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Chattanooga skydiving business offers thrills

Owner Justin Silvia became passionate about the sport growing up around his father’s skydiving business. He passed that passion on to his two sons, who both are skydiving instructors.

Marine who lost both arms and both legs goes skydiving

RACINE COUNTY — It’s on the bucket list for a lot of people to go skydiving, but actually doing it...

Injured Marine flies again thanks to special parachute jump

Antioch Marine Sgt. John Peck whooped for joy and maybe a bit of relief as he completed a successful tandem parachute jump at Skydive Midwest in Sturtevant, Wis. Although the skydiving center annually conducts thousands of successful jumps, Peck’s Monday jump was unique: He wore a specially-designed harness to accommodate the loss of his arms and legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. He was ...

3 Reasons to Go Skydiving This Summer

I've never been in a plane until the day I jumped out of one. The truth is, I have a bit of fear when it comes to planes. Whether it was a terror I was born with, or something that was rooted in me from my early childhood viewings of La Bamba, I have a fear of flying. But, skydiving has always been on my bucket list and earlier last week I started thinking it may be time to cross this item off ...

Owner: Skydiving injuries unusual

After two amateur skydivers were injured in the past two weeks, the owner of that skydiving company is speaking with us about safety.