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1. Water Dropzone - Looks Safe  

   By bamber, July 16, 2018
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   • IJskonijn
   • August 14, 2018

2. Paraglider incident  

   By SkyMagilla, December 26, 2014
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   • DrDom
   • December 27, 2014

3. Learning experience..  

   By Koric101, September 29, 2013
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   • jurgencamps
   • October 2, 2013

4. TV coverage of the USPA National Skydiving Championships  

   By 3331, October 3, 2007
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   • dqpacker
   • October 8, 2007

5. English girl working in USA  

   By bekamong, October 25, 2005
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   • evilivan
   • October 30, 2005

6. FAA Endorses Skydiving Insurance Requirment  

   By base363, March 20, 2004
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   • mr2mk1g
   • March 22, 2004

7. Should I do a second jump? increasing confidence?  

   By Rhandolph, August 29, 2009
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   • miconar
   • September 6, 2009

8. The only way to rodeo dive  

   By MrPeapit, February 16, 2008
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   • airtwardo
   • February 17, 2008

9. Detached From: Lets start a discussion about Twin Otters  

   By koz2000, December 8, 2004
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   • koz2000
   • January 6, 2005

10. Where to get lots of jumps in Cali  

    By fundgh, May 25, 2004
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    • WeakMindedFool
    • May 25, 2004

11. Mission Impossible - interesting stunt  

    By kleggo, July 11, 2023
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    • riggerrob
    • July 18, 2023

12. Parachute Failure Rates  

    By cliff, August 22, 2003
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    • davelepka
    • August 22, 2003

13. brit planning U.S. road trip for summer 2013  

    By biscuit_dave, January 28, 2013
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    • biscuit_dave
    • June 27, 2013

14. Skydiving artwork  

    By jnebel, February 2, 2007
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    • Feather
    • March 10, 2007

15. Clean, Safe, Quiet Skies  

    By peek, July 13, 2015
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    • DrDom
    • July 16, 2015

16. Cross braced canopies  

    By FlyingBlueJay, June 19, 2007
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    • riggerrob
    • June 22, 2007

17. Long Term Storage of Canopy  

    By Kid_Icarus, March 4, 2005
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    • AndyMan
    • March 5, 2005

18. SkyQuest: Ron Hill & Norm Kent  

    By JamesNahikian, December 31, 2004
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    • rehmwa
    • January 5, 2005

19. New YouTube Video!  

    By BrianSGermain, June 19, 2013
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    • BrianSGermain
    • June 26, 2013

20. Maui Skydiving? Vacationing there in Sept, Anyone live there?  

    By George_ORH, June 28, 2010
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    • mikey348
    • July 6, 2010

21. PISA canopy support  

    By BHawks, February 7, 2010
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    • rhys
    • February 8, 2010

22. Jump Anywhere?  

    By tasmanianjumper, June 29, 2009
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    • Parafoil27
    • July 4, 2009

23. Newbie Unintentional Spin Question  

    By skrovi, January 17, 2006
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    • kschilk
    • January 25, 2006

24. Sense of peace in freefall  

    By websean, March 15, 2016
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    • websean
    • March 22, 2016

25. AFF camp  

    By Dan1052002, July 8, 2015
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    • zorg
    • July 11, 2015

26. USPA Jeopardy  

    By MakeItHappen, February 14, 2009
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    • popsjumper
    • February 16, 2009

27. Bad skydiving landing video  

    By Cornjumper, October 21, 2005
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    • phoenixlpr
    • October 28, 2005

28. Ultralights, Balloons and Powered Parachutes--Oh my!!!!  

    By mnischalke, July 23, 2003
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    • mnischalke
    • July 23, 2003

29. Just another reserve ride  

    By piisfish, July 4, 2011
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    • dreaming13000
    • July 6, 2011

30. Skydiving Under The Age of 18 in Illinois?  

    By bigpapasmurf01, June 10, 2008
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    • matthewcline
    • June 16, 2008

31. Skydive Coolidge  

    By bbarnhouse, August 1, 2005
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    • cpoxon
    • August 10, 2005

32. Traveling commercial with gear  

    By Douggarr, April 20, 2011
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    • ridestrong
    • April 25, 2011

33. MR Bill  

    By MattMazzocco, June 18, 2010
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    • Zlew
    • July 5, 2010

34. Get $$$ for driving me to the DZ..  

    By eightate8at8, November 5, 2009
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    • RustyOats
    • November 8, 2009

35. Who has lurked a Herc load?  

    By pa2themd, September 27, 2004
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    • karlm
    • September 28, 2004

36. Getting the "A"  

    By Spatula, December 16, 2003
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    • sdgregory
    • December 18, 2003

37. Dallas powerline landing  

    By madhatter, February 14, 2008
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    • Station
    • February 14, 2008

38. JUMPING AFTER ??????  

    By ChrisD, April 4, 2013
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    • theplummeter
    • April 5, 2013

39. how long does it take until...  

    By c10edges, August 12, 2008
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    • madhatter
    • August 14, 2008

40. Tandems from objects other than aircraft  

    By Hazarrd, February 16, 2004
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    • riggerrob
    • February 17, 2004

41. how many people jump at your DZ?  

    By virgin-burner, June 19, 2007
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    • nosferatu87
    • June 20, 2007

42. How do I become a tunnel instructor/ progress  

    By NicolaM, March 11, 2016
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    • mr2mk1g
    • March 11, 2016

43. "WHY WE JUMP" - nice video!  

    By virgin-burner, June 14, 2012
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    • Shredex
    • June 27, 2012

44. Woo-hoo, I'm back!! (But it was a very hard road...)  

    By Jeth, April 11, 2005
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    • Jeth
    • April 12, 2005

45. Mike Ortiz Moving to Skydive San Diego  

    By greggfah, May 7, 2003
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    • Islandcool
    • May 8, 2003

46. Beer and Skydiving  

    By novacaine, October 1, 2007
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    • novacaine
    • October 2, 2007

47. Anyone still have old F-111 main canopies?  

    By skylee_pinoy, March 1, 2005
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    • skylee_pinoy
    • March 3, 2005

48. M-28 Skytruck  

    By jumpwally, February 22, 2016
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    • freakflyer9999
    • March 9, 2016

49. How busy is your DZ  

    By potatoman, November 14, 2012
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    • potatoman
    • December 13, 2012

50. 1st skydive  

    By wasatchrider, March 25, 2012
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    • wasatchrider
    • March 26, 2012

51. traveling with rig.  

    By ninja707, January 27, 2011
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    • ozzy13
    • January 29, 2011

52. Tunnel Time before AFF ???  

    By bocabruce1, June 29, 2009
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    • stratostar
    • June 30, 2009

53. golden knight question  

    By aerialcameraman, August 29, 2009
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    • slcooper
    • August 30, 2009

54. Using a DZs fatality to hurt their business  

    By omnus, October 9, 2006
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    • pilatus_p
    • October 9, 2006

55. 15 years ago today  

    By billvon, February 8, 2021
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    • Baksteen
    • March 4, 2021

56. Transition from track to arched position  

    By nicsoew, December 29, 2016
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    • ufk22
    • January 25, 2017

57. Demo Questions?  

    By steve1, September 14, 2006
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    • SpectreDriver
    • July 1, 2010

58. A lot of "firsts" today.  

    By PeregrineFalcon, October 6, 2008
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    • PeregrineFalcon
    • October 8, 2008

59. Biggest Hybrid Jump?  

    By NoShitThereIWas, September 18, 2003
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    • jdhill
    • September 19, 2003

60. HUD Altimeter inside a full face helmet  

    By Rashiid, November 12, 2018
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    • gowlerk
    • December 28, 2018

61. Mailing a Rig US to UK  

    By NottsTom, March 1, 2007
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    • Buried
    • March 5, 2007

62. Question  

    By clouddancerss, September 8, 2005
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    • Eule
    • September 12, 2005

63. Flying with the Flyboyz  

    By ccowden, June 18, 2003
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    • ccowden
    • June 20, 2003

64. Do you jump with a...  

    By huka551, June 28, 2005
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    • Skypilot
    • June 30, 2005

65. Hurricane Isabel  

    By Shadowplay, September 18, 2003
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    • gremlin
    • September 19, 2003

66. I need to slow down - help !  

    By jonno, April 20, 2010
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    • ChrisL
    • April 21, 2010

67. USPA Revoking Memberships?  

    By Westerly, November 10, 2018
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    • flyhi
    • November 13, 2018

68. burble question  

    By pds, February 12, 2004
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    • sunshine
    • February 15, 2004

69. Typical NOOOB question  

    By MirageSkydiver, June 25, 2010
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    • airtwardo
    • June 28, 2010

70. Rantoul or bust  

    By billvon, August 4, 2005
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    • gravitational
    • August 8, 2005

71. getting bruises from gear  

    By bigkid, May 1, 2003
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    • jumpgod
    • May 6, 2003

72. Amazing how well you can seem to do ...  

    By Beachbum, January 23, 2011
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    • turtlespeed
    • January 26, 2011

73. AFF in installments  

    By Raistlin, May 20, 2004
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    • kelpdiver
    • May 20, 2004

74. Reading Material  

    By kevinhurst, November 16, 2014
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    • councilman24
    • November 18, 2014

75. Demo at the AFC Championship game  

    By Divalent, January 21, 2014
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    • matthewcline
    • January 29, 2014

76. New to the sport...and so lost  

    By airbornninja, December 10, 2011
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    • BIGUN
    • December 10, 2011

77. Paypal  

    By daytripper419, January 29, 2010
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    • billvon
    • February 1, 2010

78. BOD election 2018  

    By baronn, October 31, 2018
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    • 3331
    • November 5, 2018

79. Any Oman skydivers here?  

    By welshKat, September 1, 2003
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    • Musallam_Alkalbani
    • May 28, 2022

80. New Skydiver... Help me! Haha.  

    By exanimatebylove, June 19, 2012
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    • exanimatebylove
    • June 20, 2012

81. 1st jump coming up...nervous  

    By stormpoint, November 20, 2006
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    • orribolollie
    • November 26, 2006

82. B license??  

    By adventurechick, May 23, 2006
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    • gitRdone
    • May 25, 2006

83. Jumped the Chopper  

    By pa2themd, August 18, 2003
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    • pa2themd
    • August 19, 2003

84. Skydiving Web Page Designing  

    By pacncathyjr, June 30, 2006
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    • AFFI
    • July 13, 2006

85. BIRTHDAY WISHES....FOR BILL COLE  

    By crystalcole1981, October 31, 2009
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    • chuteless
    • November 2, 2009

86. NUMBER 500 DONE!!!  

    By JUDYJ, June 11, 2007
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    • Amazon
    • June 15, 2007

87. Empuriabrava - internet access?  

    By Dave1216, April 16, 2004
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    • Dave1216
    • April 17, 2004

88. US ARMY -- Americans soar at world skydiving championships -- Press Clips  

    By quade, September 17, 2003
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    • riggerrob
    • September 18, 2003

89. Vector black hardware?  

    By heavision, December 15, 2020
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    • Cocowheats
    • December 26, 2020

90. By sheer accident - a book by 2 survivors of the Perris crash  

    By piisfish, November 23, 2012
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    • BigMark
    • December 6, 2012

91. Real cutaway - practice makes perfect  

    By crashtested, February 27, 2008
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    • Inigo_Montoya
    • April 14, 2011

92. So I have a packing course in a week's time.  

    By bazelos, January 10, 2007
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    • Marios
    • January 12, 2007

93. Decent into a volcano - wingsuit video  

    By shropshire, April 21, 2009
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    • regulator
    • April 22, 2009

94. Anyone remember nationals in Oklahoma  

    By LeapingGnome, February 7, 2009
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    • pchapman
    • February 9, 2009

95. re: 5 canopy skills... new article  

    By packerboy, June 28, 2005
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    • nate_1979
    • June 29, 2005

96. Contradiction for money?  

    By Praetorian, September 14, 2004
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    • StevePhelps
    • September 22, 2004

97. Skydiving equipment store in NY?  

    By SnowflakeNO, October 2, 2008
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    • Broke
    • October 3, 2008

98. "corking"....what is it?  

    By hawkflight, May 17, 2004
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    • cocheese
    • May 19, 2004

99. In the skies above Picton Sydney - my video  

    By br0k3n, November 2, 2004
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    • bob.dino
    • November 4, 2004

100. muscle aches after jumping  

     By GuyMan20, June 21, 2010
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     • Flyerer
     • June 23, 2010