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Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 Landing rovers and helicopters on Mars is a challenge. It's an even bigger challenge when you don't have enough information about how the [...]

Pilots often equip their aircraft with equipment they aren't required to have in the interest of safety--standby gyros, back-up alternators and handheld corns are examples--at costs measured in dollars spent [...]

Engine-out training teaches us to maneuver the airplane to a position from which a more-or-less normal landing can be made on an open surface. Among the elements to this training [...]

FORT DIX, N.J. -- Since October 2005, the Air Mobility Warfare Center has partnered in an effort to revolutionize the way the Air Force does its airlift air drops in [...]

Harrow-ing ordeal Mr Ewen flew his 28hp Deperdussin over Harrow at 500ft. Weather conditions were bad and he had such a kick on his right wing it took his control [...]

A new type of ultralight airplane has been floating over farm fields in recent years. Powered parachutes use a parachute rather than a solid wing to provide lift. The result [...]

A parachute recovery system for very light jet aircraft is being developed by Ballistic Recovery Services (BRS) with funding from NASA. Life-saving parachutes are already used on general aviation aircraft. [...]

Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) is expanding plans to offer a retrofittable airframe-recovery parachute system beyond the Cessna 172. BRS has received strong interest in its initial parachute offering from a [...]

If the FAA gives it the nod, autonomy could help sell some airplanes. More on that in a minute. As Cirrus and other manufacturers have proven, whole airplane parachutes are [...]

An overview of how teachers at Gordonbrock Primary School in the London, England, borough of Lewisham, uses a brightly-coloured seven metre diameter parachute as a teaching tool. The teachers use the parachute to help teach subjects such as science and art.

Dorymen of the 1800s, forced to spend a rough night away from their schooner, sometimes tied a line to a bucket and tossed it overboard. The bucket dragging through the [...]

TO DATE, THE INVESTIGATION of John E Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash has turned up no aircraft malfunction, highly unusual weather, or complication based on the pilot's physical condition. In [...]

The US Army sanctioned the low-rate initial production of a new parachute system, Advanced Tactical Parachute (ATPS) T-11. The T-11 will replace the 1950s designed T-10 and will permit paratroops to carry more combat load and also ensure safer landings.

The DragonFly system by Airborne Systems has been selected as the 10,000-pound Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System (JPADS) platform for the U.S. Army. DragonFly is a precision-guided parachute delivery system [...]

To determine whether parachutes are effective in preventing major trauma related to gravitational challenge, a systematic review was performed of all studies examining the effects of using a parachute during [...]

Teachers in the UK are only just becoming aware of the potential of parachutes as a teaching resource. Most children greatly enjoy playing in a group with a large parachute, and using a parachute can bring rapid bonding. In the longer term, parachute play brings social awareness, co-operation and teamwork. For primary school pupils, the main emphasis of parachute play should be fun, regardless of the intended outcome of the parachute session.