John Woo
Residence:
Baltimore, MD
Occupations:
Research Applications Programmer
Gallaudet Research Institute,
HMB S-421
Gallaudet University, Wash, DC
20002
Equipment:
Container: Mirage G3
Main: Triathlon 150
Reserve: PD 143R
AAD:
Cypress
Container: Talon (for Classic
Accuracy and ParaSki)
Main:
ParaFoil 282
Reserve: PD 143R
AAD:
N/A
Home drop zone:
None
but traveling for big ways
First jump:
October, 1982 at Parachutes Are Fun, Inc, Ridgely, MD (S/L)
Total jumps to date:
2600+
Licenses, awards,
ratings & other numbers:
USPA-28960, B-12242, C-17235, D-10554, FA-222, DFA-513, EA-658, DEA-392,
36W-227,
64W-132, GW-4717, 12FF-3198, SCR-11504, Z00-623, POPS-6273
Skydiving
specialties:
RW, Big
way RW formations, Classic Accuracy, Para-Ski
Accomplishments: (note: both deaf/hearing in Italic)
- Silent Free Fall 4
Way team member at Nationals in 1987 and 1994
- 3rd place, 10 Way
Speed Star, Chambersburg, PA, October 1987
- 3rd place, 10 Way
Speed Star, Chambersburg, PA, October 1988
- 3rd place overall,
Intermediate Accuracy, Virginia Parachute Council, 1988
- 1st place,
Intermediate Accuracy, Virginia Parachute Council, May 1989
- 2nd place,
Intermediate Accuracy, Virginia Parachute Council, July 1989
- 1st place,
Intermediate Accuracy, Virginia Parachute Council, August 1989
- 1st place overall,
Intermediate Accuracy, Virginia Parachute Council, 1989
- Maryland State
Record 27
Way, Ocean City, MD, May
1995
- 5
Point, 20 Way, DeLand, FL, December 1995
- 4 Point, 40 Way,
Lake Wales, Florida, December 1995
- New Jersey State
Record 72
Way, July 1996
- WFFC Largest RW Record 60
Way, Quincy, IL, August 1996
- Delaware State
Record 40 Way, Laurel, DE, September 1996
- 3rd place Open
team
accuracy, Virginia Parachute Council, 1996
- Georgia State
Record 64 Way,
Monroe, GA, May 1997
- New Jersey State
Record 100
Way, Cross Key, NJ, July 1997
- New England State
Record 76
Way, Pepperel, MA, August 1997
- Virginia State
Record 87
Way, West Point, VA, October
1997
- POPS World Record 91 Way, Perris, CA,
December 1998
- Z-Hills Speed 100 Way
Team, three
100 way dives in a row!, Z-hills, FL, March 1999
- POPS South Carolina 13-Way
State Record, May 1999
- New Jersey State
Record 101
Way, Cross Key, NJ, July 1999
- New York State
Record 80
Way, Gardiner, NY, August
1999
- U.S. National
Record
All-Deaf 5-Way,
Suffolk, VA,
October 1999
- North Carolina
State Record 77 Way,
Louisburg,
NC, October 1999
- Z-Hill team won
the
World Speed 100-way
Championship, Z-hills, FL, December, 1999
- Night
8-Point 12-Way, Lake Wales, FL, December 2000
- World's
First
All-Deaf 4-Way
RW with Deaf Tandem, Monroe, GA, May 2001
- World Record
All-Deaf 12-Way, San Macros, TX, Sept 1, 2001
- World Record
All-Deaf 14-Way, San
Macros, TX, Sept 2, 2001
- MS State Record
All-Deaf 8-Point 5-Way,
Moss Point, MS, Feb 2002
- POPS Virginia
State
Record 3-point
35-Way, West Point, VA, July 2002
- POPS Illinois State Record 44-Way,
Ottawa, IL,
Sept 2002
- POPS Texas State
Record 62-Way,
Rosharon, TX,
May 2003
- World's First All-Deaf
Night RW 2-Way, Chambersburg, PA, July 2003
- 2 Point 48-Way,
Skydive
New England, Lebanon, Maine, July, 2003
- Texas
State Record 125-Way,
Whitewright, TX, Aug 2003
- World
Record All-Deaf Big-Way RW 15-Way, Perris, CA, Sept
13, 2003
- World
Record All-Deaf Night RW
7-Way, Perris, CA, Sept 13, 2003
- World
Record All-Deaf 4 Way RW 18 points, Perris, CA, Sept 13, 2003
- Mississippi
State Record 60-Way,
Moss Pointt, MS, May 8, 2004
- Mississippi
State Sequential Record 3
Point 41-Way, Moss Pointt, MS, May 9, 2004
- 4
Point 40-Way, Skydive Spaceland, Rosharon, TX, June 13, 2004
- POPS
World Nigh Record 12-way, Eloy, AZ, Oct 23, 2004
- POPS
World Nigh Sequential Record 2-point 12-way, Eloy, AZ, Oct 23, 2004
- POPS
Texas Record 2-point 42-way, Rosharon, TX, July 16, 2005
-
World Record all-Deaf RW
Sequential 3 point 10 Way, October 14, 2005
- World Record all-Deaf
Big-Way RW
16-Way, October 15, 2005
- World Record all-Deaf
Night RW Sequential 3 point 8 Way, October 15, 2005
Last Updated/modified:
Sept 18,2006