8way Team arrives at Skydive Chicago in Search of Gold

September 9, 2010

The Golden Knights 8way competition team arrived yesterday at Skydive Chicago- site of the 2010 US National Skydiving Competition. The cool midwest air and abundance of green grass was a welcome change of pace compared to the recent hot/dry climate in North Carolina.  Wasting no time, the eager 8way Team headed to the dropzone early [...]

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Golden Knights Selection 2010 has begun

September 9, 2010

That’s what it’s all about for sixteen individuals who are vying for a place with the U S Army Parachute Team Golden Knights. Two ladies and fourteen men crossed through the threshold of the headquarters facility’s historical museum of the Army’s only Department of Defense parachute team.

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The Wind in Cleveland is Cramping our Style!

September 8, 2010

Cleveland is trying hard to take the title away from Chicago as “The Windy City,” and it seems this week that she may actually be succeeding. The winds have been relentless off Lake Erie for the past two days, today being the worst. The needle on the official airport anemometer (fancy word for wind meter) [...]

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NASCAR Truck Driver Jennifer Cobb Takes to New Heights

September 8, 2010

Several members of the Tandem Team returned to our home training site in Laurinburg, NC this week. The Team has been busy this summer traveling the country taking our tandem operations to the American People. We have performed tandem camps in Beckley, WV; Ottawa, IL; Chicago IL; Cincinnati, OH and Addison TX.  Today we had [...]

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No Jump, But Lots of Interaction at Lakewood High School

September 7, 2010

The students at Lakewood High School in Cleveland were disappointed today when Black Team  could not jump into their football stadium because of extremely high winds, but the Team made it up to them by driving over to the school and visiting the students. Five members of the Team took a few hours out of [...]

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