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parachuting

pe ruh shooh ting

  • n  descent with a parachute
    he had done a lot of parachuting in the army
  • v  jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

  • The capsule landed 108 minutes later with Gagarin parachuting the final leg of the journey, the first man to have flown in space, the first to orbit our earth.
  • The technique that tamed sport parachuting, according to Istel, is sky diving, in which the jumper controls his body as he hurtles toward earth before pulling his ripcord.
  • A warrant officer in the Utah National Guard, McCoy showed up for a scheduled training stint only hours after parachuting from the United plane in a risky night maneuver.
News & Articles

  • Army identifies Ranger killed in parachuting accident
    The U.S. Army Ranger killed in an apparent parachuting mishap was a 21-year-old veteran from Massachusetts who recently returned from Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.
    June 16, 2013 - Fox News
  • Army names 21-year-old Dudley-native Ranger killed in parachuting mishap
    ATLANTA — The U.S. Army Ranger killed in an apparent parachuting mishap was a 21-year-old veteran from Massachusetts who recently returned from Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. Pfc. Christopher P. Dona was found dead Thursday with parachute cords and canvas straps from a harness wrapped around his neck after a routine training jump at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia. It was not ...
    June 15, 2013 - Boston Herald
  • Army Ranger from Dudley killed in parachuting accident
    Pfc. Christopher P. Dona, the U.S. Army Ranger and Dudley native killed Thursday in a parachuting accident, was a highly regarded member of the Shepherd Hill Regional High School class of 2010, the school's principal said Saturday.
    June 15, 2013 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Quotes

  • Lawrence Cannon in 940 News
    I'm going to be spending a lot of time in Ohio so that people are familiar with me, so that by the time I'm the Democratic nominee they don't feel like I'm just parachuting in but that they've heard me and had a chance to kick the tires and lift... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA Guardian Unlimited http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6443182,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF_pgw4bb6MRYgUJb9fVtz0gArrJA Feb 26, 2007 72111 96452 parachuting These changes will help ensure that individuals and organizations are accountable to parachuting safety," said Lawrence Cannon.
  • Jane Hamsher in New York Times
    We've gone out to the state blogs asking them to put together research on people who they think are good candidates who should be on our radar,Ms. Hamsher said. "We're not just parachuting in."

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