PARACHUTING'S NEWSMAGAZINE
1995 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 #173: 11/11/1995
Split Personality; Line Twists Aren't Always Routine; Detecting a Built in Turn; 'Routine' Breakaway Ends with Short Reserve Ride; Tiffin: A Party, Not a Boogie; 3-Ring Construction Important to Function; The 1500 Meter Dash; Team Roster of the 1995 U.S. Nationals; Final Scores, 1995 U.S. RW Nationals; 70-Year-Old Jumper Dies; Tandem Accident Kills Two in Michigan; Big Planes for Slovakia Boogie; Tandem Incident Rattles APF; Dual Square Study Continues; Beach Jump Fatal for DZ Owner; Weather Aside, Nat'ls a Sucsess; West Virginia's Bridge Day Goes Smoothly
Issue #172: 10/12/1995 (Back issue no longer available)
The Best Lies in Skydiving; AAD Save; CRW Jumpers Hit a Few Ups and Downs at Raeford; Queen Air Accident Draws Broader FAA Scrutiny; Nordic Record Comes Close; Danish Comany Introduces Sophisticated Logging Program; Freestyle Festival Set in Arizona; Bits and Pieces; POPS World Meet; 300-Way Planned for Russia; New Company Jumps Into Rig Market; Perris Boogie; PIA Meeting in Germany; Freestyle World Championships A Big Sucsess; U.S. Takes First Place at World Parachuting Championships
Issue #171: 08/16/1995 (Back issue no longer available)
Equipment Entanglement Fatal; U.S. Teams Get Ready for RW World Meet; Texas 20-Way Meet Successful; 300 First-Jump Students in a Day; Student Confused About RSL Function; Jumper Induces Mal, Gets Hurt; Proper Equipment Enhances Camera Work; CRW Emergency Procedures Require Planning; FAA Declines to Update Rigging Regulations; T-Bar: The Taboo Tool; Two California DZs Join Forces; Over 300 Jumpers Attend Montana Boogie; AAD Battery Damages Reserve; Bad Rings Found on Some Risers; In Spite of Weather, Convention Sets Attendance Record
Issue #170: 08/16/1995
The Legal Considerations of Parachuting at Bridge Day; Change at Elsinore; Use My Batteries, AAD Manufacturer Says; Low Turn Fatal; Photographer Dies in California; 10-Way Meet Uses Only Cessnas; USPA Pushes Forward with Safety & Training Programs; Stearns Logs 10,000th Jump; RW Teams Slug it Out at Eloy; Ruckert Joins Perris; CRW Jumpers Attend N.C. Camp; U.S. Team Opens Training Camps; Sit School a Hit; Nationals to Arizona, New York; Sweden's Sommarlagen Booie: Big, Cheap and Fun
Issue #169: 07/06/1995
Canopy Collision Kills Jumper; Science Meets Skydiving at Greene County; On Earning Your Rigger Certificate; Florida Fatality; A Quick Look at The Pack-Rat; Canada DZ Association Formed; CRW: 'Take That Risk and Grab Some Nylon'; Final Results--U.S. Nationals; 20-Way World Cup Scheduled; Dominican Republic Boogie; Cross Country Jumps Planned; Company Urges Canopy Mod; Oregon Airports Get Relief; U.S. Nationals Go Well for Style, Accuracy & CRW
Issue #168: 06/01/1995
CRW Meet Features 8-Way Sequential; Filming 4-Way Relative Work; IPC Clarifies Vertical Moves; Rigging Checklist; Ex-Paratrooper Dies on Jump; Tip for New Intructors: How to Overcome Stage Fright; PIA to Meet in Germany; Manufacturer Studies Tandem Side Spin; Rigger Discovers Sabatoged Reserve; Wash. Fatality; New Tacking Cord; Soft Toggle Eliminates Velcro; Main-Reserve Wrap Hurt Tandem Pair; Bad Ring Hinders Cutaway; IPC Unraveling Woman's World Record; Company Ships Small Reserve; Reserves Recalled; DZ Drops RSL and AAD Rule; New England Jumpers Set Two RW Records
Issue #167: 05/12/1995
Filming 4-Way Exits from a Twin Otter; News for Relative Work Competitors; Horatio, Step Forward; How to Run a Tracking Competition; Novice Fails to Deploy Reserve; Final Results-'95 World Para-Ski Meet; World Para-Ski Championships; Parachute Symposium Repeat Set For Brazil; Jumps Show Time May Have Little Effect on Reserve Deployment; Jumpers Learn That Radical Toggle Input Can Result in Malfunctioned Main Canopies; AAD Checked After Accident; Fla. CRW Camp Successful; Blade Running Off to Good Start
Issue #166: 04/18/1995
AAD Case Cracks; 75 Attend Arizona Style & Accuracy Meet; USPA to Roll Out Tandem Rating and Training Programs; Skydivers Jump from 35,000 Ft.; Rigging Tips from the PIA Symposium; Sky Surfing Teams Chosen; Inexpensive Rig Readied; 12 Teams Attend Creeper Boogie; Jumpers Test Downhill Canopy Course; Ala. Jumper Killed Bailing Out; Canada to Regulate Students; CRW Camps Planned in U.S.; 700 Attend PIA Symposium; Women Build 103-Way Record Formation
Issue #165: 03/17/1995
The IPC is Off Target about Women's RW Records; Dispute Continues Over Access to Arizona Airport; Conversations About New Wave Skydiving; What is Sport Accuracy?; On Rigger Integrity; Tracking Competition Sharpens Skills; IPC Tweaks CRW Dive Pool; Trial Date Set for Tandem Lawsuit; Hangovers Plague Mardi Gras; Tony Uragallo Named 1994 Skydiver of the Year; International World RW Cups Might Get New Format
Issue #164: 02/18/1995
Vertical RW: The New Frontier; Freestylist and Photographer: Working Together as a Team; The One Word That Sums Up Winter Jumping: It's Damn Cold; U.S. Para-Ski National Championship Draws 41; Some Relative Workers Turn to Full-Face Helmets; Inspections: What You Pay For; Symposium Schedule Announced; Bridge Jumper Strikes Canyon; News from a USPA Board Meeting; Jumper Dies in Georgia; No-Pull Kills Illinois Jumper; FXC Announces Electronic AAD; IPC Recognizes Freestyle as Competitive Event; Fla. and Texas DZs to Host U.S. Nationals
Issue #163: 01/18/1995
Collegiates: Well Run With Plenty of Competitors; Florida Drop Zone Offers CRW Instruction; Jumper Dies After Low Reserve Pull; A Simple Way to Calculate Freefall Time; Relative Work Transitions; Tips for Packing Zero-P Canopies; Scoring Error Mars World Freestyle Meet; 'Pond Swooping' Meet Tests Advanced Canopy Skills; Jumper Dies in No-Pull Accident; Fla. Company Continues Ram-Air Study; Kenya Boogie Features Cessnas; Women's Jumps Scheduled; Plans Set for Arizona Classic; USPA Elects 95-'96 Board; Dealer Fights Credit Card Fraud; 232-Way World Record Attempt Fails
Issue #162: 12/15/1994
Readers Report Double-Square Deployments; Novel Meet Tests Canopy Skills; Italian Accident Still Under Investigation; Drop Zone Feature Film Released to Theaters; Novice Killed in Canopy Collision; A Quick Look at the Triathlon Canopy; Mini Boogie Paves Way for Next Year; DZ Program Promises Cheap Jumps
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