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.

2,269 topics in this forum

  1. DB Cooper   1 2 3 4 2433

    By quade,
    • 60,802 replies
    • 1,614,395 views

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

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,697 replies
    • 68,573 views

  3. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 71 replies
    • 14,622 views

  4. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 39 replies
    • 7,543 views

  5. Freepacked opening  

    By howardwhite,
    • 22 replies
    • 5,236 views

  6. freak brother jumps  

    By skypuppy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4,422 views

  7. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,653 views

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

    By BillyVance,
    • 34 replies
    • 21,335 views

  9. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 2,440 views

  10. Freak Brother alphabetical listing   1 2

    By freakbrother,
    • 25 replies
    • 5,889 views

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

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 942 views

  12. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
    • 489 views

  13. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 33 replies
    • 14,510 views

  14. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,334 views

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

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 238 views

  16. Operation Jumpfest  

    By smooth,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,326 views

  17. YOUR single most dangerous jump.   1 2 3

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 54 replies
    • 16,828 views

  18. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
    • 231 views

  19. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 400 views

  20. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 4 replies
    • 525 views

  21. MikePelkey  

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

  22. Irvin Delta2 Parawing   1 2

    By andrewhilton,
    • 28 replies
    • 8,713 views

  23. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,562 views

  24. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,125 views

  25. "Pegasus?"   1 2

    By pfloydd,
    • 34 replies
    • 12,903 views

  26. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 379 views

  27. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 385 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 14 replies
    • 9,665 views

  29. Barbara Druggan  

    By bodypilot90,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,622 views

  30. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,229 views

  31. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 796 views

  32. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 721 views

  33. Chris Bickerdike's Skydiving Artwork   1 2 3

    By slotperfect,
    • 52 replies
    • 15,698 views

  34. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 816 views

  35. Roger Reynolds   1 2

    By NEcrewDOG,
    • 30 replies
    • 10,200 views

  36. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 8 replies
    • 7,394 views

  37. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 637 views

  38. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 927 views

  39. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 447 views

  40. Jumping All Fifty States   1 2 3

    By bluskytrvlr,
    • 50 replies
    • 14,555 views

  41. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 445 views

  42. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 3 replies
    • 561 views

  43. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 27,010 views

  44. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 601 views

  45. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 14,224 views

  46. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2

    By JohnMincher,
    • 48 replies
    • 23,510 views

  47. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 14,654 views

  48. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 16,146 views

  49. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 14,205 views

  50. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,092 views

  51. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,248 views

  52. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 853 views

  53. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 12,308 views

  54. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 13 replies
    • 1,735 views

  55. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 16,789 views

  56. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 9,870 views

  57. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,436 views

  58. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 9,480 views

  59. para=commander Mark 1  

    By [email protected],
    • 3 replies
    • 1,047 views

  60. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 729 views

  61. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 2,269 views

  62. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 3,203 views

  63. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 9,320 views

  64. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 6,904 views

  65. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
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  66. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,273 views

  67. george bosworth USA Team member 1950s  

    By chuteless,
    • 9 replies
    • 4,456 views

  68. Help for the identification of a plane   1 2

    By Aile,
    • 34 replies
    • 18,997 views

  69. Bill Booth   1 2

    By bertusgeert,
    • 40 replies
    • 10,580 views

  70. Pay hurt  

    By 2nd 508th Guy,
    • 0 replies
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  71. Old 82nd Airborne Fatalities   1 2

    By cjsitfly,
    • 44 replies
    • 25,119 views

  72. At Green Ramp  

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

  73. rick snow  

    By Fungii21,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,016 views

  74. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 295 replies
    • 33,527 views

  75. roman candle  

    By skypuppy,
    • 22 replies
    • 23,848 views

  76. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 21 replies
    • 11,542 views

  77. 26 Ft Conical Canopies   1 2

    By JerryBaumchen,
    • 31 replies
    • 12,787 views

  78. Early Russian freefallers?  

    By Erroll,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,083 views

  79. Burned out  

    By mikeat10500,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,473 views

  80. The Passing Of Thundercloud  

    By 2jumphi,
    • 10 replies
    • 7,013 views

  81. Osprey Sport Parachute Club Lost Prairie MT  

    By F1reh0lder,
    • 0 replies
    • 765 views

  82. john Tranum  

    By riggerrob,
    • 0 replies
    • 669 views

  83. DB Cooper  

    By Teresa Patton Davis,
    • 12 replies
    • 1,504 views

  84. Hybrid filming another Hybrid  

    By loudtom,
    • 0 replies
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  85. The Old School Skydiver's Trivia Quiz  

    By nndefense,
    • 2 replies
    • 962 views

  86. Donating old parachutes and books to which museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,032 views

  87. Old Parachutist  

    By BlueSBDeath,
    • 10 replies
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  88. Parachutist magazine covers from 1957-Current  

    By SEREJumper,
    • 12 replies
    • 8,702 views

  89. ISO: Really old magazines  

    By bravoniner,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,311 views

  90. Smallest DZ for a PC?  

    By C348,
    • 6 replies
    • 3,205 views

  91. Viet Nam 1967 Jumps  

    By nvmike,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,069 views

  92. "The Outlaws" Part Two, Chapter Four is ready to read!  

    By nndefense,
    • 0 replies
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  93. "The Outlaws" Part Two, Chapter Three is published!  

    By nndefense,
    • 5 replies
    • 870 views

  94. Paso Robles stories?   1 2

    By uponone,
    • 34 replies
    • 11,755 views

  95. Blue Skies, Black Death: What happened to Stephen Hilder?  

    By Eiley,
    • 0 replies
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  96. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 39 replies
    • 16,425 views

  97. Why is a Mr. Bill called Mr. Bill  

    By LimaZulu,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,779 views

  98. The Outlaws by Mike Marcon  

    By nndefense,
    • 0 replies
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  99. Inventor of the modern parachute   1 2

    By Zing,
    • 28 replies
    • 14,828 views

  100. Vern Dallman stories  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,912 views
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