World Parachutists Over Phorty Society

Although the Parachutists Over Phorty Society had members in many countries, it didn't begin to have a world identity until the first world meet in Australia in 1989.

A stronger global community was forged by the election of Mike Allum as the first World Top Pop at the third world meet in Spain in 1995.

World meets every two to three years are now a regular occasions to renew old friendships and make new ones with skydivers from many countries.

POPS World Meets

The Tenth POPS World Meet will be held in Verona, Italy in 2010. More details will be available nearer the date.

The Parachutists Over Phorty Society held its first POPS World Meet in 1989 in Australia and the second was in 1993 hosted by Skydive Orlando at Umatilla in Florida, USA. The third POPS World Meet was in Spain in 1995 at the Centro de Paracaidismo de Costa Brava in Empuriabrava in the Catalan area. At that meet, Mike Allum of the UK was appointed by the Top Pops as the first World Top Pop with specific responsibility for arranging the next POPS World Meet.

The Fourth POPS World Meet was held in 1997 at the Royal Jordanian Parachute Club at Aqaba in Jordan, where Alicia Moorehead replaced Mike as World Top Pop.

The Fifth World Meet took place 18th to 25th September 1999 at Fraser Valley Skydiving Centre in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. At this meet, Alicia Moorehead stepped down as World Top Pop and handed over to John Crowhurst who accepted the job of organising the next world meet in 2001/2002.

The Sixth POPS World Meet took place 1st to 9th March 2002 at Matamata, New Zealand. Théo Fritschy agreed to take the role of World Top Pop and top arrange a meet in Switzerland in 2004.

The Seventh POPS World Meet took place at Gruyères in Switzerland, at the Epagny Aerodrome. At this meet, Théo Fritschy stepped down as World Top Pop and handed over to Karl Poruben who will organize the next World POPS Meet in the United States of America.

The Eighth POPS World Meet took place at Eloy in Arizona, USA. At this meet, Karl Poruben stepped down as World Top Pop and handed over to Ian "Robbo" Robertson who will organize the next World POPS Meet in Australia.

The Ninth POPS World Meet was held between the 25th April and the 3rd May 2008 in Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia. Robbo handed over to Lamberto Serenelli, who as World Top Pop #7 will host the tenth POPS Worls Meet at Verona, Italy in 2010.

Previous World Meets