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Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace has come up with a new oxygen system for special forces soldiers making insanely high parachute jumps from up to 33,000 ft (10,000 m) that automatically adjusts itself as they plummet at 126 mph (203 k… Continue reading OXYJUMP NG makes crazy high-altitude parachute jumps safer
Back in 2017, Red Bull filmed a pair of BASE-jumping wingsuit pilots jumping off a mountain top and into a passing plane, but it’s about to top itself with something far crazier. The next great Red Bull stunt will be a live-streamed event, as two pilot… Continue reading Two crazy pilots are about to attempt to switch planes in mid-air
Fifteen years ago, researchers said it would be impossible to do a randomized controlled trial of parachute safety. A team of scientists from Harvard, the University of Michigan, and UCLA disagreed. Continue reading Volunteers Jumped Out of a Plane Without a Parachute to Test the Efficacy of Parachutes