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Dying in a war for America is like skydiving without a parachute, it's fucking foolish. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 11 months ago
If it were not for The Bail Project, the things that they did, I can not – I really, truly ca n’t tell you, it was us falling without a parachute, and somebody showing up basically right on time. – Trey Dozier	Found on CNN 1 year ago
She was doing her first' solo' training skydive, wearing her own parachute system and jumping with a dedicated instructor, the freefall portion of the skydive was uneventful ; however, there was a complication with the primary parachute. – Christy West from Skydive Spaceland	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There were two base jumpers, we don’t know the guys, just as we got to the top and start of the Aonach Eagach ridge we heard the first parachute deploy and saw them, i was blown away really, it’s such a sharp drop and narrow gully, no margin for error. My heart was in my mouth when he jumped and we were elated to see him sail off into the distance. – Nick Cowie	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
what planet did you parachute in from – Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy	added by anonymous 3 years ago
The parachute ripped off at launch, so the rocket went straight up in an arc and came straight down. – Justin Chapman	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's the result of extremely thorough teamwork, where each small step generated huge results. Everything was planned to the split second, and I was overjoyed by the progress that was achieved. It is another step in a long-term project. One of the next objectives is to land back on the ground after a flight at altitude, without needing to open a parachute. It's being worked on. – Vince Reffett	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are so happy we achieved this incredible flight, it's the result of extremely thorough teamwork, where each small step generated huge results. Everything was planned to the split second, and I was overjoyed by the progress that was achieved. It is another step in a long-term project. One of the next objectives is to land back on the ground after a flight at altitude, without needing to open a parachute. It's being worked on. – Vince Reffett	Found on CNN 4 years ago
When the parachute opens, it's five to six Gs of lateral side to side of swinging back and forth, before the chutes open, we're trying to collect loose items in capsule so they don't become projectiles. – Nick Hague	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We don't have data that a parachute will save you when you jump out of an airplane. – Whitfield Growdon	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think we should be taking (Trump’s) threat at face value and prepare for an attempt to issue tariffs. I expect that Canada would be resolute in response — we sell the U.S. about as many cars as we buy. No one will win, we should definitely put up a fight for the parachute.” – Flavio Volpe	added by anonymous 5 years ago
The boat flipped over and people started pulling the lines trying to pull her down and that was when the parachute line broke and then sent her down the Mexican coastline hundreds of feet in the air. – Brendan Malone	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I always got the feeling that when Dan Cooper jumped with our team, the Michigan parachute team, it was a means of survival, not really for the thrill, dan Cooper was looking for something far beyond that. – Carl Laurin	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Dan and Liam have done the job hosting NBC’s NFL coverage all season. It wouldn’t be right for me to parachute in and do the Super Bowl. – Bob Costas	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It’s low. There’s not a lot of time for anything other than to get a parachute out and to land. – Greg Lund	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The beauty of drones is that they are cheap, easy to use and people can be taught to use them quickly, so there is no need for foreign aid workers to parachute into disaster zones. – Faine Greenwood	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The plan either way is send a message to the Republican establishment to respect Several Trump supporters votes, if the party tries to parachute in a white knight to steal the nomination, it's not going to end well. – Ralph King	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This fevered pipe dream of Washington that at the convention they would parachute in some white knight who will save the Washington establishment, it is nothing less than a pipe dream, it ai n’t gon na happen. If it did happen, the people would quite rightly revolt. Senator Cruz only bolstered his case that he's gaining momentum in the battle against front-runner Trump with his Wisconsin victory. He scored 48 percent of the vote to Trump's 35 percent, and picked up the lion's share of the state's delegates. Ohio Gov. John Kasich trailed far behind. The race heads next, though, to New York state where Trump has a commanding lead in the polls. The criticism of having ties to the establishment is an unusual one for Cruz -- who has portrayed himself as an outsider fighting against what he calls. – Ted Cruz	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I'm looking down at the Earth right now and it's 250 miles below me, and only a small portion of that is the atmosphere, and when that Soyuz hits that atmosphere going 17,500 miles an hour, a lot of things have to happen just right to make sure we touch down and parachute safely. So when you look at that big space between us and the speed involved, it's pretty serious. And it's something that you definitely think about and consider. But it's my second time flying the Soyuz, my fourth time flying in space. It's something I signed up to do, and we'll be ready for it next Tuesday. – Astronaut Scott Kelly	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Me and my groomsmen are about to jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet and just hope the parachute opens. – John Luke	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This is built around safety from the start, reliability is the most important element of it. We have safety built into the actual structure itself. Very similar to a Formula One racing car, and finally what we actually have is a new ballistic parachute that is the basis of recognizing the way that we can be as safe as we possibly can. It opens at very low altitude and actually saves both the aircraft and the pilot in an emergency. – Peter Coker	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
She got a pretty good parachute package when she left there, when I got let go of jobs, that didn't happen. – Tim Fellers	Found on CNN 8 years ago
You can't parachute in someone irrespective of how sterling his previous record shows and expect him to do a job with an airline that's been abused for two decades. – Shukor Yusof	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Originally residents said an aircraft had fallen, and later, because of the balloon's shape, they said it was a parachute. – Manuel Escalera	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

Dying in a war for America is like skydiving without a parachute, it's fucking foolish.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
11 months ago

If it were not for The Bail Project, the things that they did, I can not – I really, truly ca n’t tell you, it was us falling without a parachute, and somebody showing up basically right on time.

– Trey Dozier

Found on CNN
1 year ago

She was doing her first' solo' training skydive, wearing her own parachute system and jumping with a dedicated instructor, the freefall portion of the skydive was uneventful ; however, there was a complication with the primary parachute.

– Christy West from Skydive Spaceland

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There were two base jumpers, we don’t know the guys, just as we got to the top and start of the Aonach Eagach ridge we heard the first parachute deploy and saw them, i was blown away really, it’s such a sharp drop and narrow gully, no margin for error. My heart was in my mouth when he jumped and we were elated to see him sail off into the distance.

– Nick Cowie

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

what planet did you parachute in from

– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy

added by anonymous
3 years ago

The parachute ripped off at launch, so the rocket went straight up in an arc and came straight down.

– Justin Chapman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's the result of extremely thorough teamwork, where each small step generated huge results. Everything was planned to the split second, and I was overjoyed by the progress that was achieved. It is another step in a long-term project. One of the next objectives is to land back on the ground after a flight at altitude, without needing to open a parachute. It's being worked on.

– Vince Reffett

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are so happy we achieved this incredible flight, it's the result of extremely thorough teamwork, where each small step generated huge results. Everything was planned to the split second, and I was overjoyed by the progress that was achieved. It is another step in a long-term project. One of the next objectives is to land back on the ground after a flight at altitude, without needing to open a parachute. It's being worked on.

– Vince Reffett

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When the parachute opens, it's five to six Gs of lateral side to side of swinging back and forth, before the chutes open, we're trying to collect loose items in capsule so they don't become projectiles.

– Nick Hague

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We don't have data that a parachute will save you when you jump out of an airplane.

– Whitfield Growdon

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think we should be taking (Trump’s) threat at face value and prepare for an attempt to issue tariffs. I expect that Canada would be resolute in response — we sell the U.S. about as many cars as we buy. No one will win, we should definitely put up a fight for the parachute.”

– Flavio Volpe

added by anonymous
5 years ago

The boat flipped over and people started pulling the lines trying to pull her down and that was when the parachute line broke and then sent her down the Mexican coastline hundreds of feet in the air.

– Brendan Malone

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I always got the feeling that when Dan Cooper jumped with our team, the Michigan parachute team, it was a means of survival, not really for the thrill, dan Cooper was looking for something far beyond that.

– Carl Laurin

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Dan and Liam have done the job hosting NBC’s NFL coverage all season. It wouldn’t be right for me to parachute in and do the Super Bowl.

– Bob Costas

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It’s low. There’s not a lot of time for anything other than to get a parachute out and to land.

– Greg Lund

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The beauty of drones is that they are cheap, easy to use and people can be taught to use them quickly, so there is no need for foreign aid workers to parachute into disaster zones.

– Faine Greenwood

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The plan either way is send a message to the Republican establishment to respect Several Trump supporters votes, if the party tries to parachute in a white knight to steal the nomination, it's not going to end well.

– Ralph King

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This fevered pipe dream of Washington that at the convention they would parachute in some white knight who will save the Washington establishment, it is nothing less than a pipe dream, it ai n’t gon na happen. If it did happen, the people would quite rightly revolt. Senator Cruz only bolstered his case that he's gaining momentum in the battle against front-runner Trump with his Wisconsin victory. He scored 48 percent of the vote to Trump's 35 percent, and picked up the lion's share of the state's delegates. Ohio Gov. John Kasich trailed far behind. The race heads next, though, to New York state where Trump has a commanding lead in the polls. The criticism of having ties to the establishment is an unusual one for Cruz -- who has portrayed himself as an outsider fighting against what he calls.

– Ted Cruz

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I'm looking down at the Earth right now and it's 250 miles below me, and only a small portion of that is the atmosphere, and when that Soyuz hits that atmosphere going 17,500 miles an hour, a lot of things have to happen just right to make sure we touch down and parachute safely. So when you look at that big space between us and the speed involved, it's pretty serious. And it's something that you definitely think about and consider. But it's my second time flying the Soyuz, my fourth time flying in space. It's something I signed up to do, and we'll be ready for it next Tuesday.

– Astronaut Scott Kelly

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Me and my groomsmen are about to jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet and just hope the parachute opens.

– John Luke

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This is built around safety from the start, reliability is the most important element of it. We have safety built into the actual structure itself. Very similar to a Formula One racing car, and finally what we actually have is a new ballistic parachute that is the basis of recognizing the way that we can be as safe as we possibly can. It opens at very low altitude and actually saves both the aircraft and the pilot in an emergency.

– Peter Coker

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

She got a pretty good parachute package when she left there, when I got let go of jobs, that didn't happen.

– Tim Fellers

Found on CNN
8 years ago

You can't parachute in someone irrespective of how sterling his previous record shows and expect him to do a job with an airline that's been abused for two decades.

– Shukor Yusof

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Originally residents said an aircraft had fallen, and later, because of the balloon's shape, they said it was a parachute.

– Manuel Escalera

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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