NASA and the United States Air Force have successfully tested a new super-chute system aimed at reclaiming reusable Ares booster rockets. On February 28, 2009 a 50,000 pound dummy rocket booster was dropped in the Arizona desert and stopped by ...

The Israeli firm “Paralight Aviation” has developed a unique aircraft designed to take aerial photographs under remote control. The system, including the craft itself and the controls on the ground, is entirely mobile, light, and according to the developers, exceptionally ...

Parachutes are usually associated with skydivers and on more rare occasions with cargo which can nowadays be dropped from a plane with pinpoint accuracy using a GPS guiding system. However, a parachute for a whole plane is a different concept ...