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 2549

    By quade,
    • 63,707 replies
    • 2,168,327 views

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

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,696 replies
    • 80,050 views

  3. Jumped a D-6 Russian paratrooper rig with a drogue  

    By pchapman,
    • 21 replies
    • 15,165 views

  4. Nite 16 man pic  

    By SCS422,
    • 7 replies
    • 977 views

  5. Paso Robles stories?   1 2

    By uponone,
    • 35 replies
    • 12,614 views

  6. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 9 replies
    • 8,248 views

  7. Jumping at Casa Grande   1 2 3

    By steve1,
    • 57 replies
    • 20,134 views

  8. First turbine?   1 2

    By PhreeZone,
    • 27 replies
    • 7,926 views

  9. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 15 replies
    • 1,262 views

  10. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2 3

    By JohnMincher,
    • 50 replies
    • 25,228 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 33 replies
    • 26,602 views

  12. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 297 replies
    • 39,191 views

  13. Paul Tag C-686  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,769 views

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

    By rockcores,
    • 0 replies
    • 429 views

  15. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,660 views

  16. Looking for Jeff Willard  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 438 views

  17. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,094 views

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

    By steve1,
    • 1,524 replies
    • 215,193 views

  19. Can you identify these Kapowsin and Perris jumpers?  

    By sundevil777,
    • 8 replies
    • 2,993 views

  20. Freak Brother alphabetical listing   1 2

    By freakbrother,
    • 26 replies
    • 7,440 views

  21. Lost Prairie  

    By Woody Russell,
    • 1 reply
    • 498 views

  22. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 22 replies
    • 12,496 views

  23. Alice Hancock  

    By AFOX,
    • 0 replies
    • 448 views

  24. Largest Tube/Cart Wheel/Wagon Wheel Exit  

    By Eddiee93,   
    • 3 replies
    • 637 views

  25. Old Photograph  

    By Steviednc,
    • 3 replies
    • 753 views

  26. Elmo Barrister Early Bat-Wing parachutist  

    By Moraine Airpark,
    • 1 reply
    • 620 views

  27. Jeannie McCombs   1 2 3

    By cabernet,
    • 59 replies
    • 20,322 views

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

    By PROGRESSIVE,
    • 109 replies
    • 22,428 views

  29. Looking for a double-keel Para-Dactyl  

    By dmathews1960,   
    • 10 replies
    • 992 views

  30. 1968 Fun! Hammond, Louisiana  

    By Mike Marcon,   
    • 1 reply
    • 460 views

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

    By Beatnik,
    • 27 replies
    • 11,812 views

  32. "The Remedy"  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 0 replies
    • 661 views

  33. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 41 replies
    • 9,239 views

  34. June 6, 1942  

    By BIGUN,
    • 0 replies
    • 628 views

  35. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 40 replies
    • 17,739 views

  36. Remembering the Tubesteak Boogies  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 658 views

  37. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,327 views

  38. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 34 replies
    • 15,672 views

  39. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 1 reply
    • 707 views

  40. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 71 replies
    • 16,223 views

  41. Freepacked opening  

    By howardwhite,
    • 22 replies
    • 5,922 views

  42. freak brother jumps  

    By skypuppy,
    • 12 replies
    • 5,123 views

  43. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 3,125 views

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

    By BillyVance,
    • 34 replies
    • 22,286 views

  45. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 3,805 views

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

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 1,775 views

  47. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,002 views

  48. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,019 views

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

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 677 views

  50. Operation Jumpfest  

    By smooth,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,739 views

  51. YOUR single most dangerous jump.   1 2 3

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 54 replies
    • 19,128 views

  52. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
    • 597 views

  53. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 841 views

  54. MikePelkey  

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

  55. Irvin Delta2 Parawing   1 2

    By andrewhilton,
    • 28 replies
    • 9,827 views

  56. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,581 views

  57. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,696 views

  58. "Pegasus?"   1 2

    By pfloydd,
    • 34 replies
    • 14,178 views

  59. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 762 views

  60. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 773 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 14 replies
    • 10,609 views

  62. Barbara Druggan  

    By bodypilot90,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,142 views

  63. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,636 views

  64. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,484 views

  65. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,272 views

  66. Chris Bickerdike's Skydiving Artwork   1 2 3

    By slotperfect,
    • 52 replies
    • 16,933 views

  67. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,212 views

  68. Roger Reynolds   1 2

    By NEcrewDOG,
    • 30 replies
    • 11,127 views

  69. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,406 views

  70. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,689 views

  71. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 872 views

  72. Jumping All Fifty States   1 2 3

    By bluskytrvlr,
    • 50 replies
    • 15,977 views

  73. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 778 views

  74. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 29,481 views

  75. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,158 views

  76. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 15,627 views

  77. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 15,619 views

  78. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 16,817 views

  79. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 15,955 views

  80. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,552 views

  81. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,745 views

  82. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,460 views

  83. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 13,339 views

  84. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 18,003 views

  85. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 10,597 views

  86. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,267 views

  87. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,670 views

  88. para=commander Mark 1  

    By [email protected],
    • 3 replies
    • 1,355 views

  89. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,037 views

  90. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 2,997 views

  91. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 3,973 views

  92. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,060 views

  93. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 7,604 views

  94. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,157 views

  95. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,950 views

  96. george bosworth USA Team member 1950s  

    By chuteless,
    • 9 replies
    • 5,072 views

  97. Help for the identification of a plane   1 2

    By Aile,
    • 34 replies
    • 20,010 views

  98. Bill Booth   1 2

    By bertusgeert,
    • 40 replies
    • 11,680 views

  99. Pay hurt  

    By 2nd 508th Guy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,027 views

  100. Old 82nd Airborne Fatalities   1 2

    By cjsitfly,
    • 44 replies
    • 27,514 views
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