Panicking in freefall is not typical at all. Without mental control of your faculties you would be a liability to your self and others. On the very rare occasion, there are tandem skydivers who refuse to jump at the door. They simply land with the aircraft, however it must be stressed this is rare. The vast majority of jumpers go on the have a very enjoyable experience and it is not dominated by sheer terror. The experience is instead thrilling, exhilarating and repeatable.
Jumping out of burning buildings.
If you mean, "Where can you get into BASE jumping", then the answer is all over the world! First, it is best to start with skydiving. Take an accelerated freefall (AFF) course which is 8 jumps. Then buy your first parachute and begin to rack up the jumps. You need around 500 to really learn how to fly your parachute and know something about freefall. After that if you are really interested and have accepted the increased risks, go do a First Jump Course. There are some in Norway and some off a large bridge in the USA.
The first parachute was made from silk. André-Jacques Garnerin, who invented the parachute in 1797, used a silk parachute to make successful jumps.
Sky divers do not go up, but they do undergo deceleration due to the increased drag incurred by the parachute being suddenly opened. Since skydivers, when being filmed by a cameraman, release their parachute first, there is a relative acceleration between the cameraman and the skydiver, creating the illusion that the skydiver is travelling up.
Blanchard developed the first foldable parachute made from silk.
First Descent was created on 2005-12-02.
Assuming the jumper free falls from an airplane at a typical altitude of 12,000 ft, it would take approximately 12 seconds to fall the first 1000 ft. If the parachute opens at 1000 ft, the jumper will then have a controlled descent for the remaining distance to the ground.
the airplane was first because what would the parachute be needed before the airplane? Correct answer is airplane!(:
The duration of First Descent is 1.83 hours.
to find your answer, see, "Who was the first person to jump out of a church tower with a parachute on?"
Descent with modification (Apex)
quiet dangerous but children could get injured.