One of those aeroplanes makes a peculiar grinding noise when it flies up to disgorge parachutists?
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Recruits to the parachute regiment are required to complete a minimum of eight jumps from aircraft in order to qualify as a militaryparachutist.
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Do you mean a plan of landing parachutists, or the landing in large numbers of troop carriers?
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Is there anyone who is looking for parachutists from dawn to dusk?
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The parachutists entered a layer of light cloud at 6,000 feet, and emerged from it slightly above 2,000 feet.
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Considerable precautions are taken to ensure the safety of parachutists on training exercises.
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It has never seemed appropriate in the past to consider parachutists.
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After all, they would not sound the same as they would if they were being rung by the vicar when 25 parachutists had arrived.
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Is he suggesting that highly trained troops should be dispersed all over the country, to be available wherever parachutists land?
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For instance, lonely moors are the kind of place where parachutists may land.
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Now, wherever he comes down theparachutistcomes down into a hornet's nest, as he will find.
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The whole thing was very nebulous, and it was thought that at any moment we might see parachutists dropping down from heaven.
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If every man is his own garrison, in his own home, it will be more difficult for the parachutists.
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Perhaps, because it is a smaller island, there will be fewer parachutists.
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Constituents of mine had the privilege of parachutists landing in their back gardens instead of the airfield.
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