I’ve created a site, this time on a subject slightly closer to home…
Check out www.learnaboutasthma.org when you get a moment.
Same as with the SkyDiving site, I’ll be posting a summary of some of the articles quite regularly - if you don’t want to read about these type of sites, just click on the Personal and [...]

OK, it is currently defaced with the previously mentioned hacker’s tag, but the main index page for Sky Diving is www.skydiving-news.org . Next I’ll let you know about the other sites currently in place, try to contain your excitement until more details appear ;>

It is Sunday, and we’ve just waved Natalya & Oleg (a different Oleg to the one previously mentioned on this site) off. They visited for a long weekend, to do some business and to say hello to some of Astana’s inhabitants. They stayed with us, and when not working, we went out for a few [...]

Some idiot has hacked all my AdSense based websites, or rather their index pages.
I’m not going to restore them until I know what to do to prevent it occurring again, and all the articles themselves are at least still accessible directly, via their URL.
This is the text that appears, with the web site’s tag line [...]

A guide for the beginners out there - www.skydiving-news.org/skydiving_tutorial_how_can_we_learn_to_skydive.php

What reason do others have for wanting to SkyDive? Who will ever understand the beauty, the freedom, the rush but someone who has been there already? Perhaps you, if you check out www.skydiving-news.org/why_do_people_skydive.php

The answer has been debated many times, make your own decision based upon the facts contained at www.skydiving-news.org/who_madethe_first_parachute_jump.php

Choosing the right location is CRITICAL to a safe swoop. If you’re thinking of giving this specialized area of SkyDiving a try, read on … www.skydiving-news.org/where_can_you_go_swooping.php

Stag nights can be so predictable - get hammered, end up crawling between night time venues of varying ill repute, or in my case, have a solo one in Amsterdam, and miss a few planes to meet up with your wife-to-be! You may want to consider another option, which is most likely to be healthier [...]

Despite the title, this page will also give you some basic background to the history of parachuting, as well as the more specific area of swooping - www.skydiving-news.org/the_history_of_swooping.php

If you’ve been reading through the other articles, you’ll no doubt come across the term Tandem SkyDiving. For more info, please read www.skydiving-news.org/the_feeling_of_tandem_skydiving.php

Similar to the “SkyDive To The End” article, this is a more complete breakdown, spread over four pages. This particular link will let you know about the part you’ll be most interested in - the jump itself :=) read on at www.skydiving-news.org/tandem_skydiving_your_first_parachute_jump_part_four.php

Unless you’re in the military, or rescue services, www.skydiving-news.org/the_facts_of_water_jumps_with_powered_parachutes.php may not seem of immediate relevance to your average SkyDiver, but fore-warned is fore-armed, so if you ever intend to jump near a coast line or in-land water feature, PLEASE give this a quick glance over…

OK, as promised, here is some more info, from Mum & John’s perspective.
This is basically a cut’n’paste job from an e-mail they sent to family and friends (with permission I hasten to add ;>)
“”For those of you ancient enough to Radio 4 be familiar with Alistair Cooke’s “Letter from America” this is likely to seem [...]

Similar to the “SkyDive To The End” article, this is a more complete breakdown, spread over four pages. This particular link will let you know about the journey up to jump-time in the plane. Interested? Click here www.skydiving-news.org/tandem_skydiving_your_first_parachute_jump_part_three.php then