Parachute in a sentence

Probe parachute deployment The parachute for the entry probe is tested on Earth The atmospheric probe deployed its parachute fifty-three seconds later than anticipated, resulting in a small loss of upper atmospheric readings.

These devices form an attachment between the parachute and the jump platform, which stretches out the parachute and suspension lines as the jumper falls, before separating and allowing the parachute to inflate.

Along with parachute disentanglement, Airmen practiced a situation as if their parachute was being dragged through the water by the wind, bringing the Airman attached with it, Gillis said.

The Civil Aviation Authority said this restriction applies to any "small balloon, any kite weighing not more than two kilograms, any unmanned aircraft and any parachute including a parascending parachute or paramotor”.

The company's owner, George Rivera, was granted a permit in 2010 for a company under a different name — Hawaii Parachute Center — that allowed parachute repairs and rigging, but not skydiving operations.

Also found were Troy’s parachute, parachute cover and an inflatable life jacket.

When they finished the story, Yvette revealed the parachute, unfolding it as she gave the children instructions on how to shake the parachute, raise it high, and bring it down low.

After the war, Major Edward L. Hoffman of the United States Army led an effort to develop an improved parachute by bringing together the best elements of multiple parachute designs.

Analysis shows that a parachute configuration would collapse from the forces exerted by shroud lines, since radiation pressure does not behave like aerodynamic pressure, and would not act to keep the parachute open.

A variation on the round parachute is the pull down apex parachute.

Genesis entry vehicle after crash * Genesis — The parachute failed to deploy due to a G-switch having been installed backwards (a similar error delayed parachute deployment for the Galileo Probe).

He releases his main parachute to fall to lower altitude and lands by his reserve parachute.

In 1963 Jacques-André Istel from Pioneer Parachute Company bought a license from Lemoigne to manufacture and sell the 24-gore ascending-gliding parachute which was trade-named "parasail".

Initially, it was feared that the lightning strike could have caused the Command Module 's (CM) parachute mechanism to prematurely fire, disabling the explosive bolts that open the parachute compartment to deploy them.

Paratroopers' main parachutes are usually deployed by static lines that release the parachute, yet retain the deployment bag that contains the parachute—without relying on a pilot chute for deployment.

The main part of the parachute was in a bag suspended from the balloon with the pilot wearing only a simple waist harness attached to the main parachute.

The school was set up with help by the South African private military parachute training company Chute Systems who are training Namibia's airborne forces and associated staff e.g. parachute riggers.

Varble, Derek (2003) p. 26. The Prime Minister's plan was rejected by Templer and the other service chiefs, who argued that the neglect of parachute training in the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade rendered his plan for an airborne assault unsuitable.

After about 20 hours of flight, Dragon made a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of the US state of Florida Friday.

After time in Naramata, they were sent to Australia for parachute training before they were dropped into Borneo for Operation Oblivion.