From farm life to freefall: Rosthern woman soars with SkyHawks skydiving team

Cpl. Madeline Janzen is a paramedic and a skydiver with the Sky Hawks, an armed forces parachute team. (Image Credit: submitted/SkyHawks)

From farm life to freefall: Rosthern woman soars with SkyHawks skydiving team When she is not helping save lives as a paramedic, Rosthern’s Madeline Janzen is jumping out of airplanes with the Canadian Forces SkyHawks parachute team, encouraging young people to believe they can follow their own path. Cpl. Janzen, who grew up on a small farm near Rosthern, is part of the Canadian Army’s parachute demonstration team this season.

She performs one of its most visually striking routines called the Candy Cane. “I have tons of smoke just attached to my chest, which I drop down and then I start painting the sky with smoke,” Janzen said. “It is hard on the body because you start spiralling very, very quickly.

A lot of G-force is put on the body, but I’ve actually gotten quite used to it. And I honestly love doing it at this point.”