Over the course of the past decade, thousands of natural gas drilling rigs have been erected throughout tthe Piceance Basin of western Colorado causing many small towns in the area to experience booming economic...
Apparently Red Bull really does give you wings. A man from Colorado sponsoring a sports beverage company successfully proved that jet packs are the wave of the future and that some people will do anything for...
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FORT BRAGG, NC - The U.S. Army Parachute Team the Golden Knights' 2008 Assessment and Selection program graduated 12 Soldiers earning the prestigious honor of wearing the black and gold uniform-representing the...
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A swissair pilot named Yves Rossy crossed the English Channel from Calais to Dover with a jetpack strapped to his back, a single fixed-wing jet-propelled device he made himself. After numerous postponements due to...
" At least 34 skydivers from 14 countries, including Britain, the United States, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand plan to jump from an aircraft flying 465 feet above the Everest summit on Oct. 2. Hurtling past...
The first recipient of a tiny, rechargable spinal-cord stimulator is giving the device the thumbs-up."After suffering a broken femur, a shattered pelvis and a severed spine in an epic parachute fail a few years ago, it seemed that Hammond would be condemned to a life of...
"A man has died in a parachute jump in Nottinghamshire.The 30-year-old was on his third jump at the British Parachute School's centre at Langar, near Bingham, on Saturday afternoon.It is believed he left the plane...
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Jamie Robertson jumped out of a perfectly good plane, hit its tail, flew through the air the same way a brick doesn't for 4,500 feet and then floated the last 750 feet on a reserve chute. It was a lucky day for the 57-year old, as he survived with only a few...
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" McClatchy Newspapers Saturday, August 30, 2008 Duke officials were a bit surprised when, at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday, about an hour before the scheduled kickoff of their game against James Madison, two men...
" POLICE have seized graphic video showing the moment a BASE jumper's parachute fails to open in a near-fatal plunge. The Port Douglas chef and experienced skydiver with hundreds of jumps under his belt, miraculously survived the 305m fall off Australia's highest sheer...
" The number of British troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 has reached 100, following the deaths of three soldiers.The Ministry of Defence said the trio died following a suicide attack on a routine patrol in...
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"DUANESBURG, N.Y. - A 29-year-old man leaped out of a plane at 10,000 feet with a camera but no parachute Saturday. His body was found next to a house with a damaged roof, police said.Sloan Carafello of...
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" The Archbishop of York leapt from 12,500ft amid billowing orange smoke today in a parachute jump for a military charity. After landing safely Dr Sentamu said: “It was fantastic," He added: “I was praying...
If you needed yet more proof that life is not like Mission: Impossible 2, then read on..." Police were driving along George Street near the intersection of Liverpool Street about 3.10am when a man in a parachute...
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"A paratrooper who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan has made history by becoming the first British serviceman to return to active service as an amputee. Corporal Stuart Hale makes history Corporal Stuart Hale is now serving in southern Afghanistan less than two...