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Utah skydiver falls to death on Oregon coast

Last updated Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 6:42am

OCEANSIDE, Ore. -- A 34-year-old skydiver has died after his parachute failed to open on time, and investigators in Tillamook County are searching the scene for his helmet cameras.

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Brian Drage (right) indoor skydives at iFLY in Ogden as Dusty Hanks gives instruction Friday. Skydivers are attending a four-day tunnel camp, training to become competitors at the United States Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Touching the sky with iFLY

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 12:25am

OGDEN -- Skydivers are attending a four-day tunnel camp at iFLY in Ogden to train to become competitors at the United States Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships.

The iFLY experiences gives the skydivers the opportunity to learn body control, including flips, turns and falling with the head pointed down.

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Janet Eastman King

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 12:02am

Janet Eastman King, born Oct. 1, 1958, in Ogden, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at the Washington Terrace Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at Leavitt’s Mortuary, 836 36th St., Ogden. Family will greet friends from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. before the service. Interment will follow at Leavitt’s Aultorest Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to an animal shelter. Post condolences at www.leavittsmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Death of Moab skydiver probable suicide

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 2:49pm

MOAB -- The death of a champion skydiver whose body was found beneath a cliff outside Moab has been ruled a probable suicide.

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40 years later, many still intrigued by D.B. Cooper mystery

Hal Bernton The Seattle Times

Last updated Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 2:48pm

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The passenger aboard the Northwest Orient flight from Portland to Seattle on Thanksgiving Eve 1971 wore sunglasses, a suit and a polyester black clip-on tie. He politely asked for a bourbon and 7-Up. Then, he handed the flight attendant a note declaring he had a bomb and demanding a $200,000 ransom.

Was this the beginning of a deeply flawed hijacking plan that would end with a suicidal nighttime parachute jump from the Boeing 727 jet by the man who would become known to the world as D.B. Cooper?

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