Parachute

Venezuelan sets record after skydiving with bed-sheet sized parachute

During his three-and-a-half-minute descent, Ernesto Gainza used a parachute measuring only 35 square feet.

Skydiver dies after parachute malfunction during record group-jump try

The skydiver, identified by police as 46-year-old Diana Paris of Berlin, was taking part in a first attempt to set the record on Thursday morning when the mishap occurred.