If in freefall:
If the parachute has opened:
Before parachuting, you fall at a steady speed due to the force of gravity pulling you towards the ground. This speed is reached when the force of gravity is balanced by the air resistance acting on your body, creating a state of dynamic equilibrium known as terminal velocity.
In free fall parachuting, the jumper exits the aircraft on their own and experiences a period of free fall before deploying the parachute. In static line parachuting, the parachute is deployed automatically upon exiting the aircraft due to a cord (static line) connected to the aircraft.
you should do something huge and romantic that will really impress her and if she doesn't fall for you then you should just remain friends.
Static line parachuting takes place from around 4000ft. As you fall from the aircraft, the parachute opens automatically. To go skydiving (i.e. freefalling through the sky with a packed parachute on your back), you typically jump from between 10,000ft to 15,000ft. You can get up to 1 minute in freefall, or significantly longer with a wingsuit.
Because of its mass.
If that is what she really wants to do then you should. At worst she knows a skill she could fall back on as a job later.
Parachuting goes way back, but actual parachuting in the US went back to about 1912. However, early patachutes did not fair well as they were not reliable and did not always open. In the 1930's parachuting deployment improved. The purpose of a parachute is to slow the decent of an object as with a person, supplies or bomb. The drag caused by an open parachute creates a slow descent, allowing the parachuted object to land safely. Without a parachute an object can fall at the rate of 32 feet per second.
you tie it to a piece of string
It is about this dude who's feelings are conflicted about this girl but he wants to fall for her
Well first of, you should flirt with him, and show him how funky you are! if you really like him, compliment him on everything. You'll do great! xoxo, Gossip Girl
then the earth will slowly fall into a spiraling mass of inadvertant decay and everything will slowly die.
It will fall fast if it is heavy and slow if it is light because the gravitional force is pulling it down to earth