Parachute flight data acquired during test drops and wind tunnel experiments are taken to this laboratory for analysis by student researchers, using software developed by the parachute research group.

That takes a serious screw loose or supreme confidence in your brand of physics. So it ’ s not surprising that the man credited with the first successful parachute jump became obsessed with the ...

The diagram shows what happens to the speed of a skydiver from when they leave the aircraft, to when they reach the ground after their parachute opens. Before the parachute opens: Immediately on ...