After about six hours of private lessons, I was on board *** Cessna 182 getting ready to take that one big step earlier, my instructor gave me some reassuring words about his first jump. I was scared ...

A skydiving instructor died before hitting the ground at the Royal Golf Course near Slidell on Sunday during a tandem jump, according to an autopsy that determined he died of heart disease. The St.

CHESTER -- A first-time skydiver was able to steer safely to the ground Saturday afternoon after his 49-year-old instructor died of an apparent mid-air heart attack. The first-timer, described as an ...

Editor's note: Sentinel staff writer Keith Lansdale chose to go skydiving to commemorate a recent birthday, and in the following article, shares the experience of the event. No one ever has gone ...

Skydiving is an extremely exciting hobby and of course the focus of the whole sport is to safely “nail” the landing. With modern ram-air (square) parachutes, one can control the landing quite ...

Changing jobs, particularly to a new industry or function or geography, can feel like jumping out of a plane in midair. I know that because I just jumped out of a plane from 13,500 feet. (It was ...