Skydiving News

A 25-year-old man is in a critical condition in Royal Perth Hospital after a parachuting accident in the Pilbara.

DICING WITH DEATH: Skydiver Liam Dunne, right, during an earlier jump. He survived when his parachute failed last year, leaving him with a broken back.

An image which could debunk claims of UFO activity over Queenstown. The globalparanormal.com account describes a white orb, which could be the drogue pictured at top.

An emergency call went out for help around 7:14 p.m. Sunday after a skydiving accident south of San Diego.

A view of The Ohio State Fair as photographed from the roof of the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio.

Officials said 1st Lt. Paul Demeo of Derry, N.H., died Tuesday at Womack Army Medical Center on base.

And far from being put off by the adrenalin rush of falling two miles to the ground, she has vowed to do it all over again when she hits 90.

Previous laboratory studies have observed that when an individual is repeatedly exposed to a stressful situation, such as public speaking or performing mental arithmetic in front of an audience, their physiological responses -- levels of arousal and stress hormones -- decrease as they become accustomed to it.

For those of you interested in stepping out of a Cessna 182 airplane that's about 12,500 to 13,000 feet above earth, I've got good news.

We all know skydiving can be a scary venture for even the bravest of souls. So, having some trepidation about your jump is completely understandable.

During Google's extended edition opening keynote this morning, there was a distinctive lack of skydiving.

News release from United States Parachute Association: TEMECULA, CA - May 13, 2013 - Temecula resident Justin Judd won the gold medal in the advanced distance event Friday at the 2013 U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting at Skydive City Zephyrhills in Florida.

The thought a four-hour golf experience would be ruined by one and a-half minutes of noise from a skydiving operation is ''a huge imbalance'', the Environment Court heard in Queenstown yesterday.

IT was almost exactly a year ago that film stuntman Gary Connery became the first person to complete a 2,400ft wingsuit jump without using a parachute.

U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, 90 years old, went skydiving last year wearing an American flag jumpsuit.

A former Army paratrooper who fought in World War II made his first skydive in 57 years on Sunday at Dinwiddie County Airport.

Police in Columbus say a 22-year-old man has been charged after parachuting off a 900-foot broadcast tower on the Ohio State University campus.

Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough, if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not that bad a gig.

Many folks in Michigan who seek adrenaline rushes travel down to Cedar Point to ride roller coasters and other various thrill rides.

A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season.