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
Gy&Eth;A	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Bartal	-	Hungarian (Rare)
Margarida	mar-ga-REE-də (Portuguese)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Occitan
Usama	-	Arabic
Blount	[blaunt]
Kelvin	KEL-vin	English