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May 2008 Cover   (May 2008) Featured Photos Covers

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.

April 2008 Cover   (Apr 2008) Featured Photos Covers

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.

March 2008 Cover   (Mar 2008) Featured Photos Covers

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.

February 2008 Cover   (Feb 2008) Featured Photos Covers

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.

January 2008 Cover   (Jan 2008) Featured Photos Covers

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.

December 2007 Cover   (Dec 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

November 2007 Cover   (Nov 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

October 2007 Cover   (Oct 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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

September 2007 Cover   (Sep 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

August 2007 Cover   (Aug 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

July 2007 Cover   (Jul 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

June 2007 Cover   (Jun 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

May 2007 Cover   (May 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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

April 2007 Cover   (Apr 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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

March 2007 Cover   (Mar 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

February 2007 Cover   (Feb 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

January 2007 Cover   (Jan 2007) Featured Photos Covers

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.

December 2006 Cover   (Dec 2006) Featured Photos Covers

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.

November 2006 Cover   (Nov 2006) Featured Photos Covers

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.

October 2006 Cover   (Oct 2006) Featured Photos Covers

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.

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