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January 2009
Volume 50 | Issue 591
On the cover: Mike McGowan captured this photograph of Arizona Airspeed concentrating on winning gold in the 4-way open competition at the USPA National Skydiving Championships. |
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22 | Reaching for the Sky | a Parachutist Special Report
Almost 1,000 jumpers flocked to Skydive Arizona in Eloy to compete in USPA’s premier event, the U.S. Nationals Skydiving Championships. Held October 19-25, this year’s competition featured lots of exciting matchups as competitors vied for national champion status.
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34 | Wings Over Elsinore | by Taya Weiss
Wingsuit pilots from 14 countries came together at Skydive Elsinore in California and succeeded in building a 71-way, slot-perfect formation.
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37 | 2007 USPA Gold Medal for Meritorious Service | by Larry Bagley
In October, USPA recognized Judy Celaya for her decades of service as a national and international competition judge, judge course director and ambassador of the sport by awarding her the USPA Gold Medal for Meritorious Service.
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40 | A Consumer’s Guide to Buying Gear | by Anne Maxwell
Purchasing a rig can be an expensive proposition. Here’s how to avoid some of the traps and pitfalls along the way.
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42 | Starting Strong | by Rhonda Kaletz
At the end of October, world-class skydivers from three nations came together for the first FAI World Cup of Vertical Formation Skydiving at Skydive Arizona in Eloy.
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44 | Close to Perfection | by Jim McCormick
Over four days in November, jumpers gathered for the fifth annual Team Elite event with the goal of building beautiful and difficult big-way-sequential formations. They met the challenge.
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46 | Up In Smoke |
a Parachutist Pictorial
This month’s pictorial features skydivers equipped with smoke canisters blazing paths across the sky.
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