For most people, a first skydive means jumping from a plane with an instructor. This time, it meant stepping out of a helicopter at nearly 19,000 feet for a tandem wingsuit flight — the highest, ...

Felix Baumgartner, who once broke the world record for the highest skydive by jumping from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in Italy. The 56-year-old fell to the ground near the ...