1.In the early 1900s, Paris-based tailor Franz Reichelt claimed to have invented a wearable parachute. He believed in his invention so much, in fact, that he sought to test it by leaping off the ...

DTC brands, once adored by venture capital investors in the early 2010s, have struggled to achieve the kind of soaring profitability they once promised. Los Angeles-based bedding company Parachute on ...

The home linens brand plans to focus on partnerships with major retailers, including Target, though it will maintain seven storefronts. Parachute’s minimized store footprint demonstrates a pullback ...

Even before Sunday's death connected to Mile-Hi Skydiving in Longmont, the company was linked to 7% of U.S. skydiving deaths ...

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The parachute used by the hijacker known as D.B. Cooper to leap out of a Boeing plane with $200,000 in cash after taking the passengers and crew hostage more than 50 years ago may have been found. The ...

In 1912, Parisian tailor Franz Reichelt believed he’d created the first wearable parachute. Convinced his design would revolutionize aviation safety, he climbed the Eiffel Tower wearing his silk ...

Victor Kovats, a Hungarian wing suit flyer who went missing Tuesday following a jump into a valley in Tianmen Mountain National Forest in central China’s Hunan province, was found dead Wednesday. This ...

Dramatic video captures a small plane carrying six people — including a 3-year-old and a newborn — floating safely to the ground in Brazil after the pilot deployed an onboard parachute during an ...

Back in 2014, Ariel Kaye couldn’t help but feel like there was no one other than big box retailers in the home textile space, and so she launched Parachute. Nine years later, it’s one of the most ...

There are quite a few Orange Balls of Goo to collect around Revenge of the Savage Planet,and eating them all will reward you with the "One More Than Last Time FTW" achievement/trophy. All together, ...