parachute landing
Skydiver reaches ground
A parachute landing is the final phase of a parachute jump, when the jumper touches down on the ground or water.
The term often refers specifically to the technique used to absorb impact—bending the knees, rolling to distribute force: He executed a textbook parachute landing.
In military contexts, parachute landings describe troop insertions from aircraft.
- skydiveAerial freefall activity
- touchdownSix-point gridiron play
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- freefallUnimpeded downward motion
- terminal velocityMaximum speed during freefall
canopy · harness · drop zone · impact · roll · ground · hit the ground · feet together · airborne · glide · drift · deploy · altitude · wind · boots · thud · grass · field
- spacecraft landingsplashdown, touchdown, controlled descent, retrorocket, retrorockets
- landingstouchdown, touch and go, controlled descent, splashdown, ditching
parachute landingcrash
Sudden violent impact
crash landing · plummet · hard landing · nosedive · belly flop
parachute landingrunway landing
Aircraft's ground contact
helicopter landing · carrier landing · water landing · belly landing
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