Skydiving News
dropzone.com
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:59:46 -0800
Skydive Expo will be a 6-day gear extravaganza of fun and education seminars, manufacturers, world-class organizing, and jumping. The people who make your gear want to meet you and share all they know about their products. It's a fun, informal event ...
Huffington Post
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:55:51 -0800
Early in January, in the aftermath of a crushing workload that included shooting and promoting six movies in 20 months, a Venice Film Festival best actor award and a Golden Globe nomination, Michael Fassbender slipped away to the Hawaiian island of ...
Wired (blog)
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:05:26 -0800
I can check off skydiving , writing a book, and a few others that I've counted myself fortunate enough to complete, but still there are more. I grew up in Florida, and I was lucky enough to have access to a number of rivers, a few bayous, and, ...
BBC News
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:13:30 -0800
Sian, who's 15 and goes to school in Aberystwyth, passed the indoor skydiving exam as part of her physical education course. It's believed Sian is the first person ever in the UK to take the exam as part of her GCSEs. She needed special permission from ...
Daily Mail
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:28:10 -0800
By Nina Golgowski At 85-years-old, skydiving is most often the last activity on one's to-do list. But for Virginia Runge of Kentucky, it was just the first trip down of two more to come. 'I've been blessed so much. I really have,' Ms Runge told WDRB ...
Summit Daily News
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:20:05 -0800
By Geoff Mintz Local skydiver Bob Meister celebrates as his Mile High Mayhem team finishes in second place at the Mountain State Indoor Skydive Competition in Denver over the weekend. It was a runner-up finish for Bob Meister's Mile High Mayhem skydive ...
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:50:52 -0800
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Mackay Daily Mercury
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:47:05 -0800
THE Australian Parachute Federation found the serious skydiving accident, which has left a Mackay man hospitalised, was caused by human error. Matt Lynam was competing in skydiving competition festival called Go Troppo Boogie at Tully at the time of ...
Bangkok Post
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:52:24 -0800
A soldier was killed when his parachute failed to open during a skydiving demonstration to celebrate Children's Day on Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred at Wing 41 Air Force Base in Chiang Mai in front of a panic-stricken crowd of parents and ...
Straits Times
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:47:31 -0800
SCDF officers attending to indoor skydiving instructor Scott Pereira, who fractured his right shin after failing to complete a high-speed manoeuvre during a demonstration for beginners yesterday. -- PHOTO: st reader by Siau Ming En The i Fly Singapore, ...
Huffington Post
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:54:23 -0800
Challenges on Season 20 include skydiving in Argentina, training with Masai warriors in Tanzani and a race through Africa's "Garden of Eden." The competitors will also face a food challenge in Italy and search King Ludwig's quarters in the German ...
Miami Herald.com
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:51:52 -0800
A skydiver who hit his head during a landing at a Volusia County airport is recovering in the hospital. De Land police told the Orlando Sentinel ( the skydiver was knocked unconscious Saturday afternoon by a hard landing at the ...
Milton Keynes Today
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:39:22 -0800
The group of six brave wounded soldiers will receive tuition in Sky Diving in the centre's wind tunnel, as part of the Freefall Project. The project aims to coach injured service men or women through a combination of wind tunnel training and in air ...
Hockey and Wilderness
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:12:30 -0800
by BReynolds on Jan 20, 2012 10:00 AM CST in Wilderness Walks If at first you don't succeed, sky diving is not for you. I've been sky diving . It's a rush met by few others. If you haven't been, you should try it. Perfectly good airplanes are meant to ...
Towanda Daily Review
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:10:18 -0800
Photo submitted Members of the Geronimo Skydiving Team, following its jump into Beaver Stadium during the 1997 Special Olympics. From left are: Rev. John A. Wallace, US District Judge Dexter Thompson, Mark Sacher, Joe Paterno, Nuncio Forte, ...
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:03:13 -0800
We talked about the demands of competitive skydiving , his kids who aren't old enough to skydive and what he hopes to teach people about life through the lessons he's learned jumping out of planes more than 25000 times.
The Hindu
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:36:51 -0800
The pandal collapsed when members of the elegant Air Force Band were performing before hundreds of spectators gathered to witness skydiving and weapons drill. The Air Force personnel swung into action and helped them come out from the spot.
The National
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:13:28 -0800
The first female skydiving team in the Gulf, left to right, Radwa El Ghamry, Nada Attia, Hamda Saif and Shaikha Al Muhairi, prepare for another jump at Sky Dive Dubai. DUBAI // When Radwa El Ghamry told her family she wanted to jump from a plane and ...
Tbo.com
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:11:56 -0800
According to CBS, the challenges for the 11 teams competing will include skydiving in Argentina, training with Masai warriors in Tanzania and racing through Africa's "Garden of Eden." The Greggs, both 44, are professional clowns who work as ...
Technique
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:02:05 -0800
The members of the Georgia Tech skydiving club are no different. I often fantasize about skydiving off of the top of the Bank of America building, said Dan Brady, a first-year PHYS major who has recently joined the skydiving club.
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skydiving, sport of descending partly by parachute from an airplane or similar craft. Engaged in for both recreational and competitive purposes,
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Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of performing acrobatics during freefall, followed by deployment of a parachute.
youtube.com
Fri, 30 May 2008 13:05:14 PDT
Amazing footage from the world indoor skydiving championship 2008.. youtube.com.
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2011-09-13 07:00:00
Skydiving Sep 2011, Don's Birthday cake and candles.
Is there any skydiving facilities in the Chicago area that allow you to jump if your 16 with parent consent?
Q. I'm looking to bring my friend skydiving on her birthday, but she will still be under 18. I will me 19 at the time. Would it be possible for me to take her with her parent's consent? I live in the Chicago land area.
Asked by mrlou19218@sbcglobal.net - Fri Feb 22 14:15:18 2008 - Other - Outdoor Recreation - 1 Answers - Comments
A. Most dropzones require that you are 18 or older to jump. You are right that some will let people jump at 16 with parental consent. I just don't know of any off the top of my head. I was 22 when I started skydiving so it was a non issue for me. The best thing to do is call the dropzones in the area directly and find out form them. Skydive Chicago and Chicago Land are great places to jump! You can get a listing of dropzones in the area from the United States Parachute Association. There are a few websites you need to check out to get good info on skydiving. is the website of the United States Parachute Association, the governing body for sport parachuting in the United States. There is a list of member dropzones on the website along with all… [cont.]
Answered by Merlyn - Fri Feb 22 16:49:35 2008
Q. I'm looking to bring my friend skydiving on her birthday, but she will still be under 18. I will me 19 at the time. Would it be possible for me to take her with her parent's consent? I live in the Chicago land area.
Asked by mrlou19218@sbcglobal.net - Fri Feb 22 14:15:18 2008 - Other - Outdoor Recreation - 1 Answers - Comments
A. Most dropzones require that you are 18 or older to jump. You are right that some will let people jump at 16 with parental consent. I just don't know of any off the top of my head. I was 22 when I started skydiving so it was a non issue for me. The best thing to do is call the dropzones in the area directly and find out form them. Skydive Chicago and Chicago Land are great places to jump! You can get a listing of dropzones in the area from the United States Parachute Association. There are a few websites you need to check out to get good info on skydiving. is the website of the United States Parachute Association, the governing body for sport parachuting in the United States. There is a list of member dropzones on the website along with all… [cont.]
Answered by Merlyn - Fri Feb 22 16:49:35 2008
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