parachute

To get cleared, I have to pass a pre-flight instruction class how to use a parachute and an explanation what to do with the barf bag.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

"Airdropping personnel with parachute systems is impractical because, unfortunately, the enemy's assets can neutralize them very rapidly," said 24-year-old instructor Axel.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

"I remember one guy said, 'I wish I could parachute outta here,'" he chuckles, dismissing it as "locker room talk".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft touched down safely by parachute on July 26 at 5:27 a.m.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

She was seriously wondering whether they could fashion a parachute out of their shirts—that’s how desperate she was—when something about their surroundings changed.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Sam Forstag, a 31-year-old union leader and former smokejumper - a person who parachutes in to fight forest fires - just won the Democratic nomination for Montana's 1st congressional district, defeating a more establishment candidate.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Former Montana smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes into rural terrain to contain wildfires — Sam Forstag is also hoping to go to D.C. as the state’s first Democratic member of Congress in 30 years.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

During World War II, the DuPont company turned its scientific and manufacturing capacity to national service, producing munitions, nylon parachutes, Lucite airplane turrets, and many other products for the war effort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

All three landed under good parachutes but two people collided with each other during the freefall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

It was time for our two small drogue parachutes to open, to slow us down enough, and to hold us steady enough, to release our three main parachutes.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

He was parachuted into parliament in a by-election last month to take his place on the green benches and, weeks later, at the top of the greasy pole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

A hairdresser from north Wales has spoken of her joy after being parachuted in to be a stylist at the wedding of Venezuela Fury, the daughter of boxer Tyson Fury.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Base jumpers parachuted from its heights, and a performance artist recorded himself teetering along a 1-inch-wide slackline strung between two of the properties’ 40-story towers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

British paratroopers and medics parachuted onto the island to deliver urgent medical supplies for him.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

“Anyone could be an enemy agent. Scouting the roads. Planning acts of sabotage. Did you hear that German troops parachuted into Holland disguised as nuns?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Speaking of parachuting and the Queen, add the Olympic Stadium to 007 venues, where in the summer of 2012 stuntpeople dressed as the monarch and the dashing womaniser made a dramatic entrance.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

That tension between parachuting in the world’s biggest sporting event and the bureaucratic operations of a country is what makes this enterprise so complex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Approach this as a collaborative effort, not as a sister parachuting into his personal and financial life all guns blazing.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

In one striking photo, a kneeling US pilot is confronted by a Kuwaiti local, moments after parachuting from his jet.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

Our ideas are silly—mailing ourselves to the lab as packages or parachuting in.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm