Location: AerOhio Skydiving Center

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 67

Seminars
Nate Varns - Hanging harness practice
David Lepka - Canopy Collision prevention & Canopy Control review.
Sherry Butcher - Aircraft procedures & emergencies, and Malfunction review
John Winkler - Rigging & gear maintenance review

Ches Judy award recipient: David Lepka

Location: Duanesburg Skydiving Club

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 16

Seminars
Duanesburg Skydiving club in Duanesburg, New York held its Safety Day on March 14th aligning with the USPA National Safety day.

We shook off the slumber of a long, cold winter that has gripped the Northeast for so many months and launched into refreshers on from gearing up to landing, and everything in-between.

The Safety day was led by Mark Wilson, the S&TA for the dropzone with sectionalized support by several speakers. In depth coverage was given following the USPA guidelines


Sponsors
The Skydive Store

Ches Judy award recipient: Tricia Small
Awarded for: The Chesley H Judy award was given to Tricia Small for all of her hard work in bringing the student static line progression program into a more structured and organized effort. Also in leading the training of the static line students we had zero injuries or incidents with the students last year. The highlight of the day was when Tricia took her turn in the hanging harness and everyone came out to give her the award.

Location: Emerald Coast Skydiving Center

Date: 03/21/09

Participants: 24

Seminars
Safety reviews - all coaches
"What if" seminar - all instructors

Ches Judy award recipient: Jeffrey Hendrix
Awarded for: Emergency Procedures work with students and assistance in organizing Safety Day

Location: Florida Skydiving Center

Date: 03/07/09

Participants: 45

Seminars
Introduction: Betty Hill, DZO and Tim Jones, ST&A
Equipment Maintenance: Angela Faulkner, Senior Rigger
Aircraft Procedures: John Sugar, Pilot
The Skydive: David "Buzz" Bazzoni, Tandem Instructor and David "Pip" Perry, Senior AFFI
Under Canopy: Mike Lewis, CReW Dawg Extraordinaire
Canopy EPs: Brad Barrett and Michael Wadkins, USPA CCD and owner of Xcelskydiving Ratings

Sponsors
Aerodyne, Downwind Gear Sales, Florida Skydiving Center

Location: Fly Gang Molinella (Bo) Italy

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 120

Seminars
Standard DZ procedures, review. Canopy traffic and piloting, emergency procedures. 2009 seminars and boogie, open discussions on local topics.

Sponsors
A.S.D. Fly Gang

Location: Hellenic Aviation Academy - Athens

Date: 02/13/09

Participants: 42

Seminars
Aircraft procedures and Emergencies - Ioannis Lykakis, Equipment safety - Maria Kambourova, Freefall safety - Ioannis Charitos, Skydiving emergencies - Konstantinos Stambedakis, Canopy flight - Nikos Dendramis

Location: Hellenic Aviation Academy - Thessaloniki

Date: 03/04/09

Participants: 24

Seminars
Aircraft procedures and emergencies, Freefall and emergency drills - Ioannis Lykakis, Equipment safety and Canopy flight -Maria Kambourova

Location: High Sky Adventures P.C.

Date: 4/4/09

Participants: 20+

Seminars
General safety & flight procedures - Brian Broccardo
First aid/response - Skip Moreau
Canopy maintenance & care - Tammy Nelson
guest speakers regarding legal liability

Sponsors
High Sky Adventures Parachute Club

Location: Jerry's Skydiving Circus

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: not reported

Location: Keystone Skydive Center

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 41

Seminars
Keystone Skydive Center held its Safety Day on April 4th at the AeroStore Corp. in Pottstown, PA. This is the 3rd year in a row that we co-hosted this event with the AeroStore as our sponsor. The AeroStore has a perfect setting for hosting such an event, plenty of room, a gear store, two suspended harnesses and an altitude test chamber for checking every ones altimeters.

We had 41 participants from four surrounding DZs listening to our instructors, Marc Nadeau, Chuck McElwee, Chad and Jen Galbraith as they gave outstanding presentations on equipment checks, aircraft procedures, freefall awareness and malfunction procedures. Added to this year’s list of subjects was Demonstration Jump Considerations given by Ken Bangham. Our guest speaker, Brian Germain, gave a superb 1 ½ hour lecture on canopy flight and canopy awareness. Our USPA Eastern Regional Director, Randy Schroeder, gave the USPA 2007-2008 Fatality Report. He also described were USPA is today and where they are heading in the support of skydiving.

Each participant was given a free raffle ticket for over 30 various prizes such as t-shirts, calendars, and coffee mugs, etc. All prizes were provided by the AeroStore and Keystone Skydive Center. The AeroStore also hosted a social with pizza and soft drinks.

The day was concluded with the Chesley H. Judy Award presented by USPA’s Randy Schroeder and Co-DZOs, Marc and Theresa Nadeau. This year's recipient is Jennifer Galbraith, D-28983. She is a very dedicated and energetic skydiver, AFF Instructor and Coach. She consistently puts forth that extra mile when it comes to working with students and jumpers of all levels. She consistently looks out for any jumper’s well being and always willing to point out ways a jumper can improve on the air and canopy skills. Keystone Skydive Center and USPA are very fortunate to have a woman with such dedication.

Sponsors
AeroStore and Keystone Skydive Center

Ches Judy award recipient: Jennifer Galbraith, D-28983
Awarded for: consistently putting forth that extra mile when it comes to working with students and jumpers of all levels and looking out for any jumper’s well being and always being willing to point out ways a jumper can improve on the air and canopy skills. Keystone Skydive Center and USPA are very fortunate to have a woman with such dedication.

Location: Ogden Skydiving Center

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 51

Seminars
General safety, master of ceremony - Ryan Scouthern (S&TA)
Aircraft procedures and emergencies - Brian Wallace (S&TA, DZO)
Gear and rigging - Skyler Beck (FAA rigger)
Canopy Safety - Kyle Buchholz and Nick Lott

Ches Judy award recipient: Tom Rosier, presented by brother and fellow instructor Steve Rosier
Awarded for: Outstanding Instructor

Location: Raeford Parachute Center

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 42

Seminars
Hosts: Raeford Parachute Center, Tony Thacker
Rig-Gigs, Rob Wardell, Sr Rigger
Equipment Maintenance, Steve Singletary, Sr Rigger
Altimeter Chamber & Checks, John Hawke, Alti-2 Field Rep.
Aircraft Safety, Ryan Hoffman Pilot
Open Forum Q&A, Tony Thacker, S&TA

Sponsors
Raeford Parachute Center School, Raeford Aviation, Alti-2

Location: Rochester Skydivers

Date: 03/15/09

Participants: 26

Seminars
Rochester Skydivers held its annual Safety Day on March 15 with 26 participants. Speakers included Dick Cordaro, Bob McEvoy, Jim Beck, James Crandall and Geof Smith. Sessions covered equipment and maintenance, aircraft safety, freefall and freefly safety and more. Bob McEvoy and Geof Smith were also awarded the Ches Judy Safety awards. In addition, Sue Beck was awarded her 4000 jump wings and her 48 hour freefall badge.

Ches Judy award recipient: Bob McEvoy and Geof Smith
Awarded for: safety awareness and teaching

Location: SEMO Skydiving

Date: 03/21/09

Participants: 28

Seminars
Aircraft Safety - Paul Gholson; Equipment Checks - Don Dorris; Breakoff Waveoff - Joe Mayberry; Canopy Control - Doris Dumey and Dee Barger

Location: Sky Knights Sport Parachute Club

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 40

Seminars
Equipment - Mary "Mur" Goetsch; Aircraft - Mike "Mooey" Lalley; The Skydive - Tom Burzynski; Canopy Control - Derrick Krakau; Emergency Procedures - Mary "Mur" Goetsch

Location: Skydive City

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 40

Seminars
We had a great turnout, about 40 people came out for the seminars, which included Chuck Blue talking about wingsuit safety, John Klueg covered basic freefly skills and 'how not to get killed when you start out', and Neal Alders, one of our pilots, talked about aircraft safety.

We did about 45 minute talks each, and had prizes, (jump tickets and t-shirts) to those who attended the most of the seminars.

We also offered the completion of all the seminars as a 'refresher training' for any students that were uncurrent, and encouraged many to come out if they had not been for a while.

The Hard Dock Café served dinner as well, it turned out to be a great day for everyone.

Location: Skydive Dallas

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 70

Seminars
Despite cold and rainy weather, Skydive Dallas had about 70 participants on Safety Day. The dropzone sponsored a day of seminars and events. David Little presented a seminar on Video Safety, Curt Swanson taught canopy safety, Jenny Little reviewed Off-Airport Landings, Brandon Chouinard focused on Freefly Safety, master rigger Greg Beecher provided information on gear maintenance, and Svein Tvietnes and Eddie Beaver gave a presentation on Aircraft Safety. There was also an "Ask a Rigger" station, a canopy risk quotient questionnaire, and "What would you do?" general safety quiz and review. 50 participants took advantage of the hanging harness to practice their emergency procedures. Only one skydiver (and his initials are Randy Devoll) inadvertently fired his reserve, providing an opportunity to demonstrate the workings of the Skyhook RSL.

The dropzone provided a BBQ dinner, as well as a free t-shirt and discounted jumps to participants. Skydivers who were within manufacturers recommended weight restrictions on both main and reserve earned a free jump. Two college students also attended, even though they were non-jumpers. Both attended every seminar, and received a discount for their future jumps. Jim Ploehn won a Free Day of Skydiving for the best hand of Safety Day Poker.

Ches Judy award recipient: "California" Dave Ryder

Location: Skydive Elsinore

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 60+

Seminars
USPA Fatality Report and USPA- Jay Stokes, General DZ Safety, Landing Area Changes, and Hanging Harness- S&TA Laurent Lobjoit, Exit Separation and Events- Melanie Curtis, Canopy Piloting/Landing Safety- Jonathan Tagle, Wingsuit Safety- Eike Hohenadl, Rigging and Gear Maintenance- Danilo Dadic, Freefly Safety- Andy Malchiodi

Sponsors
Skydive Elsinore- Free pizza for everyone, thank you Karl & Hammo!

Location: Skydive Houston

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 60+

Seminars
1. Welcome to Safety Day and Medical Year in Review - DZO Todd Bell summarized the speakers and timeline of Safety Day and highlighted the serious injuries/close calls and what should funjumpers do to help the medical team out when dealing with an emergency.
2. Rigging Changes and Gear Checks - Master Rigger Lance Bates reviewed the new rigging changes for the year and things that funjumpers should always be in a habit of checking.
3. Aircraft Emergencies and Procedures - CFII Bernie Ortman summarized what we as funjumpers should be doing in regards to the plane and emergencies on the plane, such as what we should do if a funjumpr's closing pin comes undone.
4. Jumping with Bigways - AFFI Larry Hinson reviewed the RW Big Ways. With the popularity of big way flying, it was time to summarize the jump numbers needed, flying ability, approaching a big way, emergencies, track off, and landing.
5. Freefly Safety - AFFI,TI Simon Bones gave a powerful speech with video that summarized freeflying in general, such as jump numbers needed, safety, how many funjumpers in a group, skill level for bigger groups, and basic coaching skills. He also showed videos of what can go wrong in a freefly jump and why we as funjumpers should be more cautious when freeflying; it's not something to be taken lightly.
6. Open Forum - Complacency that has happened to funjumpers, instructors, and staff over the year and what we can do to prevent accidents (sometimes fatal) that could have easily been avoided.
7. Canopy Control and Swooping - AFFI, TI Kevin Love reviewed the main landing area policies, advanced swooping area location, and safety while under canopy and swooping.
8. Emergency Procedures - AFFI,TI,SR, Elio Esqueda reviewed the different types of malfunctions and what to do when a funjumper experiences a malfunction.
9. Conclusion - DZO Todd Bell discussed recurrency training and gave out 48 wing awards.




Sponsors
Breakfast provided by the Skydive Houston S&TA's and dinner and raffles by Skydive Houston.

Ches Judy award recipient: Robert Hunter
Awarded for: Robert Hunter is excellent in promoting safety. Even if he's sick or not jumping for the day, he will always be onsite to help out with safety issues and provide us with his wisdom. Instead of yelling at a funjumper that has done something wrong, he will sit down with them to discuss the situation. Robert always is consistent with everything he does right down to his pull sequence with a tandem. Robert is a great asset to Skydive Houston and we are proud to have him as S&TA.

Location: Skydive Inc.

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 54

Seminars
Gear Maintenance and Rigging: Stan Slagle
First Aid and Incident Response: Emily McGee
Emergency Procedures and Cutaway Training: Matt Davies & Kazim Aya
Aircraft Procedures and Safety: Jerry Maire & Bob Galler
Wingsuit Safety and Procedures: Tony Gwinn & David Kleibusch
Student Refresher and A License Requirements: Joe Woodin
Roaming Gear Checks: Kyle O'Donohue and Bill Snyder


Sponsors
Go Fast Sports Drink, Icarus Canopies, AeroMed Spectrum Health, SkydiveInc.com, Dennis Johnson Memorial Fund, Alti-2, United Parachute Technologies, Sky Systems USA, Dropzone.com

Ches Judy award recipient: Timothy Fitzstephens
Awarded for: Tim was awarded the Ches Judy award for his efforts in teaching both students and licensed jumpers necessary canopy safety through his canopy flight course. skills

Location: Skydive Orange

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 77

Seminars
Aircraft Safety and Emergency Procedures - Bob Mehl; 2007/2008 Fatality Review and Analysis - Steve Hetrick; Equipment Inspection and Maintenance - Mike French; Canopy Flight Planning and Best Practices - Dan Glanz; Complacency Kills - Jarad Westfall; Proper Canopy Selection and Progression - Nick Kaminski

Sponsors
Rainbow Parachutes, George and Sue Ireland

Location: Skydive Spaceland

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 50ish

Seminars
It was raining down in Texas, but that did not stop a busy weekend at Skydive Spaceland. The West Point Cadets were training, D.J. Marvin conducted coaches and tandem instructional courses and the main entrée was USPA Safety Day. In attendance were young and old skydivers alike, eager to learn and prepare for a safe 2009.
This years Safety Day was accentuated with the addition to topics concerning Safe Team Building practices given by Jack Burke and a First Responder presentation given by Bart and Dee Stonestreet who are both medical professionals. This topic concerned how to react as a first responder in accident situations to properly assist injured jumpers. The presentation was very informative and for many, their first exposure to this type of training. Thank you Jack, Bart and Dee for the extras and contributing to the safety of our beloved sport.

The presentations were given by the following:
Equipment: Dennis Anderson
Airplane: Rabbit Staib, Matt Wampler, Brian Clark and Jason Hyder
The skydive: Rich DelGado
Under Canopy: Alex O’connor
Emergencies: Mykel Poole
Team Safety: Jack Burke
First Aid/First Responder: Bart and Dee Stonestreet

Location: Skydive Tecumseh

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 76

Seminars
Safety Day 2009 at Skydive Tecumseh was a resounding success with a record 76 participants including several new faces among a sea of dedicated regulars. S&TA Ryan Hanold led the briefing with the accompaniment of several of the drop zone’s enthusiastic staff. Topics including gear, rigging, freefall safety, emergency procedures, canopy flight and general aviation were explored in depth. In addition, drop zone owners Franz Gershwiler and Paul Russo spoke on the subject of the myriad of changes happening on the dropzone. The most exciting being the addition of a DeHaviland Super Otter to augment the standing fleet of two Cessena 182s and the unveiling of plans to incorporate a swoop pond into the list of amenities offered as Skydive Tecumseh. Also, Labor Day weekend's Flying Hellfish boogie and world famous toga party are being expanded with the addition of a Super Skyvan to enhance the flight line.

Location: Skydive the Farm

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 35+

Seminars
Torrential downpours may have hit the Southeast from Friday thru Sunday but at Skydive the Farm (Rockmart, GA) the jumpers made the sunshine inside the hanger all weekend by celebrating Safety Day ’09! Folks came out of the woodwork and I even flew in from Michigan to make the group at STF a 35+ strong. Andy Whitlock took on Emergency Procedures, Training, and Gear Maintenance. By doing so, he devised a plan to simulate all of kind of malfunctions, live for each jumper to get out of which allowed the group of ~15 who had not yet experienced a cutaway yet (and a refresher to all) to mock up and react altitude aware and correctly. Dave Padyjasek spoke on and provided brilliant visuals for a review on packing, switching out canopies, hooking up pilot chutes, plane security, canopy landing patterns and safety. Hans Paulsen (DZO) and Joey Day refreshed all of us on exiting, freefall safety, landing directions, and upcoming events. Although a ‘Ches Judy Award’ was not handed out directly, Hans dared everyone to strive each day to make this the safest and positive year yet, for the STF community to ensure we all make an effort. The announcement was made about the Team Good One Vibes Boogie '09 (May 13-17th) and all of the organizers and nightly events that would be happening over those 5 days.

Sponsors
Chuting Star Rigging Loft

Location: Skydive The Point

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 60

Seminars
2007 to 2008 Fatality Summary - Jim Crouch, Freefall Safety - Christy Meyer, LifeEvac Demonstration for Emergencies - Bev and Tristan, Rules of Airport - Tim Gaylord, Gear and Gear Safety - Dean Schlemmer, Canopy Control - Jim Crouch, Pilot Briefing - Kristy Heady, Emergency Procedures - Matt Mainor, Fix the Rig - Ryan McDaniel

Sponsors
West Point Skydiving Adventures

Ches Judy award recipient: Carolyn "The Queen" Clay
Awarded for: Continuously watching out for others

Location: Skydive Toledo

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 25

Seminars
Emergency Procedures and general safety - Kevin Northcutt

Ches Judy award recipient: Kevin Northcutt
Awarded for: Excellence in AFF instruction and safety awareness

Location: Skydive Utah

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 64

Seminars
Equipment - Rodger Lee, Freefall Safety - Chris Warnock, Parachute Emergencies - Liz Venning, Canopy Control - Phil Liu, Aircraft Procedures - Jeff Pena. We also added a class on Spotting The Aircraft - Cliff Terry, and Wingsuits - Douglas Spotted Eagle.

Sponsors
Jumper Sportswear, Gatorz, SSK Inc., UPT, Rigging Innovations, Alti-2, Para-gear, Bev suits, Aerodyne and Pacific Coast Sunglasses

Ches Judy award recipient: Clifford Terry
Awarded for: Constant vigilance for other jumpers safety (out landings, cut aways, possible injuries on bad landings, etc.)

Location: SkydiveKy

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 45

Seminars
Jim Moore DZO, Rusty Latta S&TA, Bob Boswell Aircraft Safety, Larry Compton Canopy Control, Greg Compton Freefall, Shawn Barnett Equipment Safety, Jacob Cecil and Nick Quigley Emergency procedures

Ches Judy award recipient: Rusty Latta D3907
Awarded for: His example and Training to promote safety in the sport of Skydiving

Location: SOCOM Parachute Team

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 25

Seminars
Introduction: Keith Walter
Emergency Procedures and Hazardous Landings: Cris Fucci
2008 Fatality Report: Kirk Knight
NTSB Special Report on Parachuting Ops: Kirk Knight
Demo Risk Management: Kirk Knight
Tandem Pre-Jump and Student Harness Fitting: Cris Fucci

Ches Judy award recipient: Russell 'HALOMan' McDaniel
Awarded for: Demonstrator candidate safety training

Location: Southwest Florida Skydive Club

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 50+

Seminars
Safety Day at Skydive Southwest Florida “went off without a Hitch.” Beautiful weather and great fun helped us get through one of the most informative days of the year! We sometimes forget all the little things, but thanks to all of our coaches, whom are members of Southwest Florida Skydive Club, we had wonderful refreshers throughout the day. These segments attracted not only our regular members, but students, Staff, the tandems themselves, and the bystanders, that were just there for moral support! We even had the pleasure of having several German guests during Safety Day! We all had great discussions and learned a ton. Whether you are a new skydiver or have thousands of jumps, Safety Day is a great way to go back to the basics. That’s what we did. We had tons of fun…in the bright blue sky! Blue and Safe Skies...ALWAYS!


Blue & Safe Skies!
Trish Dempster


Sponsors
Rigs & Things Paraservice

Location: test

Date: 03/13/2010

Participants: test

Location: The Skydive Experience

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: not reported

Seminars
Attached are two pictures taken during our Safety Day at The Skydive Experience in Vivian, Louisiana. William Caldwell is giving his presentation on gear inspections. William is one of the senior riggers we have on staff. William used his personal rig to demonstrate how easy it is to miss problems with equipment prior to gearing up.

Location: The Wings of Blue

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 93

Seminars
The US Air Force’s 98 Flying Training Squadron, "The Wings of Blue," held our USPA safety day on the 22nd of May at Gila Bend AFAF, AZ. For our event we had 93 participants with experience that ranged from 35 jumps to 10,000+. Here’s the itinerary for our Safety Day-
Narrator/Canopy Risk Quotient Exercise: Yancey Walker, D-24432
2008 Fatality Review: James Harker, C-36607
Civilian V. Military DZ ops: JT Valente, D-26340
Canopy Control: Matt Burge, D-26520
Equipment Review/Reserve Demo: Chad Henderson, D-24769
Closing Loop Demo (wear & tear demo): Jimmy Miltenberg, D-29529
Operational Risk Management: Jen Wrynn, D-24717

Our Ches Judy Award Recipient, presented by Col Patrick "O" Moylan, was Cadet Matt Pfarr for his actions as a jumpmaster during an in-flight physiological incident.

Ches Judy award recipient: Cadet Matt Pfarr
Awarded for: his actions as a jumpmaster during an in-flight physiological incident.

Location: Tri State Skydivers

Date: 03/14/09

Participants: 20

Seminars
Philip Henry S&TA - Fatality review, Emergency Procedures, Canopy flight safety, Aircraft safety
Larry Lemaster DZO - Gear Check, Airport rules and safety
Rocky Martin - Emergency Procedures in Training Harness
Ralph Osborn - Emergency Procedures in Training Harness

Ches Judy award recipient: Mark Salmons
Awarded for: His enthusiasm and willingness to help