Difference between parachute and ripcord
Definitions
verb
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
noun
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
Examples
Carried by B-52 bombers, the "bunker busters" used five parachutes to land softly on their targets before detonating a nine megaton explosion, in effect simulating an earthquake.
As a holder of the Combat Infantrymans Badge, it and my Parachute badge are still on my old field jacket, as is the 173 Abn Bde patch on the right shoulder.
Please urge all ultralight owners with BRS units (or even hand-deploy parachutes) to re-evaluate the series of attachments that connect the pilot to the airplane, to the parachute, and to both.
Definitions
noun
- a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent
- a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend
Examples
This device slows down the rate of fall, something that ensures when the time comes to pull a ripcord the main canopy is deployed more safely.
Once safely over the French coastline, he simply pulled his parachute ripcord and floated gently to the ground on a clifftop near Calais.
I remembered Mike's words and pulled the ripcord that opened the parachute.
