hit the silk

To jump out of an aircraft. The phrase refers to a skydiver's parachute. A lot of people think skydiving is nerve-wracking, but when I hit the silk, I'm completely calm.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ivan	ee-VAHN (Russian, Ukrainian), IE-vən (English)	Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovene, En
Szabina	SAW-bee-naw	Hungarian
Vita	-	Ancient Roman, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish
Aaron	['ɛərən]
Rosalind	ROZ-ə-lind	English
Kaolin	-	English (Rare)