Military parachutes are designed for reliability and control, not freedom of movement. For decades, round canopies carried paratroopers into combat, but hard landings and injuries pushed the U.S.

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LOS ANGELES — Conor McDermott-Mostowy would like to compete at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games. And he certainly has the talent, desire and ambition to do so. What he lacks is the money. "You ...

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"Only a few seconds passed between impact and crash," said Roberto Mascio, the director of Skydive Fano Jam Press Two skydivers, who had each completed thousands of jumps before, plummeted to their ...