0 a sport in which a person jumps from an aircraft and falls for as long as possible before opening a parachute --
1 the sport of jumping from an aircraft and falling through the air before opening a parachute (= a circular cloth with ropes) --
For comparison, a typical skydiving parachute will achieve about 3:1 glide.
The primary purpose of parachutes (including skydiving canopies) is for descending, as when jumping out of an aircraft or dropping cargo.
Her interest in aviation developed from a charity skydiving event.
The airport is also home to a skydiving school, as well as a number of other businesses.
After a set amount of time, the plane will fall apart, forcing all the players to battle while skydiving toward the ground.
When he was a little boy, he dreamed about flying and skydiving.
It exposes first-time jumpers to skydiving with minimal expectations from the student.
The rise of skysurfing coincided with other new-age disciplines in skydiving, such as freestyle and freeflying.
