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, ...

The United States Parachute Association (USPA) is proudly celebrating some of the biggest skydiving stories and achievements ...

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 ...

MONROE COUNTY, Ill. -- A 21-year old pilot working for a skydiving company in southern Illinois made his first parachute jump - but not by choice. "Two skydivers jumped out. They were the last two I ...

Australia's transport safety investigator has released video footage of a skydiver cutting himself free from his parachute after it became snagged on a plane wing in mid-air.