"Don't look down!" might be an appropriate caption for this month's cover.  Photographer Michael McGowan, D-5709, claims his second Parachutist cover in a row with this shot of tandem instructor Ken Jobsky, D-14639, and his passenger as they open over Skydive Arizona in Eloy.  for the inside scoop on Jobsky's unusual technique, see "Paragrams," page 12.

The 4-way team known as Arizona Air Speed practices for the camera of cover photographer Michael McGowan, D-5709, and team videographer John Leming over Skydive Arizona, host of the 1994 Nationals of Formation Skydiving this October.

Kevin Butler, a member of the Greater Kansas City Skydivers, trails the American flag into the opening ceremonies of the air race show while cameraman Jamie Paul, D-12641, follows him down.  The three-day event drew more than 100,000 people to the airfield.

Photographer Chuck Smith, D-11350, fired ths shot of the Glide Path Express CRW team during a practice jump over Marathon Key, Florida last year.  Smith's photo was an entry in the 1994 photo contest and received an "Honorable Mention" from the judges.

Professional photographer Jamie Paul, D-12641, swoops after Chuck Karcher over the Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island last January.  The skydive was part of a week-long boogie hosted by Bahamas Freefall Adventure which attracted 65 jumpers to the tropical resort.  Due to a few rainouts this year, the Bahamas boogie will be held during the month of April in 1995.

Professional photographer Tom Sanders, D-6503, fired this shot of Linda McKenzie exiting over the Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah at the 1994 Para-Ski Nationals.  More of Sanders' photography appears in this month's story on page 22, courtesy of Aerial Focus.

Freefall photographer Norman Kent, D-8369, captured this image while filming a video for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway last month.  See pages 35-37 for more details.

World famous skydiving photographer Norman Kent captured his wife Deanna practicing her freestyle techniques in the skies over DeLand, FL, during a freefall shooting session for Kent's new book—just published— which features the best of his lifetime photo collection.

Freefall photographer Pay Hayter, D-12821, took this month's  cover shot of a 36-way canopy stack over Richland, Washington in October 1992.  The jump was part of a Diamond Quest '92 attempt to set a new world record, which they eventually did.  Hayter's photo also received "Honorable Mention" in USPA's Parashootist II Photo Contest for the "In the Air" category (see page 35 for the rest of the winners).

Photographer Michael McGowan, D-5709, captures Kate Cooper while she spots a DC-3 over Perris Valley, California during the dropzone's recent 100-way attempts (see Paragrams, page 14).

Jamie Paul caught this shot of teammate Tamara Koyn during the 1993 Skyblazin' World Championships in Empuriabrava, Spain last month.  The pair took a silver medal in the women's freestyle division at the competition.

Videographer Michael McGowan, D-5709, captures a 14-way on film while compiling footage for the 1993 World Freefall Convention boogie video over Quincy, Illinois.  More than 1,800 skydivers descended on the town of Quincy in August, breaking last year's attendance record by nearly twenty percent.  For a full report on this year's Convention, see page 37.

Photographer Norman Kent, D-8369, captured this image of Howard Daugherity and Richard Powell landing in formation as the sun rises at Flagler Beach, Florida as part of an advertising project for Performance Designs' new "Stilleto" canopy.

Photographer Pine Pienaar, D-13240, took this shot of tandem instructor Jim Wallace, his passenger Peter Gallagher and Gail Sims as the trio exited over the California countryside between the Perris Valley and Bear Creek airports.   Gallagher, who normally pilots the balloon, said after his first jump, "Now I know why you guys love jumping out of my balloon so much."

Fun Air Productions' Michael McGowan, D-5709, aims his lens at a 10-way formation over the ramps at Skydive Arizona in Eloy.

Photographer Mike Lee, D-10990, took this shot of tandem instructor Art Paton and his passenger Debbie Good over Perris Valley Skydiving on Paton's 1000th tandem jump.

Norman Kent, D-8369, puts Tampa CReW between himself and the sun over Flager Beach, Fla., while filming a promotion for Performance Designs Lightning canopies.

Tom McCollough exits, Wes Keeley lands, and Dave Kaiser races down the hill at the Paraski Nationals at Snowbird, Utah.  See Jerry Rouillard's story and more of Keith Stewart's photos of the meet on page 28.

Kicking off PARACHUTIST's new cover design are two freefall photographers, Jamie Paul (in the photo) and Tony Loper (behind the camera).  Paul is currently men's freestyle co-champion videographer.

Photographer Tom Sanders, D-6503, captured this shot of Jan Davis over Monument Valley, Utah while filming a television commercial for a German razor blade manufacturer.