parachutists
Airborne descent specialists
Parachutists are people who jump from aircraft and descend using parachutes.
The term covers both military personnel making tactical drops and civilians who parachute for sport or recreation: Parachutists landed in the field at dawn.
Skydivers are parachutists, though the reverse isn't always true—some parachutists jump for purposes other than the thrill of freefall.
Unimpeded downward motion
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- ripcordDeployment activator for parachutes
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- tandemSequential two-person arrangement
formation · terminal velocity · jumpsuit · goggles · harness · landing zone · wind drift · steering
Traveling through air
- paratroopersSoldiers who parachute in
- drop zoneDesignated touchdown area
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- tacticalStrategically planned
invasion · special forces · jumpmaster · static line · D-Day · combat jump · battalion · insertion
Supply kept back
- containerThing for storing items
- AADMicrosoft's identity platform
- altimeterInstrument measuring elevation
- helmetProtective head covering
jumpsuit · booties · weight belt · risers · lines · toggles · pilot chute · bridle
freefall
Unimpeded downward motion
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- ripcordDeployment activator for parachutes
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
tandem · formation · terminal velocity · jumpsuit · goggles · harness · landing zone · wind drift · steering · tracking
airborne
Traveling through air
- paratroopersSoldiers who parachute in
- drop zoneDesignated touchdown area
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
tactical · invasion · special forces · jumpmaster · static line · D-Day · combat jump · battalion · insertion · pathfinders
reserve
Supply kept back
- containerThing for storing items
- AADMicrosoft's identity platform
- altimeterInstrument measuring elevation
helmet · jumpsuit · booties · weight belt · risers · lines · toggles · pilot chute · bridle · rigger
body position
glide · flare · accuracy · braking · spiral · pattern · approach · target · malfunction · emergency procedures
sequential
Occurring in succession
linked · grip · docking · breakoff · base · floater · diver · slot · choreography · record attempt
- Czechoslovakia WWIISudetenland, protectorate, Munich, Bohemia, Moravia
- dissidentsdissident, dissidents, dissenter, rebel, Sakharov
parachutistspilots
Those who fly aircraft
aviators · aircrew · flight crew · helicopter pilots · cockpit crew
parachutistsballoonists
Pilots of buoyant aircraft
mountain climbers · rock climbers · alpinists · glider pilots · astronauts