Sky Diving Record All Over

Everyone knows that it was Neil Armstrong that took the historic one small step to the Moon. Technology and bravery are merging to create a new sport of spacing diving. People are ready to talk their free fall of a lifetime! The hope of skydiving records, is to shatter a four decades old record by freefalling from the edge of space, break the speed of sound on the way down, and lives to tell about it.

Record History of Skydiving

Parachuting, or skydiving is an activity involving a free fall from a height using a parachute. Skydiving or parachuting is the act of jumping from a high place, usually an airplane and safely returning to the ground with the aid of a parachute The history of skydiving began with a descent from a balloon in the late 18th Century. Skydiving has been used by the military since the beginning of 20th Century, including use in World War I and World War II. Early competitions dated back to the early 20th Century and it became an international sport in mid 20th Century.
Skydiving takes place for a variety of reasons. The most common is recreation, competition. Some people want to break sky-dividing records. Each year millions of people skydive all across the United States simply for the thrill of it. Besides being a recreational activity there are also professional careers that require skydiving. These include airborne soldiers from the military, firefighters and at times, medical personnel. For At first glance skydiving may seem an extremely hazardous thing but in actuality deaths are very rare. This is because of the training and modern equipment skydivers now use. In most countries a skydiver will need to complete 20 jumps with at least one certified instructor before they can parachute alone. These jumps can only take place after classes on parachute safety and procedures are completed on the ground.
There are some pretty impressive skydiving records and people have been trying to break them form the moment Andre-Jacques Garnerin made that first jump in 1797.Whether set by bravery or foolishness, skydiving records are in competition to keep breaking the latest skydiving record.
A history lists of some skydiving records that are noted at this time.

Most Jumps in a single day was 600.
Free Fall record was sent in mid 20th century by jumping 80,325 feet.
Oldest Male Skydiver was in Australia at age 101.
Youngest Skydiver is hard to tell but it might have been as early as two years old.
Largest Free Fall Skydiver in the world was a skydiving jump with 4000 people in Thailand.

Skydiving is a great and thrilling sport and today and people are still trying to break the latest record. It is a thrilling sport and quite an adventure!