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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's fun to think about big questions, like 'Would you rather go skydiving or cliff diving?' World Book has gathered dozens of such questions, about exploits, feats and stunts. To help you get thinking, our editors have even offered a little expert advice. It's not important that you come up with the same answer as anyone else. What matters is that you think big every day!"--Page [4] of cover.
3) Skydiving
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"You want intense? How about leaping out of an airplane? Don't worry, there are parachutes! Skydiving is more than just a fast way to the ground. Skydivers perform amazing gymnastics as they soar through the air. Find out how skydiving became a sport, learn about the gear skydivers use, and experience the thrill of free fall." --cover.
5) Skydiving
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An in-depth survey of the popular extreme sport of skydiving, from Leonardo da Vinci's sketches to the parachute-free wingsuit, as well as its records, equipment, and famous divers"--
6) Skydiving
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"It's hard to imagine there's a more extreme sport than skydiving. Jumping from a plane at 13,000 feet (3,962 m) or higher seems crazy to some, but those who try it are often hooked for life. Readers of this book step off the plane and into the high-flying world of skydiving, including tandem skydiving, accelerated free fall, BASE jumping, and competitive skydiving. The history and hazards of the sport are also considered, with midair photographs...
10) Sky diving
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Uncover the history of the sport and discover different stunts and formations. Take a look at the specialist clothing and gear needed to go pro, and meet sky diving legends, pushing limits and breaking records.
15) Sky surfing
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, equipment, and techniques of the relatively new sport that involves a team of skydivers, one surfing and one filming.
17) The gypsy moths
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This thrilling biography tells the story of Tiny Broadwick, the first woman to ever parachute from a plane and the inventor of the parachute rip cord, and how her determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy in doing what she loved lifted her up to stand as tall as a pioneer in flight.
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious skydiving student apparently plunges to her death during a parachute jump, her daredevil instructor finds himself hurled headlong into a nightmare world of intrigue and deceit-- caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Russian mafia.
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