Talk:Drogue parachute

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Don't all parachutes fit that description? Livajo 19:24, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I'm not really sure this belongs in Wikipedia at all. My dictionary has a description of this type of parachute under drogue, and quite high up too. mat_x 08:05, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The page has changed substantially since the two comments above. -FunnyMan 21:51, Sep 20, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Apollo splashdown?

Folks, I'm removing the picture of the Apollo splashdown. Source code was:

[[Image:Splashdown 2.jpg|thumb|[[Apollo Command/Service Module|Apollo Command Module]] [[splashdown (spacecraft landing)|splashdown]]]]

The Apollo Command Module had drogue chutes and main chutes. The drogues were used at a high altitude, then jettisoned, so there's only few pictures of them. The main chutes were used until the thing was in the water, so they're what you see on TV and all the photos, including the above one.

I think it's misleading to show the main chutes with an article that spends a lot of time saying that drogue parachutes are not the same as normal ones.

Dunno about the B-52 picture.

[1] has a picture of the Apollo drogues, but I'm not sure about copyright. But looks like a Nasa picture, so that would be public domain anyway. --193.99.145.162 08:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)