An experienced Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialist practicing a free-fall jump in California last year overcontrolled his parachute canopy, causing it to stall before ...

Dean Walton was an experienced parachutist who took part in displays including a jump into the grounds of the Pentagon - HYDE NEWS AND PICTURES LTD A Red Devils sergeant major died after attempting an ...

Your team will test the effects of surface area on descent rate. Your specifications will be: Parachute 1: 18-cm canopy. Use the compass to draw an 18-cm circle on your canopy. Cut it out and mark ...

I plummeted to the deck, my half-opened canopy flapping and flailing like a plastic shopping bag tumbling along a city road. G-forces yanked my body to and fro; my oxygen mask was wrenched to one side ...

Organized by Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., a group of U.S. lawmakers took a trip to France for a commemorative round canopy parachute jump in honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. It was part of the ...

Jon DeVore, Andy Farrington of Red Bull Air Force attempt Utah's High Ivory. — -- Of the handful of extreme athletes pioneering the sport of speedriding, Jon DeVore might just be the most fanatic ...

The safe landing of the probe is one of the most difficult challenges in Mars exploration, and the Mars supersonic parachute is extremely important for this process. To date, all the successful Mars ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Bonsall resident Jason Sanders certainly has a passion for skydiving. He's been jumping out of planes with a parachute for a little over 20 years. "I have about 24,000 jumps," ...

SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP — Ninety-nine-year-old Jim “Pee Wee” Martin is still doing parachute jumps similar to his time in World War II. Martin was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division and jumped ...

Scientists from NASA are conducting a series of research flights to advance the supersonic parachutes. The plan is to make these parachutes more reliable and safer with advanced sensors. These ...

First, the authors introduce the parachute model in the study. The original parachute system model used in this study includes the capsule and canopy, as shown in Fig. 1. The canopy model is designed ...