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• n  a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord

• Robert Van leperen, a Utah highway patrolman and close friend, recalled that McCoy, an enthusiastic skydiver, had talked about hijacking a plane in Cooper style.
• An 'xtreme' skydiver jumps from Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
• The combination of the wings' shape and the skydiver's position modifies the airstream to create the lift needed to float forward.

News & Articles

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• Skydiver killed in Houston-area chute accident
  ROSHARON, Texas (AP) -- Investigators say a skydiver has been killed after plunging to the ground when one of his parachutes failed to open during a Houston-area jump. The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened Saturday afternoon. Officials with Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon (roh-SHEH'-r'n) on Sunday identified the skydiver as Miguel Carrasco. The company said Carrasco, an ...
  June 16, 2013 - KHOU 11 Houston
• Report: Skydiver broke leg after possibly striking power line
  A skydiver broke his leg Saturday afternoon in DeLand after possibly striking a power line, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.        
  June 16, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel
• Skydiver falls to death in Texas
  ROSHARON, Texas, June 15 (UPI) -- A veteran skydiver experienced a parachute malfunction in Texas Saturday and plummeted to his death, authorities said.
  June 16, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Mark Cuban in InternetNews.com
  Set for life, Cuban went into movies and other ventures and bought the Landmark theater chain because "I'm a competitive junkie," Cuban said. "I'm not a skydiver adrenalin junkie, I'm a business adrenalin junkie."