rip cord

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rip cord

A flexible cable attached to a parachute which, when pulled, opens the pack and allows the parachute to deploy.

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"Another time I went for the rip cord but couldn't find it.

Before you have a heart attack pulling on the rip cord of your lawn mower (or snow blower), check the fuel and carburetor.

Start a dead small engine

Hold your spinner in hand and pull the rip cord; the camera will spin around in a full circle, capturing a panoramic picture of where you're standing.

SEVEN TO LUST AFTER

Once anchored over a large underwater summit, marine crews manoeuvred an on-board crane to swing bags of crushed china weighing a tonne each and, with the pull of a rip cord, released the non-toxic china pieces into the water.

Bed of china to encourage oysters

8.30 (77m) Dash: Turner, Rip Cord, Wor Kate, Miss Rock, Sugar Ray.

SPORT IN BRIEF

hedge funds that own 75% of the airline could be reaching for the rip cord on British billionaire Richard Branson's foray into the U.S.

Company Watch - Virgin Group

With a light wind on his back, he crossed the famous cliffs in just over nine minutes and even completed some loops before spending some four more minutes in the air after pulling the rip cord on his parachute.

JET MAN LANDS SAFELY AFTER CHANNEL CROSSING

A small rip cord is included to make accessing the MicroDuct quick and easy.

Dura-line

Rodney Jones pulls the rip cord on a golden rail switch front board.

Of where do you remember me from?

"I pulled the rip cord so hard I gave myself a black eye," the colonel said chuckling.

Humble hero: Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole was Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot during the World War II raid on Tokyo. But 60 years later Colonel Cole insists he only had a "bit part" in the raid

The rip cord was next on his mind, but he couldn't find it.

The first ejection

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