Skydiving News

Share + Nov 25, 2009 9:01 am US/Central ATLANTERRA, Spain 1 of 3 A Swiss daredevil crossed the English Channel strapped to a homemade jet-propelled wing Friday, parachuting into a field near the white cliffs of Dover after a 10-minute solo flight.

A local guy joined a flock of 68 wingsuit pilots who descended like flying squirrels in a diamond formation this month to pierce a U.S. record above Southern California.

One should never be afraid to try something different. Edson Double E Fencing Club member Ryan Halterman sure wasn't during the Alberta Winter Games playoffs in Edson on Nov.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 7:29 pm US/Pacific Reporting David Begnaud ACAMPO The FAA is investigating a local skydiving center, Parachute Center, some of its aircrafts and some individuals associated with the company.

Hundreds of spectators gathered at Lake Elsinore in California, America, to watch them beat the record before they broke formation to deploy their parachutes and land safely.

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California is popular among the tourist. With its endless coastline, beautiful giant Redwoods, and its always happening city life anyone can find something fun to do in California.

Eleanor Cunningham , of Glendale , N.Y., spent her 95th birthday skydiving, which is becoming something of a tradition for her -- she took the leap for the first time on her 90th birthday.

To celebrate her birthday, Cunningham, better known as "Nanny" of Howes Cave, repeated a feat she accomplished in 2004.

Festive sights and sounds will once again fill the air at Moody Gardens during the Festival of Lights Nov.

Witnesses to this week's death of a skydiver at Lake Elsinore say that the accident appears to have resulted from the victim's technique in diving out of the airplane, Federal Aviation Administration officials said.

Eric Beaudoin and Robin Richardson thought they were prepared for every conceivable scenario as military search and rescue technicians - but jumping out of a moving aircraft onto a shifting ice floe to rescue a stranded 17-year-old trapped on a moving ice floe took the master corporals to a whole new level.

A skydiver killed during a jump this week had tried earlier in the day to set a parachuting record in a charity event, friends and officials said Thursday.

A skydiver from Boston killed in a California accident had tried to set a parachuting record in a charity jump hours before his death.Forty-year-old Stephen Harrington of Boston landed Wednesday in a Murrietta driveway.Authorities say he might have struck the tail of the plane and it was unclear whether his parachute deployed.

URRIETA, Calif. - Riverside County sheriff's officials say a skydiver has been killed during a jump near Murrieta.

When Jack Helms was growing up in Kannapolis, he didn't see much of a future in the mill work that dominated the town.

Anyone around Rattlesnake Mountain early Wednesday morning might have seen something unusual in the skies.

Last weekend Steve, Sheraden, Kendelle and Jan Porter celebrated Kendelle's 18th birthday and Jan's fourth year of being a breast cancer survivor.

Marilynn Templeton is an acrophobe: She's terrified of heights. She rode to the top of Chicago's 110-story Sears Tower and couldn't get out of the elevator.

China's rapidly modernizing air force is planning a display of its new military might for its 60th anniversary, showcasing a wide-ranging technical upgrade that has boosted its capabilities, though it still lags far behind its main rival, the United States.