Definition of skydiving
: the sport of jumping from an airplane and typically executing a prolonged free fall before deploying a parachute
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Also, more than $11 million of that value was for furniture, fixtures and equipment related to the skydiving business.
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And nobody does high-octane adventures (think surfing and skydiving simulators) like Royal Caribbean.
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Other than skydiving, nothing was as important as this case for my brother.
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The case in the 2nd Circuit stems from a years-old lawsuit brought by Donald Zarda, a skydiving instructor who had worked at a company called Altitude Express.
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Fink is a Coronado businessman and avid skydiver who invested millions of dollars in Airborne America, the indoor skydiving business that failed last year.
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The property used to be an indoor skydiving facility and would be converted to a center for homeless services under the city plan.
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Once certified by the Guinness World Records organization, Quillin will own the record held by a 90-year-old, according to Quillin's grandson Mike Welch, who organized both the skydiving and zip-lining adventures.
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Logan Paul, a social media celebrity, took to Twitter to discuss a parachute malfunction during a skydiving lesson.
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First Known Use of skydiving
1955
SKYDIVING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of skydiving for English Language Learners
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: the sport of jumping from an airplane and falling through the sky before opening a parachute
SKYDIVING Defined for Kids
Definition of skydiving for Students
: the sport of jumping from an airplane using a parachute
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