Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Whats really unique about this?  

   By upndownshop, March 29, 2006
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   • poppenhager
   • April 1, 2006

2. Who and where? #3  

   By howardwhite, January 18, 2009
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   • mccurley
   • January 26, 2009

3. Woodbine, MD  

   By Bluerider, December 14, 2011
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   • Ffly4phun
   • February 11, 2012

4. Parachute name  

   By SansSuit, April 25, 2010
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   • lekstrom10k
   • April 26, 2010

5. WWII Airborne Demonstration Team C-47 Promotional Video  

   By davidlayne, March 8, 2010
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   • nitrochute
   • March 23, 2010

6. Instant Karma in the Sky  

   By Bob_Church, January 12, 2018
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   • Bob_Church
   • January 21, 2018

7. SKYDIVE: THE HISTORY OF SKYDIVING / PARACHUTING - 1960's  

   By BIGUN, December 1, 2013
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   • Krip
   • December 5, 2013

8. Statistics on skydiving  

   By AirMail, April 16, 2003
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   • DBCOOPER
   • September 27, 2011

9. Cale Yarborough's sport death jump story  

   By Zing, December 12, 2006
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   • cpoxon
   • December 13, 2006

10. Greene Sport Parachute Center  

    By gharendza, April 22, 2006
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    • van002
    • June 20, 2007

11. The very first Skydivers  

    By XWuffo, April 8, 2004
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    • JoeyRamone
    • May 3, 2004

12. North Island sport parachute club  

    By jclalor, November 11, 2014
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    • dzswoop717
    • December 5, 2014

13. Historic parachuting newsreal footage available  

    By pilotdave, December 10, 2002
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    • CrazyDave
    • October 30, 2003

14. Origin of "Parachute"  

    By wartload, June 3, 2005
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    • skypuppy
    • June 13, 2005

15. Do you recognize this guy?  

    By JumpUpMyAss, February 21, 2010
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    • drjump
    • February 22, 2010

16. Square hand deploy Pilot Chute  

    By jimmytavino, January 1, 2008
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    • wmw999
    • January 2, 2008

17. Cunning Stunts  

    By juggalo, August 10, 2009
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    • 3331
    • August 20, 2009

18. Pictures Of Your First Static Line Jump?  

    By GreenLight, April 25, 2005
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    • JohnRich
    • April 27, 2005

19. Para Commander "R Mod"  

    By ahdz, June 20, 2005
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    • airtwardo
    • July 1, 2005

20. High Alt. Record Attempts  

    By snapontoolman, January 22, 2005
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    • NickDG
    • January 31, 2005

21. jump hawaii  

    By nitrochute, December 7, 2011
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    • stratostar
    • December 8, 2011

22. Vintage Weekend Teuge The Netherlands October 3 & 4.  

    By ParaShoot, August 3, 2009
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    • anj4de
    • December 17, 2011

23. El Capitain  

    By gharendza, April 27, 2010
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    • quade
    • April 29, 2010

24. Douglas Bader's parachute jump(s)  

    By mr2mk1g, June 28, 2005
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    • Beerlight
    • July 23, 2005

25. Ever jump with your canopy in backwards???  

    By MissBuffDiver, May 6, 2005
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    • BASE841
    • May 10, 2005

26. Bob Sinclaire, one of the most impressive, still living Skydiving icon!  

    By Tinkerbelle, March 4, 2004
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    • cocheese
    • March 21, 2004

27. Robin and Pud  

    By baronn, May 29, 2017
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    • raftman
    • July 1, 2017

28. Southern Parachute Center  

    By jaymundo, September 3, 2009
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    • nndefense
    • May 28, 2019

29. Memorable jumps - setting up exit out of Mike Mullins' King Air with a B2 Stealth Bomber right on his six  

    By BillyVance, July 6, 2013
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    • BillyVance
    • July 10, 2013

30. Sawdust  

    By Krip, September 1, 2013
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    • airtwardo
    • September 14, 2013

31. What kind of airplane  

    By ZigZagMarquis, December 31, 2010
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    • warpedskydiver
    • January 18, 2011

32. Camera people  

    By howardwhite, May 14, 2007
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • August 14, 2007

33. Sew-on 5 cell to 7 cell conversion  

    By pchapman, January 14, 2005
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    • usedtajump
    • January 21, 2005

34. High altitude records - no, not the "usual" question  

    By Orange1, March 27, 2006
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    • riggerrob
    • May 31, 2006

35. ...Skydive Apple Valley...  

    By IEJuggalo, September 9, 2009
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    • rapter
    • September 12, 2009

36. Sentinel 2000 pin-puller AAD with Micro Puller  

    By pchapman, December 11, 2013
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    • riggerrob
    • December 20, 2013

37. The 'original' Mr. Bill jump!  

    By airtwardo, August 21, 2007
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    • cpoxon
    • August 22, 2007

38. Who, where, when?  

    By howardwhite, January 11, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • January 18, 2008

39. Country skydive video!  

    By grimmie, April 21, 2009
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    • grimmie
    • April 25, 2009

40. Almost bought the farm  

    By lodestar, March 9, 2008
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    • skybill
    • March 10, 2008

41. Movie: Skydiving - The Ultimate Thrill, who are the jumpers ?  

    By dks13827, June 30, 2009
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    • lindawaz
    • October 16, 2011

42. The man looked like a freaking comet..  

    By drewboo, September 15, 2003
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    • Hammitt
    • April 17, 2013

43. Just watched 'Gypsy Moths'  

    By dbattman, April 27, 2004
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    • JohnRich
    • May 5, 2004

44. Big biplane diamonds?  

    By CFPasi, February 6, 2005
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    • CFPasi
    • February 13, 2005

45. Need a Ripcord for a B-4  

    By murrays, April 28, 2005
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    • skr
    • May 3, 2005

46. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy, July 5, 2021
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    • RV8
    • February 17, 2023

47. Ft.Polk 1969  

    By nndefense, October 7, 2006
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    • nndefense
    • October 18, 2006

48. Old Mike Swain & Wide World Of Sports videos  

    By patmoore, October 10, 2013
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    • chuteless
    • November 22, 2013

49. Origin of Pulled down Apex?  

    By everymansaved, February 2, 2007
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    • WGore
    • June 8, 2007

50. Net.Rec.Skydive History . . .  

    By NickDG, September 23, 2004
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    • alg
    • September 30, 2004

51. Airworthy Vintage Gear  

    By winsor, May 12, 2009
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    • ripcord4
    • May 20, 2009

52. tandem rw  

    By skypuppy, April 28, 2014
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • May 5, 2014

53. "Vintage" Photos  

    By Genn, January 8, 2003
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    • jorgea
    • May 4, 2013

54. Orange remembers Sixth World Meet  

    By howardwhite, July 10, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • July 17, 2007

55. What is this plane? #14  

    By howardwhite, November 5, 2007
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    • 377
    • November 9, 2007

56. Who 'deserves' an ash release dive ?  

    By metalslug, March 9, 2004
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    • smellysue
    • March 17, 2004

57. Twin Otter Archive  

    By davidlayne, June 29, 2012
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    • airdvr
    • July 11, 2012

58. When I was a student  

    By davidlayne, October 11, 2004
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    • airtwardo
    • October 18, 2004

59. Interesting Statistics of our industry  

    By MikeTJumps, July 5, 2005
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    • kallend
    • July 12, 2005

60. 1960 Fatality Info Please  

    By BigM, January 31, 2005
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    • mjosparky
    • February 4, 2005

61. D.B. Cooper Certificate of Achievement  

    By Chaos, December 23, 2015
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    • freeflyJoe
    • February 9, 2016

62. Trivia Question  

    By Hooknswoop, October 3, 2003
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    • Amazon
    • October 7, 2003

63. Parachutist Magazine, September 1979  

    By gary0302, March 21, 2015
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    • gary0302
    • April 2, 2015

64. Smallest DZ for a PC?  

    By C348, February 11, 2017
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    • jim gentry
    • July 18, 2020

65. Skydiving Films  

    By bonbaan, January 2, 2011
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    • racerman
    • January 18, 2011

66. When the....  

    By councilman24, October 9, 2003
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    • mccurley
    • October 13, 2003

67. what's that from ?  

    By piisfish, November 18, 2008
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    • eric.fradet
    • January 1, 2009

68. general history  

    By k_marr08, April 8, 2006
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    • riggerrob
    • May 4, 2006

69. Guardian Parachute  

    By goldwing, September 27, 2006
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    • 2jumphi
    • October 2, 2006

70. Kevin Donnely  

    By mjosparky, April 24, 2011
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    • MissBuffDiver
    • May 2, 2011

71. Drop zone kids grow up to be jumpers.  

    By efs4ever, July 7, 2006
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    • dear1
    • June 5, 2007

72. Dale Gates  

    By airdvr, January 23, 2010
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    • skypuppy
    • March 5, 2010

73. Short film '58 World Meet  

    By JerryBaumchen, October 6, 2013
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    • airdvr
    • October 10, 2013

74. got one for you guys  

    By GQ_jumper, March 5, 2007
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    • PhreeZone
    • March 16, 2007

75. lockheed al60  

    By keithbar, June 4, 2009
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    • WGore
    • June 8, 2009

76. When was the first parachutist magazine published?  

    By SEREJumper, June 20, 2011
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    • councilman24
    • June 24, 2011

77. Howard DGA-15 Jump Planes- Old Elsinore  

    By swovelin, August 15, 2013
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • August 18, 2013

78. Farmer Mcnasty  

    By Krip, January 29, 2012
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    • Krip
    • February 2, 2012

79. Student retention rate on S/l  

    By Krip, February 10, 2012
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    • skyrider
    • March 15, 2012

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

    By tcmidge, September 23, 2004
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    • Teresa Patton Davis
    • April 27, 2020

81. Nick Piantanida "The Angry sky" ESPN july 30  

    By highspeeddirt, July 27, 2015
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    • 377
    • September 11, 2015

82. whos this?  

    By dumstuntzz, February 10, 2008
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    • javelin1
    • February 15, 2008

83. Parachutist Magazines  

    By John4455, December 14, 2005
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    • kd5xb
    • February 2, 2007

84. What is this canopy? Old heavy 5 cell  

    By pchapman, September 21, 2009
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    • lekstrom10k
    • September 23, 2009

85. Old Friends  

    By lodestar, March 2, 2008
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    • itllclear
    • March 5, 2008

86. Cross connector straps on round mains?  

    By SEREJumper, March 7, 2011
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    • chuteless
    • March 16, 2011

87. "Flying Death"  

    By howardwhite, January 15, 2010
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    • lapster
    • March 9, 2010

88. Ken Luellen (GA skydiver in the 1970's)  

    By KLuellen, September 22, 2010
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    • Jim_Hooper
    • September 30, 2010

89. 43rd Birthday of the First Big-Way 10/17/65  

    By patworks, October 18, 2008
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    • skybill
    • November 5, 2008

90. Curved Pin invented by Hank Aschiutto  

    By patworks, June 7, 2013
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • June 15, 2013

91. "the Geek Brothers"  

    By smiles, January 26, 2003
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    • jbrasher
    • April 15, 2004

92. "Amazing and Stupendous" new canopy  

    By howardwhite, September 3, 2007
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    • WGore
    • January 3, 2008

93. Jack Jorens  

    By drjump, June 14, 2009
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    • patworks
    • March 13, 2010

94. Another memory picture from old old Spaceland  

    By efs4ever, March 14, 2009
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    • Mbranch202
    • May 13, 2009

95. Godflicker?  

    By jimjumper, October 23, 2007
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    • 33zulu
    • April 16, 2020

96. Ripcord pull force (re Poynter's manual)  

    By johnmatrix, October 14, 2011
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    • mjosparky
    • October 18, 2011

97. What is this canopy? #7  

    By howardwhite, October 12, 2007
    • 20 replies
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    • howardwhite
    • October 16, 2007

98. old video  

    By dragon2, March 14, 2014
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    • StreetScooby
    • March 23, 2014

99. Second Generation Jumpers  

    By Splat63, June 9, 2007
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    • Splat63
    • July 2, 2007

100. It was fifty years ago today....  

     By patmoore, December 2, 2012
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     • skyjumpenfool
     • December 27, 2012