Gone but not forgotten...this month's cover photo features the work of the late Mike Allen, D-10180.  His excellent photography lives on in this shot of Vince Caschetta, D-12762, in the skies over Clewiston, Florida.

Freefall cameraman Jamie Paul, D-12641, took this 8-way shot over the Missouri River Valley Skydivers in Lexington, Missouri.  Paul, a professional studio photographer by trade, has placed in the top three videographer slots in world freestyle competition for the past four years.

Freefall cinematographer Norman Kent, D-8369, gets his first cover in nearly a year with this shot of Don Thomas filling in for "Drop Zone" star Wesley Snipes over the Florida Keys.  Kent and fellow cameraman Tom Sanders did a tremendous job of filming the action, and their still photography shows it.  The full behind-the-scenes article appears on page 32.

Stephanie Griffin, Kathy Steffen and Debbie Turner touch down a triplane at the San Diego Airsports DZ.  Tom Sanders of Aerial Focus, a frequent contributor to PARACHUTIST, took the shot.  Debbie, incidentally, was featured in the May, 1984 issue of PARACHUTIST when she qualified as number one of USPA's Eagle Freefall Award, according to the system created by Vice President George Bush.

Photographer Michael McGowan, D-5709, captures the 4-way formation skydiving team Arizona Air Speed as they land at the 1994 U.S. Nationals in Eloy, one of the best-attended Nationals in years.  Arizona Air Speed won the 4-way open division with an average of 19.8 points in ten rounds of competition.  For a full report on USPA's National Championships, see page 39.

CRW photographer Pay Hayter, D-12821, lurked a 17-way diamond over Kapowsin Air Sports in Washington state to get this shot in 1992.  Several jumpers on the load were also part of the Diamond Quest '94 group who just built a new world record over Davis, California, on October 12.  Check "Paragrams" on page 13 for more details.

This month's cover photo comes from the camera of Tom Sanders, D-6503, during the completion of  the 215-way formation built over Bratislava, Slovakia, in August.   Although it didn't qualify as an official world record by FAI standards, it was the second successful formation built during a week of world record attempts.  The shot also appears in the October issue of Life Magazine.

"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.