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• Top Gun flights now boarding at Skydive Airkix
  Skydive Airkix is proud to announce that the UK members of the BIRDMAN Factory Team – Top Gun, will be permanently based at Skydive Airkix in Peterborough, with immediate affect.
  (Rating: 3.86 Votes: 38 Viewed: 3145 Posted: Wed Apr 16 2008)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Skydiving Rings in New Year on a High Note as Safety and Popularity Soars - by PRNewswire
  According to the U.S. Parachute Association (USPA), America's premier skydiving association, 2007 made history as the year skydiving took a dramatic turn upward as one of the most popular adrenaline sports in the nation.
  (Rating: 7.26 Votes: 47 Viewed: 7596 Posted: Tue Jan 15 2008)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Time for a National "Sky" Patrol? - by Bryan Burke
  Considering the frequency of skydiving injuries, there is an obvious need for trained response. All outdoor sports share some commonalities. Each takes place in an unusual environment, with specific environmental hazards. Each has specialized equipment and skill sets. Each has an undeniable element of risk, yet those risks are not mysterious and can be mitigated through proper preparation.
  (Rating: 4.52 Votes: 109 Viewed: 6808 Posted: Mon Jul 23 2007)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Livin' on the Edge - Literally. - by Douglas Spotted Eagle
  Tied in with 5/8 rope, bits of aluminum and steel cable holding five cameramen in place on sheets of ice/soggy snow, we're shooting the Performance Design Factory Team as they become the first terrain swoopers in the world flying inside the Grand Canyon.
  (Rating: 9.06 Votes: 149 Viewed: 17454 Posted: Thu Mar 01 2007)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• The Transfer of Ownership - by John Hawke
  Most of us have no idea what amazing feats we are capable of. However, when we face life's challenges we are able to achieve personal breakthroughs that can result in permanent change.
  (Rating: 9.29 Votes: 179 Viewed: 5253 Posted: Tue Feb 20 2007)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Adventure Volunteerism - by Karen Hawes
  Imagine throwing a weekend supply of backpacking gear out of an airplane, then jumping out after it and hiking around the desert for a couple of days.
  (Rating: 9.22 Votes: 23 Viewed: 3117 Posted: Tue Feb 20 2007)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Para-Gear Photo Submissions For Catalog #72 - by Curt Bachman
  Para-Gear is interested in photographic submissions that you may have for the 2007 - 2008 Para-Gear Catalog #72. Para-Gear offers $500.00 each for both the front and back covers we choose. Our current deadline for catalog cover submissions is March 31st 2007 .
  (Rating: 1.75 Votes: 4 Viewed: 3222 Posted: Tue Feb 20 2007)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• New Name for Relative Workshop
  The uninsured Relative Workshop will commence trading under the new name of the Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC from 1 October 2006.
  (Rating: 5.01 Votes: 15 Viewed: 5088 Posted: Sat Sep 02 2006)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Dropzone Unknown - by Karen Hawes
  With all of the worldwide disasters happening, have you thought about joining in and helping out somehow? Skydiving skills, to reach people in isolated areas, are being used by Remote Area Medical, to bring in help where it is needed.
  (Rating: 8.97 Votes: 41 Viewed: 11158 Posted: Sun Feb 26 2006)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Avalore Freefly Courses - by Louis Harwood
  Avalore Freefly School provides a high level of customer service and support. They aim to help students with every aspect of their coaching trips from booking hotels to getting a reserve repack as well as supporting them after their coaching as much as possible.
  (Rating: 7.61 Votes: 15 Viewed: 3481 Posted: Fri Feb 24 2006)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• First jet powered Birdman flight - by Jezz Santos
  Tuesday 25th October 2005 - It was an untypical crisp October morning in Lahti, Finland when Visa Parviainen and the BirdMan Rocket Team attempted to make the first ever jet powered, birdman flight. The team set up camp in a small park in downtown Lahti, to prepare for the jump.
  (Rating: 8.85 Votes: 212 Viewed: 80933 Posted: Sat Dec 31 2005)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• SkyVenture Arizona Open for Business
  All the employees of SkyVenture Arizona are delighted to announce that the world’s largest indoor wind tunnel is now officially open for business! We believe the moment you enter the flight chamber for the first time you will agree that this fantastic facility was worth the wait!
  (Rating: 7.70 Votes: 20 Viewed: 8437 Posted: Sun Aug 28 2005)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Non Skydivers Learn Canopy Piloting - by Cyndi Torelli
  The Ground Launch Center has implemented a new program designed to teach non-skydivers the art of canopy piloting. The center is a playground for experienced pilots, and provides a solid training environment for all levels of canopy pilots.
  (Rating: 7.53 Votes: 38 Viewed: 10372 Posted: Sun Jul 03 2005)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Para-Gear Photo Submissions For Catalog #70 - by Curt Bachman
  Para-Gear is interested in photographic submissions that you may have for the 2005 -2006 Para-Gear Catalog #70. We have taken the time to briefly describe the format and certain criteria that we look for, in order to help you to see if you have something worth submitting.
  (Rating: 2.50 Votes: 26 Viewed: 6835 Posted: Sat Mar 05 2005)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Dropzone.com Premier Membership Launched! - by sangiro
  Dropzone.com today launched its voluntary Premier Membership service! The decision to move forward with voluntary user supported subscription services was made for a few reasons: I want to keep Dropzone.com on the web and without this, I can not pay the bills. We want to keep advertising content low and we want to provide you with the best possible service and the coolest features we can! That's it.
  (Rating: 8.47 Votes: 38 Viewed: 5409 Posted: Mon Sep 27 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Perris Tunnel Training Camp for Women - by Christy Frikken
  For the first time Skydive Perris is organizing a tunnel training camp for women only at SkyVenture Perris. Nina Kuebler and Synchronicity are the organizers. In addition to what the Perris Performance Plus already offers, we now are hosting an all female 4-way tunnel and skydiving camp.
  (Rating: 4.06 Votes: 41 Viewed: 3433 Posted: Mon Sep 20 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Aerodyne Sponsored Instructor Program (ASIP) - by Aerodyne
  Aerodyne proudly announces the launch of a sponsoring program aimed at professional skydiving instructors and coaches around the world.
  (Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1646 Posted: Wed Mar 03 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• L-1 Vertical Wind Tunnel - by Dawn Suiter
  Initial tests prove that the L-1 wind tunnel is everything that it's fathers designed it to be... Under development for nearly a decade, dreamt about for 2 more before that, and the L-1 Vertical Wind Tunnel is NOW a reality.
  (Rating: 6.50 Votes: 4 Viewed: 2935 Posted: Wed Feb 11 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Aerodyne’s Internet Tombola makes a US skydiver happy! - by Aerodyne
  Jennifer Panicorp of Covington, Washington (USA) is the happy winner of a free complete Aerodyne parachute system, consisting of an Icon harness-container system, a Smart reserve and a main canopy of her choice.
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1333 Posted: Wed Feb 11 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Dive with ad'oh, not Dubya
  A poll conducted by a British charity has found that more people would rather participate in a tandem skydive with Homer Simpson than with George Bush.
  (Rating: 5.50 Votes: 2 Viewed: 1332 Posted: Tue Dec 30 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Cherry Doyle of Eufaula has fallen. But she did get up. - by Susan Walworth
  In fact, she got up before she fell-way, way up-11,000 feet above ground level to be exact. And it was no accident when the 72-year-old grandmother jumped from a 1957 single engine plane, Saturday, Nov. 29.
  (Rating: 9.00 Votes: 5 Viewed: 1358 Posted: Thu Dec 11 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• DeLand Canopy Coaches Launch Flight-1 Canopy School - by Scott Miller
  Skydivers will soon have a new way to improve their canopy flying skills. Members of the Performance Designs Factory Swoop Team and Skydive DeLand's Freedom of Flight Canopy School have joined together to create a new coaching project called Flight-1.
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1425 Posted: Mon Dec 08 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Spaceland Anomaly - Insomnia Tunnel Camp - by Trent Alkek
  Spaceland Anomaly, this year's silver medallist freefly team, is hosting its second annual "Insomnia Tunnel Camp" this coming January. Together with tunnel champions Juliana and Fabian Raidel and Joao Tambor, Anomaly hopes to again bring freeflyers of all experience levels to the SkyVenture tunnel in Orlando for an intensive 3 night camp.
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1039 Posted: Sat Nov 29 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Skydive murder suspects released on bail
  Two 19-year-old men arrested in connection with the murder of skydiver Stephen Hilder have been released on police bail pending further inquiries. The men, understood to be Adrian Blair and David Mason, were taken into custody by Humberside Police on Wednesday.
  (Rating: 6.50 Votes: 2 Viewed: 1863 Posted: Sat Oct 25 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• New School Flight Camps Blends Training - by Steven Blincoe
  New School Flight camps blend all the major disciplines into to one training session over a four day period. Freefly, Fundamental RW, Tunnel, and Canopy progression camps dedicated to producing a more complete skyjumper.
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1117 Posted: Sat Oct 25 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It