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• Skydiving and goose grinning - by Tom Miles
  So, Saturday was my day to celebrate 68 years on the planet by checking off a very much delayed personal experience on my list: a tandem free-fall skydive!
  (Rating: 8.84 Votes: 50 Viewed: 6328 Posted: Wed Oct 17 2007)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Adam Mattacola of Avalore Freefly - by David Geffin
  According to his bio on the Avalore team page Adam Mattacola, apparently began jumping in 2004 at my local drop zone, Sibson, near Peterborough in the UK when he was still in his teens.
  (Rating: 5.05 Votes: 67 Viewed: 4241 Posted: Sun Jul 22 2007)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Arthur's Gift - by Michele Lesser
  Arthur Stapler, known as "Rebel," was a vibrant, intense man who never took no for an answer. Rebel died Saturday, May 14, 2005 at age 47, of Multiple Sclerosis. But it isn't his death I want to talk about, it was his life, and the gift he gave everyone he knew, especially those of us here on Dropzone.com.
  (Rating: 9.26 Votes: 225 Viewed: 9369 Posted: Tue May 17 2005)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Jeb Corliss Gets Set For World Record Landing Attempt - by Tiffany Storrs
  Perris, CA (November 23,2004)- Pioneer B.A.S.E. jumper Jeb Corliss and Go Fast! - sponsored test pilot Luigi Cani, have paved the way for a world record landing attempt of a wing-suit—minus a parachute. Jeb and Luigi teamed up to gauge speeds and gather data to safely land Jeb’s wing-suit.
  (Rating: 7.54 Votes: 146 Viewed: 123856 Posted: Sat Dec 04 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• ERAU Skydiving Club - by Jerry Reitano
  Embry Riddle Aeronautical University is not only one of the top ranked aerospace engineering schools in the country, but it also produces a large number of our airline pilots. The university sits just four miles from Daytona Beach, one of the world’s most famous beaches - home of Bike Week, Spring Break and even the birthplace of NASCAR. While some ERAU students spend their free time relaxing and soaking up the sun, a select group of students use the beach as a backdrop for their aerial playground.
  (Rating: 8.09 Votes: 31 Viewed: 5472 Posted: Mon Nov 15 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Skydiving after total shoulder replacement? You bet! - by Betsy Barnhouse
  Larry Hill DZO of Skydive Arizona and sponsor of Arizona Airspeed returned to the sky at the World Free Fall Convention 2004 in Rantoul Illinois. Remarkably this was just eighteen months after total shoulder replacement surgery.
  (Rating: 7.84 Votes: 41 Viewed: 6271 Posted: Mon Oct 04 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Bush parachutes for 80th birthday - by CNN
  Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday by parachuting twice onto the grounds of his presidential library. Both great leaps were made in tandem with more experienced jumpers from the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute team from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
  (Rating: 7.44 Votes: 56 Viewed: 8054 Posted: Sun Jun 13 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Michiko Kawaragi - Sweet Dreams Come True - by Betsy Barnhouse
  Twenty- three year old Michiko Kawaragi has made the trek from Japan to Skydive Arizona twice in the past six months. Her goal, to make as many skydives as she can afford.
  (Rating: 8.53 Votes: 50 Viewed: 5254 Posted: Mon May 17 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Edward Anderson joins Aerodyne International - by Arnold Collenteur
  We are extremely happy to announce that Mr. Edward Anderson, better known as Bushman, is to join the Aerodyne group to become Chief of Operations (COO) of Aerodyne Research Inc, our subsidiary in Florida, USA. In this position Bushman will
  (Rating: 8.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 2044 Posted: Tue Aug 19 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Rebel with a Dream - by Michele Lesser
  "Tuesday. I'm going to jump on Tuesday. If the weather holds, that is." Like a teenager, Arthur Stapler's voice cracks with excitement. "It's been a bad spring and early summer here," he chats on, "lots of rain and clouds. I would have done it
  (Rating: 9.60 Votes: 109 Viewed: 4682 Posted: Mon Jul 28 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Instructor honored posthumously for saving student - by Associated Press
  PITTSBURGH -- Robert Bonadies was falling at a rate of about 176 feet per second when he grasped the rip cord of a student who had tumbled out of control, saving her life and sacrificing his own. Bonadies, 47, of Vernon, Conn., was one of 21
  (Rating: 9.63 Votes: 16 Viewed: 4915 Posted: Thu Apr 24 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• SkymonkeyOne Retires - by Andrea Miller
  On Friday, January 24th 2003, Sergeant First Class Charles W. Blue II stood at attention in front of his Commanding Officer for the last time. After 20 years of service to his country, SFC Chuck Blue, also know as Skymonkeyone in the skydiving
  (Rating: 9.75 Votes: 4 Viewed: 2661 Posted: Tue Jan 28 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Michel Fournier's Big Jump Delayed to May 2003
  Due to unfavorable weather conditions Michel Fournier had no choice but to postpone his attempt to jump from the stratosphere till May 2003. This is the next possible meteorological window for the Big Jump. Two attempts to launch failed: the
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 2344 Posted: Sat Sep 21 2002)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Profession in Adrenaline
  Leigh Ainsworth's recipe for success is a volatile cocktail of nylon, titanium and huge air. At just 18 years of age she has become New Zealand's youngest commercial freefall photographer, and jumping out of a perfectly good aeroplane for a
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1629 Posted: Sat Sep 14 2002)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Michel Fournier aims for the Stratosphere - by Anne Marie Owens
  Somewhere high in the skies above Saskatchewan, Canada this week, a retired French army parachutist will jump from a height of 40,000 metres in a freefall he hopes will propel him faster than the speed of sound. If 58-year-old Michel Fournier
  (Rating: 10.00 Votes: 2 Viewed: 7058 Posted: Mon Sep 09 2002)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Carbone Zone has touched down - by Andre Stepsky
  That's right! You heard it here first. Skydive America Palm Beach is now the proud landlord of some new guests. Yep, that's right. Scotty Carbone (a self-proclaimed skydiving gypsy), his lovely wife, Tammy, and his 3-legged dog, Hercules, have
  (Rating: 10.00 Votes: 4 Viewed: 1879 Posted: Sun Apr 07 2002)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Skydivers Realize Bobo's Big Dream - by Christine Dempsey
  ELLINGTON -- Marylou Laughlin wiped tears from her eyes as she walked off the field next to Ellington Airport, her parachute in tow. Moments earlier, she was one of 39 skydivers to form a flower-like formation thousands of feet above. The
  (Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1709 Posted: Fri Mar 29 2002)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Chasing a World Record - by Lisa Briggs
  I've always considered myself to be an average recreational skydiver. Although I've been throwing myself out of airplanes for twelve years now for various reasons I've never been able to afford to jump as hard as is needed to be really good at
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1754 Posted: Sat Feb 09 2002)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Sylvester Armand St. Cyr - by Ron Schott
  Sylvester Armand St. Cyr passed away in his sleep earlier this month. It was a peaceful transition for a very productive, prolific member of the cast of the human stage and arena. Sylvester St. Cyr joined the Christian Skydivers Association in
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1408 Posted: Mon Jan 21 2002)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Taya Weiss - Following her heart - by Steve Sanderson
  As skydivers, we like to tend to think that we know a little more about life than the average Joe Blow Whuffo. We like to think that we see something that others don’t, and never will, without experiencing the incredible rush of crossing
  (Rating: 9.50 Votes: 2 Viewed: 2362 Posted: Mon Dec 10 2001)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Chuck Parsons - A Life Lived in Flight - by Melissa Evans
  PEPPERELL -- Shortly after Ann Parsons saw her husband hit the ground while practicing a new skydiving move, she saw him do exactly what they learn in training: roll. "I thought, 'Oh my goodness, he's going to be sore tomorrow,' "
  (Rating: 5.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1981 Posted: Sat Jul 14 2001)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Omri Galili - Israel's Fly Baby
  "Skydive Eilat" is one of only two skydiving clubs in Israel. Roy Ritter, the Chief Instructor is very proud of his 800 members but especially of the 16 year old Omri Galili who at the age of 10 announced: "I want to be a Skydiver." When he was 8,
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 3410 Posted: Sun Jun 10 2001)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• John Matthews Faces Fight With Insurance Company
  The director of rehabilitation at Saint Mary's hospital said that the Aetna insurance company is refusing to pay to send a critically injured skydiver to the proper rehabilitation facility. Last November, professional skydiver John Matthews got
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 1893 Posted: Sun Mar 25 2001)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• The Passing of TOP POP, Lenny Barad - by Kim Tucker
  Lenny Barad passed away March 11, 2001. Lenny was a jumper with the Greater St. Louis Parachute Club in the 60s, at Lobmaster Field, Gumbo, Chesterfield (St. Louis) MO. One day, after Lenny turned 40, he, with great enthusiasm, announced
  (Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1 Viewed: 1178 Posted: Fri Mar 16 2001)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Dana Bowman Brings Hope
  ALEDO - For 20 students in Stacie Ragle's fourth-grade class at Stuard Elementary School, helicopter pilot Dana Bowman's visit Friday was an exciting learning experience. For one student, 10-year-old Kylie Houx, the visit was a chance to
  (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0 Viewed: 2725 Posted: Sun Mar 11 2001)   Rate It   Bookmark It