Tandem freefall jumps — when an expert parachute jumper carries a passenger to the ground — are one of the rarest skills in ...

Two UK Royal Air Force (RAF) airmen developed an application to calculate precisely where in the sky to release parachutists during high altitude drops, regardless of the type of aircraft. The app – ...

OTTAWA, Ill. — Jumping from a plane, not ideal right? Well, the divers at Skydive Chicago would tell you it’s an experience everyone needs to have. The skydivers met last week for the first time in ...

Oct. 22 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1797, the first silk parachute jump from a high altitude was made by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, who dropped in a basket released from a balloon at 3,300 feet ...