USPA's Executive Director Bill Ottley, D-298, took this shot of Chris Wagner's stand-up landing during the closing ceremonies of the 9th World Championships of Relative Work in Lucenec, Czecho-Slovakia, on August 11.  A full report on the Championships begins on page 27.

Dave Keith, D-5441, led the FX-10 10-way team during a practice jump over Perris, CA.  The team capatained by Bob Butt and including Scott Flanahghan, Bob Smith, Bob McCord, Jeff Rodenbech, Richard Eacobacci, Mike Swan, Jim Kelly, Ken Masters and Dan Pillasch, plans to enter the 10-way speed star competition at next month's U.S. National Skydiving Championships at Skydive Arizona.

Tom Sanders, D-6503, filmed this sequence for the upcoming FOX network TX show, "Ultimate Challenge." World-famous stunt pilots Craig Hoskings and Jim Franklin flew jumpers Jim Wallace (red) and Kevin Donnelly (yellow) to 18,000 feet, deployed drogues from their Stearman bi-planes and the two skydivers successfully switched planes.  Norman Kent was also on hand with his cameras, and Jerry Meyers performed the first few attempts with Donnelly.

Skyhi Visual Productions' J.J. Johnson, D-6920, followed the U.S. Army's Golden Knights and their assigned cameraman, Pine Pinaar, as they scored another National Championships in 8-way.  See the full report on page 44.

Tom LeBus, D-12034, snapped this shot of Denny Gainor and Danny Albert over Perris, CA.