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He pulled his parachute after a few seconds and floated down to street D21 below, while stunned security guards, alerted by ...
A woman is lucky to be alive after she went skydiving this weekend and her parachute failed, causing her to freefall more than 5,000 feet to the ground. The incident, which happened on Saturday in ...
leap from thousands of feet above ground, and captivate crowds below — but for the U.S. Army Golden Knights, it’s about more than just the thrill. The Army’s elite parachute demonstration ...
Since there is no physical instrumentation on the parachutes themselves during these tests, evaluators depend on Go Pro cameras in the aircraft and ground-based tracking instruments for video and ...
A dozen or more strong men held down its tethers. Meanwhile, Broadwick inspected his parachute rig, stretched on the ground. The apparatus was simple, and weighed about 40 to 45 pounds.
The main and reserve parachutes for Sabrina Call, 57, tangled and both “down planed,” or pointed toward the ground, according to a San Joaquin County death investigation and FAA incident report.