In a letter home after her first parachute jump, she explained why she never let her parents visit her during her four years in pilot training.

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The first stage is designed to parachute into the ocean to be recovered and used again.

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Kieswetter has long been tipped for full international honours but England chose not to parachute him into the squad for the first Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Dubai, which they won by seven wickets.

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Curators installed Inigo Manglano-Ovalle's "Red Factor, " a parachute-like piece reaching a wall of windows with angled steel frames from the first floor.

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He said the rebels had provided first aid to treat the bruises on his face that he suffered in the parachute jump.

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