Leisurely strolls and relaxing bicycle rides may be how many chose to spend springtime, but professional skydivers say the season is the ideal time of year to strap on a parachute, fly two miles high ...

Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld and I shook hands 20 minutes before we were to jump out of an airplane together at 12,500 feet. It would be my first solo jump. Dan has made some 23,000 — he’s stopped counting ...