Skydiving

Student survives after tandem rig malfunction, but the FAA investigation is hampered by funding lapse.

Six people sustained serious injuries in an accident just after takeoff in Tullahoma, Tennessee.

Skydiver had been aboard the Cessna 182 to take photographs before she accidentally backed into the operating propeller.

The aircraft’s name hints at its ability to carry up to eight passengers or lots of cargo.

Investigators could not definitively determine whether copilot Charles Crooks fell or jumped to his death during the emergency landing of a CASA C-212 in July 2022.

The United States Parachute Association is offering a safety management system as an alternative to a proposal it says could put some small operators out of business.

Cheryl Stearns was the first woman to join the Army’s Golden Knights and was recently named Distinguished Stateswoman of Aviation.

A celebration of basic flight

Skydiving operations at private grass strips are somewhat of a rarity.

Skydiving student and military veteran Jonathon Blank, who lost his legs when an improvised explosive device detonated next to him in Afghanistan in 2010.