photo by Joe Abeln | D-28755

Jon Ewald photographs tandem instructor Mike Elliott of the U.S. Army Golden Knights taking Miss USA, Crystle Stewart, on a jump over Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, accompanied by teammates (clockwise from top right), Joe Jones, Dallas Berentis, Kurt Isenbarger, Jeff Schafer and Eric Heinsheimer.

photo by Ori Kuper | C-35707

At dawn, a cadet from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point lands on the tuffet during the classic accuracy event at the 2008 USPA National Collegiate Parachuting Championships.

Willy Boeykens captured this photograph of jumpers exiting the Ecuadorean Air Force's C-130 Hercules over Boogie Ecuador in Salinas.

Mike McGowan captured this photograph of Arizona Airspeed concentrating on winning gold in the 4-way open competition at the USPA Nationals.

Photographer Wendy Smith captured this shot of instructor Tom Noonan and student Scott Diesel high above the Himalayas during the groundbreaking Skydive Everest expedition this September.

Photographer J.C. Colclasure captured this shot of Jonathan Tagle of the PD Factory Team throwing the peace sign under canopy during Swoop Week at Mile-Hi Skydiving Center in Longmont, Colorado.

Photographer Craig O'Brien captured this shot of Lara Eisenberg throwing the peace sign during a formation skydiving load over Perris Valley Skydiving in California.

Photographer Wendy Smith captured this shot of a jumper descending under canopy at Body Fly University in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Photographer Norman Kent captured this shot of Team Fastrax members Travis Donely, John Hart, Brian Marzluf and Doug Park in freefall with a sophisticated pyrotechnics system attached to their legs during a demo training jump over Skydive Palatka in Florida.

Photographer Hal Moore captured this shot of Rob Wallace during a 2-way freefly dive above Xtreme Divers West in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Photographer Jason Peters captured this shot of the 20-way women's head-down formation that the group is claiming as a new world record, completed March 21 over Skydive Arizona in Eloy.

Photographer Gary Wainwright captured this shot of 4-way teams Perris Fury, Bodyflight Storm and Paradox coming together for an impromptu 12-way above Perris Valley Skydiving in California.

Photographer Craig O'Brien captured this shot of Eli Thompson (bottom) and Mike Nikolaev hanging from the chest straps of Pat McGowan (left) and Alex Nikolaev over the Pacific Skydiving Center on Waialua, Hawaii.

Photographer David Major captured this shot of Mike Messick trailing a streamer under canopy above Black Rock City, Nevada, during the annual Burning Man festival.

Photographer Norman Kent captured this shot of canopy formation jumpers completing a 100-way formation using their Performance Designs Lightning canopies over the Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales, setting a new world record.

Photographer Karen Lewis captured this shot of Parachutist Over Phorty Society (POPS) members building a abase while they wait for swoopers to join them on their way to a new 113-way POPS world record.

Photographer Bryan Scott captured this shot of a 15-way canopy formation during a recent CF world record tryout camp at Skydive City in Zephyrhills, Florida.

Photographer Ludovic Gfeller captured this shot of Jeffro Provenzano performing a Blindman as he takes a look at Gruyere Castle in Gruyere, Switzerland.

Photographer Brian Buckland took this shot of the 69-way head-down formation that the group is claiming as a new world record, completed August 3 over Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois.

Photographer Peter Gerencser captured the shot of freeflyers chunking an exit out of the Otter above Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois, during Project Horizon V.