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 ...

Discuss with students some uses for parachutes (to slow down human descent, to drop supplies and other materials into war zones, to slow down vehicles such as the space shuttle and the rovers). Ask ...

ZEPHYRHILLS — Descending from the clouds at speeds exceeding 100 mph, some of the world's best skydivers are grazing the swoop pond at Skydive City this week for canopy piloting's national ...

To investigate three variables affecting a parachute's rate of descent and then design a parachute that will descend as slowly as possible. Discuss with students some uses for parachutes (to slow down ...

Glenn Martin (standing). By 1913 Martin was taking credit for Broadwick’s invention, and the following year he patented it. Here, he and Tiny watch Broadwick stitch up the canopy of a parachute.

With a little ingenuity, your sheet of newsprint can float safely to the ground. Video by Tony Cenicola/The New York TimesCredit... Supported by By Godwyn Morris and Paula Frisch From Leonardo da ...