New reliability data from the parachute industry have persuaded the Federal Aviation Administration that a packed parachute is safe for emergency use longer than previously believed, so the agency ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the most crucial moment for every student during Airborne School: the moment the parachute deploys after jumping. If anything is wrong with ...

I heard a story recently about a soldier who parachuted out of a plane during a military conflict years ago, landing safely on the ground and eventually making it safely back home. Years later, at a ...