"In American politics you can parachute in at the top - you're a general, " says Brands.
It also has a golden parachute in place to make him feel like a winner if let go.
Officials in the 1950s created a so-called rat patrol of exterminators ready to parachute in and stamp out migrating vermin.
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But, for the most part, they engaged in parachute journalism, getting in and getting out, and, in the process, failing to do much more than cull the most superficial information from a deeply complex world.
Think multi-zip leather vests and jackets, drawstring pants and skirts, and parachute coats in cobalt and coral.
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The three were members of the same parachute regiment in Montauban as the soldiers killed in the attacks on 11 and 15 March.
The Cirrus single has huge windows for passenger comfort and an airframe parachute, in the unlikely event that the aircraft's Williams FJ33 engine flames out.
Without the consolation of a third-place parachute slot in the Europa League, Rangers will now have to wait until next season for more European football, and Paterson said circumstances could deteriorate further without the emergence of new talent at the financially-stricken club.
There are also other doubts, as my colleague Jeff Brady found back in Parachute, Colorado.
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But we are hoping he is alive and his parachute got stuck in a tree or something.
The three soldiers belonged to the 17th parachute regiment stationed in Montauban, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
Toddlers stayed up past their bedtimes climbing the benches, which are designed for soldiers in parachute packs awaiting practice jumps.
If successful, the probe will return to Earth and parachute its samples back in January 2006.
In a third shed, three dread-locked dudes were in a parachute-packing frenzy, folding silk and winding up cords.
On Monday a British Army spokesman said members of the Third Parachute Regiment were heading in large numbers for Basra's old city.
He said the rebels had provided first aid to treat the bruises on his face that he suffered in the parachute jump.
Stuart MacKenzie, 52, from London, who was a corporal in the Parachute Regiment during the Falklands conflict, said he simply wanted to "nod my head and show respect".
Transforming the property into the ultra-luxe resort it is now was a Pharaonic undertaking, the sort of extreme effort (Formula 1 racing, parachute skiing) celebrated in the Red Bull magazine, Red Bulletin.
Lt James MacDonald of the third Battalion The Parachute Regiment put himself in the firing line to identify a Taliban sharpshooter earlier this year - before leading a team to neutralise the threat.
As a young pilot in aviation's early, novelty days, Lindbergh, along with an older, more experienced sidekick, had entertained crowds throughout the Midwest by skydiving in a parachute or walking out parachuteless onto the plane's wing, and the Democrats were now quick to belittle his barnstorming in the Spirit of St.
On October 14, Felix Baumgartner dove from 24 miles above earth, landing safely in New Mexico, setting records for highest altitude parachute jump and greatest free fall velocity in history.
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Founded by Daniel Prieto Preston in an old parachute factory, the beans-to-bar chocolate manufacturer offers free tours and tastes of freshly cooled chocolate squares.
The shots seemed to come from an area patrolled by the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment, the inquest in Oxford was told at the earlier hearing.
Cirrus aircraft already come equipped with a full-airframe parachute that can be deployed in an emergency, and the system has been credited with saving dozens of lives.
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.
The other half would come in the form of parachute payments should Palace be relegated.
Two tables can be removed to make room for musicians or dancers, who perform in tethers similar to parachute harnesses.
Prince Charles is Colonel in Chief of the Parachute Regiment.
In 1999, he set the world record for the highest parachute jump from a building when he jumped from the Petronas Towers in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 27-year-old, who was a physical training instructor with the Parachute Regiment, was diagnosed with cancer in September 1999.
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