Issue #329: December 2008: 11/21/08

Mixed-Mode Formation Flying Hard to Do; USPA Denies Low-Altitude Waiver for Demos; Three Countries Enter First VFS World Cup; 'Arizona Arsenal' Wins; Three Countries Enter First VFS World Cup; 'Arizona Arsenal' Wins; When It's Time to Say Goodbye: That First Chop; Supportive Governor Extends Bridge Day an Hour; Hayhurst, Stearns Win Overall at U.S. Nationals of Style and Accuracy; 'Airspeed' Dominates U.S. Nationals of Formation Skydiving; Final Results, U.S. Nationals of the Artistic Events; U.S. Nationals of Canopy Formation; U.S. Nationals of VFS; Rugged Scenery Backdrops Popular Utah Boogie.

Issue #328: November 2008: 10/22/08

Russia, U.S. Win Canopy Formation World Meet; NTSB Wants More Regs for Jump Aircraft; Canopy Collision Kills Student in Virginia; Spectator, Jumper Die in France; Skyride Ordered to Treat Its Customers Better; Florida Skydivers Stay Indoors to Compete; Canadian Drop Zone Opposes Proposed Wind Farm; The Lone Star Story; A Voter's Guide to the 2008 USPA Board Elections; Candidates Respond; Group Sets Its Sights On The USPA Board of Directors; Fund-Raiser at Idaho Bridge Nets $50,000 for Charity, Many Jumps; TSA Proposes Rules on GA Aircraft.

Issue #327: October 2008: 9/17/08

Batsch Dominates Canopy Swoop Week; Large-Formation Record Set in Virginia; Deployment Problem fatal in Ohio; NTSB Studies Jump Aircraft Ops; High-Tech Skyball Offers Safety; New Velcro-Closed BASE Rig; Florida Lawsuit Tests the Value of Hold-Harmless Agreements; 'Storm' Wins British FS Nationals Again; Skydivers Gather in Pepperell for Wingsuit Boogie; Despite Difficult Schedule, Malaysia BASE Tour 2008 Succeeds; Photographer Injured After Striking Aircraft on Exit; Despite Protests, City Pushes Ahead with Tower Project in Florida; Illinois Boogie Attracts Nearly 600 Skydivers and Delivers its Promises; FS Invitational in Belgium Struggles with Poor Weather; Slaton Retires from Canopy-Swoop Organizing; Punching Out Makes Any Other Type of Parachuting Seem Tame.

Issue #326: September 2008: 8/21/08

Innovative Wingsuit Competition Gets Good Reviews All Around; France Hosts World Meet; Montana Boogie Goes Well; King Air Crash Injures 5; Georgia Skydiver Dies After Low Reserve Pull; Style & Accuracy Is Harder than It Looks; USPA Announces Board Candidates; Jump Prices Vary Widely; A California DZ Keeps Them Low; Tom Classon Remembered; FAA Re-Approves Perris Jet for Skydive Operations and More; Piccola Dies from Motorcycle Crash Injuries; Conference Advances Efforts to Jump on Federal Land; Reserve Entanglement Kills Indiana Student; Canopy Collision Fatal in Brazil; Pilot Cuts Entangled Skydiver Free; Wisc. Jumpship Lands OK After Controls Jam; Jumper Injured After Lines Break During Swoop Landing; Women Build 20-Way in Ohio, Set State Record; Lawyers for 1-800-Skyride Want to Withdraw from Case; Canopy Collision Fatal in Florida; Jirousek, Avbelj Overall World Champions of Style and Accuracy.

Issue #325: August 2008: 7/18/08

Governments Retreat from Directives on Vigil Automatic Opener; Latin American Large-Formation Record Attempt Comes Close; POPS Recognizes Its Records; Jumper Dies After Striking Aircraft's Tail; Death Attributed to Gear Complications; Cause of Illinois Accident Not Clear; Static-Line Instruction Worth Another Look; Young Blood Oozing Into Jumping Despite Obstacles; Museum Moving Forward; Fundraising Effort to be Launched; Reserve-Extraction System Gets Finishing Touches; China Fields First 4-Way FS Team for World Championships; U.K. DZ Hosts Battle of the Sexes; Buddies Share the Sky Over the Funny Farm Boogie 2008; Skydivers Gather in Spain for World Cup of BASE.

Issue #324: July 2008: 6/19/08

Vertical Formation Skydiving Brings Training, Judging Challenges; Skydivers in Canada Wait for Government to Act on Proposed Regs; Dubai Fines Building Jumpers; U.S. Team of Formation Skydiving Makes Roster Changes; Several Countries Ground Vigil Automatic Opener; Australia Hosts 9th World POPS Meet; Jump Airraft in Spain Sheds Wing, Killing Two; Honda Features Difficult Skydiving in High-Profile Commercial; Arizona Wingsuit Camp Sharpens Both Basic and Advanced Skills; Obserer Commits Suicide at New York DZ; Navajo Nation Grants Land Access for 'Big-Wall' BASE Boogie.

Issue #323: June 2008: 5/20/08

Friendly Hosts Make Weather-Hampered Boogie a Success; N.Y. DZ Mixes Newbies & Vets; Some Cypres 2 AADs Recalled for Repair; Change to Repack Rules On Track; Two Skydivers Killed in Missouri Jumpship Crash; Idaho DZ Escapes Sales-Tax Levy; 'Tony Suits Factory Team' Wins Sequential Wingsuit Meet; Paraguay Hosts International Boogie; Putting a Pal in Peril: Tandem Ground-Launching a Stiletto 150; Texas Big-Way Features 100-Way Diamonds; What You Should Know About Your Rig; Drop Zone Scores Big With Viral Video Marketing; Small Group Has Big Fun in Utah's Rugged Desert; Skier Uses Parachute to Finish Big Mountain Run.

Issue #322: May 2008: 4/18/08

Boogie in Thailand: Big Turbine Aircraft, Smooth Ops, Good Skydives; Iowa Shakes Off Winter with Jumpstart 2008; Drummond Wins First 2008 Meet of North America Cup Accuracy Competition; PD Announces New Main Canopy; Airspeed Wins U.K. Tunnel Meet Again; Despite Poor Weather, British Boogie Hangs in There; Reserve Entanglement Kills Student Skydiver; Women Set Large-Formation Freefly World Record in Arizona; Weather-Delayed 10-Way Meet Worth the Wait; Skydivers Over Sixty Set Formation Record; Canadian Rig Manufacturer Drops FAA TSO as Costs Rise; IPC Artistic News; Parachutists Over Phorty Set Florida Record; Skydivers Discovering the Appeal of Morocco's Cliffs; Idaho Jumpers Create Informal BASE Association.

Issue #321: April 2008: 3/18/08

Winguiters Play Again at Boogie in Puerto Rico; Proposed Canadian Regs On Track; International Parachute Symposium Gets Trial Run in Europe; Beverage Company Capitalizes on Leap Day to Garner Publicity; Curtis Wins Freefly Meet; Canadian Skydiver Wants Recognition for Jump Made 35 Years Ago; Looks Can Be Deceiving When It Comes to Harness Damage; 'Airspeed Odyssey' Wins Valentine's Day Meet in Arizona; Personalities, Difficult Subjects Hamper USPA Meeting; Skyride Settlement Costs USPA; Retrieving a Parachutist from a Tree; With Help from the Locals, Skydiving Trip to Angel Falls A Success.

Issue #320: March 2008: 2/19/08

Not Enough Adjectives for this Florida Boogie; Aerodyne Issues Bulletin on Icon; Airtec Issues Bulletin on Cypres; Christy Frikken: 2007 Skydiver of the Year; Adjusting Your Attitude Altitude - And Your Altitude Attitude; Popular Boogie Moves to South Carolina and Assembles Its Fleet; No World Free Fall Convention Again This Year; IPC Sets Events, Rules for 2008; New Version of Neptune Announced; Cause of 2007 Fatal Jumpship Accident Still Not Clear; Website for Student Videos to be Relaunched; California Event Balances the Sexes and Focuses on Big-Ways; Parachuting Film Wins Award at Utah Film Festival; Meeting Highlights Potential Problem for Parachuting in Canada; Comments on Regulating Sport Parachuting in Canada; 57 Skydivers Compete in Indoor Accuracy Contest.

Issue #319: February 2008: 1/22/08

Holiday Boogie Features a Variety of Lift Aircraft, Good Times; Kahn Triumphs at National Collegiate Parachuting Championships; Terrain Flying with Wingsuits is Pushing the Limits; Visiting Jumper Killed at Fla. DZ; Drop Zone Opens in India; North Carolina Wind Tunnel Gets Finishing Touches; Speed Riding Borrows from Skydiving, Skiing; My Airdrop Assist Adventure.

Issue #318: January 2008: 12/21/07

100-Way Canopy Formation Sets World Record; Membership Lawsuit Settled; Secrets of a Female Tandem Instructor; New York Rigger Introduces Airplane-Legal BASE Rig; Rigging Error Causes Malfunction at Bridge Day; North Carolina Wind Tunnel Lives Up to Its Hype; Skydiver Has More Friends Than He Thought; Recovers Lost Canopy; Brit Creates Dive Pools for 12-Way and 12-Way Competitions; Florida DZ Proves Allure of a Simple Competitive Event; Canopy Wrap Results in Death at Record Event; Skydivers Use Skis to Facilitate Jumps from Nevada Casino; Military Skydiving Meet Attracts 163 Competitors.

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