0 a person who practises the sport of skydiving (= jumping from an aircraft with a parachute): --
He was a skilled skydiver with numerous qualifications.
As an experienced skydiver, he would have checked his main parachute himself before the jump.
However even this basic technique is a balancing act which experienced skydivers find tricky to learn.
Known to be an avid outdoorsman, he is also a licensed private pilot, skydiver, paragliding pilot and scuba diver.
She said her husband was not a hot dog, daredevil skydiver and that he had prepared for the jump two weeks in advance.
He was one of the first people to develop the unique style of skysurfing, in which skydivers use a snowboard to make aerobatic maneuvers.
Static lines are still used today, for instance by paratroopers and novice skydivers.
However, "g" (10) is 3020 meters above sea level, the height of the skydiver ten seconds after his jump.
This area is used by ultralights, gliders, skydivers, homebuilt aircraft, helicopters and occasionally regular aircraft during normal operations.
While considered an area of freeflying, tracking dives are popular amongst many skydivers across the disciplines.
