Issue #281: December 2004: 11/24/04

Hungary Hosts BASE Competition; Go Fast Co. Joins Backcountry Access Effort; Georgia DZ Hosts Halloween Boogie; Selection Method for Games Explained; U.S. Team of Canopy Piloting Named for World Cup; Tennessee Skydiver Killed Attempting to Jump a Tiny Canopy; A Conversation With Pat Moorehead; FS Technique: Two 4-Way Exits Every Team Should Master; Special Rigs Add Realism to Tunnel Training; Army Parachute Team Hosts Military Meet; Bridge Day Rolls On, Despite Cranky Weather, Time Limits; SOS Looks to Next Year for Large-Formation Record; Jumping an Annual Event for 97-Year-Old; Norway's Tall Cliffs Let Skydivers Try Innovative Launches; Digital Photography Has Both Benefits and Limitations for Skydivers.

Issue #280: November 2004: 11/01/04

U.S.A. Sweeps Formation Skydiving World Meet; Moore, Feldt Win S&A Nationals; Final Results: U.S. CF Nationals; Leg Weights Introduced; Student Dies in No-Pull Accident; POPS Set Record in Missouri; Big Ram-Air Delivers ATV and Pax Gently, On Target; Germany Wrestles with Approval of Vigil Automatic Opener; Heid Injured During Bridge Jump; Airspeed, Majik Win Big at Formation-Skydiving Nationals; Few Problems at U.S. Nationals; Disqualifications Bounce Some Top FS Teams from the Nationals; Basic Research and Vertigo Merge; Weather Iffy, But Bridge Day Was OK; Gear Yields Few Clues in Accident; Alchemy, Resident Eloy, Firestarter Win at Artistic Nationals; Go Fast Games Draws 100 Jumpers; AE World Meet Goes On; Russia, U.S. Win CRW World Championships; The 28th WPC of Style & Accuracy; Results from the World Championship of Style and Accuracy; Skydive Dallas goes Hawaiian.

Issue #279: October 2004: 9/30/04

French Boogie Features Big Jet, Successful Skydives; Fla. DZ Rebounds from Hurricane; Park-Service Director Okays Talks With BASE Jumpers; Parachute-System Failure Ends Three-Year Mission; Canada Skips the Nationals, Runs Two Regional Meets; POPS Effort to Set Big-Formation Record Stymied by Weather; Cani Wins Convention Canopy-Swoop Meet; Skysurf Champ Back in the Hunt; The Annual Poker Run: Jumping, Drinking and Gambling; Moledzki Wins Spanish National Swoop Open; New Wing Suite Makes Transition Easier; Pilcher Wins Dutch Swoop Meet; Bobo Takes First at Florida Meet; Provenzano Triumphs at New York Swoop Meet; Calland Wins World Cup of Speed Skydiving; A Tale of Two Drop Zones; 4-Way Technique: Block 17, Danish Tee / Murphy; Power Flying: The Concepts of Hard Stops and Holding One's Ground; When to Say When: When to Call Off a Demo; Low Turn Kills California Jumper; Repack Intervals Vary Greatly from One Country to the Next; Student in Trouble; AAD Fires; Golden Knights Re-Shuffle Its 4-Way Team; World Free Fall Convention Hampered by Weather; Switzerland Hosts Successful World POPS Meet.

Issue #278: September 2004: 8/25/04

Big Aircraft and Diligent Volunteers Make Swedish Boogie a Success; Utah DZ to Host Novel Event; U.S. Canopy Manufacturer Sends Reps to Europe; Sun Path Issues Harness Bulletin; Interior Department Opens Door to Parachutists; RW Technique: Your Team and the Fastest Draw Ever; Energy Drink Used N.J. Building Jumps for Promotion; Florida Canopy Association Continues to Push Forward; Russia Hosts 'Moscow BASE-Jumping World Championships'; The Smart Way to Dive into Head-Down; Royal Gorge Games Set for October; Refined Mono-Wing Suit Goes After Market Share; New Night Record: Once in a Blue CRW Moon.

Issue #277: August 2004: 7/26/04

American Boogie Draws 350 to Northern Calif.; 'Majik' Wins Malevsky Meet for the Third Time; Special Gear Facilitates Low Cutaway; Indiana Group Jumps Classic Gear; Jumper Dies in Georgia Accident; Perris Jet Inches Closer to Takeoff; Moledzki Wins New Jersey Swoop Meet; Founding Owner of Sky Venture Sells Company; DZ Invites Visiting Instructors; BirdMan Founders Fly Off in Different Directions; Swedish Club Imports Coaches for Successful Swoop Camps; Aerodyne Tweaks Rig, Introduces New Tandem Canopy; Mastering the Mirage Reserve Container; BASE Camp: A Total-Immersion Introduction to the Sport; Moscow Boogie Introduces Westerners to Parachuting in Russia; Gear Program for Instructors; 4-Way Technique: Block 16, Compressed Accordion / Box; Training Strategy: Crawl, Walk, Run; Women Set BASE Record.

Issue #276: July 2004: 6/29/04 (Back issue no longer available)

Eight Years Later, Arizona Challenge is Still, Well, Challenging; Failure of Pin Screening Attributed to Poor Prior Testing; School Opens at New York DZ; Mark Calland Winds Speed Meet; Jumpers Set Mississippi RW Record; Rigger Offers Annual Service Plan; Jump Shack Updates Toggle Design; Idaho Bridge Boogie Breezy But Big; Paraplegic Makes Solo Bridge Jumps; Wind-Tunnel Projects Move Forward Worldwide; Russian Jumper, Washington DZ Team Up for Foreign Gear Service; RW Technique: Working as a Team; A Glossary of Terms for Formation Skydiving; With the Help of the Internet, A Jumper Recovers His Stolen Rig; Rossouw Beats 20 Others to Win Swoop Meet in Florida; The Annual Lew Sanborn Accuracy Meet - Texas Style; Former President Bush Logs Two More Jumps.

Issue #275: June 2004: 5/21/04

Freeflyers Set Large Formation World Record; Fuel Prices Worry DZ Operators; Two-Point 121-Way Completed; CReW Alive and Well in Georgia; New Open-Face Helmet; Winter, Euribe Win Wind Tunnel Meet; Fairhurst Triumphs in Tracking Contest; Chute - N - Shoot is Not the Typical Accuracy Meet; Venerable Award Program Soldiers On; Skydivers Help Celebrate European Political Realignment; Broken Pin Casts Doubt on Effectiveness of Testing Program; Static-Line Incident Prompts Vigil Bulletin; 4-Way Technique: Block 15, Cat / Cat; Belgium Wins CISM 4-Way Event; Turning Correctly is All in the Finish; Army Parachute Team Moves into New Building; We've Come a Long Way, Baby; Moledzki Wins Freestyle Swoop Meet; A McConkey Gone Bad; BASE Shot Wins Journalism Award.

Issue #274: May 2004: 4/21/04

Parachutists Over Phorty Society Thaws Out at Spring Fest 2004; Tiger Woods Makes Tandem Jump; Ground-to-Air Video System Gets Upgrades; BASE Company Splits in Two; Hollywood Pioneers Reunite in Florida; River Serves as Swooper's Playground; Elsinore Fire Brings Out the Best in Parachuting Community; Colclasure Earns $5000 by Winning 'Blade Raid' in Utah; Manufacturer Recalls Vigil Automatic Openers; Golden Knights Sharpen Style and Accuracy Skills in Arizona; 14th Arizona Classic a 'Small' Success; Malaysian BASE Tour 2004; PST Pro Swooping Tour "Two Thousand Three"; 4-Way Technique: Block 14, Bipole / Bipole; Tunnel Training for 4-Way Teams; Vigil, AAD Off to an Uncertain Start.

Issue #273: April 2004: 3/22/04 (Back issue no longer available)

Signs of a Possible Thaw in Park Service - Jumper Relations; Loic Jean-Albert: 2003 Skydiver of the Year; Freefly Coach Plans Busy Year; Broken Pin Surfaces in Belgium; No Reserve, No Worries; Tennessee Jumpers Keep It Simple, Fun; Rhodes Logs Jump # 16,000; Over-Sixty Set Plans RW Record; No 8-Way Team for the Golden Knights; How Many Skydivers Does It Take to Film a Freefly Dive?; For Some Aircraft, Becoming a Jump Plane Requires a Long Trip; 4-Way Technique: Block 11, Photon / Photon; Understanding 4-Way's Different Slots; Russian 8-Way Team Trains in Arizona; Sport Finds Guru; Skydivers Demonstrate Formations; Review: Best of DeLand Majik; Paraplegic Makes Bridge Jump; Trip to Mexican Cave Yields A Week of Underground Parachuting; World Formation Record: Success by Design; Skydivers Find Good Excuse to Tour the Australian Outback by Air; Brazil Gets Another DZ, Hosts a Boogie.

Issue #272: March 2004: 2/27/04

Large Freefall Formation Record Set in Thailand; Brazil Gets New DZ; Weather Doesn't Stop Freeflyers; Army Team Gets Freefly Coaching; Freefly Team Seeks Photographer; 'Synchronicity' Heads West; Moledzki Wins Fla. Swoop Meet; Parachutists Add to the Carnival of Football's Super Bowl; Automatic Opener Malfunctions During Routine Jump; Skydiver Pursues Aircraft 'Record'; Disappearing Act; Technique: The Art of Bull-Riding; International Parachuting Commission Changes FS Rules; Belgian 4-way Team Gets Serious; Pro Swooping Tour Announces Plans for its 2004 Schedule; Skydiver Demonstrates the 'TARD' Deployment; Wind Tunnel Planned for N.C.; One Freefall Photographer's Long Road to Prominence.

Issue #271: February 2004: 1/29/04

Swedish Boogie Again Features Big C-130 Transport; Moledzki Wins $700 at Swoop Meet; Results of the Collegiate Nationals; New Auto Opener Fires on Ground; 'Train the Trainer' Program Launched; Investigators Not Sure of Cause of Tandem Accident in Japan; Every 60 Years He Makes a Jump; Skydive Arizona Hosts Xmas Boogie; California DZ Takes Delivery of Jet Transport; British Army Hold U.S. Training Camp; The Kirlin Air Force; Skydivers are Soldiers; New Zealand DZ Offers Career Training for Professional Skydivers; Skydivers Rally for Paul Bliss; Closing the Altico Dolphin With Finesse; 'Body Compass Theory' Spans Entire Range of Freefall Possibilities; Flyboyz Film Festival; Australians Dominate Malaysian BASE Meet; Integrating Wingsuit Jumpers into a DZ's Airspace; 4-Way Technique: Block 10, Diamond / Bunyip.

Issue #270: January 2004: 12/30/03

70-Way Canopy World Record Set Over Florida; Virginia DZ Hosts Big-Way Camp; Jumpers Get Current For Record; Turkey Meet Features Four RW Events; Arizona Plans Wind Tunnel; California Wind Tunnel Opens; Cause of Pin Problem Identified; Student Rig Gets Adjustable Harness; How to Get A BASE Number; Energy Drink Company Teams Up With Utah DZ; German Canopies Introduced to U.S. Market; Wind Tunnel on Track for NorCal; Alchemy, Flyboyz Have Big Plans for freefly ‘Megacenter’; Women Set Freefly World Record in Arizona; Flenner Wins Accuracy Meet at NSL Championship; Returning to the Sky After an Injury; Moab Turkey Boogie Goes Big; Tennessee Parachute Company Hit with $53.6 Million Judgment; Glitch Affects Early Cypres 2 AADs; Arizona DZ Opens The Gryphon, a Canopy Swoop Park; Clawson Wins Canopy Swoop Meet; Big-Way Camp in Sweden Yields Records.

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