Parachutes in a sentence

As well as the contribution in terms of manpower, India supplied 25million pairs of shoes, 37,000 silk parachutes and four million cotton parachutes for dropping supplies.

During the latest test, one out of the two drogue parachutes and one out of the three main parachutes were intentionally disabled.

Earl Cossey, the skydiving instructor who supplied the parachutes, told some sources that three of the four parachutes (one primary and both reserves) were returned to him.

Today, paratroopers still use round parachutes, or round parachutes modified as to be more fully controlled with toggles.

Before it makes impact, however, parachutes will be sent to slow it down to just 11mph, allowing the capsule to land safely at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range.

During World War II she worked in ammunitions in England and made parachutes in Carrickfergus.

Flying an A-10 requires a lot of gear: helmets, harnesses, anti-gravity suits, night vision goggles, targeting equipment, radios, personal flotation devices, parachutes, survival kits, tracking devices and more.

Therefore, I suspect the Parachutes tower will be in a "Standing But Not Operating" status throughout this year, at least.

Who would have imagined that the Palestinian Resistance would enter Israel from multiple directions, using various forms of transport, including parachutes?

And jumpers typically rely on a single parachute, rather than having backup parachutes like those typically used in skydiving.

As a result, the parachutes in the Crew Dragon awaiting launch were inspected and adjusted to ensure no such twists are present.

Carol Leman Cornelius, Lucy Young, Davide Mantovani and Chris Kearsley will temporarily ditch surfboards for parachutes next week to boost The Wave Project.

In a flurry, the parachutes unfurl and they float to the ground.

Mogul John said he remembers bombs falling and seeing parachutes in the sky as he was with his mother and sister after school on July 20, 1974.

Others lives ended in tragedy when they found themselves in natural disasters and plane crashes, when their parachutes or when they simply were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The Airborne SVU parachutes to the scene.

They issue, fit, repair and maintain flight equipment such as parachutes, helmets, oxygen equipment, anti-exposure suits, survival kits, life preservers and more.

They soared through and completed a complex manoeuvre known as a 'flare,' to rise up again to 262 feet, the height required to open their parachutes before landing safely.

After reentry, jettison mechanisms will generate enough thrust to push the cover away from the spacecraft and allow the three main parachutes to unfurl, stabilizing and slowing the capsule to 20 mph or less for a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Both perished when their parachutes failed to fully deploy.