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      <title><![CDATA[Charity skydive]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1328405309" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/4/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[CITY residents are being urged to take part in a skydive to help a medical charity.Magpas, which provided rapid emergency medical assistance across the east of England, is holding the parachute jump on the weekend of June 26 and June 27 at Sibson Airfield near Peterborough.The event is the brainchild of businesswoman Sue Papworth, who said: %u201CI wanted to support a charity with direct links to my own goals and ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="17886">
      <title><![CDATA[Somerset pensioner celebrates 80th birthday by skydiving]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327813625" delta="1 week ago"><![CDATA[1/29/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[An 80-strong team took part in a mass skydive raising in the region of £30,000 for an appeal to support sick babies in the city. They joined veteran fundraiser John Wilkins of Clevedon in North Somerset, in his task to mark his 80th birthday while raising money for the £1 million Cots for Tots Appeal to expand the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at St Michael's Hospital.Mr Wilkins has been ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17684">
      <title><![CDATA[2 skydivers killed after colliding over airport]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327208692" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/22/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[PERRIS, Calif. - Two skydivers fell hundreds of feet to their deaths Thursday after colliding over Perris Valley Airport in Riverside County, authorities said.The men's parachutes collided and deflated some 300 to 400 feet in the air, sending the men plummeting to the ground, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.Emergency workers tried to resuscitate the men but they were pronounced dead on the scene at 4 p.m.The sheriff-coroner's office identified ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17489">
      <title><![CDATA[Two expert skydivers fall to their deaths after mid-air collision]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1326873797" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/18/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Two skydivers fell hundreds of feet to their deaths after colliding over an airport in California.The men's parachutes became entangled and deflated around 300ft to 400ft in the air over Perris Valley Airport, California sending both men hurtling to the ground.Both were pronounced dead at the scene after the accident at 4pm yesterday.One of the men, Patrick McGowan,42, had worked with Skydive Perris for almost two decades and oversaw parachuting ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16849">
      <title><![CDATA[Salinas parents file lawsuit in skydiving death of daughter]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1321355926" delta="11 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/15/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A Salinas couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against several skydiving operations nearly two years after their daughter was killed in a failed parachute jump near Hollister.Jennifer McCoun, 40, of Tulare, died at a San Jose hospital from injuries received in the jump on Jan. 31, 2009.The lawsuit, filed by James and Marilyn McCoun in Santa Clara Superior Court last week, alleges fraud and gross negligence.The suit alleges that ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16684">
      <title><![CDATA[Adventure Travel Live]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320659608" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/7/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A competition to win a tandem skydive from the skies in front of Mt Everest can be entered by visiting the Adventure Travel Live website (below). The lucky winner will join the Everest Skydive Expedition in October 2011, and the jump will be made from 29.000ft. The prize (worth £19,750) will also include the full 11-day trekking experience from Kathmandu to the world's highest drop zone. A solo package is ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16363">
      <title><![CDATA[Wayward skydiver rescued from water]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320073438" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/31/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Oak Island, N.C. — Two of three people skydiving over the North Carolina coast Saturday were blown off course and had to be rescued.Oak Island Mayor Betty Wallace said one person landed safely at the airport and another landed on Oak Island Drive. The third, Laura Mullen, 43, of Southport, landed in the water about 1 mile off the Oak Island Bridge. The Coast Guard and Oak Island police worked ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16038">
      <title><![CDATA[Skydive team aim to make world cup]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319367388" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/23/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[FOUR women are soaring through the skies in an attempt to represent the UK at the skydiving world cup. The skydiving team, who train at Weston-on-the-Green, near Bicester, are currently getting ready for the competition in Germany in August. Victoria Bradley, a management consultant by day, regularly jumps from 10,500ft with twin sister Rebecca, Amanda Kemp, from Didcot, and Sarah Cannon, all 36. She said: “We have only been training ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15876">
      <title><![CDATA[Skydivers write to politicians about turbine worries]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318968852" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/18/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[WAINFLEET — Supporters of Skydive Burnaby have started to send letters to local and provincial politicians over two proposed wind turbines in close proximity to the business's Burnaby Rd. field.Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. plans to install a number of wind turbines, as part of a wind farm, in the township, with two being located on the east side of Station Rd. The company is locally-owned by the Loeffen family and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15714">
      <title><![CDATA[Skydiving jumps to memorialize Alex Gilmer, pilot who died over Boulder]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318672266" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/15/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[If you see a four-story illuminated American flag fluttering 10,000 feet above Boulder just after midnight New Year's Eve, it's not necessarily a sign that you've had too much to drink. The 38-foot by 70-foot flag, which will be attached to a skydiver and lit up by two other jumpers as part of a dramatic descent through the night sky Friday, will serve as a memorial to a pilot who ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15517">
      <title><![CDATA[Sky-diving plane crashes in La.; 3 killed, 2 hurt]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318168384" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/9/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[CROWLEY, La. – A small plane carrying a group of sky divers crashed Saturday in south-central Louisiana, killing three people and injuring two others on board.A pilot and four jumpers were aboard the single-engine plane when it crashed shortly after take off, Acadia Parish sheriff's deputy Maxine Trahan said.Witnesses reported seeing the Cessna 182 take off about 2:30 p.m. from LeGros Memorial Airport in Acadia Parish. The plane was about ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15388">
      <title><![CDATA[Santa Cruz native sets skydiving records]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Skydive Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1317672637" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/3/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The phrase "you go girl" applies to Stephanie Soria, who knew from the age of 8 she wanted to skydive, and has shown the determination it takes to become among the best in a largely male-dominated sport."But I don't mind the attention I get being one of the few girls," she said.The former Santa Cruz resident is in England teaching students how to skydive after setting world records in vertical ...]]></text>
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