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Skydiver Breaks Record For Manned Balloon Flight At 23 Miles High
ReutersROSWELL, New Mexico (Reuters) - Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke the record for the highest manned balloon flight on Sunday after his craft rose 23 miles above New Mexico, project sponsors said. The 43-year-old daredevil was inside a capsule...Tags: Skydiving, Sports
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Skydiver Makes World Record Jump from Edge of Space
CNNROSWELL, New Mexico -- The sky proved no limit for Felix Baumgartner. The Austrian daredevil, in fact, rose to the edge of space Sunday -- 128,100 feet, or 24 miles, above the Earth -- before plunging faster than the speed of sound. Minutes later, he...Tags: Malaysia, Sandwiches, NASA, Foods and Beverages, U.S. Air Force
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60 Seconds of Terror: Tandem Skydive Nearly Goes Wrong
FOX40 NewsA video uploaded to YouTube a week ago, showing an 80-year-old woman nearly slipping out of her parachute during a tandem skydive, has an Acampo business in hot water. The incident happened over a year ago, with the FAA receiving an email of the video...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Skydiving, YouTube, Sports, Parachuting
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81-year-old Skydiver's Instructor Fined
FOX40 NewsShe's the 81-year-old dare devil who decided to take a 13,000 leap in to the sky. But, when it all went wrong, she became the 81-year-old YouTube sensation. And now, the Federal Aviation Administration is talking about fining the instructor a $2,200...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Punishment, Federal Aviation Administration, YouTube, Sports
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Supersonic jumper readies for record setting leap
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner made final preparations Tuesday for a death-defying, 23-mile free fall into the New Mexico desert, hoping to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier. The planned early morning...
Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Science, Sports, Parachuting
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UPDATE: Jump aborted
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Extreme athlete and skydiver Felix Baumgartner has canceled his planned death-defying 23-mile free fall into the New Mexico desert because of high winds. The 43-year-old former military parachutist from Austria had hoped to...
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Skydiving for a good cause
KIAHHave you ever wanted to go skydiving? If skydiving isn't an exciting way to do a fundraiser, we don't know what is! It's called Jump for the Rose, a local charity where skydiving nets money for The Rose, a non-profit breast cancer organization. It's...Tags: Breast Cancer, Skydiving, Sports
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Lloyd Waters: The wisdom of paraprosdokians
Sometimes I just plain get tired of all the political rhetoric and news that saturates my life. Sure, I know it’s most important that we get some working and knowledgeable leaders in office but I’m not sure where exactly we might find them....Tags: The Herald-Mail, Joe Biden, Skydiving, Miss America Pageant, Sports
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Skydiving Center trying to raise money for man's handicapped-accessible van
J.R. Sides and his wife, Kathy Sides, co-owners of the Skydiving Center in Chambersburg, helped kick off the Mobility for Randy fundraiser for Randy Schroeder. The fundraising event will help purchase a handicapped assessable van for Schroeder who is...
Tags: Back Pain, Skydiving, Sports
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Woman Critically Hurt Trying to Set Skydiving Record
KTLA NewsPERRIS, Calif. (KTLA) -- A woman trying to set a skydiving world record was critically hurt Sunday in a skydiving accident near the Perris Valley Airport. The woman, whose name was not released, was found unconscious beneath her emergency parachute. She...Tags: Skydiving, Sports
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Elite skydiving team to take the plunge, help Navy SEAL foundation
Ever seen frogs falling from the sky? You can have a front row seat to the action this weekend at Lake Wawasee...and it's all for a good cause. The Elite Frogs Skydiving Team made up of active duty and retired Navy SEALs will be performing Saturday...
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NASA releases raw skydiver's view of Curiosity's big drop to Mars -- plus play-by-play
The newly released version of NASA's descent video showing Curiosity zipping down to Mars takes the perspective of "a skydiver's helmet-cam," says a mission scientist. The video, taken by the Mars Descent Imager, features mission control audio, synced up...
Tags: NASA, Skydiving, Sports
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