parachute ejection
1Ejection seat — In aircraft, an ejection seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying… …
2parachute — parachutic, adj. parachutist, parachuter, n. /par euh shooht /, n., v., parachuted, parachuting. n. 1. a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down… …
3parachute — Synonyms and related words: Mae West, bail out, breeches buoy, brolly, buoy, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse, come down, cork jacket, crash, descend, dip down, dive, down, drogue chute, drop, drop down, drop off, ejection capsule, ejection… …
4ejection seat — Synonyms and related words: Mae West, bolt hole, breeches buoy, buoy, cork jacket, ejection capsule, ejector seat, emergency exit, escape hatch, fire escape, inflatable slide, life belt, life buoy, life jacket, life net, life preserver, life raft …
5ejection capsule — noun : a pressurized cockpit designed to be ejected from airplanes in an emergency and equipped with an automatic parachute, survival gear, rations, and radio transmitter * * * a cockpit designed to be ejected from an aircraft in an emergency and …
6ejection seat — A seat, normally fitted on combat aircraft, that permits the occupant to be ejected out of the vehicle in the case of any serious emergency that necessitates abandoning the vehicle. The seat is ejected by an explosive charge (i.e., cartridge or… …
7ejection seat — noun a pilot s seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute • Syn: ↑ejector seat, ↑capsule • Hypernyms: ↑seat • Part Holonyms: ↑cockpit …
8Drogue parachute — A B 52H Stratofortress from the 307th Bomb Wing deploying its drag chute for landing …
9drogue parachute — i. A type of parachute attached to a body to slow it down. Also called a deceleration parachute or drag parachute. ii. A parachute used specifically to pull something, usually a larger parachute, out of stowage, as a drogue parachute deploys a… …
10Ballistic parachute — A ballistic parachute is a parachute ejected from the casing via a small explosion, much like that used in an ejection seat. The advantage of the ballistic parachute is that it ejects the canopy away from the craft to which it is attached, hence… …
