Patrick Moorehead

Patrick “Pat” Moorehead  D-2962, made his first jump in 1969. His logbooks have recorded more than 6,500 jumps and he is still skydiving at the age of 84.  His career has included jumps in TV commercials (which he continues to do today), TV programs and films, both as a performer/actor and as a stunt man. He founded a skydiving exhibition team in 1972 called the California Aerial Circus Parachute Team. He served on the USPA board of directors, founded SOS, and to mark his 80th birthday, had a TEAM-80 fundraising event making 81 jumps in one day raising more than $18,000 for the museum. This effort earned him the museum’s first Trustees’ Award. In 1998, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by USPA and in 2008, was awarded the Paul Tissandier Diploma from the FAI.