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A nice shot of Skydive Empuria Brava, located in Girona Spain, and it's Beech 99 featuring it's fairly new paint scheme that matches...

One of the perks of being a Jump Pilot is that I get to meet some unique and super cool people. On a recent trip to Dallas I was honored to ...

One of the deadliest air disasters in Finland's history occurred this past Easter Sunday. A Comp Air 8 kit-built airplane, that was ...

  photo: Skydive Dubai The actress Michelle Rodriguez definitely lived up to the title of one of her films and lived Fast and Furious by...

The annual Sun 'n Fun International Fly In and Expo is celebrating its 40th birthday this week April 1 - 6! Held every year at Flori...

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...

This will be a very busy weekend as far as air shows are concerned. The highlight of this weekends air shows is the NAF El Centro Air Sho...

This is a story that I posted on my other blog  Caravan Pilots  a couple days ago. Considering that this was a jump plane, I figured that ...

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

If you want a good laugh today, check out this hilarious  video  of a GoPro camera falling out of an airplane and landing in a pigpen. The b...

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...

There's usually not as much flying for us Jump Pilots this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, reference the snowy photo below.  Bu...

If you're a Jump Pilot or if you're planning on becoming one, you will get the opportunity to travel. You will more than likely have...

A new year, a new Advisory Circular.  If you're a jump pilot, skydiver, rigger or DZO be sure and read the new AC 105-2E.  This AC cance...

Professional snowboarders Jamie Anderson and Ty Walker recently caught some extreme air after jumping out of Skydive Lake Wanaka's...

December is a significant month in aviation history.  On December 17th, 110 years ago, the "Wright Flyer" became the first heavier...

On a ferry flight to Dekalb Illinois, I parked the airplane that I had just delivered next to this beautiful red Quest Kodiak.  It was ab...

The Red Bull Air Race is returning to the skies starting February 28 - March 1 2014 in Abu Dhabi UAE.  I haven't personally seen them si...