Skydiving
Skydiving and parachuting involves jump from an aircraft with a parachute and performing acrobatics in the free fall for as long as possible before pulling the ripcord and opening the parachute. This section showcases the extreme sport of parachuting and skydiving.
What is a Powered Parachute (PPC)?
A powered parachute, or PPC, is one of the best ways to soar like a bird and view panoramic vistas of scenery. It’s easy to learn and fun to fly.
Skydiving Incidents & Safety Unstable Low Exit
How we can become safer skydivers by learning from the experiences of other skydivers in this exciting and fun sport.
Swooping Competitions
No sport would be complete without a competition for the best of that sport to show off their skills, and swooping is no exception.
How far can people swoop?
Swooping is a spectacular sport to watch, and there are a few parts of it that make it much more fun to watch than regular sky diving.
Where can you go swooping?
Swooping is becoming more and more popular, which means that there are more places where you can actually swoop.
The history of swooping
Swooping is a very new form of skydiving, so the history of this sport has to date back to skydiving, itself.
General: Skydiving enthusiast invents "The Parachute Recliner"
John Peterson, 21, of San Pedro, Wis., loves skydiving, but he was getting bored with the usual technique. So Peterson invented the first recliner that comes fully equipped with a parachute. Read the full story here.
Skydiving Victim Named As Minister's Daughter
The foreign office minister, Denis MacShane, left for Australia last night after his daughter was killed in a skydiving accident near Melbourne.
No sport would be complete without a competition for the best of that sport to show off their skills, and swooping is no exception.
How far can people swoop?
Swooping is a spectacular sport to watch, and there are a few parts of it that make it much more fun to watch than regular sky diving.
Where can you go swooping?
Swooping is becoming more and more popular, which means that there are more places where you can actually swoop.
The history of swooping
Swooping is a very new form of skydiving, so the history of this sport has to date back to skydiving, itself.
General: Skydiving enthusiast invents "The Parachute Recliner"
John Peterson, 21, of San Pedro, Wis., loves skydiving, but he was getting bored with the usual technique. So Peterson invented the first recliner that comes fully equipped with a parachute. Read the full story here.
Skydiving Victim Named As Minister's Daughter
The foreign office minister, Denis MacShane, left for Australia last night after his daughter was killed in a skydiving accident near Melbourne.