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.

2,251 topics in this forum

  1. DB Cooper   1 2 3 4 2613

    By quade,
    • 65,314 replies
    • 1,291,017 views

  2. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 1 reply
    • 71 views

  3. Old 10-way team names  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 21 replies
    • 1,208 views

  4. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 13,550 views

  5. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2

    By JohnMincher,
    • 48 replies
    • 22,699 views

  6. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 14,006 views

  7. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 15,708 views

  8. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 12,863 views

  9. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 693 views

  10. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 24,955 views

  11. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 1,870 views

  12. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 442 views

  13. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 11,627 views

  14. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 13 replies
    • 1,127 views

  15. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 15,937 views

  16. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 1 reply
    • 714 views

  17. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 9,494 views

  18. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 1,946 views

  19. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 8,787 views

  20. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 33 replies
    • 6,352 views

  21. para=commander Mark 1  

    By [email protected],
    • 3 replies
    • 753 views

  22. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 473 views

  23. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 31 replies
    • 13,672 views

  24. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 1,669 views

  25. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 2,693 views

  26. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 8,609 views

  27. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 6,485 views

  28. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
    • 473 views

  29. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 13 replies
    • 3,813 views

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

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,695 replies
    • 60,284 views

  31. george bosworth USA Team member 1950s  

    By chuteless,
    • 9 replies
    • 4,070 views

  32. Help for the identification of a plane   1 2

    By Aile,
    • 34 replies
    • 18,043 views

  33. Bill Booth   1 2

    By bertusgeert,
    • 40 replies
    • 9,769 views

  34. Pay hurt  

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

  35. Old 82nd Airborne Fatalities   1 2

    By cjsitfly,
    • 44 replies
    • 23,904 views

  36. At Green Ramp  

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

  37. rick snow  

    By Fungii21,
    • 2 replies
    • 711 views

  38. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 296 replies
    • 30,458 views

  39. roman candle  

    By skypuppy,
    • 22 replies
    • 22,494 views

  40. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 21 replies
    • 11,044 views

  41. 26 Ft Conical Canopies   1 2

    By JerryBaumchen,
    • 31 replies
    • 12,018 views

  42. Early Russian freefallers?  

    By Erroll,
    • 3 replies
    • 816 views

  43. Burned out  

    By mikeat10500,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,124 views

  44. The Passing Of Thundercloud  

    By 2jumphi,
    • 10 replies
    • 6,648 views

  45. Osprey Sport Parachute Club Lost Prairie MT  

    By F1reh0lder,
    • 0 replies
    • 477 views

  46. john Tranum  

    By riggerrob,
    • 0 replies
    • 421 views

  47. DB Cooper  

    By Teresa Patton Davis,
    • 12 replies
    • 1,124 views

  48. Hybrid filming another Hybrid  

    By loudtom,
    • 0 replies
    • 466 views

  49. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 68 replies
    • 13,757 views

  50. The Old School Skydiver's Trivia Quiz  

    By nndefense,
    • 2 replies
    • 675 views

  51. Donating old parachutes and books to which museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 6 replies
    • 727 views

  52. Old Parachutist  

    By BlueSBDeath,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,518 views

  53. Parachutist magazine covers from 1957-Current  

    By SEREJumper,
    • 12 replies
    • 8,268 views

  54. ISO: Really old magazines  

    By bravoniner,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,077 views

  55. Smallest DZ for a PC?  

    By C348,
    • 6 replies
    • 2,948 views

  56. Viet Nam 1967 Jumps  

    By nvmike,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,718 views

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

    By nndefense,
    • 0 replies
    • 366 views

  58. "The Outlaws" Part Two, Chapter Three is published!  

    By nndefense,
    • 5 replies
    • 578 views

  59. Paso Robles stories?   1 2

    By uponone,
    • 34 replies
    • 11,310 views

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

    By Eiley,
    • 0 replies
    • 671 views

  61. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 39 replies
    • 15,590 views

  62. Why is a Mr. Bill called Mr. Bill  

    By LimaZulu,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,406 views

  63. The Outlaws by Mike Marcon  

    By nndefense,
    • 0 replies
    • 432 views

  64. Inventor of the modern parachute   1 2

    By Zing,
    • 28 replies
    • 14,194 views

  65. Vern Dallman stories  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,568 views

  66. Searching for Thunderbow manual  

    By stratostar,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,845 views

  67. parachutes incorporated  

    By nitrochute,
    • 15 replies
    • 6,454 views

  68. Anyone jump Ryan Field in Tucson in 60's or 70's?  

    By tcmidge,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,998 views

  69. From Rustenburg to Wonderboom  

    By PeterJEarle,
    • 8 replies
    • 5,351 views

  70. Canopy mfgr trivia   1 2

    By jonstark,
    • 30 replies
    • 10,172 views

  71. Paradactyl   1 2

    By edge01,
    • 39 replies
    • 17,644 views

  72. Godflicker?  

    By jimjumper,
    • 6 replies
    • 2,984 views

  73. Nite 16 man pic  

    By SCS422,
    • 0 replies
    • 393 views

  74. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,512 views

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

    By steve1,
    • 1,516 replies
    • 194,851 views

  76. What is this plane? #22   1 2

    By howardwhite,
    • 25 replies
    • 11,757 views

  77. Hutch/Skydog  

    By winsor,
    • 13 replies
    • 5,535 views

  78. Looking to trade old time Skydiving patches.  

    By jvw734,
    • 1 reply
    • 560 views

  79. Anyone remember “New Horizons Parachute Club” (Eaton Indiana) ?  

    By leebuckner,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,927 views

  80. Cessna crashes into DC-3 Perris June 1984. Help with finding pic.  

    By oldwomanc6,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,417 views

  81. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 7 replies
    • 6,862 views

  82. Who's Jumped a Strato Star ?   1 2 3 4 7

    By tbrown,
    • 157 replies
    • 27,412 views

  83. Dar Robinson - Any memories?  

    By flyingferret,
    • 13 replies
    • 7,815 views

  84. LAGNAF skydivers? - Ava, NY  

    By jacketsdb23,
    • 4 replies
    • 2,072 views

  85. Have Skydiving patches I need help ID'ing  

    By jvw734,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,271 views

  86. FIRST PARA COMMANDER STATIC LINE JUMP  

    By katzas,   
    • 0 replies
    • 804 views

  87. More patches I need help ID'ng  

    By jvw734,
    • 1 reply
    • 638 views

  88. SKYDIVING PATCHES I NEED HELP WITH  

    By jvw734,
    • 0 replies
    • 571 views

  89. My first Santa jump. NOT a Christmas story  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 4 replies
    • 2,302 views

  90. 2019 Godfrog Award Winners  

    By loudtom,
    • 1 reply
    • 783 views

  91. Bluetones skydiving music group?  

    By pchapman,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,417 views

  92. Jim Dishroon D Day Paratrooper  

    By dpreguy,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1,215 views

  93. Mike Steele, Golden Knight 71-73 seeking info  

    By 377,
    • 24 replies
    • 12,592 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 13 replies
    • 9,206 views

  95. 727 TAKE-OFF CLIMB PERFORMANCE  

    By Robert99,
    • 10 replies
    • 4,892 views

  96. the meaning of ...   1 2

    By elias123,
    • 35 replies
    • 9,450 views

  97. C.G. Godfrog Award 2018  

    By kallend,
    • 6 replies
    • 2,323 views

  98. What is the difference in decent between a B12 "Double L" and a B12 "T" ?  

    By nvmike,
    • 1 reply
    • 868 views

  99. President Nixon's involvement  

    By jumper34,
    • 8 replies
    • 1,209 views

  100. Calling Old School Skydiving buffs!  

    By nndefense,
    • 0 replies
    • 897 views
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