The drogue and main parachutes deployed at 2:00 and 2:05 a.m. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: January 2006 Archives] Reference
"There was no drogue chute or parafoil," said a JPL spokesman. From Wordnik.com. [September 2004] Reference
"And where would you propose to attach this drogue, Sir Thomas?". From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
"It would serve to keep the drogue under water out of sight as well.". From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Beyond it he could see the gleaming metal ribbons of the drogue chute. From Wordnik.com. [The Quantum Jump] Reference
The high-regen mode seems to deploy a silken drogue chute behind the car. From Wordnik.com. [The Face of Green?] Reference
He found it, released it from its drogue, and brought it back to the station. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Station Zebra]
"Do you think that drogue ought to have any effect?" asked Fell, approaching them. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Only her magnificent fuselage, tail and braking drogue parachute were illuminated. From Wordnik.com. [STS 130: Cool Night Landing Video from the Shuttle Strip | Universe Today] Reference
The drogue basket jittered ominously in the airflow just beyond the tip of the probe. From Wordnik.com. [Countdown]
I put out the drogue to stop us losing too much ground and to stop us being knocked down. From Wordnik.com. [True Spirit] Reference
A small drogue chute peeked out of the pack and began to extract the rest of the material. From Wordnik.com. [Gon Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
Roland drew his knife, and rode up beside the fellow who was now drogue and didn't know it. From Wordnik.com. [Wizard and Glass]
The drogue itself, weighted by its chain, still hung out of sight below the dangling rudder. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
The horses of the am-bushed drogue riders veered off to the south in a group, and that was good. From Wordnik.com. [Wizard and Glass]
It suddenly occurred to him that perhaps Gomez had detected the drogue under his stern and had removed it. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Spendlove was busy sketching out with pencil and paper a drawing of the drogue, with Gerard looking over his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
I ended up with a fat lip, blood everywhere, and a black eye after throwing the drogue out before that latest knockdown. From Wordnik.com. [True Spirit] Reference
"It all depends on the drogue," remarked the doctor. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Eric] Reference
The drogue chute passed its test with flying colors. From Wordnik.com. [Science @ NASA] Reference
On a drogue of dead convictions to hold you head to gale. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Seas] Reference
With a drogue of dead convictions to keep her head to gale. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century] Reference
At the end of the hose is a basket, or drogue, that looks like a giant windsock. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
The rocket's deceleration subsystem includes the pilot, drogue and main parachutes. From Wordnik.com. [collectSPACE Today In Space History] Reference
In the recent test, the 68-foot diameter drogue parachute got a chance to prove itself. From Wordnik.com. [Science @ NASA] Reference
When the drogue parachute opens, it slows the vehicle and orients it to descend tail first. From Wordnik.com. [collectSPACE Today In Space History] Reference
At that point, there are two main refueling techniques: "flying boom" or "probe and drogue.". From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
If he pushes too hard, he'll stab the drogue, which can cause the hose to bunch up and fly away. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
The pilot parachute is deployed at an altitude of 16,210 feet and pulls out the drogue parachute. From Wordnik.com. [collectSPACE Today In Space History] Reference
Bruce Rogers deploys a drogue during ACAP Humber Arm's study of surface water currents in the Bay of Islands. From Wordnik.com. [The Western Star: Local] Reference
The crew deployed a drogue chute that slowed down the aircraft, which stopped about 500 feet from the end of the runway. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories] Reference
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