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parachute rigger

American  

noun

  1. a person who inspects, repairs, and packs or folds parachutes.


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Shortly thereafter, Ben Dunbar, a former Biltmore Estate chef and a military veteran who worked as a parachute rigger right out of high school, joined the team.

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2020

The next day in Seattle, the parachute rigger realized his mistake.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 1996

Thus there have recently been a myriad of female firsts on various bases: the first female parachute rigger, the first turbine-engine maintenance woman, the first female drill sergeant.

From Time Magazine Archive

A parachute rigger fresh out of the Navy, he signed on with Hughes at 21, in 1946.

From Time Magazine Archive

He went on to train as a parachute rigger and was sent to Panama.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge