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Skydiver gearing up again for jump from stratosphere on Sunday
Reuters(Reuters) - An Austrian daredevil hopes to end a week-long delay on Sunday and skydive from a balloon flying 23 miles above the planet, breaking a 52-year-old altitude record - and the sound barrier in the process. On Saturday, skydiver Felix...Tags: Air and Aviation Sports, Parachuting, Virgin Group, Ltd., Richard Branson, Sports
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Emmaus High graduate wins gold at U.S. skydiving championships
Emmaus High graduate Curt Bartholomew last week added another skydiving title to resume. Bartholomew, a 27-year-old Zionsville native who lives in Florida, won three medals, including a gold, at the U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving...
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Air and Aviation Sports, Awards and Prizes, Parachuting, Sports
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Santiago Rosell: Pilot found sky diving the best form of flying
For Mother's Day four years ago, Santiago Rosell took his wife skydiving in DeLand. It was the first time for both. "It was on my bucket list, and he knew it," said Linda Ivey, 55, of Altamonte Springs. "I enjoyed it. It was kind of a thrill, but not...
Tags: Air and Aviation Sports, Tom Cruise, Sports, Mother's Day, Payne Stewart
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Santiago Rosell: Skydiver killed in DeLand identified as former pilot for Boston Red Sox
They told him he was too old to start skydiving but that didn't stop Santiago Rosell from finding a way. The Altamonte Springs man wanted one more thrill to add to what had been an exhilarating life as a former fighter jet pilot, aviator for the...
Tags: Air and Aviation Sports, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Sports, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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May 6 in History: State being sued for $1,000,000 for having allegedly caused the death of five
>> 50 Years Ago — BRAWLEY — More than 200 dune buggies from 110 Southern California cities and Arizona competed in the sand buggy competition at Osborne Memorial Park off Glamis Road Sunday, which was combined with a parachute-jumping...Tags: Air and Aviation Sports, Work Relations, Career and Workplace, Sports, Labor Legislation
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Jump into U.S. history instead of skydiving
In colonial Virginia in 1654, a black man named John Casor became an answer to this trivia question: Who was the first man in the colonies to be legally declared a slave by the courts? But the more interesting trivia question concerns Anthony Johnson,...
Tags: Air and Aviation Sports, U.S. Congress, The Herald-Mail, Slavery, John Hancock
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Watch skydiver survive 8,000-foot plummet after parachutes fail
Skydiver Craig Stapleton, 51, is lucky to be alive after his parachutes failed during a jump on Sunday. Stapleton jumped from 8,000 feet, and then his primary and backup parachutes failed. "I thought, 'God hates me,'" Stapleton told ABCNews.com....
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Marine killed in skydiving accident was decorated combat veteran
L.A. NOWThe Marine killed during a parachute training accident in Perris was a highly decorated combat veteran from Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Marine Corps announced Thursday. Sgt. Caleb Medley, 26, of La Junta, Colo., died this week when he plummeted...... -
Marine who died in Perris skydiving accident identified
L.A. NOWA Camp Pendleton Marine who plummeted to his death Tuesday afternoon during a parachuting training exercise in Perris was identified Wednesday as Caleb Medley, 26, of Burlington, Colorado, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s office.... -
Camp Pendleton Marine dies in sky diving accident in Perris
L.A. NOWA skydiver plummeted to his death Tuesday afternoon in Perris, officials said.... -
Rescuers search for missing skydiver in Washington state
Authorities in Washington state narrowed their search Saturday for a skydiver who disappeared after jumping from a helicopter above the Cascade Mountains and are hoping to find the 29-year old alive after two days in the rugged terrain. Sgt. Cindi...
Tags: Air and Aviation Sports, Parachuting, Sports, Democratic Party, Los Angeles Times
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Most Googled in 2012: Whitney, PSY, Sandy
Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — The world's attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and along the way, millions of people searched the Web to find out about a royal princess, the latest iPad, and a record-breaking skydiver. Whitney Houston...Tags: Heart Attack, YouTube, Awards and Prizes, Mitt Romney, Entertainment Events
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