He was fitted with a parachute for the jump, which saw him accelerate to 80mph, but it was not deployed.
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We--because of the Genesis event, with a parachute not coming out, we have undergone a series of quite intensive reviews, and the source of that problem with the parachute is well-understood, and we don't have the problem.
Faced with the edge of a cliff, according to media accounts, they would prefer jumping off with a homemade parachute made of bed sheets to finding another way safely down.
The empire builders who are only happy getting larger by acquisition should be retired with a copper parachute.
Those rules include steps to take back executive benefits or compensation when appropriate and to insure that no one can walk away with a golden parachute while taxpayer money is at risk.
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.
One is Cirrus, which makes simple little aeroplanes, aiming for the airborne equivalent of a modern car with the unique safety feature of a parachute for the entire aircraft.
So Mrs Clinton's television advertising has focused on this issue, with her economic plan providing a parachute for voters who are falling into economic difficulties.
The 27-year-old, who was a physical training instructor with the Parachute Regiment, was diagnosed with cancer in September 1999.
The Burrito Bomber is a drone that finds you based on your smart phone location, then drops a tube filled with a burrito to you, via parachute.
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And although research by Ramesh Khurana of the Sloan School of Management suggests that top executives are fired rather more often these days, they still tend to leave with options and pension rights intact and a comfortable golden parachute to soften the fall.
Two friends, who shared the price of a helicopter rental with Ruppert, did not see whether his parachute opened on his second jump, authorities said.
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.
The logistics involved are so numerous and prone to error -- slowing the craft from 13, 000 mph to 0 mph and then deploying, detaching and avoiding collision with the supersonic parachute for starters -- that it's a wonder the government ever signed off on the project.
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The Queen, who attended with the Duke of Edinburgh, featured with Daniel Craig as James Bond at London 2012 - when she appeared to parachute from a helicopter.
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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.
Too big to rely on air bags to cushion its fall as with previous Mars landers, Curiosity landed through an automated system of high-speed maneuvers, a supersonic parachute, eight retro-rockets and a set of "sky-crane" tethers that lowered the vehicle gently the last few feet to the ground.
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