hit the silk slang

We got clobbered and I hit the silk the same time as she exploded.

He had waited until everyone had hit the silk before bailing out.

But those things come in very hot, and the Old Man wants him to fly off and hit the silk.

The crew swore that when they hit the silk they heard an explosion far below them.

Wouldn't it be sweet if I should suddenly tangle wings with some guy in this muck, and have to hit the silk?

What do we do now- hit the silk?

She raised her arms and let the coins fallthey hit the silk with a musical clatter.

Yell into your mike if that chopper comes back or you see any paratroopers hitting the silk.

When Drill-Press appeared beneath us, we'd hit the silk.

Time to hit the silk.

When a small wandering spider hits the silk, this causes the whip spider to descend.

Hit the silk, you dope!

So, baby, I'm hitting the silk!

Let's hit the silk," Cirocco said. "

As she talked, Lisa saw the reflecting light hitting the silk walls which framed Charlene, so small on the couch opposite her.

Rather, this morning, at the age of 72, his hip-hip-hooray enthusiasm about life still very much undiminished, Mr. Bush hit the silk a second time.

As soon as he was back over water, Bush shouted on the intercom for White and Delaney to 'hit the silk!'

The four-day American Boogie festival in Yolo County concluded Sunday with friends of the two skydivers hitting the silk.

How Armies Hit The Silk J. Peck Popular Science June 1945

The crew could be forced to hit the silk and if any of the remaining crew had an unfortunate accident and were killed then it would only add to the validation of a crisis in the air.

A little more than two years ago, at the age of 72, the former President hit the silk again over Arizona, prompting his wife Barbara to tell him, "It's the first time you've been in free-fall since 1992."

Before hitting the silk they would have not only to locate their "objective" but to gauge the wind direction, and speed, and then bail out so that drift would not take them beyond their target, or cause them to drop far short.