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Show ,t,H SKY DIVERS. Newly formed club at Southern State took first "Jumps" Saturday. They include, front, left to right, Richard Morris, instructor; Jerry Jer-ry Donaldson, instructor; Hank Blair and Body Rcdington. Back row: John Sears, Wade Boyde, Craig Tanner, Mark Carter, Bob Etter, Jim Snead, Chuck Estes, and Dr. Robert Moss. Not pictured, Shirley Mustaid, Stan Stein-er, Stein-er, Kerry Crawford, Ed Sutcliffe. SUSC Sky divers take first jumps ic opening of the narachute, the jumpers must learn the techniques of falling so that the chutes will open smoothly smooth-ly and tho lines will not bo-come bo-come tangled. If the chute does not open properly, the jumper learns to eject the original or-iginal and open an auxiliary parachute. Mr. Redington said his only nervous moments came when instructors were explaining, during pre-jump instruction, the consequences of not following fol-lowing Instructions. He stated that he did not feel apprehensive apprehen-sive at the time of the actual jumps, although he did "tumble" "tum-ble" on the second jump, almost al-most fouling the lines of the parachute. Also, he strained his leg upon hitting the ground. Two of the SUSC student stu-dent jumpers also sustained leg injuries while landing. President of the SUSC Sky Diving Club is Wade Boyce of Boulder City, Nev, Vice president pres-ident is Jim Snead, , Long Beach, Calif. Shirley Mustaid, Waynesboro, Va., is secretary, "How does it foci to jump out of an airplane at an altitude alti-tude of 3,000 feet?" "Just fine, if you are wearing wear-ing two parachutes and have been told exactly what to do to reach the ground safely," said Boyd Redington, one of 13 first time sky divers who put on a spectacular exhibition exhibi-tion for Cedar City residents Saturday morning. The first jumping exercise for the newly organized Southern South-ern Utah State College Sky Diving Club was held Saturday Satur-day at the Cedar City Municipal Munici-pal Airport following several sessions of classroom instruction instruct-ion by professional sky diving instructors Jerry Donaldson and Richard Morris, both of Lehi. The group has also received re-ceived instruction from the club advisor, Dr. Robert Moss of the SUSC School of Education Educa-tion faculty and a veteran pilot pi-lot and parachute specialist for the Utah National Guard. Dr. Moss piloted the plane for most of Saturday's jumps. Mr. Redington, head of the photo service at SUSC, and the 12 student members of the club each made two jumps. Would be sky divers are required to make five standard parachute jumps before be-fore they can attempt the free fall. The SUSC group plans to jump every other week end as a, regular part of the club activity. ac-tivity. Each club member pays $25 for the initial jump and $8 per jump thereafter. Although a static line in the airplane insures automat- |