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Mid-Carolina Regional Airport (IATA: SRW, ICAO: KRUQ, FAA LID: RUQ) (formerly Rowan County Airport) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Salisbury, a city in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA. This general aviation airport covers 400 acres (162 ha) and has one runway.
Smitty was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, on October 17, 1898.He grew up in the shadow of emerging aviation and began to develop a desire to parachute. However, the early 20th century in aviation was an era when many jumpers, in primitive gear, often did not survive their first attempt; however, Smitty vowed he would.
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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.
Victoria lives in Wiltshire, England, and is a physiotherapist for the Ministry of Defence. [1]Victoria's ex-husband Emile Cilliers was born in South Africa in 1980 and moved to the UK in the early 2000s.
In the United States, skydiving is a self-regulated sport, which means skydivers, in the US, voluntarily follow a set of basic safety requirements established by the U.S. Parachute Association. Federal requirements can be found in the Federal Aviation Regulations. Most of the regulations concern the aircraft, pilot and rules of flight.
In 1940, Wicomico County and the City of Salisbury begun to construct the airport with the Works Progress Administration. [5] It originally encompassed 695 acres and cost $1.5 million. Officially opened on November 11, 1943, [1] Salisbury was originally leased to the U.S. Navy as a training base during World War II up through 1945.