Jan Davis dies at Lodi, California - 2001-03-31 by Mike Spurgeon

Popular and well known skydiver Jan Davis died at Lodi in California on Saturday March 31, 2001. Jan was filming a tandem when the accident happened. The tandem master saw her with a spinning...
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Skydiving Plane Carrying 22 Crashes in Texas - 2001-03-31 by Angela Brown

DECATUR, Texas (AP) - A single-engine plane carrying 21 skydivers and a pilot flew into turbulence and crashed shortly after takeoff from an airfield east of Decatur on Saturday, injuring five people ...
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Fatality at Carolina Sky Sports, Louisburg, NC - 2001-03-24 by Morten Berger Pedersen

A four-way and videographer exited a twin otter from 13000 feet. The videographer filmed the 4 way and everything about the skydive was normal at break-off. The pre-arranged pull altitude for the...
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$27 Million Settlement in Skydiving Plane Crash - 2001-03-16 by Joe Lambe

A Jackson County judge on Thursday approved a $27.5 million settlement for families of the pilot and five sky divers killed in a Grain Valley plane crash. Engine manufacturer Teledyne Continental...
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Newport skydiver's death investigated - 2001-03-14 by admin

CONNERSVILLE, Ind. - Federal Aviation Administration officials are completing an investigation into the death of a Newport woman during an accidentSaturday at a skydiving school here.
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Air Capital Skydiving Plane Crash - 2001-03-11 by admin

On Friday March 9th the 206 piloted by Nick Robson was totaled in a crash north of Air Capital Skydiving. Nick walked away with only a small cut on one hand and a bruized leg.
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Jumpin' Indiana Female Student Fatality - 2001-03-11 by admin

A 24 year old female skydiver died at Jumpin' Indiana on Saturday 10 March 2001. She had just graduated nursing school, and was down to make a few jumps to celebrate. The accident happend during...
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Skydiving Safety Day - What It Is - 2001-03-07 by Ed Scott

Since 1997, USPA has selected the second weekend of March as National Skydiving Safety Day and encouraged DZs everywhere to participate. The idea is simple; have skydivers focus for a day on the...
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Skydivers feared lost have been found - 2001-03-01 by admin

Malaysian maritime police rescued skydivers from the United States and Denmark who were feared to have been blown out to sea but actually had washed ashore on a deserted beach. Derek Thomas, 44, of...
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Russian Skydiver injured at DeLand - 2001-02-28 by admin

DELAND - A member of a Russian skydiving team was flown to a hospital Tuesday afternoon after being injured in what emergency officials described as a "hard landing.
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Seven Die As Venezuelan Parachute Plane Crashes - 2001-02-24 by admin

CARACAS (Reuters) - Seven people died on Saturday when a light plane carrying parachute students plunged into the Caribbean near the Venezuelan coast, local media reported. A Cessna 206 aircraft was...
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Fatality in Shreveport, Louisiana - 2001-02-19 by admin

A 28-year-old Shreveport man was killed Sunday after both his parachute and reserve chute failed to open in a 10,000-foot sky diving exercise near Downtown Airport. Jason Fisher was on a normal jump...
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Lack of oxygen caused skydivers' pilot to crash - 2001-01-16 by admin

The pilot of a skydiving plane apparently lost control of his aircraft and crashed off Mokuleia in 1999 because he was suffering from hypoxia -- a lack of oxygen to the brain -- from repeated flights ...
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Small Skydiving Plane Crash in Utah Kills 9 - 2001-01-15 by admin

TOOELE, Utah (AP) - A twin-engine plane returning from a skydiving trip crashed into the Great Salt Lake, killing all nine people on board. The plane was on a flight from Mesquite, Nev., when it went ...
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Base Jumper Dies in off-heading Opening - 2001-01-04 by admin

Michael "Schlefy" Schaefer was involved in a fatal BASE incident on Friday, December 29th due to an off-heading opening from a cliff in Arizona. Schlefy was a beloved staff member of Chicagoland...
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Man Dies in Lake Wales Skydive Mishap - 2000-12-29 by admin

A 42-year-old man from Germany died in a skydiving accident Wednesday at Lake Wales Airport. Witnesses said Manfred Klaiber, of Munich, Germany, was an estimated 100 feet off the ground when it...
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Skydiver falls to death in DeLand - 2000-12-28 by Michael Haun

DELAND -- A skydiver plummeted to her death Wednesday evening near U.S. 92, and investigators worked well into the night trying to determine exactly what happened during the final moments of her...
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Remembering Mago - The Magician of Rome - 2000-09-10 by admin

For all who know Mago, This Sunday we will remember Mago in our hearts. We'll Fly at sunset thinking of your Dream, the dream of Flight, Pure Human Flight, which is also our dream in which we truly...
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Two Jumpers Saved from Snags - 2000-09-04 by admin

CINCINNATI (AP) - A parachutist had to be rescued Friday night after he jumped from a downtown office building and snagged his parachute on the 29th floor of a nearby hotel, authorities said.
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Acampo Sky Diver Dies in Jump - 2000-08-22 by admin

Nicole Cadiz wanted one more sky dive before the day's end, but she never expected it to be her last. The 26-year-old woman died Saturday evening after winds ripped off her harness during a...
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Tragedy Ends Skydive Effort - 2000-08-21 by admin

DAYTON TOWNSHIP -- The death of a Missoula, Mont., skydiver and the serious injury of another Sunday ended Skydive Chicago's attempt to break the world record for the number of skydivers in a...
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Base Jumpers to Honor Lives of Fallen Comrades - 2000-08-20 by admin

BASE jumpers plan to congregate at Mineral Canyon near Moab in November to "celebrate the lives" of two colleagues who died July 18 when their single-engine airplane crashed while scouting jump sites ...
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Fatalities in Illinois, California and Italy - 2000-08-20 by admin

Skydive Chicago - Ottawa, Illinois US Day 8, Jump #22. This jump showed promise, but did not build completely. During break off, there was an in-air collision between two skydivers. This...
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Excerpts from the Navy SEAL Fatality Report - 2000-07-18 by admin

Harness Container was a Telesis 2, Main was a Navigator 280, Reserve a PD253R
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Navy SEAL dies in Parachuting Accident - 2000-07-18 by admin

LAKE ELSINORE -- A Navy SEAL from Chula Vista practicing a freefall sky diving technique died during a training exercise Wednesday when his chute appeared to malfunction. Michael Bearden, 27,...
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