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Dropzone Unknown - 2006-02-26 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,...

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Avalore Freefly Courses - 2006-02-24 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...

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First jet powered Birdman flight - 2005-12-31 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....

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SkyVenture Arizona Open for Business - 2005-08-28 by admin

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...

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Non Skydivers Learn Canopy Piloting - 2005-07-03 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...

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Para-Gear Photo Submissions For Catalog #70 - 2005-03-05 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...

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Dropzone.com Premier Membership Launched! - 2004-09-27 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...

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Perris Tunnel Training Camp for Women - 2004-09-20 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...

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Aerodyne Sponsored Instructor Program (ASIP) - 2004-03-03 by Aerodyne

Aerodyne proudly announces the launch of a sponsoring program aimed at professional skydiving instructors and coaches around the world.

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L-1 Vertical Wind Tunnel - 2004-02-11 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 ...

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Aerodyne’s Internet Tombola makes a US skydiver happy! - 2004-02-11 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 ...

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Dive with ad'oh, not Dubya - 2003-12-30 by admin

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.

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Cherry Doyle of Eufaula has fallen. But she did get up. - 2003-12-11 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, ...

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DeLand Canopy Coaches Launch Flight-1 Canopy School - 2003-12-08 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...

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Spaceland Anomaly - Insomnia Tunnel Camp - 2003-11-29 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...

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Skydive murder suspects released on bail - 2003-10-25 by admin

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...

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New School Flight Camps Blends Training - 2003-10-25 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...

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Orlando Skyventure upgrades to bigger motors - 2003-10-05 by Brannan Johnson

The SkyVenture wind tunnel in Orlando, Florida, has just finished adding bigger more efficient motors and a host of other improvements that make the world's best vertical wind tunnel even better.

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Saving lives with your computer - 2003-04-05 by Cajones

Dropzone.com users have formed a team to help with a world-wide effort to understand proteins and their role in certain diseases. It is called "Folding@Home" and this effort is already producing...

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Para-Gear Catalog Photo Submissions - 2003-03-13 by Curt Bachman

Para-Gear is interested in photographic submissions that you may have for the 2003-2004 Para-Gear Catalog #68. We have taken the time to briefly describe the format and certain criteria that we look...

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Big Air Sportz - New Structure and Pricing - 2003-02-22 by Andy Frey

Tampa, FL -- Big Air Sportz, Inc., makers of high performance airlocked sport parachutes, has slashed retail prices on its Samurai and Lotus models of airlocked canopies.

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Big Air Sportz offers discount for rating holders - 2002-12-17 by Eric Boerger

Big Air Sportz is proud to announce that their instructor discounts are back for a limited time. Big Air Sportz, Inc. is offering significant discounts on all canopies sold directly to current rated...

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Freefly Training Center Freefly Thursdays - 2002-11-11 by Dave Brown

The Freefly Training Center (located at Skydive Sebastian, Florida) is incorporating a new program to benefit the freeflyers planning to go to the SkyVenture wind tunnel in Orlando to freefly.