A sharp-eyed Army jumpmaster stopped a potentially deadly accident, video shows
A video captured an Army jumpmaster acting as the flight ‘safety’ grabbing a soldier whose static line had wrapped around his ...
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Remarkable bravery of teacher who survived 1,600 parachute TEST jumps in WWII and even trained dogs to leap from planes is revealed 80 years later
In 1961, 15 years after his last jump, he used a parachute again ... Forty-six men died in training at the Parachute Training School at RAF Ringway in Manchester between 1941 and 1946.
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When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in
An A22 cargo bag, dropped by parachute ... 20 practice jumps during five weeks of training at Fort Wainwright, a U.S. Army base near Fairbanks. Each jump is filmed and analyzed.
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Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died
Harris was among the last surviving members of the historic 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion ... For a week, he did paratrooper jump training in Corsicana, Texas, through the Liberty Jump ...
Former RAF parachute instructor wins national construction award
A FORMER RAF parachute jump instructor from Poole has won prestigious national award into a new career of construction industry.
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'I was dropping fast': A parachute malfunction, fall to the pavement, then a titanium leg
And not so long ago, the thrill-seeking, 70-year-old Hughes had embarked on another escapade -- skydiver in training ... from his jump, Hughes quickly realized his main parachute was malfunctioning.
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Cat Parachute Skis with His Daring Owner, Braving the Chilly Jump in His Own Tiny Helmet
On Feb. 8, Kuznetsov and Thoth went parachute-skiing together at Gribanovka Ski Resort in Russia. Kuznetsov, an alpine ski instructor and skydiver from Arsenyev, Russia, has experience with ...
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DRDO's combat parachute pushes limits; freefall jump carried out from 27,000 feet
The combat freefall jump of military combat parachute system was carried out from an altitude of 27,000ft with a full combat load ...
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Cop recounts landing on house roof during parachute training
He added that it was an experience landing on a woman's house and folding his parachute on the roof. He said he was participating in a parachuting exercise in Perak involving the police's VAT69 ...