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An experienced skydiver is dead after her parachute struck another jumper at a Georgia airport over the weekend. Authorities identified the victim as 48-year-old Jasmine Black, a seasoned skydiver ...

At 159 feet, four inches long and a wingspan of 185 feet, the B-52 aircraft family is part of popular culture and a powerhouse worthy of the name Stratofortress. It can weigh just short of half a ...

Video released by Australia’s transport safety agency on Thursday shows the harrowing moment when a skydiver’s parachute was caught on the tail of an airplane before a jump in September. According to ...

A pilot, co-pilot, and a navigator don't even begin to scratch the surface of what it takes to fly a B-52. Other crews also put a lot of hard work into the huge aircraft. Something about the B-52 that ...

Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and ...

The largest-ever parachute bound for Mars, which will land Europe's ExoMars rover on the surface of the Red Planet in 2021, passed the first in a series of tests in Sweden. The ring-slot parachute is ...