POPS Australia

 

is a member of the international organization

 

Parachutists Over Phorty Society

 

a fraternity of skydivers 40 years and over over whose main aim is to continue jumping and have fun while doing it. We are voluntary,

not- for-profit, and facilitate opportunities for members to participate in events, competitions & record attempts, or just get together, in Australia and overseas.  

            

Founded in the USA in 1966, there are now several thousand POPS Members in 24 countries around the world. POPS Australia began as POPS Downunder in May 1982. Bernie Shaw was the first Australian Top POP and he is credited with the idea of having a World POPS Meet, the first such event being held at the Ettamogah Pub, near Albury in New South Wales, in 1990. World Meets have since been held in Florida, Spain, Jordan, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Arizona in 2006. Meets & Competition Events are held regularly in many countries, with World Championships held about every  two years in a Member Country. This major international gathering of skydivers aged 40 to mid 80s is returning to Australia in 2008! The 9th World POPS Meet & Championships will be held at Skydive Ramblers, Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia April 25 to May 3 2008.

 

 

While everyone is most welcome at POPS events, you must be a member of POPS to qualify for POPS Competitions and Record Attempts.

To join you need to be over 40 and have made at least one parachute jump [tandems qualify]. 

 

 Click here for a Membership Application  or  just send Lifetime Membership Fee of $20.00AUD  

(Please make cheques/postal orders payable to POPS Downunder) to

POPS Australia Membership PO Box 1128 Port Macquarie New South Wales 2444 Australia

together with the following details:

  • Surname

  • Christian Name/s

  • Date of Birth

  • Sex

  • Postal Address including Postcode/Zipcode

  • Email Address

  • Phone Nos [business/after hours/mobile]

  • No. of Jumps

  • Home DZ

  • APF/Other No.       Licence No.       Display Lic. No.

  • If Applicable: NZ POPS No.______ UK POPS No.______ USA POPS No._______ Other No.________

  • Other Credentials, Jumping Interests, Ratings, Claims to Fame

 

◊Email info@popsdownunder.com for further enquiries or more information.

 

POPS Australia is a non-profit organisation. Income and assets are applied solely in furtherance of the participation and enjoyment of skydiving by jumpers 40 years of age and over and no portion is distributed directly or indirectly to members except as bona fide compensation for services rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the organisation. In the event POPS Australia ceases to operate or is dissolved the amount that remains after such circumstances and the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities will be transferred to another organisation with similar purposes which is not carried on for the profit or gain of its individual members.