HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING MAGAZINE
On the cover, Speedflying in France | photo by Jerome Maupoint. Meanwhile, Desiree Voight grabs a snapshot on her GoPro at Randolph, Utah.
MAGAZINE STAFF USHPA, Publisher: business@ushpa.aero Nick Greece, Editor: editor@ushpa.aero Greg Gillam, Art Director: art.director@ushpa.aero Martin Palmaz, Advertising: business@ushpa.aero Staff writers: Alex Colby, Chris Galli, Steve Messman, Dennis Pagen, Christina Ammon, Mark “Forger” Stucky, Ryan Voight, Tom Webster, CJ Sturtevant | Staff artist: Jim Tibbs Staff photographers: John Heiney, Jeff O'Brien, Jeff Shapiro
OFFICE STAFF Martin Palmaz, Director of Business Operations : business@ushpa.aero Robin Jones, Information Services Manager : tech@ushpa.aero Beth Hollendorfer, Membeship Services Coordinator: membership@ushpa.aero Terry Rank, Office Coordinator : office@ushpa.aero
USHPA OFFICERS & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rich Hass, President: richhass@comcast.net Dave Wills, Vice President: dave@davewillsinc.com Bill Bolosky, Secretary: bill_bolosky@foundationforfreeflight.org Mark Forbes, Treasurer: mark@markforbes.com REGION 1: Rich Hass, Mark Forbes. REGION 2: Dave Wills, Urs Kellenberger, Bill Cuddy. REGION 3: Bill Helliwell, Rob Sporrer, Brad Hall. REGION 4: Mark Gaskill, Ken Grubbs. REGION 5: Lisa Tate. REGION 6: David Glover. REGION 7: Tracy Tillman. REGION 8: Jeff Nicolay. REGION 9: Felipe Amunategui, Hugh McElrath. REGION 10: Bruce Weaver, Steve Kroop, Matt Taber. REGION 11: David Glover. REGION 12: Paul Voight. REGION 13: Tracy Tillman. DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Dave Broyles, Leo Bynum, Riss Estes, Mike Haley, Dennis Pagen. EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR: Art Greenfield (NAA).
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