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January 2010
Volume 51 | Issue 603
On the cover: photo by Steven Robertson | D-22110
With a canopy commemorating the Golden Knight's 50th anniversary flying in the center, members of the Black and Gold Demonstration Teams fly a 9-way at a 10-day canopy formation camp let by Jim Cowan. |
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34 | Skydiver Pat Moorehead Receives International Award - The 2008 Paul Tissandler Diploma | by Larry Bagley
At the National Aeronautic Association's fall awards banquet, longtime USPA member and Skydivers Over Sixty founder Pat Moorehead received the Federation Aeronautique Internationale's Tissandler Diploma for his many years of serving the cause of sport aviation.
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36 | Good Pilot-Bad Pilot | by Cara Thompson
A skydiver and professional pilot looks at data from a National Transportation Safety Board report to explore what really makes a good jump pilot.
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40 | Flight of Fancy - The Kaleidoscope Dives | by Kate Cooper-Jensen
In November, 200 jumpers from 25 countries gathered at Skydive DeLand in Florida to participate in one of the world's premier large-formation skydiving events.
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44 | When Formation Skydiving Really Took Off: The Bob Buquor Memorial Star Crest Awards | by Doug Garr
In 1967, founder Bill Newell awarded the first Star Crest Recipient card and patch for achieving an 8-way star or larger. More than 40 years later, the awards have proven to be one of the most enduring traditions in the sport.
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48 | Flying to Inspire - Wingsuit Flyers Set 68-Way National Record | by Taya Weiss
At Skydive Elsinore in California on November 11, 68 jumpers flew a record-setting wingsuit formation and raised money for City Year, an organization dedicated to helping at-risk-kids stay in school.
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54 | Flying a Flag | by Matt Cline
An instructor and demonstration skydiver shares advice with those interested in flying flags and banners as advertising, symbols of pride or just for fun.
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58 | Team Elite's Secrets of Success | by Jim McCormick
Guy Wright's Team Elite met at Skydive City in Zephyrhills, Florida, for its sixth year. Here, a member of the team shares some of the secrets behind the group's most challenging formations.
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60 | Fired Up |
a Parachutist Pictorial
In this month's pictorial, photographers capture jumpers taking a leap from hot-air balloons.
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