On this day in 1797, Frenchman André-Jacque Garnerin became the world's first person to jump with a parachute. He jumped from a hyrdrogen balloon that rose above Parc Monceau in Paris that reached a ...

Today’s cinematic Google Doodle honors André-Jacques Garnerin, who was the inventor of the modern frameless parachute. Garnerin’s successful parachute jump occurred 216 years ago today, on October 22, ...

ST. PAUL - Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon said her first parachute jump was peaceful. At least it was after the initial fear of jumping out of an airplane at 12,800 feet. "After the ...

For most people, a first skydive means jumping from a plane with an instructor. This time, it meant stepping out of a helicopter at nearly 19,000 feet for a tandem wingsuit flight — the highest, ...

The U.S. Parachute Association, Australian Parachute Federation, British Skydiving and Canadian Sport Parachuting Association held the second annual World Skydiving Day on July 12, inviting first-time ...

TEMPE — If you never plan on doing a parachute jump out of a plane onto a football field full of screaming fans but want to know what it looks like firsthand, you’re in luck. The Golden Knights, a U.S ...