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Lauderdale Air Show brings out civilian daredevils
The two-day Lauderdale Air Show kicked off Saturday, drawing thousands of people who looked on as civilian daredevils twisted, dropped, turned and rolled their aircraft. It left the beach and nearby streets full of people with their eyes toward the sky....
Tags: Sports, Skydiving
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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....
Tags: Sports, Skydiving
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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.... -
Daredevil went faster than previously thought during 24-mile fall
The results are in from Felix Baumgartner’s record-setting leap from a capsule floating more than 24 miles above a barren New Mexico desert, and it turns out he went faster during his supersonic free fall than originally estimated. With more...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Parachuting, California Science Center, Aerospace Manufacturing, SpaceX
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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: Parachuting, Los Angeles Times, Sports, Skydiving, Democratic Party
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Florida travel calendar for November
Check out festivals and events in November across the state.
View events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below:
Coming up this week
Through Dec. 23. The Cannonball Christmas Express. Tavares. On select dates, the...Tags: Jams and Jellies, New Smyrna Beach, Jimmy Buffett, Marshmallows, Orienteering
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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: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Morgan Freeman, 2012 Summer Olympics, Wars and Interventions, Awards and Prizes
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Man seriously hurt in skydiving accident
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA skydiver was hurt in southeast Wichita this afternoon, after landing hard and hitting his head. He landed in a field in the 7000 block of South 143rd Street Saturday afternoon. Sedgwick County deputies say he was skydiving with three other people....Tags: Sports, Skydiving
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BASE jumper becomes stuck in tree, later rescued
L.A. NOWA man was plucked from a tree early Tuesday morning after he BASE jumped off a 730-feet Northern California bridge thought to be the highest in the state, an official said.... -
“Long Island Medium” Season 3 recaps “The Flying Larrys” and “My Keys Now”
Channel Guide MagazineTheresa Caputo wasn’t comfortable – at all – with husband and son (the Larrys) decision to try skydiving in the Long Island Medium Season 3 episode of “The Flying Larrys.” In her familiar Long Island tone, Theresa quipped, &#...
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