The pitot-static system is essential for flight instruments (airspeed, altimeter, VSI), using dynamic pressure from the pitot tube (airspeed only) and static pressure from static ports (all three ...

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about static line made by US paratroopers from Boeing C-17. Static line is a parachuting method used to open parachutes automatically, ...

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt was one of the jumpmasters overseeing a stream of paratroopers hustling out the door of their C-130 for jump training. Platt was positioned in the final safety spot, ...

Army Airborne troops participated in a static line jump that called for them to jump out of a plane during a training course.

A Marine was killed in a parachute incident that occurred Monday at the Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Coolidge, Arizona. Because of the accident, the Corps has suspended all double-bag static line ...

National Guard units from across Indiana participated in a static line airborne operation in March. The units jumped with the MC-6 Maneuverable Army Troop Parachute System, which allows for better ...