Gary Peek's Skydiving and Aviation Products and Services

This is the main page for "Gary Peek's Skydiving and Aviation Products and Services", a partial archive of the computer programs, articles, pictures, information, and links that resided at "www.freefall.com/peek" from around 1997 until June 2005. I hope that skydivers everywhere will continue to find the information here interesting or helpful. A lot has changed since I did much of this work, so some of the information will seem odd to many people, so I have added explanations describe what is different from then until now.

Email: peek@pcprg.com Bio How I got started skydiving

Computer Programs, published by Para Publishing, The Equipment Color Programs, the Skydiving Formation Planners, and the Computerized Logbook Program.
Update 2005: These DOS programs were the first of their kind, (and had their beginnings in 1989, when few people even had color monitors, much less color printers!) Since many manufacturers now have equipment color programs, both standalone programs for the PC and on-line, these programs are no longer popular. However, in 2004 I wrote a new Canopy Color Program for Windows which can be downloaded here or at the Para Publishing web site. (It is small and fast.)
DZ/FBO clip art, over 125 graphic images related to skydiving and flying.
Update June 2005: I have placed the DZ/FBO clip art package in the public domain, and can be downloaded here.
This collection of clip art images was designed with the DZ and FBO desktop publisher in mind. It includes over 125 black and white images related to flying and skydiving businesses that can be included in your flyers, brochures, letters, and advertisements. There are airplanes, balloons, parachutes, skydivers in freefall and under canopy, and jump aircraft of all types. DZ\FBO Clip Art is being used by over 120 drop zones, businesses, publications, and individuals.
Update 2005: This clip art package was the first of its kind in skydiving, back when few people had scanners, and before the web became popular. There is of course much more available now on the web, and in color too, but this package still contains a number of aircraft images that you just won't find anywhere else.
Included with these files is: 1. A program to convert the graphic images from Gary Peek/Para Publishing's Equipment Color Programs into PCX format graphics files. (As of April 1997 this program is now also included with any of the Equipment Color Programs purchased from Para Publishing). 2. A program to convert these black and white PCX format files into files that have color attributes, so that they may be "painted" in graphics paint programs including Windows Paintbrush. (With this program you can make your own "Windows" Canopy, Rig, or Jumpsuit Color Program, or create airplane paint schemes, etc.)
Thanks to the following companies and individuals for providing some of the graphic images for this package: Strong Enterprises, The Relative Workshop, Tamara Koyn, David "Herb" Estes
Books
Test and Repair Your Own Avionics Accessories, available through The Aviation Book Company
Articles, skydiving and aviation safety, and other skydiving articles.
Update 2005: These articles have been referenced many places on the web, so I chose to archive them so that they will continue to be available.
From USPA's Parachutist magazine:
From the World Freefall Convention Skydivers Guide:
- Becoming an Experienced Convention Skydiver
From the Midwest Aviation Journal:
Photos, miscellaneous stuff from my collection
- Published Photos:
  - The month of February from the 1997 USPA calendar
  - The other picture I submitted
- Some fun stuff:
  - Self-portrait under canopy
  - How to land your parachute in the snow
The Parks College Parachute Research Group, research and technical info. Over the years I have added and consolidated my personal skydiving research, technical articles, and information for skydivers at this web site rather than have it here.
Commonly Misused Words in Skydiving. Skydiving related words and other words I have seen people misuse and misspell, for example, on the newsgroup rec.skydiving, and on dropzone.com. Started in 2004, this is an ongoing project.