Modern sport parachutes are designed like small wings that allow precise steering and soft landings. Yet most military paratroopers still jump using the older round canopy design that offers very ...

When we talk about “taking the plunge,” we don’t mean what happens to Eva Marcille’s Jaynie in Lifetime’s Pushed Off a Plane and Survived, premiering Saturday, February 28, at 8/7c. In a trailer for ...

Parachute manufacturing helped revive Lowell’s economy in the 1940s. Many obituaries mention that the deceased had done such work, highlighting the lasting importance of that experience in the lives ...