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Starting today we will be re-posting some interesting articles found in the Jump Pilot section of the USPA newsletter titled The USPA Profes...

B ack in 2008 I was flying for Skydive Temple, about 50 miles north of Austin Texas. That is where I met a fellow jump pilot by the name...

The United States Parachute Association (USPA) designates the second Saturday in March of every year to be its Safety Day and this year that...

Jump Flying, the Rotary Version!   By Dan Rose   T his article is in no way a guide to being a jump pilot, this is written to show th...

A cool day here at SkyDiverDriver.com !  Today the 10,000th person started following us (@skydiver.driver) on Instagram! I think that it...

Normally when you hear of a skydiver having a "problem", it has something to do with their parachute. However, on Friday near Lima...

In business since 1993, Skydive Las Vegas operates a PAC 750 out of Boulder City Airport (BVU), about 20 miles southeast of "The...

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded its on-site investigation concerning a Cessna 206 that crashed on Saturday Ma...

At approximately 11:30 am local eastern Australian time (Saturday morning) a Cessna 206 with skydivers onboard crashed soon after take off f...

Will Smith and his two sons, Jaden and Trey, recently went skydiving at Skydive Dubai. His youngest son is only 15 years old, which would ha...

A cool photo of a DC3 sunset fly by at Skydive Arizona.  The largest drop zone in the world and the only one that I'm aware of that fl...

If you love history, aviation or skydiving you will appreciate this picture. This is a classic picture of Jump Pilot George Quick (left) and...

Here's a photo of me at "work" at Skydive Houston awhile ago.  I have a small mirror that I use to keep an eye on those crazy ...

I made Captain of the beloved C208 Caravan, the most popular single engine turbo prop jump plane in the world!  To give you an idea of how l...

Felix Baumgartner successfully jumped from 71,000 feet last week in preparation for a record breaking skydive from 120,000 which will take p...

Here I am deep in thought (lol) waiting for my next load of skydivers at Skydive Taft.  By the way, this is one of the only Cessna 182s that...

Here I am sitting in the jump door of the Caravan.  Relaxing after a long day of flying skydivers in Lompoc, CA @ Skydive Santa Barbara.  I ...