Keeping track of the manufacturer’s requirements for every year and model of AAD has become a really daunting task for riggers. They really need the help of the owner.

Now that many drop zones have re-opened, most with face-mask requirements in place to help control the spread of the coronavirus, lens fogging has become a common issue.

Far too often, skydivers face difficulties pulling their pilot chutes, and the results are often far too serious.

Cutaway cables are not universally interchangeable.