#parachute

Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly. ↗

— Cory Lidle

#down #engine #failure #go #goes

The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency. ↗

— Sally Ride

#case #during #emergency #goes #helps

I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#back #blast #bring #building #certainly

Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect. ↗

— Benny Hill

#complains #just #just because #mean #nobody

Instead of putting someone in prison for being a hooligan, give him a choice. He may have beaten someone up and he's got eight years, but tell him you can do eight years inside or spend five years in the Army. Put him in the Parachute Regiment, they'd soon sort him out. ↗

— David Bailey

#beaten #being #choice #eight #five

Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#example #jump #living #living proof #our

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. ↗

— Thomas R. Dewar

#like #minds #only #open #parachutes

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#adventure #besides #club #completely #hard

I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open. ↗

— Cathy Rigby

#bed #breaking #climb #cracking #getting

Coming down under a parachute is quite different as well. You hit the ground pretty hard, but all the systems work very well to keep it from hurting, so it doesn't even hurt when you hit. It was a great experience to be able to do both. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#both #coming #different #down #even