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Author: Bill Coe

Bill Coe is the Owner and President of Performance Designs, Inc. Performance Designs was founded in 1982 and it is the realization of Bill’s dream to deliver improved performance of ram-air parachutes to the sport of skydiving. Bill’s passion ignited following his first jump at the age of 18 in 1976 and burned fiercely. He relocated to chase year-round jumping, but was dissatisfied with the canopies he encountered. First modifying, then building new designs from the ground up (all self-funded), he set out to revolutionize the sport and did so with the release of an early version of the PD 9-cell from his shop in DeLand, FL. Bill’s friend and also ardent skydiver, John LeBlanc, matched Bill’s passion and drive for modernized designs and joined PD as VP. With their combined efforts, the company thrived, yielding cutting-edge developments such as Microline, cross-bracing, and zero porosity fabric, all of which endure as standards in today’s parachute industry. Today Performance Designs calls DeLand, FL home, where Bill and John continue to lead and inspire their team to create progressive designs, and still encourage lunch break skydives.

Four Critical Altitudes

Posted on19th February 20215th March 2021AuthorBill Coe

“These decisions could be the difference between life and death” – Bill Coe Read More …

CategoriesExperienced Skydiver, Gear, Staying AliveTagsAAD, Cypres, Cypres Save, stayalive, staying alive, stayingalive, Vigil

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