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
Puck	PUK (English)	Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Dutch
Nonus	-	Ancient Roman (Rare)
Marcelyn	-	English (Rare)
Aubin	['ɔ:bin]
Sanjay	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Philbert	-	French (Rare)