Slider (disambiguation) — A slider is a baseball pitch.Slider may also refer to: * Motorcycle frame slider * Sliders , a 1995 2000 Fox network science fiction TV series * Slider (computing), a graphical widget in a GUI with which a user may set a value by moving an… … Wikipedia
Parachuting — Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is where a person jumps from enough height so that he can deploy a fabric parachute and land safely.The history of parachuting appears to start with Andre Jacques Garnerin who made successful parachute jumps… … Wikipedia
Malfunction (parachuting) — A malfunction is a partial or total failure of a parachuting device to operate as intended. Malfunctions may require a skydiver to cut away his or her main parachute and deploy the reserve parachute. 1: At about 100 m. reserve canopy suddenly… … Wikipedia
BASE jumping — is involving the use of a parachute or the sequenced use of a wingsuit and parachute to jump from fixed objects with the parachute unopened at the jump (else see paragliding). BASE is an acronym that stands for the four categories of fixed… … Wikipedia
Parachute — This article is about the device. For sports involving a parachute, see Parachuting. For other meanings, see Parachute (disambiguation). Parachutes opening A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by… … Wikipedia
List of Major League Baseball mascots — This is a list of current and former Major League Baseball mascots, sorted alphabetically. The tradition in the Major League Baseball mascot began with Mr. Met, introduced for the New York Mets when Shea Stadium opened in 1964. Although some… … Wikipedia
Parafoil — Illustrations from Jalbert s 1966 patent, showing the keels and the airfoil shape … Wikipedia
Billy the Marlin — is the official mascot of the Florida Marlins baseball franchise. At 8 feet tall and 250 pounds, he is a natural born clown and good natured prankster [Billy The Marlin [http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/fla/community/billy the marlin.jsp Home page] … Wikipedia
Domina Jalbert — (1904 1991[1]) invented the ram air inflated flexible wing often called the Jalbert parafoil . Contents 1 Life 2 Ram air airfoil of fully flexible materials 3 Patents filed … Wikipedia
sports — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Athletic pastime Nouns 1. sports, recreation, athletics, pastime; angling, hunting, chase (see pursuit); sportsmanship, fair play (see justice); sportswear (see clothing). 2. sportsman, sportswoman, Nimrod … English dictionary for students