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 Translation for 'parachute jump' from English to Icelandic
NOUN   a parachute jump | parachute jumps
íþr.
fallhlífarstökk {hv}
parachute jump
íþr.
fallhlífastökk {hv} [fallhlífarstökk]
parachute jump
Partial Matches
fallhlíf {kv}parachute
íþr.
fallhlífarstökk {hv}
parachute descent
íþr.
fallhlífastökk {hv} [fallhlífarstökk]
parachute descent
atv.hagkerfi
gulltrygging {kv}
golden parachute [coll.] [fig.]
hopp {hv}jump
stökkvato jump
íþr.
langstökk {hv}
long jump
íþr.
hástökk {hv}
high jump
fatn.
íþróttagalli {k}
jump suit
þjóta á fæturto jump up
viðbragð {hv}jump [reaction]
stökkva (fram) af e-uto jump off sth.
vippa sér fram úrto jump out of bed
taka snöggt viðbragðto give a sudden jump
höggva í sama knérunnto jump on the bandwagon [coll.]
íþr.
þrístökk {hv}
triple jump [track and field event]
íþr.
þrístökk {hv}
hop, step and jump [triple jump]
vaða úr einu í annaðto jump from one subject to another
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Usage Examples English
  • Training at Tocumwal was in specific aspects of airborne combat and culminated in their first parachute jump.
  • In the early 1990s, Kittinger helped NASA plan Charles "Nish" Bruce's project to break Kittinger's highest parachute jump record. The project was suspended in 1994.
  • Leo and Max would visit the Parachute Jump in Coney Island, but the attraction was closed by the time filming began.
  • It was the site of Élisa Garnerin's parachute jump from a balloon in 1817.
  • Army Captain Albert Berry made the first (attached-type) parachute jump in the United States from a fixed-wing aircraft, a Benoist pusher, while flying above Jefferson Barracks, St.

  • The very first civilian parachute jump was done actually on the ice of Storsjön in February 1956.
  • The selection featured six semifinalists, including the parachute jump record holder, Chavdar Djurov, who was killed during the selection process.
  • They may also wear other insignia they earned during their service and this has included parachute jump wings and SAS jump wings.
  • The goal was to increase horizontal movement and maneuverability during a parachute jump.
  • The first Swedish female aviator, Elsa Andersson, died at age 24 outside Åmmeberg during a parachute jump 22 January 1922 (her third ever).

  • A combat controller of the 1st Aerial Port Squadron performed the first parachute jump at the South Pole in November 1956 (in order to determine the necessary corrections for ongoing airdrops of equipment).
  • Parachute jump aircraft operations are published in the Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD). Sites that are used frequently are depicted on sectional charts.
  • He made a parachute jump with the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division the following month.
  • It was so designed in order to lessen the risk of head injury on landing after a parachute jump; also to reduce the significant wind resistance and resulting neck trauma.
  • Project Excelsior was a series of parachute jumps made by Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 from helium balloons in the stratosphere.

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