PARACHUTING'S NEWSMAGAZINE
1994 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 #161: 11/21/1994
Places: Mid-America Sport Parachute Club; Places: Illinois Valley Parachute Club; Places: Skydive Chicago; Scores and Team Rosters of the 1994 U.S. Nationals; What Happened at My 10th Bridge Day; Strong Mandates Changes to Tandem Rigs; Novice Jumper Killed In Italy; Skydivers Suffer the Breaks in Australian Incidents; Service Bulletin Affects Some AAD Installations--Airtec; Landing Mishap Hospitalizes One; Pioneering Chute Assis Meet Small But Successful; Harness Fails During Opening; Regional Boogie Attracts 100; U.S. Nationals: Nearly Perfect from Every Angle
Issue #160: 10/26/1994
Directors Answer Questions About PIA Symposium; Canopy Collision Injures Three; California Jumper Killed During BASE Jump; Techniques for Landing High Performance Canopies; Instructor Develops Flight Chart for Canopies; California Fatality Attributed to No-Pull; Removable Slider; France Dominates World CRW Meet; Parachutes de France; Symposium in Brazil; Bridge Day: Crowded & OK; Calif. Blots Stress Quality Not Quantity; United States and France Sweep RW World Cup
Issue #159: 09/21/1994
Places: Skydive South Padre Island; FAA Worries Shut Down DZ; Plans Published for Collegiate Championships; Safety Tips for Flying Chute Assis; Rules Announced for Chute Assis Meet; Sit Flying Offers New Possibilites; World-Record RW Attempt Nearly Successful; Scoring System Developed; Indiana Boogie Enjoys Big Crowd; Fast Aircraft Descents Shouldn't Fire Cypres AADs; Iowa Boogie Hit by Bad Weather; Extreme Games Promises $$$; Herd Boogie Best in Years; France's Espace Boogie: Smaller But Better; 2600 Attend World Free Fall Convention
Issue #158: 08/16/1994
Northern California DZ Moving; 20-Way Pool Changed for '94 Nationals; PIA Symposium Adds Program; Reason for AAD Malfunction Not Known--FXC; Planning for the 1994 U.S. National Sky Diving Championships; Jumper Dies on Night Jump; Heavy Hitters Attend CRW Meet; Florida Company Tweaks Rig; Canadians Set CRW Record; Jumper Dies After Collision; Low Pull Kills Michigan Student; Chute Camp: 13 DZs in 3 Days; CRW Jumper Saved by AAD; U.S. Parachute Association Approves Tandem Rating and 'IAF' Training Method; Casual Montana Boogie Draws 300
Issue #157: 07/16/1994
Unstable Deployment Leads to Trouble; Fax Meets Attract Teams from Across the U.S.; What a DZ Operator Learned from Access Fight; Georgia DZ and County Settle Access Lawsuit; Canadian Firm Shows New Tandem Rig; Michigan DZ Celebrates 31st Anniversary; FAA Dismisses Drop Zone's Complaint; Aircraft Incidents Show Value of Being Prepared; Training Offered for BASE Jumps; Plans Firm for Australian Boogie; Cypres AAD Causes Minor Damage to Reserve--Airtec; Annual Texas 20-Way Meet Keeps Rolling; Perris Valley Adds Skyvan; African Club Announces Boogie; Kern, Stearns Win U.S. S&A Nationals
Issue #156: 06/15/1994
Skydiving's Chart of Round and Ram-Air Reserve Canopies; Skydive Arizona: Third Point in Magic Triangle; Reviews: Skydiving USA Part 2; Face to Face with the Goddess of Whack; Avoiding Canopy Collisions; Deployment Collision Kills One; IPC Fires Shot at Canopy Manufacturers; FAI 8-Way Block Sequence; Jumper Escapes Injury when Reserve Snags Tree; Big Aircraft at Slovakian Boogie; Symposium Set for Brazil; Jumper Injured; Needels Hired; Czech, American Win World Meet
Issue #155: 05/18/1994
Places: Altitudes; Jump Plane Crashes in California; Places: BOP Para Club; Freestyle Starter Hint: Skydance in Your Pool; Fatal BASE Jump in Switzerland; Pilot Disputes NTSB; Skydivers Launch Organization for BASE Jumpers; You Can't Go North From Here; Skydiving's Chart of Ram-Air Main Canopies; Two Die on Tandem Accident in Canada; Tips for Making Tandem Jumps at a Large Boogie; Industry Mulls Excise Tax Options; Two Killed in Tandem Skydiving Accident in Cyprus; TruScore Judging System; USPA Looks at Tandem Data; Rigger Makes Balloon Jump With Old Canopy; California Fatality Blamed on Suicide; Jumper Injured in Canopy Collision; Canopy Collision Kills Two; Picture; Australia Starts 4-Way League; Spain to Host RW World Cup; Convention Aircraft Announced
Issue #154: 04/21/1994
Incidents at Arizona Boogie Offer Safety Lessons; Feature Film Pumping $$$ Into Sport; IPC Proposed Dive Pool of Freestyle Moves; Freestyle Champion Reacts to Proposed IPC Rules; The Acid Mesh Problem Won't Go Away; Strong Enterprises Updates Dual Hawk Tandem; PIA Symposium Set for 1995; Effort Fails to Reopen Yosemite; Accident Kills Tandem Jumpers; Unstable Exit Factor in Fatality; Andy Peckett Named 1993 Skydiver of the Year; Arizona Style & Accuracy Meet Enjoys Large Turnout
Issue #153: 03/21/1994
1994 FAI Relative Work Dive Pools; Reviews; Places: Paracentro Locarno; Demo Team Formed; Big Balloon Hauls Big Loads of Jumpers; Seven Super Slick Safety Secrets; PIA Elects Officers, Chairs; Skydiver Develops Inflatable Jumpsuit; KSU Parachute Club Turns 30; SSE Stops Supporting Mk 2000; Accident Prompts IPC Action; World Freestyle Meet Scheduled; IPC Continues Switch to Air-to-Ground Video
Issue #152: 02/21/1994
DZ Complains to FAA about Neighboring DZ; Airtec Recalls 1500 Cypres Automatic Openers; USPA Marches Forward with Tandem Program; What should Nova owners do?; P.R. Jumpers Dies After Collision; Freefall Collision Fatal; Maybe You've Heard; Maybe You've Heard; FXC Recalls Some Model 12000s; Experienced Jumper Dies in Australia; Glide Path International Sells Out and Closes; Para-Ski Champs Enjoy Weather, More Entrants; IPC Releases Freestyle Rules
Issue #151: 01/19/1994
Skydiving in Florida: Summing Up My 1993 Tour; Travelling 3; Para-Flite Mandates Inspection; Norman Kent: The Book; Army Summary Report; Industry Still Mulling Army's Ram-Air Study; Not All Reserves are Assembled Right; Ga. Accident Difficult to Explain; Canopy Collapse Kills Experienced Skydiver; Jumper Dies in Landing Accident; Deployment Collision Hurts Two; Jerry Bird Opens New Drop Zone; National 800 Service Forming; Glide Path Grounds Nova; Club's Efforts to Jump at Coolidge Still Stymied; '93 Collegiates a Big Success
Issue #150: 12/17/1993
Earning the FAA Rigger's Certificate; Pink Skyvans Take Boogies to Europe; Over 160 Attend World POPS Meet; Jump Shack Introduces Tandem Rig; Malfunction Injures BASE Jumper; Canopy Offers New Steering System; Problems With Student Rigs May Be Solved With Latest Updates; Skydiver Involved in Midair Collision; World Record Plans Under Way; Jumpers Should Check FXCs; POPS Members Build Multiple Records; 'Sport Accuracy' Added to Arizona Classic Competition
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