Issue #221: December 1999: 11/24/1999

Let's Improve Our Own Meets First; Is USPA Doing a Good Job?; NSL Championships; Low Turn Cited in Colorado Accident; Cause of Davis's Yosemite BASE Accident Not Clear; North Carolina Accuracy Meet Doles Out $10,000; Suicide Suspected in Calif. Fatality; OmniSkore Put the Sport on the Web; Jefferies on 1 Gold, 1 Silver; Marin on Winning 4-way; Australia Hosts World Championships of Freestyle & Skysurfing; Jumpbubble Wants to Know Its Customers; New BASE Canopy in Production; Australians Set Large-Formation Record; 'Cutaway' Production in Full Swing; Jumping With a Sign; Company Tests Air-Ground Vehicle; Precision to Make 'Airlock' Canopy; Bonehead's 'HalfRak'; Wind Tunnel to Open in Calif.; POPS Builds Its Biggest Formation Ever; Bridge Day: Same Old Fun Story; France, U.S. Win World RW Meet.

Issue #220: November 1999: 10/22/1999

2,500 Jumps Made from Kjerag and Smellveggen This Year; Swede Sets National Record - 100 Jumps in a Day; Winners Split $12,000 at PK Platter Money Meet; Genesis, Passion 8 Win Second America's Cup Championship; Season Ends for Norway League; Norway Tries IPC RW Proposal; A Jumper's Fond Farewell to 'Mr. Douglas'; New California DZ Shows the New Face of Skydiving; Company Reforms; Jumpers Give First-Hand Accounts of Hard Openings; Mass Launch Successful from Norwegian Cliff; Norway BASE Site Becoming Summer Drop Zone; Brooke, Haig Win French Speed Meet; Skydivers Succeed in Hoop Feat; Injured Jumper Found Three Days After Accident; Narrower Vector Introduced; Scores of the U.S. Nationals of Style, Accuracy and CRW; A Conversation With John LeBlanc; Competitors Comment on RW Nationals; Knives Changed; Low Turn Kills California Jumper; Main Spins Up, Cutaway System Malfunctions; Slink Use Limited; Investigators Study Ga. Accident; Simple Fun, The Hard Way; Full-Featured Logbook Program Features Altimeter Interface; Jumpship Crash Kills 5 in Texas; Relative Workshop Offers Kit to Improve 3-Ring Reliability; New Multi-Purpose Camera Helmet from Bonehead; POPS World Meet Draws 175; Speed-Star Meet Set for 2000; Arizona Company Offers Freefly Rig--Voodoo; Few Teams, Lots of Winners at US Nationals of Freestyle & Skysurfing; Golden Knights, Skydive Chicago, Airspeed Triumph at U.S. Nationals.

Issue #219: October 1999: 09/23/1999

Lipinski Wins Pond Swooping Nationals; Australian Killed at Troll Wall; SSE Turns Altimaster Business Over to Alti-2; Cypres Sales Reach 50,000; 100-Yr-Old Sets Guinness Record For Oldest Tandem Jumper; Golden ParaShoot to Begin Filming "Cutaway"; Health Insurance, Dive Pool Web Sites, Pilot Training; Has Your Main Malfunctioned Lately?; Poor Workmanship; Jumper Death Called Suicide; Quincy Accident; 40 Attend Sport Accuracy Nationals; Flying a "Bird-Man" Suit; Reserve Malfunction Fatal in Colo.; Canopy Collision in N.C.; BPA Urges Freebag Inspection; Competitors Try Proposed Rules; RATs, Golden Knights Win New Jersey America's Cup Meet; New Tandem Harness is Better for Students; BASE Video Premiers; From the Loft - Technical Standard Orders; Stunts 'Grandfathers' Tandem Vector Instructors; A Talk with Peter Allum; BASE Jumper Sentenced to Jail; How to Become a Rigger Examiner; New Freefly Rig -- Voodoo; Event Caters to New Skydivers; Handy Device Helps Skydivers Minimize Hypoxia; Women Set World Large-Formation Record in California.

Issue #218: September 1999: 08/20/1999

Canopy Collision Kills One in Germany; SSE Out of Busisness; Alti-2 to Continue Altimaster Sales; Sony PC-7 Lens Assembly; We Love 'Em, But Sometimes They Kill Us / Moose Nuts; Vastergotlands Hosts Swedish Nationals; League Fosters 4-Way in Australia; Answers to "How Can We Teach Better Canopy Control?"; A Youngster Makes Her First Skydive; Photo: Slovanian Team Trains for World Meet at Scenic Airport; Small California DZ Shows that Bigger Isn't Always Better; "Willing to Fly" Movie Premieres to Mixed Reviews; Government Loses BASE Case; A Conversation with Fred Morelli; Tenn. Jumper Dies After RW Collision; Florida Skydiver Killed in Freeflying Accident; Metal-less Soft Links Ready for Use on Reserves and Mains; The Three sides of Survival; King Air Crashes in Michigan; Malfunction Injures McGowan; Russians Set 4-Way Rotation Record at World CRW Cup; 72-Way Dutch Record Set at Texel; Lost Prairie Boogie Focuses on 'All-Out Fun'; Courses Offered on BASE; BASE Jumpers Trek to Baffin; Custom is Customary at New Jumpsuit Company; Norwegians Set National Record; 'Sebastian XL' Wins Brit Natls; Injured Jumper Awarded $330K After Striking Piper Arrow; 49-Way Built at Night in New York; Pilot's In-Flight Actions Prompt Complaint to FAA; AFF Jumpmaster Killed in Utah; Brits Set 100-Way National Record; Video Features Technical 4-Way: Skydive 4'99; PD Readies "Airlock" Canopy; Colo. Boogie Continues to Thrive; German Mega Meet Draws 116 Teams; Florida Teams Win AmCup Meet #4.

Issue #217: August 1999: 07/22/1999

Wagners Offer OmniTrainer for Wannabe Judges; Speed-Diving Competition in England; Hand-Deploy for Students: A Good Idea?; A Skydiver Remembers Steve Snyder; Ray Cottingham Reaches Five-Digit Milestone; Skydiver Murdered; Stowing Excess Brake Line on Velcro-Free Toggles; Securing Your Chest Strap; Group Forms to Make, Sell Icaruses; Photos: Norway Hosts Extreme Week; 'Flashpoint' and 'Passion 8' Win America's Cup at Perris Valley; 2 French Pilots Killed in Crash; Photo: Jumpers Recreate a Bit of History; 'Norgies' Win Meet #2 of Swedish Cup; Techniques: 2-Way Skills Drill; Cessna Crash Kills 5 Skydivers; Take-Off Accident Kills Four; California DZ Buys Out Neighbor; Demo Team For Sale; Collins Lanyard Works as Designed in Real Emergency; Fleeing BASE Jumper Drowns in Yosemite; 3-Ring Failure Causes Close Call; Jedei Returns to Market; Test Jumper; Freefly Festival Features Films; Berry, Zipser Win Space Games; TV's X-Games Doles Out Big $$ to Skysurfers.

Issue #216: July 1999: 06/17/1999

Time-Out, Jumper Weight and Health, Canopy Speed; Competition Scoreboard; Causes of N.Y. Accident Unknown; BASE Rig Closes with Pins; Places: Fraser Valley Skydiving Centre; Indiana Jumper Killed Landing Under Spiraling Canopy; Precision Reserves Continue to Lead U.S. Market; New York Accident Blamed on Low Cutaway; Rigger's Sloppy Work Draws Fire; Falcon Does a Little Head-Down, a Little Sit Flying and Some CRW; Skydivers Help Ex-President Celebrate His 75th Birthday; Organizers of Arizona Invitational Do It Right, Again; Jump Pilot Dies In King Air Crash; Austrian Jumper Parachutes From World's Tallest Building; BASE Trials Crawl Forward; California Boogie Features DC-3; Helmet Maker Aims for Military, Niche Markets; Flyaway Keeps Improving Wind-Tunnel Programs; Skydiver's TV Sitcom on Hold; BASE Rig Includes Optional Climbing Gear; RSLs OKed for Some Mini Risers; Skydive Houston Hosts Canopy-Flight Seminar; Winged Suit Enters Production; Nevada Passes Skydiving Law; Italians Win Style & Accuracy Meet.

Issue #215: June 1999: 05/19/1999

TSO, AFF vs. PFF, Novice Gear, Medical Restrictions; National Skydiving League Continues to Branch Out; Jumper Dies Under Spinning Canopy; Places: Chicagoland Skydiving; USPA Changes 4-Way Catagories, Again; Florida DZ Prepares for U.S. National Championships; From the Loft: Constructing Giant Flags; Rules Not Clear About Swapping Tandem Mains; Big Swedish Cliff Serves as Site of International BASE Boogie; Cause of Italian Accident Unclear; Low Turn Fatal at Pennsylvania DZ; Basic Body Flight Theory; Israeli Crash Kills Four; Modifying Risers Not Easy; Perris 'Ghetto' Celebrates 20th Year; California DZ Does High Altitude Jumps the Smart Way; Spanish DZ is a Freeflyer's Playground; Harry the Hero and His Unknown Helper; Calif. Big Loads Short on Completion, Long on Fun; Skydive on the North Pole Expensive But Worth It; Hungary Hosts Mini-Boogie; Swedish Boogie Runs Hot & Cold; Freefly Meet Tests Two Skills; Skydiving Scholarship Created; DZ Owner Pleased with 1st Season; Cessna Crash in Ohio Kills Five; 'V-Max' Takes AmCup 4-Way; "Flyboyz' and 'Elsinore Fanatic' Win SSI Pro Meet.

Issue #214: May 1999: 04/21/1999

Proposal to Legalize Tandem, Gear, Packing; It's Never as Easy as It Looks; Student Jitters, Horseshoe Mal; Putting the Fatality Numbers Into Perspective; Skydiver Dies Landing Under Malfunctioned Main; IPC Moving Forward with Competitive Freeflying Event; School Opens in Gardiner, N.Y.; Texas Researcher Sheds Light on Hard Cutaway; Scenes from Norman Kent's "Willing to Fly"; From the Loft: On Cypres Batteries; Zipser Dominates Space Games; Newcomer Wins Bladerunning; Techniques: 4-Way Block 23: Snowflake-Offset; Evolution 2000 and Pro-Track: New Data-Logging Altimeters; Very Hard Landing; Reserve Malfunction Kills Jumper; Speed Skydiving Takes to the Skies Over Florida; Winged Suits Readied for Mainstream Use; Skydiving Law Not a Done Deal; Perris Meet Enjoys Big Turnout; POPS Winter Meet Rolls On.

Issue #213: April 1999: 03/17/1999 (Back issue no longer available)

Skysurf Team Aims for Big Time; Changing Our Sport: A Talk With IPC Chairman Odd Heimstad; Learning to Freefly: Relative Transitioning; Report Issued on Student Accident; Jim Wallace School Moves to Perris; Multi-Point 'Big Way' Invitational Goes Well in Arizona; New Main Canopy is Appropriately Named; Lawsuit Against California DZ Moves Forward; Simpson Wins Tombstone Challenge BASE Meet; Former President Bush Ventures Into Wind Tunnel; Airtec Studying Service Life of Cypres AAD; America's Cup Tour Kicks Off Third Year; Dropped Space Ball Raises Flak; Nevada Considers Skydiving Law; Skydiver Stars in New TV Sitcom; X-Games Promises Skydivers $66K; Z'Hills Leads 100-Way Contest; British Company Offers Video-Camera Assesories; IPC Mulls Format Changes; Maubeuge Triumphs Over Airspeed in Arizona.

Issue #212: March 1999: 02/16/1999 (Back issue no longer available)

Executive and Competition Committee Elected; Hand-Deploy Pilot Chutes Approved for Students; Slope Soaring, AFFCC, First Gear, Rigging, Packers; Vertical Journey: The Art of New Age Skydiving; The Art of vRW: The Way of Freefly; California DZ Sold to Employee; Texas Jumper Dies in Canopy Accident; Europe Rules Int'l Para-Ski; About Risers; NTSB Rules on R.I. Crash; Rig Manufacturer Receives Money from Injured Student; Christmas Boogie is Highlight of 1998 for Spanish DZ; New Harness for Tandem Students; Freefly Competition: A Compulsory Oxymoron?; Florida Skydiving League -- Results; FAA Issues AD on Some Vectors; PIA Convention: Old Friends, New Toys; Gloves from Italy; The Stunts Adventure Airframe; The NAA Centaurus; Aerial Focus Roll Cage; The Fliteline Systems T-Flex; Parasport Italia's Z1-Alpha; Sidewinder 02 by Sky Systems; Sport Goggles; Cutaway System Mod; Da Bomb, Bonehead Composites; Drop-Test Dummy; New Hook Knife; Precision Aerodynamics' Safire; The Icarus Extreme VX by Precision Aerodynamics; Georgia Company Offers Training Altimeter; The Hornet by PISA; The Diablo by Aerodyne Research; Geometric Reflex; Bar Raised for Audible Altimeters; Calif. Firm Offers Velco-Free Toggles; Instructional Video to Debut Soon; Low Turn Accident Fatal in Arizona; Jump Into the Millennium Offered; Money Meet Set for Denmark; DZ to Open Near Pittsburg; Old Photo Shows Sport's Military Roots; Dan B.C., Jack J., Mark K. and Kirk V.: 1998 Skydivers of the Year; PIA Symposium Draws International Crowd.

Issue #211: February 1999: 01/14/1999

Now's a Good Time to Attack the Canopy Problem; AFF Help, Equipment Costs, High Altitude Jumps; How to Hard-Wire a Video Indicator Light; Techniques: 4-Way Block 13: Hammer-Hammer; Checking the Fit of Your Booties; Five States, Five Jumps, All in One Day; A Return to the Sport; Avoidable Toggle Hang-Up Causes Reserve Ride; Study Documents Sorry State of FAI License Program; Alaskan DZ: Not Mainstream, But Beautiful; Canopy Accident Fatal in Florida; BASE Association Reviews 1998 Accomplishments; Situational Awareness for Skydivers; Aircraft Accident; USPA Elects New Board of Directors; New Gear Bag Offers Novel Features and Plenty of Options; Accident Kills British Jumper; IPC Hopes to Attract Public Audiences to Competitive Skydiving; Better Closing Loop; Company Introduces Skysurfing Suit; New Canopy Enters Production; Turboprops Lead U.S. Market; Sweden's Herc Boogie Canceled; Norgie Conquers N.Y. Buildings; Air Force Academy Big Winner at Collegiates; Western DZs End 1998 With Successful Boogies.

Issue #210: January 1999: 12/17/1998 (Back issue no longer available)

Tony Suits Still Lead Market; RW Nationals Rescheduled a Bit; New Warm-Up Suit; Wind Tunnel Down for Repairs; New Camera Mount Easily Configured; 7-cell vs 9, C-130s, King Air Exits, Facing Fear; Places: Illinois Valley Parachute Club; Florida Jumper Dies After Landing in Lake; Florida Skydiving League Preps for 1999 Season; Space Games In Step with the Evolution of Freeflying; Modern Audible Altimeter: Which One is Best?; Patent Applications Reveal Exciting Possibilities; Cause of Hard Cutaway Not Clear; RW Technique: Keeping Brainlocks at Bay; No-Pull Kills Virginia Jumper; Landing Accident Injures Skydiver; Techniques: 4-Way Block 12: Zipper/Star; Skydiving and Your Eyes; APF Mandates Grommet Fix; Tennessee Pilot Reopens Coolidge Airport to Jumping; Minnesota Company Ships New Helmet--Velocity; The Fading Art of Falling Down Withouth Hurting Yourself; Freefly Festival Draws 100.

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