Chinese Skiers take a break from preparing for 2010 Winter Games (Standard-Examiner)

OGDEN -- Han Xiaopeng is usually fearless when he hurtles down a jump as a freestyle aerial skier with the Chinese Olympic Ski Team. But on Wednesday he was a little skittish about stepping into the iFly sky diving simulator at the Salomon Center in downtown Ogden.

83 Year Old Goes Parasailing (9&10 News Cadillac)

Sky diving, bungee jumping, parasailing.. several things many of us may never get the chance - or want the chance - to do...but not one local woman. 83 year old Wanda Dillon conquered something she had been wanting to do for some time, she went parasailing. And it just so happens to be her birthday.

Smith to do 'Dancing' (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Forget running with the bulls and sky diving. John L. Smith is treading into new territory with his latest adventure. The former University of Louisville football coach will compete in the second annual Canfield Development's "Dancing With The Stars, Derby Style" benefit for the Louisville Orchestra.

80-Year Old Grandmother Goes Sky Diving (WCIA 3 Champaign-Urbana)

(CHAMPAIGN CO.)---It was a birthday celebration like no other Sunday in Champaign County. That's because 80-year old Mary Shepard turned dare devil.

Hobbies 'cost Britons £300 a year' (Channel 4)

Britons spend an average of nearly £300 a year on sports and active hobbies, a survey has shown. The average person spends £280 a year taking exercise, with activities ranging from walking, which is free, to sky-diving, which costs around £4,000 a year, according to Yorkshire Bank.

Plane Misses Danielson Runway; Crashes In Nearby Field (NBC 30 Connecticut)

The FAA is investigating after a single engine plane lost power and fell short of the runway at Danielson airport.

KY Man Killed In Sky Diving Accident (WLEX-TV Lexington)

CINCINNATI (AP) - A Kentucky sky diver has plunged to his death in a residential Cincinnati neighborhood after his parachute failed to open. Union Township Police say 21-year-old Thomas Bartlett, of Owensboro, Ky., jumped out of a helicopter at around 7:30 p.m. Friday.