This Man Jumped Out of a Plane With No Parachute

On July 30, skydiver and father Luke Aikins jumped from 25,000 feet without a parachute or wingsuit on live TV.
Stars and Stripes

Jump training restarts at Yokota after mayor protests paratrooper’s off-base landing

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Parachute training is resuming at this western Tokyo airlift hub after a U.S. Army paratrooper drifted off course and landed in a nearby city, prompting a protest from the ...

14th batch of female pilot cadets of Chinese PLA Air Force conducts first parachute training

Watch: The Aviation University of the Chinese PLA Air Force recently organized high-altitude parachute training for its 14th ...
Chicago Tribune

They jump out of planes for fun — and broke an Illinois skydiving record in the process

OTTAWA, Ill. — Jumping from a plane, not ideal right? Well, the divers at Skydive Chicago would tell you it’s an experience everyone needs to have. The skydivers met last week for the first time in ...
nytimes.com

Retire? They’d Rather Jump Out of a Plane.

These skydiving seniors are taking their golden years one 12,500-foot leap at a time. Credit... Supported by By Charley Locke Photographs and Video by Randy Forbes Reporting from on the ground (and ...