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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...

The Cessna Caravan is THE most popular turbine powered Jump Plane in the World. Now and then our readers will share with us interesting ...

As first reported by the Virginian-Pilot - The CNN journalist and author was in town over the weekend and jumped out of a plane high ab...

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

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

A video released by the FAA and USPA to help educate pilots that are interested in flying skydivers. There is a lot of great information...

There's usually not as much flying for us Jump Pilots during this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. But there IS plenty of othe...

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

As first reported by ABC News - A pilot is being treated and four skydivers escaped uninjured after a small plane crashed into a Gilber...

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

Staying busy in the off season filming a PGA tournament. When is opening day? #crush2016 #skydivechicago #HD A photo posted by Skydiv...

A super cool photo of pilot Sig Wilson and #parachutist Marquette MI circa 1930 #avgeek #oldschoolskydiving #pilot A photo posted by Ch...

A good Jump Pilot is always reviewing and never gets complacent. I've flown at drop zones that are located at public airports and at ...

In the video below a fellow Jump Pilot on short final correctly executes a go-around after a skydiver lands on the runway. Humans landi...

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

A Grand Caravan owned by Skydive Dubai with 14 Skydivers on-board crash landed at about 8am local time on Tuesday morning. The aircraft had ...

Twenty years ago NASA teamed up with a Drop Zone near Mojave, California for their X-38 project. The Jump Aircraft that was utilized was a C...

A year ago today the Grand Caravan pictured above operated by Grant Aviation crashed   during its takeoff phase of flight in Alaska. Alt...