Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The man who died in an Ottawa, Illinois, skydiving accident on July 7 was identified by the LaSalle County coroner as 48-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This photo provided by Daniel Wilsey shows Dorothy Hoffner, 104, falling through the air with tandem jumper Derek Baxter as ...

CHICAGO - A 104-year-old Chicago woman who set an unofficial world record for skydiving last week has passed away. Dorothy Hoffner became the oldest person ever to tandem skydive out of an airplane ...

Dorothy Hoffner, the 104-year-old Chicagoan who recently attempted to set the world record as the oldest person to parachute from a plane, died Monday, a report says. A spokesperson for Hoffner told ...

A pair of world records are in jeopardy this week as members of Skydive Chicago attempt to set new marks in vertical and traditional formation skydiving. Skydive Chicago has arranged for 450 skydivers ...

OTTAWA, Ill. — Jumping from a plane, not ideal right? Well, the divers at Skydive Chicago would tell you it’s an experience everyone needs to have. The skydivers met last week for the first time in ...

Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died. Hoffner's close friend, ...

The man who died in an Ottawa, Illinois, skydiving accident on July 7 was identified by the LaSalle County coroner as 48-year-old Dr. Noel Liu of East Peoria. Coroner Richard Ploch was called to ...