saming 0 #1 April 17, 2004 Working on an assignment at uni and need some numbers... Do anyone know the answere, or where I can find them? Also interested in distribution in the different parts of the world: north america, south america, europe, asia, australia Has the number of jumpers been increasing the later years? at what rate? sam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpy 0 #2 April 17, 2004 I don't have an answer for you but i think you might end up having to contact seperate licensing organisations in each country... Australian Parachute Federation website is www.apf.asn.au.. if you contact them i'm sure they'll be more then willing to help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thelem 0 #3 April 17, 2004 From page 6 of the minutes of the last BPA AGM (http://www.bpa.org.uk/forms/council/AGM%20Minutes%2024%2001%2004.doc) Quote Membership Figures: I am pleased to announce that our provisional membership figures are up by 13%. Temporary memberships also increased by 9%. Perhaps the most important figure in terms of the strength of our Association can be found in the number of our full memberships. We first broke through the 5000 barrier in 2001, and I am happy to announce that our full membership for 2003 increased by another 5% on 2002. Full time membership now stands at 5660. Anybody who completes a solo freefall jump in the UK is required to get full BPA membership (except foreigners who have membership of their own contries equivilent, I think). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites metalslug 36 #4 April 17, 2004 South Africa http://www.para.co.za/ The Membership section returns 558 records for the year 2003. Unfortunately I do not have enough experience in the sport to know the dynamics of membership totals and how accurately this figure represents the actual number of current skydivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ozthebum 0 #5 April 17, 2004 QuoteAnybody who completes a solo freefall jump in the UK is required to get full BPA membership (except foreigners who have membership of their own contries equivilent, I think). When I lived in the UK, the local DZ wanted me to get a full BPA membership even though I was a USPA member. I didn't have an A license though so that may have had something to do with it. Back to the question....here's the US organization: http://www.uspa.org/ I too don't have enough experance to know the dynamics....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chuteless 1 #6 April 17, 2004 When I started jumping in 1962, there were 250 in Canada and about 2500 to 3000 in the USA. I dont know how many now, but it must be in the 6 figures for the entire world. Bill Cole D-41 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Remster 30 #7 April 17, 2004 Are we talking active skidivers, people who did 1 skydive/tandem/SL/IAD, people who got a liscence at some point.....? lots of ways to look at that question.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Chrisky 0 #8 April 18, 2004 german association www.fallschirmsportverband.de. The association was founded 10 years ago and license nubers are at 10-12K (Sequentially). This would round up to about 10K active jumpers in Germany, which, my guestimate, is a bit too high in terms of actual numbers. They should have pretty exact numbers until 2003, when the license became valid lifelong with currency to be proven by log entries. Until then, active licences had to be renewed every two years with proof of currency. So they should know how many active licences there are. If you hunt all the numbers down, please post the result, would be interesting.The mind is like a parachute - it only works once it's open. From the edge you just see more. ... Not every Swooper hooks & not every Hooker swoops ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #9 April 18, 2004 It'd be nice to know where -you're- from, saming. Care to fill out your profile a bit? ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Erroll 80 #10 April 19, 2004 Quote Anybody who completes a solo freefall jump in the UK is required to get full BPA membership (except foreigners who have membership of their own contries equivilent, I think). I did several solo freefalls in the U.K. (at more than one DZ) while on a business trip. I only had to take temporary BPA membership once - it was valid for the length of my stay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andrewwhyte 1 #11 April 19, 2004 I usually figure that the USPA membership number times 2 is close enough to the world wide mark for a loose guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
thelem 0 #3 April 17, 2004 From page 6 of the minutes of the last BPA AGM (http://www.bpa.org.uk/forms/council/AGM%20Minutes%2024%2001%2004.doc) Quote Membership Figures: I am pleased to announce that our provisional membership figures are up by 13%. Temporary memberships also increased by 9%. Perhaps the most important figure in terms of the strength of our Association can be found in the number of our full memberships. We first broke through the 5000 barrier in 2001, and I am happy to announce that our full membership for 2003 increased by another 5% on 2002. Full time membership now stands at 5660. Anybody who completes a solo freefall jump in the UK is required to get full BPA membership (except foreigners who have membership of their own contries equivilent, I think). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metalslug 36 #4 April 17, 2004 South Africa http://www.para.co.za/ The Membership section returns 558 records for the year 2003. Unfortunately I do not have enough experience in the sport to know the dynamics of membership totals and how accurately this figure represents the actual number of current skydivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozthebum 0 #5 April 17, 2004 QuoteAnybody who completes a solo freefall jump in the UK is required to get full BPA membership (except foreigners who have membership of their own contries equivilent, I think). When I lived in the UK, the local DZ wanted me to get a full BPA membership even though I was a USPA member. I didn't have an A license though so that may have had something to do with it. Back to the question....here's the US organization: http://www.uspa.org/ I too don't have enough experance to know the dynamics....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuteless 1 #6 April 17, 2004 When I started jumping in 1962, there were 250 in Canada and about 2500 to 3000 in the USA. I dont know how many now, but it must be in the 6 figures for the entire world. Bill Cole D-41 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #7 April 17, 2004 Are we talking active skidivers, people who did 1 skydive/tandem/SL/IAD, people who got a liscence at some point.....? lots of ways to look at that question.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisky 0 #8 April 18, 2004 german association www.fallschirmsportverband.de. The association was founded 10 years ago and license nubers are at 10-12K (Sequentially). This would round up to about 10K active jumpers in Germany, which, my guestimate, is a bit too high in terms of actual numbers. They should have pretty exact numbers until 2003, when the license became valid lifelong with currency to be proven by log entries. Until then, active licences had to be renewed every two years with proof of currency. So they should know how many active licences there are. If you hunt all the numbers down, please post the result, would be interesting.The mind is like a parachute - it only works once it's open. From the edge you just see more. ... Not every Swooper hooks & not every Hooker swoops ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #9 April 18, 2004 It'd be nice to know where -you're- from, saming. Care to fill out your profile a bit? ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 80 #10 April 19, 2004 Quote Anybody who completes a solo freefall jump in the UK is required to get full BPA membership (except foreigners who have membership of their own contries equivilent, I think). I did several solo freefalls in the U.K. (at more than one DZ) while on a business trip. I only had to take temporary BPA membership once - it was valid for the length of my stay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #11 April 19, 2004 I usually figure that the USPA membership number times 2 is close enough to the world wide mark for a loose guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
