman Corps with extensive training in submarine lock-out/lock-in procedures, parachute insertion into open sea and subsequent amphibious assault operations. Heroes or Villains?
Then suddenly, out of the blue, the nephelometer is spotted returning safely under its own parachute. Undefined
And he has failed to develop a mature political persona since he parachuted with fanfare into the national arena last autumn.
Two computers, about the size of a matchbox, are attached to the side of their parachute to calculate the speed of the descent.
Air filled out the parachute canopy above him and then, swinging on the gentle south-west wind, he landed near St Pancras Church less than two miles away.
In one scene she doubles for the actress when she parachutes into a pen of pigs.
I then saw a parachute land. The Sun
Which brings me neatly to the economics of charity parachute jumps, and some stunning statistics. Times, Sunday Times
Furthermore, the recovery of the experiment hardware after a nominal soft landing under parachute allows for its re-use in future missions.
His parachute training had helped him develop the skills he needed to position himself properly.
He collapsed into a roll when he hit the ground and shucked off the parachute.
It therefore will need a new type of aeroshell and a strong parachute to slow it down.
Nick points to three parachutes opening and falling slowly towards the ground, one landing on a nearby rooftop.
The pilot failed to pull the ripcord on his parachute.

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