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Speed racer Photo by James Kunze | D-34605   (May 2020) Featured Photos Five Minute Call Featured Photo Five Minute Call

Todd Scrutchfield lands at Skydive Spaceland-Houston in Rosharon, Texas after practicing for night jumps during the Max Pyro event.

Max Pyro Event Sets Texas Sky Ablaze By Jessica Brownlow   (May 2020) Five Minute Call

A brave team gathered at Skydive Spaceland-Houston in Rosharon, Texas, March 12-16 to do something extraordinary: attempt a 42-way Fédération Aéronautique Internationale World Record for Largest Head-Down Formation Skydive at Night. Adding to the visual display, each jumper wore pyrotechnics.

Clay Posthumously Receives State Record By Jim Crouch   (May 2020) Five Minute Call

Although she has been gone for nearly two years, Carolyn “The Queen” Clay remains ever present in the hearts and minds of those who knew her.

Jumpers Challenge Themselves at Vertical Sequential Camp By Natalie Pitts   (May 2020) Five Minute Call

Matt Fry and Konstantin Petrijcuk (filling in for organizer Melissa Lowe) led the Vertical Sequential Camp—an event that gave jumpers a chance to try unique, non-traditional formations—at Skydive Sebastian in Florida February 20-23.

British Skydiving Hosts USPA and APF   (May 2020) Five Minute Call

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.

Arizona Hosts Rookie Round-Up By George Hargis   (May 2020) Five Minute Call

Skydive Arizona in Eloy hosted its Rookie Round-Up—Diamonds in the Rough event March 14-15.

Back to Back Photo by Daniel Schiermeyer | D-31153   (May 2020) Featured Photos Five Minute Call Featured Photo Five Minute Call

Jake Cormier and Jarod Orrell orbit one another over Skydive Carolina in Chester, South Carolina.

Larry Yount | D-18792 By Brian Giboney   (May 2020) People Profiles

Larry Yount, D-18792, was a military jumper who turned into a multi-talented, multi-discipline sport skydiver extraordinaire.

Board Postpones July Meeting   (May 2020) Five Minute Call

The USPA Board of Directors has postponed its summer meeting and USPA General Membership Meeting.

Corrections   (May 2020) Five Minute Call
“Sunset Swoop!” By Sam Holliman   (May 2020) People Featured Art

“Sunset Swoop!”
Colored pencils and pastels on paper

Sam Holliman | USPA #300435
Durham, North Carolina
Sam.holliman@gmail.com

May 2020 Cover   (May 2020) Featured Photos Covers

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.)

Making It Through Together By Ed Scott   (May 2020) Homepage People Gearing Up

In no wild nightmare could I have conceived that a virus would ground skydiving and, indeed, shut down the world.

Former Regional Director Randy Schroeder Dies   (Apr 2020) Homepage Industry News
World Meet Postponed to 2021   (Apr 2020) Homepage Industry News
Big Win for DZs at Hawaii’s Dillingham Airfield Photos by Patrick Kessler and Lindsay Wheeler   (Apr 2020) Homepage Industry News

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.

Adventures in Paradise A Parachutist Pictorial   (Apr 2020) Features
Jump-Run Emergencies—What You, the Jumper, Can Do to Keep Body and Soul Together By Annette O’Neil   (Apr 2020) Features

Let me ask you this: When was your last aircraft emergency?

Doing the 50—The Very Elite Group That’s Landed in Every State By Doug Garr   (Apr 2020) Features

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.

How Do Parachutists Think About Risk? By Jeremy Sieker   (Apr 2020) Features

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?”

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