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NEWS ABOUT: skydiving

skydiving stories: 10 news summaries

 The 7 Best Place to Skydive 


Sep 16, 09 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Skydiving is the ultimate rush, aided by a sensory trick—our brains lose the perception of height, so you can just "enjoy the ride," writes Turner Wright for Vagabondish. But where to jump?
  • Taupo, New Zealand. The skydiving capital of the world, where 30,000 people jump
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vacation • skydiving • extreme sports

Skydiver Falls 2K Feet, Hits Steel Roof, Lives

UK man in stable condition after backup parachute failed

Aug 16, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A skydiver survived after plummeting 2,000 feet onto a steel roof after his backup parachute malfunctioned. After jumping from 10,000 feet, his first parachute failed at 3,000 feet. When he tried to use his reserve parachute, it “spiraled to the ground,” the Times of London... More »

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skydiving • fall • strange stuff

 Skydiving Bush Sr. Turns 85 


Jun 12, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(AP) - George H.W. Bush celebrated his 85th birthday by skydiving over the coast of Maine today. The 41st president made a tandem jump with a member of the Army's Golden Knights parachute team onto a landing zone near a church in Kennebunkport, where the family has a summer home. "... More »

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Kennebunkport • Maine • George HW Bush • skydiving • airplane • George W. Bush • parachute • former presidents • Golden Knights

 Bush Sr. Plans 
 85th-Birthday Skydive 

Former president will jump near Maine home

Jun 9, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush plans to celebrate his 85th birthday Friday by making a parachute jump in Maine, where he has his summer home. An aide said today that Bush will make a tandem jump with a member of the US Army Golden Knights parachute team. Their landing... More »

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birthday • Maine • George HW Bush • skydiving • parachute

 Novice Skydiver 
 Lands Safely 
 With Dead Instructor 

Soldier says military training saved his life after instructor's mid-jump death

Feb 3, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - First-time skydiver Daniel Pharr had to think fast when he realized the instructor he was strapped to had suffered a medical emergency shortly after they leaped from the plane, he tells the Charlotte Observer. The soldier, copying moves he had seen on TV, pulled the toggles above him and steered... More »

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heart attack • soldier • skydiving • parachute

 Skydivers Jump From Everest 

Trio spends 15 years, $24K for 29,500-ft. leap from world's highest peak

Oct 5, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three skydivers bounded into record books today, completing the first parachute jump from Mt. Everest, the BBC reports. “It was amazing, just spectacular,” gushed one adventurer, who, along with her fellow divers, shelled out $24,000 each and 15 years of planning on the 29,500-foot leap. The... More »

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Nepal • Himalayas • skydiving • Mt. Everest

 Bill Murray Drops In on Air Show 

Actor hurls himself from 13,500 feet for perfect landing at Chicago show

Aug 16, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wisecracking comedian Bill Murray launched himself from 13,500 feet to start off the Chicago Air and Water Show yesterday, AP reports. "Is there some frequent flier program?" quipped the 57-year-old actor before leaping from a plane and executing several spins strapped to the belly of a sergeant from... More »

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Chicago • air show • Bill Murray • skydiving • actor • parachute

 Records Float Away
 for Hapless Skydiver 

Balloon sails without him as Fournier muffs third shot at parachuting from outer space

May 28, 08 2:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The third time was not a charm for a retired French army officer-turned-daredevil who  hoped yesterday to parachute to earth from the edge of outer space. Michel Fournier's latest attempt to ride a balloon 25 miles up before his death-defying, 15-minute leap—a feat which would have smashed several records—... More »

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hot air balloon • skydiving • Guinness World Records • Michel Fournier

Skydivers Recovered, Mourned

Oct 10, 07 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Families recalled young adrenalin junkies hooked on skydiving from their first jump as Washington coroners today continued the process of identifying the 10 who died in a plane crash Sunday in the Washington woods, reports the Yakima Herald-Republic. "She had that passion and just couldn't stop," said one... More »

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Washington • crash • plane crash • skydiving

7 Dead Found in Skydiver Wreck

Cessna crashed with 10 on  board

Oct 9, 07 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Searchers have found seven bodies in the wreckage of a missing skydiver plane and were still seeking three other passengers, the Seattle Times reports. The single-engine Cessna had been transporting nine skydivers from an Idaho event back home to Washington when it went missing Sunday. A hunter in the Cascade... More »

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plane crash • Cessna • skydiving

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