Photographer Lou Bottoms caught Florida jumper Kathy Embrey following a stream of other jumpers after an exit from the Mr. Douglas DC-3 at the DeLand, FL drop zone earlier this year.  The jumps culminated in a women's world record 48-way formation.

Martin Klett, D-7827, took this shot of Connie Murphy, Dennis Hendrick and Steve Johnson hamming it up over the Perris Valley drop zone in California.  According to Murphy, "Skydiving can be many things to us, but one thing's for sure...It's fun."

The frost may not be on the pumpkin just yet, but autumn has already arrived in certain parts of the courntry, like the White Mountain Parachute Center in Moultonboro, NH for example.  Welcoming the arrival of fall and the season of witches, goblins and jack o'lanterns are George Ireland with his pal Chumly.  According to photograher Bruce Therrien, "The jump went as planned and was uneventful until landing when Chumly sustained minor injuries."  Chumly's make-up by Lisa.

Commercial artist Guy MacLachlan, C-10352, was again commissioned by USPA for the official 1984 Nationals emblem that appears on the cover of this month's issue of PARACHUTIST.  (He designed the 1983 emblem as well.)  MacLachlan's design also appears on the official 1984 Nationals T-shirts, available from the USPA store.

Jerry Goodsell, D-7631, used the dramatic scenery outside of Logan, UT, for a backdrop for this month's cover.  Goodsell's brother Lynn, Dave Rigby and Kelly Campbell are the happy models.  "We don't have a lot of big planes around here so they're not million-mans or anything but we do have some good scenery," says Goodsell, who started jumping when he was 16.