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O'Brien had two favorite hobbies: motorcycle riding and skydiving. While skydiving on September 25, 1983 at the United Parachute Club near Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, he and another skydiver deployed their main parachutes. During their descent, under their open parachutes, the two collided, and their parachutes became entangled.
The United States Parachute Association (USPA) is a private sports governing body for the sport of skydiving in the United States. Its headquarters are located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The USPA's roots go back to the National Parachute Riggers-Jumpers, Inc., which was formed in the 1930s.
The oldest civilian parachute club in the world is The Irish Parachute Club, founded in 1956 by Freddie Bond and located in Clonbullogue, Co. Offaly, Ireland. [65] The oldest civilian parachute club in the USA is The Peninsula Skydivers Skydiving Club, founded in 1962 by Hugh Bacon Bergeron, located in West Point, VA, [66]
Victoria Cilliers' parachute failed during a 4,000-foot jump in 2015
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Mangold racing in Perth during the 2006 series. Mangold began his aviation career in 1974 as a skydiver while attending the United States Air Force Academy. [2] He went on to USAF pilot training in 1977 and learned to fly fighters, graduating from the academy the following year with a B.S. degree, and eventually attending the United States Air Force Fighter Weapons School.
Tandem skydiving has maintained an excellent safety record in the state. A new law will only raise the cost. Bad U.S. Congress bill could ground Hoke County skydiving businesses.