Explore: Parachute Jumping

BASE jumping (/beɪs/) is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands

to train airmen in parachute jumping, was first publicly used on June 2, 1935, when Amelia Earhart jumped from it. The "parachute device" was patented

acrobatic free-flying. A cross-country jump is a skydive where the participants open their parachutes immediately after jumping, with the intention of covering

aged 65 and seriously ill, implemented his design and tested the parachute by jumping from St Mark's Campanile, from a bridge nearby, or from St Martin's

career. He spent time in the Austrian military, where he practised parachute jumping, including training to land on small target zones. On 17 July 2025

French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel

Its graduates can teach the basics of parachute jumping to trainees, act as technical advisors on parachute matters and be jumpmasters both in units

the HAHO technique, the parachutist opens the parachute at a high altitude just a few seconds after jumping from the aircraft. In military operations, HALO

it was believed that that jump made Smith the oldest person ever to parachute. The Lincoln-dump jump ended his solo jumping career, with Smitty hospitalized

life-saving static line parachute, jumping with it several times and promoting it to the US Army. Irvin joined the Army Air Service's parachute research team at