Assertion: pilot chute | /r/CapableOf | catch air
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text: At a sport skydiver's deployment altitude, the individual manually deploys a small pilot-chute which acts as a drogue, catching air and pulling out the main parachute or the main canopy.
text: The pilot chute pops open and catches air and, as mentioned earlier, helps pull out the main canopy.
text: When the pilot chute is thrown out by the skydiver and catches air, it pulls the closing pin from the closing loop and allows the main parachute to be released from the container and inflate.