More info on the Victor chute after Tankertrashnav's post.
At 48ft across, it was the largest chute in regular use anywhere in the world. It weighed 165lbs, and as TTN alluded, it was an absolute c@#t to re-load. If it wasn't used, it had to be specially authorised, which meant it was used on nearly all landings. There was no x-wind limit, but as the Victor slowed down, it could start to weathercock the aircraft and you could lose directional control. It was normally dumped on the runway, but if landing at an airfield where they had no means of recovering it, or they didn't want to have the runway blacked for while, it could be 'flown' by keeping the inboards at 75% to be dumped at a more suitable location.
This of course (like so many things with the Victor) could lead to adventures. I 'flew' a chute back to the ramp at a civilian airport in Sicily which decided it wanted to be a hot air balloon on release and it climbed to a considerable altitude before completely enveloping the Lear jet of a local 'businessman' who apparently, you really didn't want to annoy! The ground crew got it off before anyone found out. I also dumped a chute due to X-wind at another civilian airport having intended to 'fly' it. ATC sent their tiny ATC assistant to collect it in her FIAT Panda - which was not going to work - ever. They got a bit annoyed with us.