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August 2010
Volume 51 | Issue 610
On the cover: photo by Bill Schmitz | D-30164
During the SkyFest boogie at Skydive The Farm in Rockmart, Georgia, Erin Franke peeks at the camera as Mark Kirschenbaum hangs from the helicopter’s skid and watches. |
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40 | Ripcord | by Hal Streckert
From 1961 to 1963, the television program “Ripcord” thrilled audiences with its sensational plots and daring stunts, creating a lot of attention for the fledgling sport of parachuting and spawning a generation of skydivers. Through interviews with some of the pioneering jumpers involved, the author tells the story of the program’s rise and demise.
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46 | When Good Exits Go Bad |
a Parachutist Pictorial
In this pictorial, jumpers show that bad exits don’t always stop the fun.
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48 | Benvenuto in Italia! - The 10th POPS World Meet and Championships | by Pat and Alicia Moorehead with contributions from Lamberto Serenelli
In the Italian town of Reggio Emilia, world-wide members of the Parachutists Over Phorty Society gathered for the organization’s biennial competition and celebration of skydiving.
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52 | CarolinaFest | a Parachutist Special Report
Six days of fun in the sun greeted jumpers in Chester, South Carolina, during Skydive Carolina’s premier event, the CarolinaFest boogie.
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58 | Wave of the Future - Building an 8-Way VFS Dive Pool | by Harry Higbie with contributions from Mike Wittenburg
Some of vertical formation skydiving’s most talented jumpers have put their heads together to develop an 8-way dive pool. This article highlights their results so far and looks to what the future may bring to the discipline.
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62 | Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! | by Kate Cooper-Jensen
More than 100 Australian jumpers descended upon Perris Valley Skydiving in California this June to set the Australian national record for largest formation skydive. In this extraordinary tale, the skydivers claimed success—not just once but three consecutive times.
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66 | American Dream - SkyDance SkyDiving's American Boogie | by Krisanne Combs
At SkyDance Skydiving in Davis, California, 250 registered jumpers enjoyed four days of challenging formation skydives, hybrids, freefly big-ways, inflatable jumps and wingsuit flocks during the DZ’s American Boogie in June.
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