parachute

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"Your best view of where you may want to go or where you may want to avoid is while you're coming down in your parachute."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It also acquired parachute maker Pioneer Aerospace in 2023 and specialty RF filter firm Akoustis in 2025 after each of those companies filed for bankruptcy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Astronauts can’t parachute to the surface, or climb down a rope ladder, or just beam themselves down from the Transporter Room.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

During World War Two, the RAF's No.620 Squadron's fleet used the base for airborne forces operations which included parachute drops of troops and supplies and towing Airspeed Horsa assault gliders.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Although her parachute had tangled in a fir tree as it came down, she had managed to cut herself free and made it to the ground.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein