PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITY.

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ON AN INSTRUMENT CLRNC; WE WERE APCHING M50 FROM THE W. KNOWING PARACHUTE ACTIVITY WAS POSSIBLE; I RPTED OUR POS 40 MI TO THE W AND REQUESTED AN ARPT ADVISORY FROM UNICOM. WE WERE ADVISED THAT WINDS FAVORED RWY 17 AND THAT THE JUMP ACFT WAS ALOFT. I RESPONDED THAT WE WOULD BE ENTERING THE TFC PATTERN IN 8 MINS. I MADE ADDITIONAL CALLS AT 20 AND 10 MI OUT. EACH TIME I STATED OUR POS; INTENTIONS AND ETA. WHEN WE RPTED THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH; MOBILE APCH MADE NO MENTION OF THE JUMP ACFT. I ASKED HER ABOUT ITS LOCATION AND SHE REPLIED THAT IT WAS AT 12000 FT AND STILL CLBING. WE CANCELED IFR AND ENTERED THE TFC PATTERN MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS OF OUR POS. WHILE ON DOWNWIND ABEAM THE APCH END OF THE RWY; WE HEARD THE FIRST AND ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT THE JUMP ACFT MADE. '2 MINS TO JUMPERS AWAY AT TRENT LOTT.' I MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WERE TURNING BASE AND WOULD CALL WHEN CLR OF THE RWY. I ALSO CALLED TURNING FINAL AND SHORT FINAL. AFTER WE LANDED; WE SAW JUMPERS OVER THE CTR OF THE ARPT; THE LOWEST AT ABOUT 200 FT. WE TURNED ON TO THE PARALLEL TXWY AND STOPPED. THE REST OF THE JUMPERS CONTINUED TO LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TXWY AND THE LAST ON THE TXWY. AFTER ALL THE JUMPERS WE COULD SEE HAD LANDED; WE TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND THEN SAW A JUMPER WALKING UP. HE HAD LANDED BEHIND US. WHILE WAITING ON THE TXWY; I REQUESTED THAT THE JUMP ACFT CALL WHEN ALL JUMPERS WERE DOWN SO WE COULD TAXI IN. THERE WAS NO REPLY. WHEN THE JUMP ACFT CALLED ENTERING THE PATTERN; I ASKED AGAIN. THE PLT TOLD ME THAT WE WERE 'CLRED TO TAXI IN.' WE COULD PLAINLY SEE A JUMPER AIRBORNE IN FRONT OF US. THIS JUMPER LANDED ON THE TXWY. ONLY AFTER THE LINEMAN OPERATING THE UNICOM TOLD US ALL JUMPERS WERE DOWN DID WE FEEL IT SAFE TO TAXI IN. AT PM15 I WALKED OUT THE HANGAR DOOR AND OBSERVED A CPR JET LNDG. BEFORE IT CLRED THE RWY; PARACHUTERS WERE LNDG. WHILE IT WAS NOT TOTALLY DARK; THE SUN HAD SET AND THE JUMPERS HAD NO VISIBLE LIGHTS. THE OBSERVERS SAID 'THAT IS CRAZY.' THE OBSERVERS ASKED WHY WAS THIS ALLOWED AT AN ARPT LIKE THIS?