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Strato Jump III gondola at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. In 1963, Piantanida was living in Brick Township, New Jersey, and had a business selling pets when he discovered skydiving. One day after watching jumps at the then new Lakewood Sport Parachuting Center near Lakewood, he
The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride and a landmark in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, along the Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island.Situated in Steeplechase Plaza near the B&B Carousell, the structure consists of a 250-foot-tall (76 m), 170-short-ton (150 t) open-frame, steel parachute tower.
On February 13, 2012, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in New Jersey announced a new major water attraction King Cobra, that is the first in the United States. [16] [17] The ride Falls at Hurricane Harbor was proposed to get a transformation, giving it a trapdoor release in 2012, [18] [19] but was later cancelled for the new attraction King Cobra. [17]
The Stanley Switlik Elementary school in Marathon, Florida is named for him, [4] as is the Switlik Elementary School [5] in Jackson, New Jersey. Switlik Residents Hall at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey is also named after Stanley Switlik. He served on the Board of Trustees of Rider for 16 years and received an honorary degree in ...
Action Park was an amusement and water park located in Vernon Township, New Jersey, United States, on the grounds of the Vernon Valley/Great Gorge ski resort.The park consisted primarily of water-based attractions and originally opened to the public in 1978, under the ownership of Great American Recreation (GAR).
A group of veterans accomplished an incredible feat on Oct. 27, according to ABC News.The team completed the highest ever parachute jump in world history. Led by former Seal Fred Williams and ...
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A parachute tower at Fort Benning in the United States. The first parachute tower in the United States was a 115-foot-tall (35 m) tower in Ocean County, New Jersey, built by Stanley Switlik and first used by Amelia Earhart on 2 June 1935. [4]