parachuters
Canopy-aided descenders
Parachuters is a less common variant of parachutists, referring to people who jump from aircraft using parachutes.
The term covers both military personnel conducting airborne operations and civilians engaged in recreational skydiving.
While parachutists is the standard form, parachuters appears occasionally in casual usage.
The parachuters landed in the open field just after dawn.
Traveling through air
- paratrooperMilitary aerial deployer
- tacticalStrategically planned
- insertionPlacing something within
- special forcesElite unconventional warfare troops
combat jump · pathfinder · night drop · supply drop · invasion · D-Day · ranger · 82nd Airborne
Overhead protective covering
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- altimeterInstrument measuring elevation
- jumpsuitOne-piece body garment
- reserveSupply kept back
rigging · AAD · goggles · helmet · container · risers · toggles · slider
Aerial delivery target area
- jumpmasterAircraft exit controller
- tandemSequential two-person arrangement
- packerOne who boxes goods
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
manifest · spotter · aircraft · load · landing pattern · HALO
Rapid downward descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- terminal velocityMaximum speed during freefall
- weightlessnessAbsence of apparent mass
altitude · velocity · accelerate · air resistance · drop · plunge · exit · deploy
Emergency response hormone
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- rushQuick sudden movement
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- fearEmotional response to threat
courage · heart-pounding · intense · heights · risk · challenge · nerves · breathtaking
airborne
Traveling through air
- paratrooperMilitary aerial deployer
- tacticalStrategically planned
- insertionPlacing something within
special forces · combat jump · pathfinder · night drop · supply drop · invasion · D-Day · ranger · 82nd Airborne · stick
canopy
Overhead protective covering
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- altimeterInstrument measuring elevation
- jumpsuitOne-piece body garment
reserve · rigging · AAD · goggles · helmet · container · risers · toggles · slider · cutaway
dropzone
Aerial delivery target area
- jumpmasterAircraft exit controller
- tandemSequential two-person arrangement
- packerOne who boxes goods
deployment · manifest · spotter · aircraft · load · landing pattern · HALO
plummet
Rapid downward descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- terminal velocityMaximum speed during freefall
weightlessness · altitude · velocity · accelerate · air resistance · drop · plunge · exit · deploy · rip cord
adrenaline
Emergency response hormone
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- rushQuick sudden movement
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
fear · courage · heart-pounding · intense · heights · risk · challenge · nerves · breathtaking · euphoria
- golden parachuteLucrative exit agreement
- parachute pantsBaggy synthetic tapered trousers
- parachute dropControlled fall using canopy
- parachute jumpCanopy-slowed freefall from aircraft
- parachute cordLightweight kernmantle nylon rope
- parachute landingGround contact after aerial descent