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Includes
Sustaining,
Full, and Affiliate Members
PARACHUTES, SPORT & MILITARY
Parachute
MANUFACTURERS
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A.
D. R. D. E.
(Email) Design,
testing and manufacturing of parachutes and related systems.
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Airborne Systems Canada
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(Formerly Irvin Canada)
(Email) Canadian
based full line designer, manufacturer and engineering for
parachute disconnects, air droppable survival kits and military
troop parachutes / related products. Part of the family of
Airborne Systems companies.
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Airborne
Systems Group
(Email) Headquarters
for the Airborne Systems company providing the largest selection
of parachute and parachute related products available for
military, safety, search and rescue, high performance aircraft
and parachute engineering and logistic services. The family of
Airborne Systems brands includes Irvin, GQ Parachutes,
Para-Flite and AML
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Airborne Systems NA of California
– (Formerly Irvin
Aerospace)
(Email) California based full line designer, manufacturer
and engineering center for space and recovery / high performance
aircraft parachutes, airbags and related products as well as
military troop and cargo parachutes. Part of the family of
Airborne Systems companies.
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Airborne Systems Europe
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(Formerly Irvin GQ)
(Email) UK based
full line designer, manufacturer and engineering center for
military troop, cargo parachutes, ejection seat and bail out
parachutes, rescue harnesses, naval decoys and inflatables, boat
delivery systems, platforms and related products as well as.
Part of the family of Airborne Systems companies.
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Airborne Systems NA of New Jersey
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(Formerly
Para-Flite)
(Email)
New Jersey based full line designer, manufacturer and
engineering center for JPADS – GPS Guided cargo delivery
parachutes, ram-air and round military troop and cargo
parachutes as well as HAHO/HALO oxygen systems. Part of the
family of Airborne Systems companies.
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AIR-POL
Sp.zo.o.
(Email)
Design, development. manufacturing, overhauling, and servicing
of parachute equipment, paragliders, and high-g-suits.
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AVA Sport Ltd.
(Email)
Manufacturing skydiving and paragliding equipment, accessories
and rescue canopies.
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Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc.
Manufacturer of whole airplane parachutes.
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Bruggemann GmbH & Co.KG
(Email)
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Butler
Parachute Systems, Inc.
(Email)
Specializes in engineering and manufacturing emergency
parachutes and related items for pilots, cargo, scientific
payloads and various air vehicles.
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CIMSA Ingeniería de Sistemas, S.A.
(Email)
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DAE
MYUNG Co., Ltd.
One of the world's leading manufacturers of military
tactical and rescue parachutes.
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Eagle Industries
Unlimited, Inc.
(Email)
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Flight Concepts
International
(Email) Espirit,
7-cell, 9-cell, CRW, Reserves, Demonstration
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FreeFlight Enterprises
(Email)
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FXC Corporation
(Email) Astra AAD and much
more.
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Icarus Canopies
(Email)
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Jump Shack
(Email)
Home of the Racer,
Makers of complete parachute systems, Angelfire Reserves,
FireBolt Mains, Tandem Systems, Military Systems, Industry
supplier of Ripcords and Housings and Ripcord Pins. On line
Catalog
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MARS a.s.
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Mills Manufacturing
Corporation
(Email) Visit Our Website! Manufacturer of quality military
parachutes and related components.
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National Parachute
Industries, Inc.
(Email)
Manufacturer of emergency parachutes for pilots or crew.
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New Zealand Aerosports
(Email)
Icarus Canopies Designer and Manufacturer, CAD/CAM Canopy
cutting systems and software Canopy Licensing
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North American Aerodynamics
(Email)
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Parachute
Industries of Southern Africa
(Email)
Designers and manufacturers of a complete range of
advanced military parachute systems; ISO 9001 certified; N.A.T.O
codified with N.S.N. #'s.
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Paranetics Technology, Inc.
(Email) Parachute
designer & manufacturer.
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Para-Phernalia, Inc
(Email)
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Performance Designs
(Email)
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Pioneer Aerospace
Corporation Designer and manufacturer of
parachutes and parachute recovery systems.
- PNP
Parachute Industries ADN BHD
(Email) Manufacturer
of military parachutes.
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Precision
Aerodynamics
(Email)
Leading the
Parachute Industry in technology and innovation, Precision
Aerodynamics is proud to build on its 19 year tradition of
excellence in design, manufacture, and testing of parachutes and
safety equipment for Skydiving, Military, and Emergency
applications.
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Sandapa
Korea, Inc.
(Email)
Manufacturer of Emergency Building Escape Parachute. Low
Altitude Military Troop Parachute (Patented) for the commercial
and Military Troops.
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Spekon
(Email) The leading and
oldest parachute manufacturer in Germany
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Stara
Technologies, Inc.
(Email)
Stara Technologies is the leading developer of guided
parachutes. Over the past seven years we have fabricated guided
parachute systems for the US Department of Defense, Department
of Energy & other Federal agencies to precisely deliver light
weight payloads such as unattended ground sensors (UGS),
communications relays, medical supplies, top attack smart
munitions,& intelligent robots.
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Strong Enterprises
Parachute
Manufacturers - BASE
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Apex BASE
(Email)
Formerly Basic Research, founded 1993, Designer and
Manufacturer of BASE specific parachutes- FOX and FLiK;
harness/container systems- Apex DP, Vertex, Prism,
Warlock, Wizard and Sorcerer and BASE specific
accessories. BASE specific training courses. BASE
events and aerial coordination including Super Bowl
XXXVIII BASE jump.
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Consolidated Rigging, Inc.
(E-mail) Manufacturer and Designer of BASE specific
parachutes, harness/container systems, and accessories.
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Ulster County Containers & Canopies
Email Manufacturer
of B.A.S.E. containers & canopies that are TSO'd.
Parachute DEALERS
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Aero Store
(Email)
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Airsafe Sweden AM
(Email)
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Aprotech Corporation
(Email) Global
dealer
- High Time
Skydiving Enterprise
On-line parachute equipment sales & service
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JERA BVBA
(Belgium) (Email)
Skydiving Equipment and accessories Manufacturer of
Helicopter safety harnesses and harnesses for specific
purposes.
- National Military Industries,
Inc.
(Email)
global dealer, govt, export of parachutes
and related accessories- The
Parachute Case
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Parachute Equipment
Corporation
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Para-Gear
Equipment Co., Inc.
(Email) The
world's largest online and print catalog!
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Para
Loft Inc.
(Email) Parachute
Sales and Service, Rigging Services, Parachute Rigger
Training and Testing.
- Para Sport, SA
(Email)
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Polyot Co., Inc. (Email)
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Silver
Parachute Sales and Service
(Email)
Dealer for Softie Emergency Pilot Parachutes, 5-Point Pilot
Restraint Systems, Custom Manufacturing & Complete Rigging
Services.
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SkydiveStore.com
- Stratosphere
International Corporation
(Email) Dealers
& agents for parachute industry companies specializing in
the South American market, with a special emphasis on Brazil
- Western
Parachute Sales (Email)
CONTAINERS,
Sport and Military
Container MANUFACTURERS
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Jump Shack
(Email)
Home of the Racer,
Makers of complete parachute systems, Angelfire Reserves,
FireBolt Mains, Tandem Systems, Military Systems, Industry
supplier of Ripcords and Housings and Ripcord Pins. On line
Catalog
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Life Support International,
Inc.
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Mirage
Systems
(Email) Container
manufacturer.
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Rigging Innovations
(Email) Manufacturer of the
Voodoo, Talon, Flexon, CRW Talon, Classic Pro, Telesis
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Sun
Path Products, Inc.
(Email)
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United Parachute
Technologies, LLC
(Email)
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Velocity Sports Equipment
(Email)
Container
Manufacturers - BASE
Container DEALERS
SYSTEMS MANUFACTURERS AND
DEALERS (Parachute and Container)
ACCESSORIES
MANUFACTURERS
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Airtec
GmbH & Co. KG
Manufacturer of the finest automatic activation devices in the
world.
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Bonehead Composites
(Email) Skydiving and Military Helmets
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Butler
Aerospace Technologies, Inc.
(Email)
Butler Aerospace Technologies, Inc. (BAT) designs, develops
and offers for license devices useful to the parachute industry.
Of particular interest is the BAT Sombrero Slider (US Patent
5,890,678 and others worldwide) which literally eliminates
inversion malfunctions which is the most common mode of failure
in round parachutes.
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Capewell
(Email) ISO 9001
Certified. Designer and manufacturer of life support systems:
quick releases, rip cords, descent devices, etc.
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Larsen and Brusgaard
Altitude Warning Devices
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Parachute Equipment
Corporation
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Sky Systems USA, Inc.
(Email)
Manufacturer & wholesaler of helmets for skydiving, both military &
civilian, plus ther extreme sports helmets.
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SportsCam Video Systems, Inc.
(Email)
Manufacturer and marketing of video systems for extreme sports.
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SSK
Industries, Inc. (Email)
CYPRES AAD Sales, Service, Support
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SSK
Military Industries, Inc.
(Email)
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Systems
Technology, Inc Parachute Flight Training
Simulators
- Vigil, USA
Email
Distribution and sales of automatic activation device through
dealer networks.
DEALERS
MULTIPLE PRODUCT DEALERS
(Parachute, Container, Accessories)
TEXTILES
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American and Efird (Email) Manufacturer
of sewing thread for industrial and consumer markets.
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Auto Flug GmbH
(Email)
Manufacturer of sewing thread for industrial and consumer
markets.
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Bally Ribbon Mills
Manufacturer of Woven Narrow Tape and Webbing
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Coated
Technical Solutions Lines of Textiles and
Rubber/PVC/PP/PE/PU and alloyed Coated Membranes
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Colorworks, Inc.
(Email)
Textile Dyeing & Finishing.
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E.L. Wood Braiding
Company, Inc.
(Email)
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Gelvenor Textiles
(Email)
Weavers and finishers of hi-tech fabrics
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Gladding
Braided Products, LLC
(Email)
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Heathcoat
Fabrics
(Email)
Manufacturer and finisher of fabrics for
parachutes/canopies, packs and general aeronautical/aerospace
applications.
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HLC
Industries, Inc.
(Email)
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Hope Global (Email)
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Industrial
Opportunities, Inc.
(Email)
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INVISTA S.à r.l.
(Email)
INVISTA is a major supplier of fine and heavy denier nylon yarns
to the parachute industry. Our nylon yarns are used to construct
canopy fabrics for personnel and cargo parachutes, cordage and
webbing, parachute container and drop bags, and CORDURA® brand
fabrics used for military and commercial load carriage equipment
containers.
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Kusumgar Corporates
(Email)
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Murdock
Webbing Company
(Email) Manufacturer
of narrow fabrics.
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Narricot Industries, Inc.
(Email)
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Offray
Specialty Narrow Fabrics Manufacturer of tapes and
webbing.
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Performance Textiles, Inc.
(Email)
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Porcher
Sport
(Email)
Manufacturer of low weight, high performance sport fabrics
for parachutes
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Precision
Fabrics Group
(Email)
Manufacturer of Parachute Material
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Rhode Island
Textile Co. (Email)
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Sedatex.s.a
(Email) Vertically
Integrated Textile Company.
- Solutia
(Email) Producer of
nylon yarn.
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Southern
Weaving Company (Email)
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Strato Tex
(Email) Aerospace
applications of high tech textiles
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Tapecraft Corporation
(Email)
Tape and webbing manufacturer.
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Westmark
Corporation
(Email)
Converters of nylon and fabrics including 30d ripstop to meet PIAC 44378T1
and 'O' P ripstop as well as packcloth and cordura
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William Reed Fabrics
(Email) We are the
weaving segment of Allied textiles which also incorporates
dyeing and coating facilities.
TEXTILE DEALERS
TEXTILE EQUIPMENT
HARDWARE
AND HARDWARE EQUIPMENT
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Airlift
Technologies International
(Email)
Manufacturer of Type V and DRAS airdrop platforms and
associated hardware, airdrop load design, airdrop testing and
training.
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Bourdon Forge
(Email) Manufacturers of Parachute and other hardware
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Cirrus (GB) Ltd.
(Email)
Manufacturer of parachute hardware
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Columbus
McKinnon Corp.
(Email)
Forged Hardware.
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Die-Matic Products
(Email)
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DJ
Associates (Email)
Your source for mil-spec parachute hardware, webbings, tapes,
thread, hook and loop fastener. Specializing in small
quantities.
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Lakeview Forge Co and
Erie Tool Works Div
(Email)
Manufacturers of forged hardware, clevises, shackles, and
custom parts for the parachute industry.
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Para-Gear
Equipment Co., Inc.
(Email) The
world's largest online and print catalog!
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Ronstan Stainless Steel
Hardware (Email)
ISO 9001-2000 Manufacturer of load rated 316 grade stainless
steel hardware.
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Wichard
- USA (Email)
The finest in forged hardware for the Parachuting Industry
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DJ Associates
(Email) Your
source for mil-spec parachute hardware, webbings, tapes, thread,
hook and loop fastener. Specializing in small quantities.
TESTING AND RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
RIGGERS AND RIGGING SERVICES & EQUIPMENT
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Aerazur
(Email)
- Baumchen, G.A. (Jerry)
(Email)
- Chuting Star
Rigging Loft
(Email) Parachute
rigging services for skydivers and pilots. Authorized
Mirage Service Center. Located in Atlanta, GA at Skydive
The Farm
- Henderson
Sewing Machine Co.
(Email) Sales and service of industrial sewing
machines.
- High Time
Skydiving Enterprise
(Email)
- Jump & Fly
(Email)
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Mader, Jeffrey
(Email)
- Mikes's Rigging, Inc.
(Email)
Part time parachute rigger
- Parachute
Magic (Email)
Parachute rigging, freefall skydiving instruction
- Parachute Shop
(Email)
- Para Concepts
(Email)
Tandem and Student skydiving instruction. Gear sales and
service. Rigging services.
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Para-Gear
Equipment Co., Inc. (Email)
The world's largest online and print catalog!
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Para Loft Inc. (Email)
Parachute Sales and Service, Rigging Services, Parachute
Rigger Training and Testing.
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Ross, Elizabeth Ann
(Email) Parachute
Rigger
- The Riggers
Knot (Email)
Sport Parachute Loft
- Schlemmer, Dean M.
(Email)
Parachute Rigging
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Silver
Parachute Sales and Service
(Email)
Dealer for Softie Emergency Pilot Parachutes, 5-Point Pilot
Restraint Systems, Custom Manufacturing & Complete Rigging
Services.
- Skydive
Adventure, Inc.
(Email) 41 years at
present location. See web site for details.
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Skydive KY
(Email) Parachute
rigging & minor repairs, Drop Zone, Retail sales, Packing,
Instructions archive.
- Skydive Las
Vegas
(Email) Tandem and
student skydiving instruction. Gear sales and service.
- Skydive
Pennsylvania Skydiving Center
(Email)
Skydiving center - Dropzone - Retail equipment - Rigging.
- Superiaire Technologies, LLC
(Email)
- Tri-State
Skydivers, Inc. (Email)
Gear sales
- Ucman Aviation
Company
(Email) national dealer, sales, rigging
- Urban, Terry
(Email)
- US Academy of
Parachute Rigging
(Email)
- Velocity Sports
Equipment
(Email)
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Vixsal Rigging (Email)
Parachute Rigging
- Wine,
James (Email)
DROP ZONES
AND JUMP CLUBS
CONSULTING
AND INFORMATION SERVICES
- AeroGraphics
- Skydiving Magazine
(Email)
- EJJ Publishing & Literary Services
(Email)
Ed Johnson, Technical Spec Editing, Publishing and
Copyright Services.
- Law
Offices of Robert L. Feldman
(Email)
Florida Bar Board Certified in aviation law; Handle most aspects
of aviation law; Represent parachute equipment manufacturers,
DZs and others in the parachuting industry.
- MPG Consulting
(Email) Expert Project
Management and Technical Support
- Parachutist
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Para
Publishing Dan Poynter's resources on book
promotion and skydiving
- Para Velocity International
(Email)
Military & sport free fall coaching,
instruction, training.
- Skydiving
Magazine Parachuting's Newsmagazine
- White-Out Systems
(Email)
Writing, PR, graphic and web design for skydiving-related
businesses
SKYDIVING
ORGANIZATIONS
TRAINING
GOVERNMENT
MEMBERS
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U.S. Air Force Textile
Laboratory (Email)
U.S. Government life support and materials testing
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U.S. Army Program Executive
Office Soldier
(Email)
PEO Soldier manages all US Army airdrop items related to
personnel static line and military free fall parachute systems
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U.S. Forest Service,
Missoula Tech & Dev Ctr
(Email)
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USMC/ Safety Division
(Email) Mishap
Investigator
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