The below news articles are from Skydive Rick's or taken from USPA.org as well as DropZone.com
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Congratulations to Jeff Landers for making his 100th jump, way to go!!!! |
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Parachutes to Get a 180-Day Repack Cycle |
uspa.org
After years of effort by USPA and the Parachute Industry Association, the FAA has approved a new final rule that will lengthen the parachute repack cycle from 120 days to 180 days. The final rule will appear this week in the Federal Register and take effect 30 days later*. The effort had more twists and turns than a funneled 20-way, but the change happened when PIA and USPA joined together and finally convinced the FAA to grant a 180-day repack cycle.
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SOS (Seriously Old Skydivers) |
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Skydive Rick's sets personal record by making a 2 point 8-way
with all jumpers in the formation over SIXTY!!! 
pictured left to right:
(back row) Jim Barger, Chris Gear, Dave K., Chuck "Geronimo" Rice, Rick Kuhns, "Dynamic" Dave George
(front row) Robb Scherer, Kay Kuhns, "Skip" Napper (Drew Riffle not in photo) |
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2008 S&A World Championship Scores |
2008 S&A World Championship Scores
To view scores and placements for the
2008 World Style and Accuracy Parachuting Championships
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United States Parachute Team training in E. Palestine |
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United States Parachute Team training in E. Palestine
salem news
A special group of men and women from all over the country have congregated at an airfield in East Palestine this month to train for a competition in Slovakia July 26-Aug. 1.
The United States Parachute Team, consisting of five men and five women, have been training at Skydive Rick's for the upcoming World Parachute Competition in Lucenec, Slovakia, in which they will compete against 22 other countries for the world title.
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Skydiving Makes The New York Times |
uspa.org
After months of USPA working with The New York Times, an article featuring swooping hit page one of the sports section today, and the video coverage made page one of the newspaper's online version. Matt Higgins from the Times reported on the discipline after spending a weekend with competitors during the Florida Canopy Pilot's Association League meet in Palatka. He and Times videographer Diana Oliva Cave fully immersed themselves in the sport by each making a first-time jump of their own and then providing great coverage for the discipline of swooping and overall for the sport of skydiving. With a print circulation of more than one million readers, the coverage can only help get the word out there about the exciting world of swooping to the general public. |
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Airtec Bulletin Grounds Certain Cypres 2s |
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uspa.org
Airtec, manufacturer of the Cypres and Cypres 2 automatic activation devices, has issued a service bulletin for 790 different Cypres 2 units manufactured between August and December 2006. The Expert Cypres 2 serial numbers for affected units range from 26798 to 30121. Student model Cypres 2 units range from serial numbers 27180 to 28919. Tandem Cypres 2 units range from serial numbers 27212 to 29218. Lastly, one Speed Cypres 2, with the serial number 29172, is also included in the bulletin. The affected units may have a defective sensor that can lead to the unit misfiring.
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