They would be thrown clear of the ship and ribbon-parachutes might open and might let them land alive.
Our parachutes would be out, and at the first contact with the atmosphere, the car would probably be blown away; but it would soon acquire the velocity of the planet, and gradually sink downwards to the surface.
We should probably be able to descend quite slowly to the surface in this way without damage; but in case of peril, we could have small parachutes in readiness as life-buoys, and leap from the car when it was nearing the ground.
But when they were less than two hundred feet from the ground, each felt a sudden checking of the plummet-like drop and knew that the parachutes had at last taken hold.
But still the boys were not safe, for the strong wind tore at the parachutes and threatened at any moment to tear them loose.
The wind roared and whistled in their ears, and they both thought the parachutes would never open in time to prevent their being dashed to atoms on the ground.
She won't stand much more of this, and if she breaks away, it's the parachutesfor us.
Slower and more slowly they went, as the parachutes gathered the air in their silken folds.
In a small ship the crew are all the time attached to their parachutes and in the event of the ship catching fire have only to jump overboard and possess an excellent chance of being saved.
In rigid airships where members of the crew have to move from one end of the ship to the other, the harness is worn and parachutes are disposed in the keel and cars as are lifebuoys in seagoing vessels.
A considerable controversy raged in the press and elsewhere a few months before the cessation of hostilities on the subject of equipping the aeroplane with parachutes as a life-saving device.
After our briefing we would all make our trip to the bathroom and then to the equipment room to get our parachutes and other equipment.
They did not wear theirparachutes and had to put them on before Jumping.
It seems the Germans patrolled the roads on bicycles during air raids and captured the Americans when they saw the parachutes coming down.
They told about some airmen who were wounded or unconscious and they would put parachutes on them and push them out.
If the bomb bay doors had opened it would have been the end of us as we were using the parachutes as pillows!
The only instruction we ever had about parachutes took about five minutes.
One time I visited a building on the base where they were packing parachutes and I learned how they folded them, but I would never have had the nerve to do my own.
Of course,” she reassured herself, “we’d take to our parachutes and escape.
A Kite-Line Cutaway for Toy Parachutes The cutaway is made of a small piece of board, a cigar-box lid, an old yardstick or a piece of lath, which should be about 6 in.
Illustration: Leaves Cut for Turning] Toy Parachute Cut-Away for Kite Lines An interesting pastime while flying kites is to attach large toy parachutes to the lines and have some device to drop them when they are at a great height.
He had seen men spin their parachutes in order to swing aside from some building or other obstacle.
The approved types of parachutes are the manually operated free type.
Osceola brought forth two of the parachutes and passed one over the seat to Sam.
There are three or four parachutes stowed away there.
Observe the enlarged view of one of the parachutes above.
They use the silk for making webs, for cocoons for the eggs, nests, and in some cases for parachutes for flying.
Immediately after this two white objects, so small as to be hardly visible, floated earthward: theparachutes of the observers.
In case any pilot objects to attacking the observers with machine-gun fire, he is to strew their parachutes with autumn leaves and such field-flowers as the season affords.
Over to his right he could see the other two parachutes settling to earth.
To Tim and Ralph it meant taking their lives on luck and consummate nerve for they had sacrificed their parachutesto make room for their baggage on the five day tour.
To his left Tim could see two other parachutes drifting earthward.
Nevertheless, parachutes are often of great actual use, and aeronauts frequently attach them to their balloons as a precautionary measure before setting out on an aerial excursion.
The fall was at first rapid, but the two parachutes soon opened themselves simultaneously, and presented a majestic appearance.
There are wings and parachutes on the seeds of other trees.
Seeds with wings sail away on the wind, and seeds with parachutes descend so slowly and gracefully that the winds carry them far out of their courses.
The balls of the sycamore bump against the branches, and tiny seeds with hairy parachutes are loosened and scattered.
It should be mentioned, however, that if a careful study is made of the course of many descending parachutes it will be found that their behaviour is too uncertain to be relied upon for such a purpose as the above.
In the voyage across Salisbury Plain lately described, while the balloon was being carried with the more sluggish current, a number of small parachutes were dropped out at frequent intervals and carefully watched.
It was many years after this that fresh experimentalists, introducing parachutes on new lines and faulty in construction, met with death or disaster.
Behind the return pulleys, D D, are attached cords, A A, with some parachutes strung upon them.
Along this rope are suspended at equal intervals a number of parachutes made of sail cloth.
It is found that when open and in motion the parachutesnever touch the bottom.
In fact, it is necessary to sink the return pulley sufficiently deep to make sure that the parachutes will not emerge from the surface.
The parachutes must be placed so far apart that the current may act fairly on each, and the sum of the pressures forms the force which draws the rope through the water.
We do not reproduce this investigation, which takes account of the resistance of the returning parachutes and other circumstances, but will content ourselves with quoting the final equation, which is as follows: T = 0.
Such parachutes are found to keep their form when stretched by the water better than a surface originally spherical, although the latter would be theoretically more correct.
After five months about one-fifth of the parachutes had to be replaced, but after seven months the hemp rope still showed no signs of wear.
The parachutes are formed by first cutting out a complete circle of cloth, and then taking from this a sector equal to one-fifth or one-sixth of the total area.
For the same reason no intermediate supports are needed over the driving span; if any are needed it is for the return span, on which the parachutes are closed.
Everybody had read all about them in the papers, and knew that they had jumped from parachutes and that they had lost the Pursuit.
If they were to use their parachutes successfully, they must attain a comfortable height.
While the gardener rolled the plane from its hangar, Linda fastened the parachutes on herself and her companion, and explained how to use them.
Of course we've each done a lot of flying but this is special, regular fighting stuff, parachutes and everything.
In the meantime, racing breathlessly, the two boys watched the drifting of the white enemy parachutes across the sky.
Yes, a tuft with feathery parachutes in a bunch on one side of his bill, and a compact cluster of seeds on the other.
But in warfare, with kite balloons by the dozen, with dirigible balloons by the score and aeroplanes by the hundred, the call for parachutes is urgent and irresistible.
Of recent years, however, this subject of parachutes has been very deeply studied by an eminent engineer of London, Mr. E.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "parachutes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
