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This image provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria as he jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, Baumgartner shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever — a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert. (AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos)

Skydiver breaks record in towering jump

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 15, 2012 - 9:39am

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In this photo provided by Red Bull, pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria is seen in a screen at mission control center in the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M. on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Baumgartner plans to jump from an altitude of 120,000 feet, an altitude chosen to enable him to achieve Mach 1 in free fall, which would deliver scientific data to the aerospace community about human survival from high altitudes.(AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos, Stefan Aufschnaiter)

Supersonic jump breaks sound barrier

Juan Carlos Llorca, Oskar Garcia The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 15, 2012 - 9:50am

ROSWELL, N.M. — Felix Baumgartner stood alone at the edge of space, poised in the open doorway of a capsule suspended above Earth and wondering if he would make it back alive. Twenty four miles below him, millions of people were right there with him, watching on the Internet and marveling at the wonder of the moment.

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Skydiver cancels try at supersonic jump

Jeri Clausing The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 1:19pm

ROSWELL, N.M. — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner canceled his planned death-defying 23-mile free fall Tuesday because of high winds, the second time this week he was forced to postpone his quest to be the first supersonic skydiver.

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Octogenarian celebrates birthday by skydiving

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, June 23, 2012 - 10:55pm

OGDEN — Doris Whitesides’ grin couldn’t have been much bigger Saturday morning as she hurtled toward the earth at 120 miles per hour, 12,000 feet above Ogden.

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Utah skydiver falls to death on Oregon coast

Contributed The Associated Press

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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