USPA Skydiving Museum

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The only reason I would support USPA's involvement in the museum would be if there were positive financial reasons for doing so. I can't imagine that being true however. There is no way a skydiving museum would generate enough revenue to support even the cost of the staff, let alone the facility cost. Put the most important gear in existing avaition museums.

Tom B

[Jimbo 0]

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The only reason I would support USPA's involvement in the museum would be if there were positive financial reasons for doing so.

The more I think about this the more I'm against it, even if there is a positive financial outcome. Let's keep the USPA doing what they were founded to do and that's keep skydivers skydiving. If we are to have a museum then let it be founded and operated by a separate group, either a spin off of the USPA, PIA, anyone but the USPA.

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[SkymonkeyONE 4]

The "museum" is to be co-located with the new USPA headquarters, right off I-95 in Virginia. That part of the construction will be entirely privately funded, therefore not taking a penny of your (and my) dues.

Chuck

[winsor 236]

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After reading in this months Parachutist about the new muesum that the USPA has planned I was wondering others opinions on this subject. Also if it is built, would you visit it?

Rather than going to a museum, I need only go into my gear room. I have a good 60 years covered.

Actually, I doubt if anyone is going to do much better than Bob Sinclair's bus. A tour of his collection of artifacts takes HOURS (no fooling), and the anecdotes behind each item make it time well spent.

I think a museum is fine, but I can't see what it has to do with the business of tending to the needs of the club. I can see where having the museum joined at the hip to the club could do severe damage to our ability to function, should the museum prove to be a white elephant (it wouldn't be the first time such a thing has occurred).

As a stand-alone entity, fine. As any part of USPA, not so good.


Blue skies,

Winsor

[Boomerdog 0]

New guy here, 22 jumps, still in student status but almost to "A" license and enjoying every minute of it. A museum? Why not! In doing the arithmetic, approximately 1 out of every 10,000 people in the US have a USPA skydiving license. Perhaps the remaining 9,999 unfortunate souls who have not known the joy of freefall will get some, albeit very small semblance of this great sport. Skydiving has a history worth telling and I'll be donating to the museum as well!