Skydive Spaceland Staff: Riggers and Packers

Who's packing your parachutes? Riggers are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration to pack reserve parachutes. Both riggers and packers can pack main parachutes.

Riggers

Packers

Will Groves (send email)

Jumps: 2500+

First Jump: June 1, 2000, Chambersburg, PA

Occupation: Packer

License, Rating & Accomplishments: D-License

Why I skydive: Addiction

David "DQ" Quist (send email)

Jumps:

First Jump: 2003, Skydive Twin Cities, Baldwin, WI

Occupation: Packer

License, Rating & Accomplishments:

Kelley Thacker (send email)

Jumps: 20

First Jump: Skydive Las Vegas, Boulder City, NV

Occupation: Packer

Discipline of Choice: Arm Wrestling

Lynlee Drozek (send email)

Jumps: 1300+

First Jump: Nov. 20, 2004

Occupation: Canopy compression engineer

Discipline of Choice: Freefly, swooping

Tami Jo Gertz (send email)

Jumps: 400+

First Jump: Skydive USA

Occupation: Packer

License, Rating & Accomplishments: D-35833

Cheryl Johnson (send email)

Jumps: 851

First Jump: July 1998

Occupation: Packer

License, Rating & Accomplishments: C-29726

Discipline of Choice: Formation Skydiving

Matthew Peterson (send email)

Jumps: 29

First Jump: July 20, 2008, Skydive Elsinore

Occupation: Packer

License, Rating & Accomplishments: USPA A License, Senior Rigger