PARACHUTING'S NEWSMAGAZINE
1987 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 #81: 12/17/1987
Quick Look: German `Top Flyer' Tandem System; The Man Who Loved Cat Chasing; Thanksgiving Weather Helps Success of Boogie; Video: Walking on Air; Sport Death by Robin Heid; Building a Whole-Rig Pressure Chamber; Foreigners Invited to Dutch Nationals; Australian Skydiving Safaris Offered; Photographs Show Narrow Margins of Bridge Jumps; Gregory Opens First-Jump School; From Wings Came Flight Premieres; Perris Boogie Attracts 250 Jumpers; Snyder Disputes Accusations About Sentinel Mk 2000 Automatic Opener; Two Jumpers Make 255 Jumps in 24 Hours; Big Wedge Planned from Many Aircraft
Issue #80: 11/06/1987
Women Sought for Record Attempt; Weather Shortens Korean World Accuracy Cup; Tropical Boogie Announced; World RW Meet Results; Company Studies Parachute Garment; Para-Flite to Stock New Reserve; Precision Opens New Loft; West Point Hosts Halloween Boogie; Porter Returns to Florida; Bridge Day Draws 275 Skydivers; Skydivers Help Football Team; International Para-Ski Contest; Accuracy Meet Series Announced; Calif. 10-Way Meet Draws 11 Teams; Photographers' Association Formed; Air Force Hosts Training Camp; Hartwood Settles; USA, France Winners at World RW Championships; Skydiver Arrested for Building Jump
Issue #79: 09/25/1987
Tips on Organizing Relative Work Dives; Waiver for Riggers; USPA Board Acts on Competition, Discipline Matters; French Claim World CRW Record; FAI Structure Helps Explain CRW Snafu; Jumper Dies in No-Pull Accident; New Zealand Lists Aircraft Incidents; Downplane Injury; Para-Phernalia Issues Safety Notice; Skydance Hosts Innovative Meet; US Women Build Record Canopy Formation; Dollar Daze Boogie Atrracts 500; Pace Casual
Issue #78: 08/31/1987 (This issue is no longer available)
Skydiving's Chart of US Ram-Air Main Canopies; Collegiate Training Camp Dates Set; Americans Place in Phillipine Meet; New York State Drops Skydiving Law; Jumper's Drogue Snags Tail of Cessna 206; Parachutes Australia to Build Talon; Demo Team Picked for Korea World Cup; How to Select a BASE Site; Soviet Style and Accuracy Jumpers Use Innovative Deployment Device; France Fields Strong RW Teams; Relative Workshop Tightens Tandem RW Rules; West German Fatality; Skydive Sandwich Host 10-Way Meet; New Canopy Fabric--Putnam Mills; FXC Recalls AADs; Company Plans Same Day Video; Jumper Killed in Freefall Collision; Dates Set for East Coast Collegiate Meet; 1500 Attend World Skydiving Convention; Boogie Gets Skyvan
Issue #77: 07/27/1987
1987 Nationals Results; Photographers Sought for 1988 US Nationals; 1987 Nationals Results; Style and Accuracy: a First-Timer's View; Bad Weather Hampers Jumping at USPA Boogie; Two Killed in Illinois Tandem Accident; FAA Renews Exemption for Tandem Jumping; Tandem Pair Bails Out; Eagle Parachute Offers New Reserve; Swedish Club Buys Turbo Beaver; Jump Aircraft and DC-10 Nearly Collide; PIA Tackle Use of Non-TSOed Gear in US; PIA Gives Details About Mystery Bulk Condition; NAA Reminds Centaurus Owners to Inspect and Perhaps Modify Harness; Collegiate Club Markets Off-Campus; Women's CRW Record; FTS Granted TSO on New Reserves; Texas Photographer Dies in Accident; Perris Valley DZ has New Mangement; Europeans Build 126-Way World Record; Sky Shows Demo; Army, Excalibur Win RW Event at US Nationals
Issue #76: 06/18/1987
Skydiving Accident Attributed to Heart Attack; Bridge Day Limited to 250 Parachutists; French Team Wins Speed Formation Meet; Agency Proposes Regulation to Permanently Ban Parachuting in Yosemite National Park; Issaquah's 10-Cessna Boogie a Success; Boogies, Meets Start European Season; Prism Does Well at French Meet; Group of Jumpers Buys Twin Otter; Iowa Dollar Daze Boogie Relocates; Riggers Convention Set for Oklahoma; Hercules Boogie Draws 830 Skydivers; Two Killed in Tandem Accident; Colorado 121-Way World Record Attempt Canceled; French to Host Concurrent World Competitions
Issue #75: 05/21/1987
CRW Boogie Set; Parachuting's Unforgettable Jumps 3: Sparkling Compendium of Parachuting; North American Aerodynamics Broadens Line; Poynter Proposes PIA Cruise; Oklahoma Boogie Pitched As 121-Way Warm-up; World-Class Teams Compete in Mini-meet; Precision Shipping Falcon 9-cells; FAR Adds Small 9-cell to its Line; Pioneer Updates Reserve Recall List; East Coast Collegiate Meet Set; Perris Pursues Active Boogie Schedule; Photographs Show Importance of Stable Deployment; Sun Path Javelin Not Yet Ready; Performance Designs Introduces 2 Mains; Jumpers Raise $5000; 121-Way Formation Attempt Planned for July; Porter to Penn. DZ; France Imports U.S. CRW Team
Issue #74: 04/21/1987
Heid Self-Publishes First Book; Pink Skyvan to Support 23 Boogies; New Tandem Rig; New Genesis Piggyback; Para-Ski Nationals; South Dakota Meet; Skydive Gunter Recalls Ripcords; Talon Tongue; FXC Warns Against Field Repairs; Mesh Still Culprit in Reserve Recall; Canopy Repair Workshop Set; Invitational Group Meets in Florida for 3rd Photo Session; Collegiate Camp; Can-Am RW Cup Planned; Washington Boogie
Issue #73: 03/19/1987
Lawsuit May Close Virginia DZ; Leather Rigs Field Tested; Dream Team Meets for First Weekend; S. African Gear Popular in Europe; New Aural Altimeter; CSPA Discounts; Elsinore Drop Zone Back in Operation; N.C. Record Attempt; PIA Sets Rigger Convention Dates; Sentinel Off Market; Pioneer Affirms Cause of Recall; Inspection of Talon Ripcords Ordered; Yolo DZ Reopens
Issue #72: 02/13/1987
Britain's CAA Scrutinizes Jump Aircraft; Ram-Airs Approved for Use by Students; Perris Tallies; Nebraska Boogie; Slope Soaring Popular in Europe; UK Skydiving Community Mulls AADs, Cooperation of Military and Civilian DZ; Firm Readies New Javelin Rig; 1986: Safe Year for Aviation; Parachuting's Popularity Ranked; Plans Made for Tropical Boogie; Pioneer Recalls More Reserves; Plans Announced for Nationals
Issue #71: 12/30/1986
Brazil Hosts First Tropical Boogie; Lone Star Releases Second Owner-Built Parachute; Fall Rate: Fashion or Revenge?; Parachutes De France Readies Tandem Rig; PIA to Meet in January; Pioneer Recalls 10 More K-20s; Clifton, White Join Skydiving Magazine; Jumpers Sought for Guatemala Trip; Z'Hills Turkey Meet Draws 725 Jumpers; Pepsi Para-Ski Meet Expects 70; Bird Machine Plans Form 1987
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