Contents of 1980 issues of Skydiving Magazine

PARACHUTING'S NEWSMAGAZINE

1980 Issues

This list contains the major articles and captions of each issue of Skydiving magazine. The list is in ascending chronological order; the date after each issue number is the date of publication.

(Copies of most back issues are still available; click here for ordering information.)

Issue #14: 08/31/1980

AAIA Wants Papers; British Compare Two Auto Openers; Premature Opening Damages Aircraft; Perris Hosts Novel RW Meet; More on Plastic Ripcords; Pilot Chute Tests; Drop Test Dummy Offered; Canopy Volumes Measured; Virginia Jumpers Report CRW Feats; Jerry Bird Makes 3000th Jump; Avgas Prices Stable; Supplies Good; Para-Flite Switches to F111 Fabric and I Beam Design; Pelicanland DZ Offers Bounty; Skydivers Jump TV Tower; New AD on Twin Beech; New FAA Regs Affect DC-3; Elsinore Paracenter Shuts Down; Nebraska Hosts Twin Otter Boogie; USPA Boots Out 18 Members; US Jumpers Set World RW Record; All Woman Night Dive

Issue #13: 07/31/1980

Another Use for Video; New Catalogs Ready; Saudis Report to Z'Hills for RW Training; Report Defines Profile of Risk Takers; New Pioneer Dealers; Synthetic Jet Fuel Made from Shall; General Aviation Safety Improves; FAA Levies Fine on Charter Company; CSPA Issues Technical Bulletin; Cliff Jumps Made in Norway; Skydiver Makes Illegal Chuteless Jump; Book Catalog Available; Report on Ball Swage; Installing Sentinel AODs; SAFE Symposium; R 2 Canopy Release Fails; CPI Updates Student Gear With Piggybacks Club is Pleased With Student Rig; Freefall Jumper and Aircraft Collide; Z'Hills DZ Plans Move; Big RW and CRW Formations Over Perris; Photo; Perris Schedules 2nd RW Camp; Lake Elsinore May Be Lowered; Rumbleseat Meet Set; Ozone Aerosport; Kansas Night Boogie; Three Skydive from New River Bridge; Avgas Price is Stable; USPA Board Decides on 81 Nationals; Nebraska Club Moves; Jumping from El Capitan is Illegal Again

Issue #12: 06/30/1980

Surplus Gear for Sale; Illegal El Cap Jumps Net Four Arrests Two Citations and One Injury; Plane Crash Kills Two; Abbotsford Schedules DC-3; Symbiosis Wins Award; CPI Twin Otter Weekend a Success; Testing Workshop; Inspecting Main Canopies; South African Records Established; Army Jumper Killed; Pat Works Injured; Tips on Using Kevlar Line Offered; USPA in the Red; Relative Workshop Plans Para Ski Meet; 12-Plane Built; Comparative Safety Figures; Surprise Demo Made; Zephyrhills Readies for CRW World Cup + 12th Annual Turkey Meet; Elsinore Paracenter Plans SCR Scrambles; FXC Europe Opens; Plans for Herd Boogie Announced; Stearns is US Individual Champion; Visions Triumphs in 8- and 10-Way; Desert Heat Wins 4-Way Event at US Nationals; Park Service Authorizes Jumps from El Capitan

Issue #11: 05/31/1980

Merlin Modification + Procedure; Reducing Opening Shock; Cross Porting; AODs on New Rigs; Skydiver Leaps Off West Virginia Bridge; Final Load at Pope Valley 40-Way; Pope Valley Paracenter Closes an Era End; Skydiver Jumps from 450 Foot Bridge; Fuel Prices Up Supplies Ok; Sale of Surplus Aircraft Halted; 8th Annual Southern California POPS Meet Held; CPI Hosts Twin Otter Boogie; FAA Gets Tough on Aviation; International Group Trains at Raeford; Stearns, Fernandez Favored to Win S&A RW Teams Prepare for Nationals; GQ Security Offers Unit 3 for Heavyweights; Southern Cross Paracenter Moves; Smuggling Activities Found at DZ; Cedar Valley DZ Opens in Utah; New DZ Opens in Michigan; USAPT Dominates All Service Meet; Womens' Boogie Planned in Oklahoma; South African Deploys Reserve Into Malfunctioned Main; Safety Flyer Works; Chicken Ranch Meet Planned; Endangered Species Blocks El Cap Jumps

Issue #10: 04/30/1980

Old Magazines Found; Pelicanland Opens; Golden Knights Romp in Pan Am Championship; South Dakota Skydivers Plan 14th Annual Meet; Georgia Parachute Council Holds First Meet; How Much Weight Does Kevlar Save?; Sky Dive Wins Award; Controversy Over Kevlar Line Grows; Comet International Announces Canopy; Plastic Ripcord Handle Involved in Fatality; Jumper Hits Tail of DC-3 Dies; Skys West DZ Opens in Colorado; Big Blots Planned for Spaceland; Avgas Situation Brightens; Gordon Wicksten Dies; Good Weather and Big Aircraft Help the Success of Easter Meets; RW Underground - Why Charge; Kelly Gear Helps Jumpers Move Gear; Fuel Prices Rise; Up & Down Shop Offers Convertible Piggyback; POPS Winter Meet; Jumping in Italy; Zephyrhills Easter Boogie Draws Big Crowd; Free Stowing Cited in Two Fatalities; Pope Valley Closes; Approval of El Capitan Jumping Delayed

Issue #9: 03/31/1980

Jump Shack Issues Advice on R3s; Jumping in Hong Kong; Aircraft Are Fuel Misers; Refinery Fire Crimps Supply of Avgas in Much of US; Bizjet Lands on Highway; FAA Wants to Increase Fines for FAR Violations; Fuel Prices Up Sharply; Trash Packing; 30-Way Over Perris; Footwear for Landings; Installing Paralerts; Kneissl Jumpsuits in Production; Jumper Killed in Flight Training Crash; USAFA Trains at Yolo; No Conference Meet for Southwest; Beta Packing Manual; Tack the SST Locking Loop; 3-Ring Component Problem; Mirus Selected As Judge for 1980 US Team; Istel Scholarship to USAFA; Relative Workshop Recalls Ripcords; U of Massachusetts Builds Own Formation; Flooding Drown Southwestern DZs; Reunion Scheduled for Retired Parachutists; Women Set Texas RW Record; US Army Team Sets World Records; Fokker Boogie in Denmark; Abbotsford Plans Twin Otter Boogie; US Women Set 8-Way Record; Florida Meet Set; Rules Proposed for El Capitan Jumps

Issue #8: 02/29/1980

One Lawsuit Dismissed, Another Filed; Para Innovators Offers New Products; Ripcord Paracenter Opens DZ Near Haines City Fla; Personalities Stood Out at Marana; An Interview With Jacques Istel; Southwest May Face Avgas Crunch; Reward Offered for Gear Thief; Barish Beta Offers Fast, Flat Glide; Advanced Air Sports to Offer Piggyback for Novice Jumpers; Meet Director Refutes Rumbleseat Meet Article; Rapide Link Tested; Sellick Prepares New Book on Sport; Strong Still Recalling Lopos; Sharp Logs 2000th; NTSB Recommends Cessna Fix; Academies Dominate Collegiate Championships; New TSO Standards Still Being Written; R3 Canopy Release Fails; Jumper Injured; Paramount Ram Airs Built Under License; Details Provided for Fifth Pan Am Cup; No Conference Championships for Mideastern Conference; Southern California POPS Championships Planned; Company Offers FXC AAD Testing; Collegiates Build Night Star; Golden Knight Killed in Collision; Z'Hills Plans World Cup of CRW; Plans for Coolidge Money Meet Scaled Back, Emphasis on Fun; PEIA Schedules Meeting; World Meet Awarded to Z'Hills; Georgia Council Plans First Meet; Military Ejections Still Dangerous

Return to back-issue opening page.

Go to back-issue ordering page.

Return to Skydiving's home page.