You clearly did not read part 105 even after you linked to it - none of it disagrees with what I said.
The FAA only cares about parachute types for reserves.
They only regulate actual jumping in a handful of situations all involving controlled airspace and large crowds or near/in clouds. Solo jumpers are not interesting for them as long as no one on the ground gets killed and property not destroyed.
No special training or certification is required by the FAA for skydivers (except tandem instructors), and for pilots.
Training types are extremely thinly regulated (really just a couple of gotchas to keep aircraft from crashing).
And base jumpers started as skydivers originally, and the original equipment was skydiving equipment.
Different sport now? Yes.
You should read it, it’s pretty short. The CFR I linked summed it up pretty good.
If there is a specific area you think I’m wrong, please do point it out.
I am just trying to correct you in places, where from my point of view you are wrong. I am pretty familiar with FAR 61,65,105 and USPA SIM and IRM.
You said - it is not regulated: I corrected, that there are FAR chapters about parachuting in the USA, actually SIM has all of them highlighted https://www.uspa.org/sim/9 and USPA exists with a set of rules and recommendations. Ah, and FAR mentions TSO, which are the requirements for the gear to be used for skydiving (TSO approved rigs and reserve canopies). I do believe this is more than enough for us skydivers.
Do you want more regulations? But why Skydiving? Why not skiing, kite surfing, surfing, mountain biking? Have you looked at the "regulations" about water sports? Why are those not regulated? Those other sports don't have injuries? How many people are getting hurt by other skiers on the mountain?
The FAA only cares about parachute types for reserves.
They only regulate actual jumping in a handful of situations all involving controlled airspace and large crowds or near/in clouds. Solo jumpers are not interesting for them as long as no one on the ground gets killed and property not destroyed.
No special training or certification is required by the FAA for skydivers (except tandem instructors), and for pilots.
Training types are extremely thinly regulated (really just a couple of gotchas to keep aircraft from crashing).
And base jumpers started as skydivers originally, and the original equipment was skydiving equipment.
Different sport now? Yes.
You should read it, it’s pretty short. The CFR I linked summed it up pretty good.
If there is a specific area you think I’m wrong, please do point it out.