Skydiving History & Trivia
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Who did what, when and where? Post and read about the trend-setters, old-schoolers, and even the new young guns. If you have questions about skydiving history or traditions, ask here.

2,283 topics in this forum

  1. DB Cooper   1 2 3 4 2541

    By quade,
    • 63,500 replies
    • 2,086,568 views

  2. D B Cooper Unsolved Skyjacking   1 2 3 4 68

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,696 replies
    • 77,517 views

  3. Jumping at Casa Grande   1 2 3

    By steve1,
    • 57 replies
    • 19,618 views

  4. First turbine?   1 2

    By PhreeZone,
    • 27 replies
    • 7,686 views

  5. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 15 replies
    • 1,004 views

  6. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2 3

    By JohnMincher,
    • 50 replies
    • 24,871 views

  7. About: KAP– 3, automatic parachute activation device (AAD)   1 2

    By patworks,
    • 33 replies
    • 26,173 views

  8. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 297 replies
    • 37,936 views

  9. Paul Tag C-686  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,716 views

  10. Looking for Skip Stevenson, D-2407 who jumped into Calgary Stampede in 1970.  

    By rockcores,
    • 0 replies
    • 351 views

  11. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,448 views

  12. Looking for Jeff Willard  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 356 views

  13. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,026 views

  14. Scary stories from the old days?   1 2 3 4 61

    By steve1,
    • 1,524 replies
    • 212,120 views

  15. Can you identify these Kapowsin and Perris jumpers?  

    By sundevil777,
    • 8 replies
    • 2,847 views

  16. Freak Brother alphabetical listing   1 2

    By freakbrother,
    • 26 replies
    • 7,085 views

  17. Lost Prairie  

    By Woody Russell,
    • 1 reply
    • 410 views

  18. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 22 replies
    • 12,345 views

  19. Alice Hancock  

    By AFOX,
    • 0 replies
    • 329 views

  20. Largest Tube/Cart Wheel/Wagon Wheel Exit  

    By Eddiee93,   
    • 3 replies
    • 475 views

  21. Old Photograph  

    By Steviednc,
    • 3 replies
    • 623 views

  22. Elmo Barrister Early Bat-Wing parachutist  

    By Moraine Airpark,
    • 1 reply
    • 546 views

  23. Jeannie McCombs   1 2 3

    By cabernet,
    • 59 replies
    • 19,869 views

  24. St Croix Valley Skydiving Club-Osceola, Wis   1 2 3 4 5

    By PROGRESSIVE,
    • 109 replies
    • 21,779 views

  25. Looking for a double-keel Para-Dactyl  

    By dmathews1960,   
    • 10 replies
    • 817 views

  26. 1968 Fun! Hammond, Louisiana  

    By Mike Marcon,   
    • 1 reply
    • 391 views

  27. Delta II Opening Shock Inhibitor (OSI)   1 2

    By Beatnik,
    • 27 replies
    • 11,608 views

  28. "The Remedy"  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 0 replies
    • 579 views

  29. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 41 replies
    • 8,887 views

  30. June 6, 1942  

    By BIGUN,
    • 0 replies
    • 563 views

  31. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 40 replies
    • 17,448 views

  32. Remembering the Tubesteak Boogies  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 599 views

  33. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,222 views

  34. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 34 replies
    • 15,424 views

  35. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 1 reply
    • 625 views

  36. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 71 replies
    • 15,846 views

  37. Freepacked opening  

    By howardwhite,
    • 22 replies
    • 5,782 views

  38. freak brother jumps  

    By skypuppy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4,986 views

  39. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 3,040 views

  40. Mr. Douglas DC-3 getting back in the air???   1 2

    By BillyVance,
    • 34 replies
    • 22,008 views

  41. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 3,571 views

  42. At 2 grand, the last thing you need is pretty gear - old Racer SST advert  

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 1,616 views

  43. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
    • 913 views

  44. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,883 views

  45. Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) highest  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 614 views

  46. Operation Jumpfest  

    By smooth,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,650 views

  47. YOUR single most dangerous jump.   1 2 3

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 54 replies
    • 18,676 views

  48. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
    • 548 views

  49. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 756 views

  50. MikePelkey  

    By [email protected],
    • 0 replies
    • 666 views

  51. Irvin Delta2 Parawing   1 2

    By andrewhilton,
    • 28 replies
    • 9,635 views

  52. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,413 views

  53. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,583 views

  54. "Pegasus?"   1 2

    By pfloydd,
    • 34 replies
    • 13,953 views

  55. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 705 views

  56. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 690 views

  57. Question -- who jumped at the Houston Parachute Club and Galveston Skydivers, pre 1970's??  

    By patworks,
    • 14 replies
    • 10,381 views

  58. Barbara Druggan  

    By bodypilot90,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,029 views

  59. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,542 views

  60. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,354 views

  61. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,174 views

  62. Chris Bickerdike's Skydiving Artwork   1 2 3

    By slotperfect,
    • 52 replies
    • 16,647 views

  63. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,158 views

  64. Roger Reynolds   1 2

    By NEcrewDOG,
    • 30 replies
    • 10,890 views

  65. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 8 replies
    • 7,982 views

  66. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,266 views

  67. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,572 views

  68. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 802 views

  69. Jumping All Fifty States   1 2 3

    By bluskytrvlr,
    • 50 replies
    • 15,704 views

  70. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 730 views

  71. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 28,992 views

  72. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,053 views

  73. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 15,276 views

  74. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 15,424 views

  75. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 16,629 views

  76. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 15,574 views

  77. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,443 views

  78. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,640 views

  79. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,362 views

  80. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 13,128 views

  81. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 17,753 views

  82. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 10,406 views

  83. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,079 views

  84. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,393 views

  85. para=commander Mark 1  

    By [email protected],
    • 3 replies
    • 1,290 views

  86. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 978 views

  87. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 2,879 views

  88. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 3,807 views

  89. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 9,890 views

  90. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 7,415 views

  91. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,078 views

  92. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,776 views

  93. george bosworth USA Team member 1950s  

    By chuteless,
    • 9 replies
    • 4,951 views

  94. Help for the identification of a plane   1 2

    By Aile,
    • 34 replies
    • 19,774 views

  95. Bill Booth   1 2

    By bertusgeert,
    • 40 replies
    • 11,378 views

  96. Pay hurt  

    By 2nd 508th Guy,
    • 0 replies
    • 953 views

  97. Old 82nd Airborne Fatalities   1 2

    By cjsitfly,
    • 44 replies
    • 26,888 views

  98. At Green Ramp  

    By 2nd 508th Guy,
    • 0 replies
    • 945 views

  99. rick snow  

    By Fungii21,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,287 views

  100. roman candle  

    By skypuppy,
    • 22 replies
    • 25,477 views
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