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Darrin Hansen, 25, collided with the parachute canopy of another person during a jump about 30 feet above the ground, according to an FAA incident report and the San Joaquin County Medical ...
A skydiver survived an uncontrolled fall over Oceanside when his parachute failed to fully open, California firefighters told news outlets. The man, in his 30s or 40s, hit the roof of a two-story ...
The conversation between mom and son turned to Saturday’s jump at a skydiving facility near Lodi in San Joaquin County, about a half-hour drive from Sacramento. ... and news accounts, 10 of the ...
In April 1914, after his wife Hilder's near fatal static line jump, Smith worked to improve parachute design. [3] A patent, assigned to the Floyd Smith Aerial Equipment Company of San Diego, California, was filed on July 27, 1918, and issued May 18, 1920, for Smith's parachute.
The year following his Yosemite jump, still active in the U. S. Marine Corps as a Marine Corporal, Atherton demonstrated a high-profile stunt jump to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Edward Pearson Warner, at the San Diego Naval Base. Press pictures captured him in mid air at 5,000 feet (1,500 m). [13]
The results favored Smith's parachute design which his company, the Floyd Smith Aerial Equipment Company of San Diego, California, filed a patent for on July 27, 1918. Smith's design was further improved and eventually created the airplane parachute Type-A. [3] The Type A parachute incorporated three key elements:
A professional skydiving instructor has died and her student left seriously injured after the pair collided with “dust devils” in southern California on Friday.. An instructor for Skydive ...
Lillian Boyer (January 15, 1901 – February 1, 1989) was an American wing walker who performed numerous aerial stunts that included wing walking, automobile-to-airplane transfers, and parachute jumps between 1921 and 1929.