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Onyx Industries tests smart parachutes for supply drops

Getting a piece of critical equipment out of an aircraft is only half the battle. Getting it to land exactly where troops need it, without a pilot flying dangerously low or slow ov...

22,000 feet, -15°C: DRDO puts high-altitude combat parachute system to the test

Man's parachute 'gets tangled' as he freefalls to death in BASE jumping horror

Warning: upsetting content. BASE jumping is an extreme sport in which participants jump and parachute down from a stationary object as opposed to a plane or other aircraft, like in...

Man charged for disturbing public order in China after parachuting off residential building

A man in southwestern China has been detained after he skydived from the top of a high-rise building in a residential community. According to a statement by the police authority of...

Make the CAPS Decision Before You Need It

Make the CAPS Decision Before You Need It Air Facts Journal Whole-aircraft parachutes are installed in many light-sport and experimental aircraft, and certified retrofit systems ar...

UK soldiers could get paragliders to drop behind enemy lines

The Ministry of Defence is set to trial a UK-made system to allow troops to mount covert operations without aircraft.

UK military tests powered paragliders for covert troop insertion

The British Ministry of Defence is looking into a novel way to drop troops behind enemy lines, with a £6-million (US$8.1-million) study to evaluate the use of foot-launched powered...

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Jumping over my friend in paradise

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Parkour Athletes Jump 55-Feet From Austrian Gondola Into Airbag

Skydiver couldn\u2019t deploy her parachute

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Base Jumpers Leap From The World’s Tallest Waterfall

Remembering The Sky Surfer Who Board Slided The San Francisco Bay Bridge

BASE Jumper Rescued From Cliff Above Squamish During Late Night Helicopter Operation

OpCritical – Parachute   

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Look Out Below!

Look Out Below! Air Facts Journal The National Intercollegiate Flying Association brings together collegiate aviation programs from across the country to compete in precision flyin...

Is skydiving a sport?

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New paraglider could give British troops an innovative way to strike from the sky

A MOD-backed UK start-up has developed the UK's first foot-launched military paraglider, which can take off with no runway, helicopter or drop aircraft required.

DJI Launches AP100 Parachute for Matrice 400

DJI, the world’s leader in civil drones and creative camera technology, today released DJI AP100 Parachute

Seattle police are searching for two men who parachuted from the Space Needle

The jumpers face trespassing charges, according to a report provided by Public Affairs Officer Brian Pritchard.

Jumping over an island

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Qatar’s Skydiving Team Prepares for WMPC in Slovakia

The Qatar national skydiving team, affiliated with the Qatar Air Sports Committee under the Joint Special Forces, is currently preparing for the CISM 48th World Military Parachutin...

Paraglider Miraculously Survives On Narrow Ledge After Crashing Into 600 Foot Cliff

A 53-year-old experienced paraglider survived a dramatic accident in France’s Isère region after his wing collapsed in turbulence, sending him crashing three times into a massive m...

Two men rode the elevator to the top of the Space Needle and jumped off

Two men rode to the Space Needle's observation deck, changed into BASE-jumping gear in the restroom, climbed over the glass barrier, and backflipped from the 520-foot platform. The...