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British basejumper's terror as his parachute fails to open when he leaps off 1,000ft cliff (...but amazingly he escaped with minor injuries)
Rome :: Italy | 12 hours ago
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A terrified basejumper hurtles towards the ground after his parachute failed to open when he jumped off a 1,000ft cliff. But amazingly Matthew Gough, 25, escaped with only minor cuts and bruises despite crashing into rocks on his way down before
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Device credited for saving skydiver
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 20 hours ago
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A local man injured in a skydiving accident Sunday is crediting a special device for saving his life as he plummeted from the air. Brian Binder, an experienced skydiver with more than 1,000 jumps under his belt, hit another skydiver in freefall at
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Man who fell to Earth lives to tell the tale
Taupo :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
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As skydiver Liam Dunne plummeted to what he thought was certain death, he cursed his own stupidity. "What an idiot, I thought. "I was pissed off, and gutted for my wife and kids. "What a stupid way to orphan your kids ... then that was it." Watch
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German parachutist left red faced after he has to be rescued from tree by firefighters
London :: United Kingdom | 6 days ago
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15 May 2013 A group of crack German soldiers were left decisively red-faced after they were left dangling from trees by their parachutes and had to be rescued by firemen. The team of elite paratroopers were blown off course by a freak gust of wind
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Verizon Wireless to pay parents surprise $7 billion dividend (Reuters)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 8 days ago
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46 am Humans walk at about three miles an hour, and run at around five. It is the shape and musculature of the human body that determines this...James Robins May 10, 1:12 pm Follow me on Twitter: @James_ARobinsIn Castaway, the bizarre film that sees
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Lightnight strikes cause nine fires in Boise National Forest
Boise :: ID :: USA | 10 days ago
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Lightning has caused nine new fires this weekend in the Emmett and Idaho City Ranger Districts. Fires this early in the season are primarily due to a combination of factors; the lack of snow pack, the above average temperatures, lack of spring rain
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Flying car accident in B.C. under investigation
Toronto :: Canada | 10 days ago
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On Friday, an airborne car crashed near Ellison Elementary School in Vernon, B.C., after the parachute it uses to stay afloat collapsed...The Maverick LSA Flying Car was made in the Florida by I-TEC and is certified by the U.S...On its site, I-TEC
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VIDEO: Paratrooper survives being sucked out of plane
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 11 days ago
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Paratrooper survives being sucked out of plane after chute accidentally opens The heart-pounding cell phone footage show the unnamed man kneeling on the open ramp of a C-130 Hercules, looking for the dropzone thousands of feet below. Friday, May 10,
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Oregon smokejumpers skydive into illegal pot garden
Medford :: OR :: USA | 12 days ago
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Ore. A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season. The six smokejumpers from a base in Redmond found the site Monday evening, when there
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Safe landing after chute fails
Wellington :: New Zealand | 12 days ago
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A Skydive Abel Tasman tandem master and a female tourist landed safely at the airport base at Motueka. "I guess they did a good job, but it's normal procedure," the company's sales and marketing manager, Christine Gabrielle, said The first chute did
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