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British Skydiving, formerly known as the British Parachute Association, hosted the executives of USPA and the Australian Parachute Federation at its annual Skydive the Expo in Nottingham, England.
Skydive Arizona in Eloy hosted its Rookie Round-Up—Diamonds in the Rough event March 14-15.
Jake Cormier and Jarod Orrell orbit one another over Skydive Carolina in Chester, South Carolina.
Larry Yount, D-18792, was a military jumper who turned into a multi-talented, multi-discipline sport skydiver extraordinaire.
The USPA Board of Directors has postponed its summer meeting and USPA General Membership Meeting.
“Sunset Swoop!” Colored pencils and pastels on paper
Sam Holliman | USPA #300435 Durham, North Carolina Sam.holliman@gmail.com
Photo by Michael Tomaselli | D-18530
A canopy formation doesn’t quite go according to plan at the annual Spring Fling event at Skydive Sebastian in Florida. (No jumpers were injured—or even needed to cut away—in the making of this photo.)
In no wild nightmare could I have conceived that a virus would ground skydiving and, indeed, shut down the world.
On April 15, USPA and other general aviation groups won a reprieve for aviation businesses, including two drop zones, at Dillingham Airfield in Waialua, Hawaii.
Let me ask you this: When was your last aircraft emergency?
The 50-staters are indeed an exclusive group, and each has a unique story peppered with meeting dozens of new people while traveling thousands of miles across the continent.
The question of how to best manage and avoid risk is at the heart of any extreme sport. For skydivers this takes many forms: “What are the highest winds I should jump in at this location?” “Should I be jumping with a group this big?”
The USPA Board of Directors held its third meeting of the 2019-2021 term in Phoenix, Arizona, January 31-February 2. The board welcomed newly seated Central Regional Director Charles Crinklaw and elected Al King to fill the vacant national director seat.
Piloting a jump plane is among the most demanding of flying jobs, with multiple takeoffs and landings in a variety of conditions and with a variety of loads, as well as the need to refuel often throughout a day.
This annual summary looks at each 2019 fatality and places it in an appropriate category.
Katie Hansen and Matthew Fry of Team Polaris, the 2019 USPA National Champions of Freefly, get in some training at Skydive Perris in California.
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