How to Use a Parachute in "Brotherhood" for the PS3
- 1). Run along the roof of a high building, holding down the "R1" and "X" buttons; you will leap from the edge of the roof.
- 2). Release the buttons and then press the "X" button to deploy your parachute.
- 3). Push on the direction you want to go in using your joystick; you will glide in that direction and gently descend to the ground.
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