There is no parachute app for the iPhone. And with good reason.
There is no need for one.
Ron Walker, an airman from the US Air Force, found himself in the unfortunate position of dropping his iPhone 4 from 1,000 foot above the skies.
From TUAW comes the story of exactly how Walker dropped his iPhone.
Airman Walker’s duties as a jump master require him to ensure that his aircraft is the the proper location before sending parachute jumpers into the air. One week ago (on March 16), he stuck his body out of the open door to look for landmarks as the plane sped through the air at 130 knots (about 150 m.p.h.). As he did, the Velcro seal on his pocket flew open, and out popped his iPhone. Airman Walker could do nothing but watch it fall away from the plane; he assumed it was lost forever, not to mention destroyed by the fall.
He was wrong though.
One of his colleagues used the Find My iPhone App and they managed to track down Walker’s iPhone, protected only by a Griffin case, in a woodland a couple of miles away from their location.
The condition of the iPhone? Perfect. “Not a scratch on it, not even dirty,” claimed Walker.
Warning: If you have an airplane we suggest not testing whether or not your iPhone survives a similar fate as Walker’s iPhone.
