Grant Shapps said that the shortage of planes for the mass parachute drop to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day showed why more money needed to be invested in defence. The Defence Secretary has ...

“As things stand, the Paras’ hopes of putting on a large-scale multi-plane parachute drop has been limited to a single aircraft and just 100 of them jumping out,” he said. “The issue ...

The tests use a Parachute Test Vehicle (PTV ... has been a major part of the test series. With the C-17 aircraft 35,000 feet above the drop zone, tests have included a scenario in which one ...

Eleven headlining acts are expected to dazzle the beach-going audience in early September with military performers from the ...

The PMM represents the "heavy tandem" version of this new family of parachutes. "Developed based on an SMT, it will integrate ...

Frederick Louis Bodreau Jr. was contracted by Rocky Point Management to make a jump from an airplane on July 8, 1928 to ...

The plane eventually crashed and lodged itself on a steep slope in the woods Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her ...