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Parachutes is the debut album by British alternative rock band Coldplay, released by the record label Parlophone on 10 July 2000 in the United Kingdom. - Parachute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. - Parachuting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of exiting an aircraft and returning to earth with the aid of gravity while using a parachute to slow down during the final ... - Coldplay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London After they formed ... - Powered parachute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A powered parachute (motorized parachute, PPC, paraplane) is a parachute with motor and wheels. The aircraft's airspeed is typically about 25–35 mph (40–60 km/h). - BASE jumping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BASE jumping, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E jumping, is an activity where participants jump from fixed objects and use a parachute to break their fall. - Corona (satellite) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology ... - Perverse incentive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result which is contrary to the interests of the incentive makers. Perverse incentives are a type of ... - Landing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called ... - Chris Martin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin (2 March 1977) is an English singer-songwriter, who is the lead vocalist, pianist and rhythm guitarist of the band Coldplay.
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...all the people on their planes with a parachute in case something happened - Resolved Question: parachutes?
what sort of parachutes re used when the space shuttle lands... - Resolved Question: Putting parachutes beneath the seats of a commercial aircraft is a good idea,NO?
...,specially designed parachutes can save lives,were they... - Resolved Question: Why planes arent fitted with a parachute or multiple parachutes for engine failure and other problem…
... descent back to earth. The parachutes could be for individual people or ... - Resolved Question: How come passenger airplanes don't come with parachutes?
... don't come with parachutes? They have seats that act as... - Resolved Question: What material were the parachutes made from on the probes that landed on the surface of Venus?
...on the surface of Venus using parachutes. What material were these... - Resolved Question: Why are there no emergency parachutes in commercial airplanes?
There should be both lifevests & parachutes in a commercial airplane right? Like... - Resolved Question: Why are there only life jackets under seats in a plane and not parachutes?
... under your seat cusion and parachutes under each seat? And maybe they could... - Resolved Question: Why dont planes have parachutes?
...like 100%. chance of no survival. so why hasnt there been parachutes. - Resolved Question: Airplanes could be safer if they had parachutes?
...into sections and have huge parachutes to easily take the pilots and...
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- Days of 'golden parachutes' in banking clearly over
ANALYSIS:AIB’s redundancy offer pales in comparison with deals made early in the crisis at other banks - Thrillseekers ski down active volcano wearing parachutes
Two speed flyers, a sport that combines paragliding and skiing, become the first people to successfully descend Europe's biggest and most active volcano, Sicily's Mount Etna. - The Doolittle Raiders – A one-way ride into history
“OK boys grab your parachutes we’re gonna have to bail out!” – is the last thing you want to hear as a crew member on an Air Force bomber. - Police Pilots Use Powered Parachutes To Thwart Crime
Ripon Police Department pilots will be increasing aerial patrols above the city in response to recent daylight thefts and burglaries, police said. - Casey Curry parachutes with the Golden Knights
If you had the chance to accomplish something on your bucket list, would you "jump" at it? ABC13 Meteorologist Casey Curry did - Cheap, Low, Slow And Accurate by James Dunnigan April 28, 2012
Although U.S. troops are beginning to withdraw from Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense is still spending over $5 million a month for one-use, low cost, low altitude cargo parachutes. - Pa. auditor general blasts golden parachutes for school superintendents
For school district superintendents, retirement can be a big payday. In the past five years, more than $1.5 million in taxpayer money has been paid to retiring top administrators, mostly for sick and vacation days they did not take while employed. - Wounded veteran given new home, mortgage-free
Something in the sky had a lot of people watching in Lynnville on Thursday afternoon. Men in parachutes came floating to the ground in a celebration for the family of a wounded soldier getting a new home. - Boeing's capsule landing system tested in Nevada
Boeing conducted a successful end-to-end test Wednesday of the landing parachutes for the CST-100 commercial crew spacecraft, the second drop test of the boilerplate capsule in a month. - Raw video: Soyuz space capsule parachutes to Earth
The Soyuz TMA-22 parachuted down onto the steppe in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan on Friday (April 27), landing on schedule and on target north of the town of Arkalyk after a three-hour descent from the orbital outpost. It touched down at 7:45 a.m. EDT (1145 GMT), less than four hours after undocking from the space station.