Curt Bachman

D-18700

TRUSTEE

Curt was born into a family involved in the skydiving industry. His father, Lowell Bachman, started Para Gear Equipment Co. Inc. in 1960 and was a founding member of the Parachute Industry Association (PIA) and the International Skydiving Museum. His mother, Dori Bachman, became involved with Para Gear after they married, served 22 years as the treasurer of PIA and was a museum trustee. On the day Curt was born, his parents purchased him a lifetime membership to USPA.

Throughout his childhood, Curt accompanied his parents to National and International skydiving competitions. At the age of 18, he traveled to Locarno Switzerland to take an AFF course and learn to skydive. He continued to skydive while in college at the University of Arizona and afterwards, in 1997, began working for Para Gear.

Since then, Curt has been traveling the world to various skydiving competitions, marketing Para Gear, attending PIA meetings and symposiums, International Skydiving Museum & Hall of Fame events, and experiencing exotic skydiving trips. Some of particular note were the North Pole skydive in 1999, the Millennium Skydive in Patriot Hills Antarctica, and BASE jumping Angel Falls in Venezuela in 2001. Curt has skydived on all seven continents which he completed in 2001 in Djibouti Africa.

Curt is a member of the Accessions & Curations and Nominations & Elections Committees.