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 ...

Captain Charles Plumb was a graduate from the Naval Academy. His plane was shot down after 74 successful combat missions over North Vietnam. He parachuted to safety, but was captured, tortured and ...

“Let each of you look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” — Philippians 2:4 Recently, I heard a short story about a Vietnam veteran named Charles Plumb. Plumb was a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. British skydiver Clare Barnes' parachute was incorrectly packed - probably by herself - before she plunged 4,300 metres to her death in ...

A parachute club in Co Offaly has been advised to develop procedures to prevent variances in packing standards for parachutes after an accident involving a student skydiver last year. The Cessna 182L ...

THE Ministry of Defence (Mindef) released a statement today through The Singapore Army Facebook page in response to a viral Facebook post about SAF parachutes being outsourced to “foreign” “PRC ...

A man accused of the attempted murder of his wife by damaging her parachute had acquired advanced skills at packing parachutes, a court has heard. Victoria Cilliers, 40, sustained multiple injuries ...

The 75th Ranger Regiment should review its oversight of civilian-contracted parachute packers and implement several procedural changes following a March 2019 free-fall accident that killed a seasoned ...

MIESAU ARMY DEPOT, Germany -- Parachute riggers are an airborne Soldier's best friend. When a Soldier jumps out of an airplane, he wants to be confident his parachute will be fully functional -- ...

FORT LEE, Va. -- The U.S. Army Quartermaster School’s Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department dedicated one of its parachute-packing classrooms July 21 in memory of a XVIII Airborne Corps ...