Photographer Tom Sanders of Aerial Focus captured this shot of Oliver Furrer dressed as the title character in one of 20th Century Fox's summer releases, "Fantatistic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," during a promotional demo above Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Photographer Jens Hameister captured this shot of Team Extreme's Nick Batsch (left) and Jim Slaton performing at the Al Ain airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Sergeant Jon Ewald captiured this shot of the U.S. Army Golden Knights Black demonstration team training over Yuma, Arizona.

Ron Lengel captured this self portrait in the reflection of a chrome ball over Air Adventures in Clewiston, Florida. 

Nix White took this shot of (left to right) Larry Summerfield, Shawn Tufts and Josh Leasure of the Navy Parachute Team performing a 3-way side-by-side over Skydive San Diego.  USPA staff took five versions of March 2007 Parachutist covers to the Parachute Industry Association symposium in February and had attendees vote for their favorite.  White's photograph garnered the win.

Photographer Harry Parker took this shot of formation skydivers exiting over Skydive Sebstian in Florida on a jump organized by Lyle Presse during the DZ's Psycho Carnivale weekend.

Photographer Scotty Burns took this shot of Art Shaffer flying over Marathon Key in Florida during the Keys Boogie as (left to right) Jeff Nebelkopf, Mike Swearingen and Paul Mazzillo fly in the distance.

Photographer Thabet Kamal took this shot of (clockwise from left) Egyptian Parachuting Team members Ibrahem Abo Elwafa and Ehab Mahmoud with Brian Pangburn and Chris Gay performing what they believe to be the world's first 4-way downplane over Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales.

Photographer Raymond Adams took this shot of Team Mandrin training over Skydive the Farm in Rockmart, Georgia, for the upcoming U.S. nationals vertical formation skydiving demonstration event.  The team includes (left to right) camera flyer Brian Buckland, Kyle Starck, Dave Brown, Jon Pinyon and Eric Deren.

Photographer Norman Kent took this shot of Gene Newsome, a memeber of the Team Fastrax demo team, trailing the American flag as he and his teammates descend next to the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island in New York.  The demonstration jump was organized to promote a Guiness Book record attempt.

Photographer Michael McGowan took this shot of DeLand Fire over Perris Valley Skydiving in California during the 2005 USPA National Skydiving Championships, where they earned the right to represent the U.S. in 4-way at the world championships August 5-11 in Gera, Germany.  With their new cameraman, Jonathan Tagle, they won a hard-earned gold in the meet and are now world champions.  The team in 2005 included Ian Bobo, Natasha Montgomery, Shannon Pilcher, Gary Smith and camera flyer Eric Taylor.

Peter Wiedemann took this shot of Scott Palmer, Josh Aikins and Dan Drage posing as former United States presidents on a jump over Skydive Ogden in Utah.

Top half:  The cover from the first Parachutist magazine, November/December 1957.  Bottom half:  Photographer Blake Johnson captures Jason Lemley flying his canopy in 2006.  The original images are shown her in their entirety.

Photographer Matt Hoover took this shot of a big-way wingsuit flock during the Z-Flock and Dock at Skydive City in Zephyrhills, Florida, in April.

Photographer Andrey Veselov snapped this shot of Shigeyoshi Fujisawa taking a ride on an inflatable toy, with Eiko Shimura holding on for support, on a jump during the Thai Sky Festival in Prachuap, Thailand, in March.

Photographer Kamuran Bayrasli took this shot of Oren Peri and Leland Bendel launching a sit train dressed as the twin Chaunceys, characters in the MTV2 show, "Wonder Showzen."  They made the jump at the Ranch Parachute Club in Gardiner, New York, during the filming of a skydiving segment for the show.

Photographer Hans Berggren took this shot of World Team 2006's new world record for largest freefall formation, a 400-way completed February 8 over Udon Thani, Thailand.

Photographer Francisco Neri of the Performance Designs Factory Team took this self-portrait with a foot-mounted camera while flying his canopy over Perris Valley Skydiving in California.

Photograher Norman Kent took this shot of the new 85-way canopy formation world record built November 26 over the Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales.  All the jumpers used Performance Designs Lightning canopies.

Photographer Roy Muller took this shot of a rodeo-freefly hybrid jump over Bay Area Skydiving in Byron, California.  Holly Umbel rides on J.P. Kelly, who docks on sit-flyer Chris Quaintance, while Keith Myers flies head down.