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NEWS ABOUT: parachute

parachute stories: 5 news summaries

 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

 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

 DB Cooper's Parachute? 

FBI studying chute possibly used by hijacker, found by kids in a field

Mar 25, 08 10:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A parachute possibly used by legendary hijacker DB Cooper has been found by children playing in a field in Washington state, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The FBI is analyzing the chute to determine whether Cooper used it to jump out of a plane with $200,000 in 1971—the nation's... More »

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FBI • Washington • Seattle • cold cases • plane hijacking • parachute • D.B, Cooper

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