3 QUOTES WITH «PARACHUTING»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
parachuting.
I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.
I was in a peacetime army. It was like something out of a Le Carre novel: studying the habits of your enemy. It was very exciting. It's interesting living life as a civilian, then on Friday night you're parachuting into a foreign country.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARACHUTING»
Discover the use of
parachuting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
parachuting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Parachuting: The Skydiver's Handbook
Parachuting, The Skydiver's handbook is directed to those looking into the sport for the first time as well as the advance jumper.
Dan Poynter, Mike Turoff, 2007
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Parachuting at Its Best
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Parachuting Hamsters and Andy Russell
When Andy and his friend Tamika spend the weekend in the city with Tamika's aunt and uncle, he tries hard to follow all the rules of etiquette during outings to a French restaurant, an art museum, and the ballet, while using his detective ...
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Parachuting: The Skydiver's Handbook
"Parachuting, The Skydiver's Handbook helps both novice and experienced jumpers get the most out of the sport. The book details every phase of skydiving, canopy flying, safety, and equipment.
Dan Poynter, Mike Turoff, 2003
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Parachuting into Poland, 1944: Memoir of a Secret Mission ...
Memoir of a Secret Mission with Jozef Retinger Marek Celt Wojciech Frazik, Jan
Chciuk-Celt. think, going over the more important items over and over in my mind.
With my head battered by the ceaseless roar of the engines, all kinds of ...
Marek Celt, Wojciech Frazik, Jan Chciuk-Celt, 2013
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Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine
a period of 12 and 24 hours might be similarly applied to civilian recreational
parachuting after subaquatic diving. Barotrauma Parachutists experience
pressure changes during both ascent and descent, with the rapidly increasing
ambient ...
Jeffrey R. Davis, M.D., Robert Johnson, Jan Stepanek, 2008
"It started out as a nice, calm day. This book describes the day Jane decides to go parachuting.Text type: Narrative (Realistic Fiction)
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The Sky People: A History of
Parachuting
This complete history of parachuting relates the sport's excitement, humor, triumph, and tragedy.
FALLS. FOR. FUN. Enthusiasts. drop. 10,500. feet. in. a. minute,. go. 125. mph,.
fly. like. the. birds. in. the. exuberant. sport. of. parachuting. by LOUDON
WAINWRIGHT, Life Staff Writer SPORT CHUTIST STEVE BOYLE JOYOUSLY
TAKES TO ...
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Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
The sport of parachuting involves jumping from high places wearing a parachute,
which is unfurled after jumping but well before approaching the ground.
Parachuting is considered recreation, but remains an important safety practice for
...
David Levinson, Karen Christensen, 1999
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARACHUTING»
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parachuting is used in the context of the following news items.
10 Windows 10 Slogans That Didn't Make The Cut
Google shows a guy parachuting from space. Apple gets Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon to talk about working out. It is what you do. «InformationWeek, Jul 15»
Full transcript: Mac Maharaj on Mandela
If you read that crazy document, Operation Mayibuye, you will see that we thought that within six months we would be parachuting guerrillas ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Have you got what it takes to be James Bond?
No matter what physical challenge presents itself to Bond – skiing, horse riding, bungee jumping, doing wheelies, parachuting, windsurfing on ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Danny Heitman's “At Random”: Summer heat holds everything still
... see cardinals or chickadees descend from the tree canopies, dropping at intervals as if parachuting, rather than flying, toward their next meal. «The Advocate, Jul 15»
This Day in Video Game History - July 26th, 2009 - Wii Sports Resort …
The new games include swordfighting, wakeboarding, cycling, canoeing, archery, basketball, table tennis, frisbee, parachuting, and power ... «WTVY, Dothan, Jul 15»
MODI-THAROOR CHEMISTRY IRKS CONGRESS AGAIN
Tharoor's “parachuting” into Congress politics after a 22-year stint at the United Nations has earned him many detractors in his home state of ... «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»
The life and frostbitten times of vertical daredevil Eric Jones... aged 78
As a youngster he read World War II comics that set off an interest in parachuting. He recalls making little parachutes out of old rags and ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
East Troy skydiving accident being investigated
“He's been doing parachuting for quite some time,” Boyes said. Boyes said it is not known what happened to cause the skydiving accident. «Gazettextra, Jul 15»
Skydiving for Charity Is a Terrible Idea—Here's a Better One
A study of two popular parachuting centers in Perthshire, Scotland, my home country, found that over five years (1991 to 1995), approximately ... «TIME, Jul 15»
Five minutes with Fitz Hoskins, head of Tatum's Baltimore office
As a partner at Tatum, Fitz Hoskins leads a team tasked with parachuting into companies to fill executive vacancies. lRelated Baltimore People ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
