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Dwain Weston (31 January 1973 – 5 October 2003) was an Australian skydiver, BASE jumper, wingsuiter and software developer. On 5 October 2003, at the end of the inaugural Go Fast Games, Weston died while attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, United States.
Australian wingsuiter and BASE jumper died when he crash landed 200 meters below a BASE jump launch point in the Tofane mountain range, near Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. [173] 10 September 2023 Dennis Ploner 29 Italy Italian wingsuiter died approximately five seconds into a jump from the ruins of Castel Greifenstein, outside of Bolzano, Italy. [174]
In October 2003, Corliss was teamed to jump with his best friend, Australian BASE jumper Dwain Weston, at the inaugural Go Fast Games. Corliss was to fly under the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, while Weston was meant to pass over it. Instead, Weston impacted the bridge at an estimated speed of 120 mph (190 km/h) which caused his death.
State patrol reveals details about deadly I-70 crash in Ohio And while wrong-way collisions make up a fraction of all car crashes — 0.01% of 1.05 million to be exact — they are 40 times more ...
The man fell into a slope “more than 1,000 feet above the valley floor,” deputies said. BASE jumper plunges to his death in ‘rugged and hazardous’ valley, Utah officials say Skip to main ...
While wrong-way collisions make up a fraction of all car crashes – 0.01% of 1.05 million to be exact – they are 40 times more likely to end in death
June 10 - Pilot Chris Penistone was killed flying a light two-seater aircraft, whilst performing a display routine at Methley Bridge Boatyard, near Castleford, West Yorkshire. His plane crashed into the ground, as he tried to initiate a recovery from a flat spin, at a "height lower than required". April 10 – 2010 Air Races Crash.
September 14 – Chesapeake Air Show (Middle River, Maryland) – A Lockheed F-117, 81–793, of the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, lost its port wing at 1500 hrs. during a pass over Martin State Airport, and crashed into a residential area of Bowley's Quarters, Maryland damaging several homes.