NSW’s Senior Week jump off to a flying start with a group of plucky over 60s throwing themselves out of an aeroplane over Wollongong today. In doing so they achieved a skydiving record at the same time.
In a recent article from the SMH it has been reported that BASE jumpers are genetically hot-wired to risk life and limb in search of thrills. Are you one of these “hot-wired” thrill seekers?
Australian couple Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan have broken the world record for the highest BASE jump in history, after jumping from a 6,604 metre precipice in northern India last month.
There’s a new high performance motor sport sweeping the globe and now it’s headed for Australia. Referred to as the ‘Formula One of the sky,’ this global phenomenon is the Red Bull Air Race. It will be held for the first time in Australia on 19 November 2006. This free spectator event will touch down in Perth for the final leg of the 2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series above the picturesque waters of the Swan River.
Launched in 2003, the Red Bull Air Race is a thrilling new aviation event that puts the world’s most talented pilots up against each other in a race based on speed, precision and skill. The race features a dynamic new discipline of flying, where the objective is to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the sky in the fastest possible time.
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