The weekend of January 15th was chosen, with six jumps scheduled, three for Saturday and three for Sunday.

Have you ever had a dream come true?  I have!  Read on and I'll tell you how we came about getting our first eight-man star.

Mention the “Golden Knights” of the U. S. Army Para­chute Team to the average reader of PARACHUTIST and the odds are that he will think of the formidable compet­itors he has jumped against or heard about in parachute meets across the country.

The U.S. Parachute Association sponsored the 50-year anniversary parachute exhibition on April 27, 1969 at McCook Field (now Kettering Park), Dayton, Ohio.

As you all know there is a glaring need for a nation-wide system of qualified parachute instructors. I will not beat the bushes about the fact of life that most accidents are rooted in poor or inadequate training. The USPA Safety and Train­ing Committee has been working on the development of a Jumpmaster/Instructor system for several years, and is at this time proposing such a system be incorporated into the oper­ation of the USPA.