USPA News

Last Day of Nationals Comes to a Close

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:22:25 GMT

The Accuracy part of Style & Accuracy was completed today along with Canopy Piloting Open and Advanc...

Day Twelve Completed

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:03:51 GMT

Day Twelve comes to an end here at Nationals. Style and 2-way Canopy Formation (CF) Sequential compe...

Day Nine of Nationals; 4-way Canopy Formation Awards

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:37:51 GMT

Two events received awards today: 4-way Canopy Formation Sequential and 4-way Canopy Formation Rotat...

Rain Ends Day Ten Early

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:35:46 GMT

Day ten of USPA Nationals ended early due to rain. At 2:30 p.m. all competitors were released for th...

Day Eight of Nationals

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:54:26 GMT

Day eight came to an end with ups and downs in the parachuting world. Accuracy participants went thr...

Day Seven of Nationals Ends Early

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:51:21 GMT

Four-way Canopy Formation Sequential began early this morning. Unfortunately, on round 3, Red Line's...

Day Five - Full of Medals

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:40:12 GMT

Day Five of Nationals came to a close last night with award ceremonies being held for two events. Bo...

Arizona Airspeed Wins Gold in 4-Way Open FS

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:36:30 GMT

The first event of the USPA Nationals came to a close today. The last load of 4-way formation skydiv...

First Week of Nationals Comes to an End

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:52:01 GMT

Day six of Nationals came to a close today. Medals for 10- and 16-way Formation Skydiving (FS), Free...

Day Four of Nationals at Spaceland Completed

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:36:58 GMT

The day started early this Thursday with the first load going up around 7:30 a.m. With 4-way formati...

USPA Nationals Day Three

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:21:16 GMT

Day three of Nationals at Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon, Texas, began early this morning, with the f...

USPA Nationals are Underway

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:43:38 GMT

Despite rain and clouds over the past few days, the USPA National Skydiving Championships are underw...

USPA National Skydiving Championships Begin

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:19:54 GMT

The USPA Nationals are underway at Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon, Texas. Fifty-seven teams registere...

Women Set World Record

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:32:17 GMT

Skydivers from 26 countries around the world have been at the Perris Valley Skydiving Center southe...

A Pilot-Chute-in-Tow Malfunction

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:25:24 GMT

In the last year, USPA received two reports of a packing error that led to unusual pilot-chute-in-t...

Arizona Arsenal Takes Gold at World Cup

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:06:30 GMT

Twenty countries and more than 250 skydivers competed during the World Cup of Vertical Formation Sky...

Women’s Team Medals at Military World Meet

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:07:57 GMT

Competing at the World Military Parachuting Championships in Lucenec, Slovakia, August 13-23, the U....

Wingsuit Draft Syllabus Online for Comment

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:04:11 GMT

USPA members, during the July USPA Board meeting in Dallas, presented a wingsuit syllabus as a propo...

U.S. CF Team Claims International Record

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:01:09 GMT

The U.S. Canopy Formation Skydiving Team competing at the World Games in Chinese Taipei set a world ...

Jumpers Claim New Head-Down Record

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:27:08 GMT

USPA Group Member drop zone Skydive Chicago hosted the latest head-down world record attempts last w...

USPA Seeks Bids to Host 2010 USPA Collegiates

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:50:47 GMT

USPA is looking for a group member drop zone to host the 2010 USPA National Collegiate Parachuting C...

Moorehead Earns FAI Diploma

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:41:08 GMT

Nominated by USPA and approved by the National Aeronautic Association, long-time jumper and good fr...

Wingsuiters Apply for First Official Record

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:12:36 GMT

A group of skydivers in Illinois has completed a 25-way wingsuit formation and has applied to USPA f...

USPA Keeps You Updated

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:52:10 GMT

USPA sent its first full-membership e-newsletter out on Thursday, July 23. The monthly e-newsletter ...

USPA Issues License D-30000

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:21:36 GMT

On July 23, shortly after USPA’s Membership Department processed the paperwork, USPA Executive Direc...

NTSB Concludes Fatal Crash Investigation

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:56:10 GMT

The NTSB released its determination of the probable cause of the October 7, 2007, Cessna Caravan cra...

USPA Summer Board Meeting Concludes

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:52:15 GMT

The USPA Board of Directors met July 10-12 near Dallas. Highlights of the meeting include— ...

General Aviation Security Issues Addressed by TSA

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:31:13 GMT

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that it will publish an amended Notic...

Golden Knights Seek New Team Members

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:48:35 GMT

According to a press release by the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights, the team is currently s...

USPA Pacific Regional Director to Resign

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:47:58 GMT

USPA Board Member and Pacific Regional Director Chris Quaintance announced his intention to resign f...

Golden Knights Plan Presidential Birthday Jump

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:47:02 GMT

According to a press release, The U.S. Army Golden Knights will perform a tandem jump on June 12 wit...

USPA Closed Friday, July 3

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:46:01 GMT

USPA will be closed on Friday, July 3, in observance of the federal holiday in advance of Independen...

USPA Board Plans Summer Meeting

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:22:01 GMT

The summer 2009 USPA Board of Director’s Meeting will be held July 10-12 at The Crowne ...

World Cup Competitors Invited to Register

Tue, 19 May 2009 18:27:53 GMT

There will be four world cups in 2009—three in the Czech Republic in September and one in South Afri...

USPA Board to Meet Near Dallas

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:02:41 GMT

The USPA Board of Directors will meet July 10-12 near Dallas, Texas. The USPA General Membership Mee...

USPA Accepting Awards Nominations

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:47:43 GMT

USPA is accepting nominations for its service awards until May 11. At its next board meeting July 10...

Dues and Fees Increases

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:15:41 GMT

Today, April 1, is the day the new membership dues and new license and rating fees go into effect. A...

USPA Accepting Bids to Host Events

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:39:16 GMT

USPA’s Board of Directors intends to select sites for the USPA National Skydiving Championships two ...

USPA Helps North Carolina DZ Open

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:47:00 GMT

The Triangle Skydiving Center is finally set to open in April following a six-month-long airport acc...

NTSB Concludes Fatal Crash Investigation

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:45:50 GMT

In mid-March, USPA received the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB's) full, written report...

USPA Opposes TSA Large Aircraft Proposal

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:48:14 GMT

Today USPA informed the Transportation Security Administration that the skydiving association is ada...

USPA Board Meeting Concludes

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:10 GMT

After three days of meeting, the USPA Board of Directors finished strong on Sunday afternoon. Highli...

New USPA Board Elects Officers

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:24:54 GMT

The newly elected USPA Board of Directors is meeting February 6-8 in Reno, Nevada, for the first me...

USPA Board Plans Winter Meeting

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:38:48 GMT

The winter 2009 USPA Board of Director’s Meeting will be held February 6-8 at the Silver Legacy Reso...

NTSB Releases Safety Report

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:53:31 GMT

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released their long-awaited Special Investigat...

UPT Highly Recommends Retrofit

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:21:54 GMT

United Parachute Technologies has released a Product Improvement Announcement aimed at all owners of...

Skydiver Comments on NPRM Encouraged

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:43:05 GMT

February 27, 2009, is the deadline for submitting comments to the Transportation Security Administr...

BOD Election Results

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:45:18 GMT

The election of the 2009-2010 USPA Board of Directors is complete with the following results. USPA r...

Istel to be Honored in February

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:29:17 GMT

From left to right: Lew Sanborn, former USPA Executive Director Chris Needels and Jacques-An...

USPA National Collegiate Parachuting Championships Ends

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:50:46 GMT

Somewhere, someone important thought the collegiate championships needed a break and gave the Housto...

Collegiate Championships Set to Complete Today

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:55:24 GMT

A USAFA competito...

Collegiate Championships Continues

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:19:24 GMT

Team 8-Balls takes grips in another round of advanced 4-way. Photo by Alan Martinez. A...

College Students Gather at Spaceland, Texas

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:24:57 GMT

Meet director ...

Parachute Repack Rule Takes Effect December 19

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:51:17 GMT

Update: In consultation with the FAA and the Parachute Industry Association, USPA has developed ans...

World Canopy Piloting Championships Completes

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:22:18 GMT

Greg Windmille...

Parachutes to Get a 180-Day Repack Cycle

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:53:07 GMT

After years of effort by USPA and the Parachute Industry Association, the FAA has approved a new fin...

TSA Proposes Large-Aircraft Security Program

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:40:05 GMT

USPA has filed comments with the Transportation Security Administration strongly urging that th...

Final Day of World Cup VFS

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:25:48 GMT

VFS World Cup champions USA-Arsenal, USA-Mandrin and 4-Speed (France). Photo by Cindi Bagley...

World Cup of VFS, Day 1

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:02:14 GMT

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Nationals Competition Concludes

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:54:06 GMT

Ending with the same perfect weather enjoyed all week, the USPA Nationals came to a close with an e...

Nationals, Day 5

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:50:17 GMT

Skydive Ricks with Rick Kuhns, Cheryl Stearns, Jimmy Drummond and Jim Hayhurst. It was...

Nationals, Day 4

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:58:20 GMT

Golden Knights and close friends compete as USA8 Probably the best turn-out to date in ...

4-way Formation Skydiving Concludes at Nationals

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:17:35 GMT

Our 2008 USPA National Formation Skydiving 4-way Champions Mark Kirkby, Any Delk, Steve Nowa...

USPA Nationals, Day 1 Wrap-Up

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:40:21 GMT

Just your average pick-up team: world champions Shannon Pilcher, Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, Ian B...

USPA Nationals Underway in Arizona

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:25:52 GMT

Competitors land in Eloy. Photo by Larry Bagley. With temperatures forecast to be in th...

Judy Celaya Earns USPA Medal

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:41:00 GMT

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Lewis to Receive Gold Medal at Nationals

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:40:38 GMT

Mike Lewis is one of the earliest pioneers of canopy relative work (or, as it is now called, ca...

World CF Championships Continue

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:35:12 GMT

The Netherlands national team dirt dive 4-way sequential round two. Photo by Larry Bagley. ...

Canopy Formation World Meet Continues

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:30:00 GMT

The Russian 4-way rotation team boards one of three Cessna Caravans. Photo by Larry Bagley. ...

NTSB Wants Review of Jump Plane Restraints

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:38:43 GMT

As a result of the July 2006 fatal Twin Otter Crash in Sullivan, Missouri, the National Transportati...

Rossy Flies Across English Channel

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:08:40 GMT

USPA commends Yves Rossy, USPA member #138118, for completing his historic flight across the Englis...

NTSB Faults Maintenance, Pilots and FAA Oversight

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:59 GMT

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) took a focused look at jump plane operations—and did...

World CF Championships Conclude

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:41:11 GMT

In near perfect weather, the last jumps of the 13th World Canopy Formation Skydiving Championships w...

Canopy Formation World Meet Underway

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:50:07 GMT

Team USA at the world canopy formation skydiving championships in Holland. Photo by Larry Ba...

Major Demos Reinstated

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:28:49 GMT

With the national threat level returned to the same code yellow alert level as before the holidays,...

New NPRM Hits Close to Home

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:26:49 GMT

All commercial sightseeing flights will have to be conducted under the stringent rules of Part 135 ...

USPA Meets with AOPA

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:20:52 GMT

photo by Randy Ottinger USPA Executive Director Ed Scott’s first outreach meeting was with ...

USPA Meets with AOPA

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Randy Ottinger, USPA’s Director of Government Relations, briefed 20 staff members of the Aircraft O...

USPA Canopy Piloting Nationals Underway

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:16:05 GMT

Photo by Larry Bagley. Almost perfect weather is forecast for the 2008 USPA Canopy Pilo...

CP Nationals Completes

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:14:48 GMT

Jessica Edgeington makes her first of three jumps in the distance course. Photo by Larry Bag...

USPA Comments on Future Air Traffic Control

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:58:31 GMT

USPA has submitted comments to the FAA concerning the agency’s proposal to move to a new system of ...

World Parachuting Championships Update: Day 3

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:43:47 GMT

Winds, clouds and rain put the third day of compeition on hold for the Artitistic Events teams who ...

World Parachuting Championships Update: Day 2

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:03:54 GMT

The United States Formation Skydiving teams are continuing to do well through four rounds of compet...

World Parachuting Championships Begin

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:02:35 GMT

The World Parachuting Championships in Maubeuge , France, began today with the U.S. teams g...

USPA Clarifies NOTAM Procedures

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:45:59 GMT

A member contacted USPA recently to report that his attempt to file a NOTAM (Notice to Airman, whic...

USPA Honors Trio for Service

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:42:58 GMT

Judy Celaya, Mike Lewis, and Chris Gay have each been selected by USPA’s Board of Directors to recei...

Istel Receives USPA’s Top Honor

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:41:45 GMT

Jacques-André Istel, considered by many to be the father of U.S. skydiving, was unanimously selecte...

USPA Summer Board Meeting Concludes

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:52:33 GMT

The USPA Board of Directors met in Alexandria, Virginia, July 18-20. Highlights include— ...

USPA CP Nationals Will Continue as Planned

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:51:39 GMT

The canopy competitions slated for the week of August 25 at Mile-Hi Skydiving Center in Longmont, C...

Skydiving Makes The New York Times

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:26:21 GMT

After months of USPA working with The New York Times, an article featuring swooping hit page one ...

USPA Opposes Philadelphia Airspace Grab

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:14:38 GMT

USPA has notified the FAA that it is opposed to airspace changes in the Philadelphia area. The FAA ...

USPA Helps Deregulate New Jersey

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:11:58 GMT

New Jersey skydivers are no longer required to use boots and a round reserve, and may jump in winds ...

USPA Assists Airport Security Effort

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:10:31 GMT

The US Aviation Security Advisory Committee has adopted general aviation airport security recommend...

USPA Takes On TSA

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:06:52 GMT

In a November 20 meeting with top Transportation Security Agency officials, USPA Executive Director ...

Controller Incentives Worry USPA

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:05:16 GMT

For the next two years, air traffic controllers have more incentive to give priority handling to th...

FAA Issues Air Traffic Bulletin

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:58:24 GMT

At USPA’s urging, FAA headquarters has issued an Air Traffic Bulletin addressing aspects of parachu...

USPA: Jump Planes Exempt from Search

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:55:25 GMT

An October 19 rule issued by the Transportation Security Administration requires baggage search and...

Jump Planes Exempt from TAWS

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:54:03 GMT

USPA has deflected an FAA requirement for a Terrain Awareness and Warning System potentially costin...

FAA Initiates Repack Rule Change

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:51:03 GMT

The joint USPA/PIA petition for exemption to allow a 180-day repack cycle has been rejected by the ...

FAA Rules in Skydiving’s Favor

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:50:07 GMT

The FAA has issued a major ruling that overturns a ban on skydiving and reinstates a DZ at a small ...

Older Jump Planes in FAA’s Sights

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:44:01 GMT

The FAA has older airplanes in their sights, and USPA is involved to make sure the right actions ar...

DZ Reopens with USPA Help

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:42:39 GMT

Skydivers and one drop zone owner in Tennessee are happy again. Skydive Paris has reopened at the H...

FAA Accepts USPA’s View on Sightseeing Flights

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:02:11 GMT

The FAA has issued new rules affecting “sightseeing” flights, allowing many small sightseeing compa...

Another Part 16 Win for Skydiving

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:31:36 GMT

In only the second FAA Part 16 Formal Complaint that USPA has participated in, FAA Headquarters has...

USPA Keeps Otters/Skyvans From Part 125

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:25:43 GMT

The FAA has revised the rules under which larger aircraft operate and USPA has succeeded in ensurin...

Women Set Head-Down Record

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:39:16 GMT

Once again, the artistic events world record organizers, Melissa Nelson and Amy Chmelecki, brought ...

USPA Board Meeting Completes

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:00:52 GMT

The UPSA Board of Directors met in Orlando, Florida, February 8-10. Highlights include— ...

College Students Compete at Nationals

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:36:52 GMT

Photo by Michael McG...

Chris Needels to Receive NAA Award

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:31:19 GMT

National Aeronautic Association President John Gaffney announced this week that the NAA will honor ...

Skydiving Records Receive NAA Honor

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:30:58 GMT

As part of its annual Spring Awards Luncheon, the National Aeronautic Association will honor the re...

USPA Accepting Awards Nominations

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:29:23 GMT

USPA is accepting nominations for USPA achievement awards until May 18. At its next board meeting J...

Skydiving Legend Lowell Bachman Passes Away

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:28:27 GMT

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Cook Receives Star of Courage

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:23:13 GMT

On July 29, 2006, a Twin Otter belonging to Quantum Leap Skydiving Center in Missouri crashed on ta...

World Games Test Event to be Held in Taipei

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:20:19 GMT

The IPC is searching for three 2-way sequential canopy formation teams, three 4-way formation skydi...

Sunrise Issues Service Bulletin

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:19:11 GMT

Sunrise Manufacturing has issued a service bulletin for certain models of its Wings containers. Aff...

Airtec Bulletin Grounds Certain Cypres 2s

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:10:26 GMT

Airtec, manufacturer of the Cypres and Cypres 2 automatic activation devices, has issued a service ...

IPC Announces CF Web Challenge

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:09:16 GMT

The FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) Parachuting Commission (IPC) has announced the lau...

Rossy Demos Jet Wing for Media

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:07:27 GMT

Yves Rossy, a 48-year-old USPA member who lives in Switzerland, made his first public flight of a ...

Three Countries Ground Vigil AADs

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:06:49 GMT

Recently, three countries have chosen to ground all Advanced Aerospace Designs Vigil 1 automatic ac...

45 Submit Intent to Run for USPA Board

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:06:15 GMT

June 1 was the deadline for USPA members to submit a letter of intent to run in the upcoming electi...