Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Greene Sport Parachute Center  

   By gharendza, May 5, 2010
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   • matthewcline
   • May 24, 2010

2. Name that harness/container #5...  

   By SEREJumper, May 19, 2010
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   • jpgoggin
   • May 21, 2010

3. Was digging thru some old shit  

   By akarunway, May 16, 2010
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   • NickDG
   • May 20, 2010

4. OK- HOW COLD WAS IT? jumping no door aircraft  

   By jackwallace, May 2, 2010
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   • skybill
   • May 19, 2010

5. Seeking skydivers who knew my mom  

   By searching, April 22, 2010
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   • BIGUN
   • May 19, 2010

6. Can anyone help me find photos or articles about Doug Iverson?  

   By Arrex, May 7, 2010
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   • riggerrob
   • May 18, 2010

7. Carl Boenish's Gravity project seks funding.  

   By kimemerson, May 17, 2010
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   • akarunway
   • May 18, 2010

8. Where and Who?  

   By rdufokker, May 10, 2010
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   • zoobrothertom
   • May 14, 2010

9. WTF? Drunk Pigs, Parachutes and Russians.  

   By shveddy, May 11, 2010
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   • muff528
   • May 12, 2010

10. Anyone have info on a DZ near Orchards WA 1971?  

    By 377, April 30, 2010
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    • SStewart
    • May 6, 2010

11. Olde pictures   1 2 3 4

    By howardwhite, June 6, 2007
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    • steve1
    • May 5, 2010

12. D B Coopers / Money  

    By gharendza, May 4, 2010
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    • airtwardo
    • May 4, 2010

13. Let's Bring Back the THUNDER BOW!   1 2

    By scs317, March 1, 2010
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    • dreamdancer
    • May 4, 2010

14. Air To Ground Transmission  

    By dreamdancer, May 4, 2010
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    • dreamdancer
    • May 4, 2010

15. Half Dome  

    By gharendza, April 27, 2010
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    • JohnRich
    • May 3, 2010

16. Santa 1949  

    By howardwhite, April 27, 2010
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    • bclark
    • May 3, 2010

17. red devils and golden knights circa 1965  

    By FlailingJohn, April 27, 2010
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    • SCR216
    • May 2, 2010

18. Unit 4 / 310' / Security Canopy  

    By gharendza, April 26, 2010
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    • gharendza
    • April 29, 2010

19. naked / night parachute / Jumping  

    By gharendza, April 28, 2010
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    • piisfish
    • April 29, 2010

20. El Capitain  

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

21. Looking for sons of Denise Burns  

    By MissBuffDiver, April 26, 2010
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    • MissBuffDiver
    • April 26, 2010

22. Parachute name  

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

23. Greene / New York / My Dad !  

    By gharendza, April 25, 2010
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    • tbrown
    • April 26, 2010

24. Paradactyl landing   1 2

    By gjhdiver, June 12, 2007
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    • RogerRamjet
    • April 23, 2010

25. Watermellon Pass  

    By patworks, February 24, 2010
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    • lurch
    • April 22, 2010

26. What's going on here?  

    By howardwhite, April 14, 2010
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    • howardwhite
    • April 21, 2010

27. C9 canopies in bulk  

    By howardwhite, April 16, 2010
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    • riggerrob
    • April 18, 2010

28. Old Farts reunion  

    By BCA, March 30, 2010
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    • SCR216
    • April 15, 2010

29. I have done some exciting demos  

    By tonybrogdon, April 5, 2010
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    • tonybrogdon
    • April 14, 2010

30. PC (ugly)  

    By howardwhite, April 9, 2010
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    • piisfish
    • April 14, 2010

31. Whatzit?  

    By JohnRich, April 8, 2010
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    • kkeenan
    • April 12, 2010

32. Not skydiving but certainly jumping...  

    By Guru312, April 12, 2010
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    • Guru312
    • April 12, 2010

33. Remember this movie?  

    By howardwhite, April 5, 2010
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    • mccurley
    • April 9, 2010

34. Early 1950 records  

    By howardwhite, April 7, 2010
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    • tbrown
    • April 8, 2010

35. Happy Birthday Bill Newell  

    By lodestar, April 5, 2010
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    • SCR216
    • April 7, 2010

36. Jumping the Fairchild   1 2

    By howardwhite, May 16, 2007
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • April 6, 2010

37. Bandit Jump -- 1953  

    By howardwhite, March 26, 2010
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    • danchapman
    • April 6, 2010

38. First 5-Way stars =1967  

    By patworks, February 22, 2010
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    • skybill
    • April 1, 2010

39. 'Lobster Tail' Canopies  

    By danchapman, March 31, 2010
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • April 1, 2010

40. Alaska 1958  

    By howardwhite, March 30, 2010
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    • steve1
    • March 31, 2010

41. Skydiving pigs  

    By howardwhite, March 25, 2010
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    • airtwardo
    • March 30, 2010

42. Free for nothing....shroud line knife  

    By lodestar, March 27, 2010
    • 11 replies
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    • usedtajump
    • March 29, 2010

43. WWII Airborne Demonstration Team C-47 Promotional Video  

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

44. Some nice pics  

    By Beerlight, March 19, 2010
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    • lodestar
    • March 23, 2010

45. Jane (Lambdin) Orlando Memorial at Z-Hills  

    By RogerRamjet, March 19, 2010
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    • Mbranch202
    • March 22, 2010

46. Tom Sanders-- BASE photographer/jumper  

    By Guru312, March 19, 2010
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    • mx757
    • March 21, 2010

47. Happy Birthday Pat Works  

    By lodestar, March 18, 2010
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    • NickDG
    • March 19, 2010

48. Herd DZ Dirt  

    By howardwhite, March 19, 2010
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    • howardwhite
    • March 19, 2010

49. Steve Snyder  

    By captain1976, January 8, 2010
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    • captain1976
    • March 17, 2010

50. 1980 Fatality Info  

    By kkeenan, February 1, 2010
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    • jonstark
    • March 13, 2010

51. Jack Jorens  

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

52. DH Heron aircraft?  

    By darkwing, June 20, 2003
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    • howardwhite
    • March 12, 2010

53. Plane Pix  

    By howardwhite, March 3, 2010
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    • lekstrom10k
    • March 10, 2010

54. What is this canopy?  

    By SEREJumper, January 11, 2010
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    • SEREJumper
    • March 9, 2010

55. Airborne  

    By howardwhite, September 21, 2009
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    • lapster
    • March 9, 2010

56. "Flying Death"  

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

57. Dale Gates  

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

58. Happy birthday Skydive Elsinore  

    By emmiwy, March 3, 2010
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    • 377
    • March 5, 2010

59. I need a free beer  

    By faulknerwn, February 28, 2010
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    • 377
    • March 5, 2010

60. Formation size 1960-1967  

    By patworks, February 27, 2010
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    • howardwhite
    • March 4, 2010

61. Texxas 20 way McGregor   1 2 3 4

    By efs4ever, December 6, 2005
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    • SlowHDRider
    • March 2, 2010

62. National Enquirer  

    By howardwhite, February 28, 2010
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    • airtwardo
    • March 1, 2010

63. First Parachute jump 1797  

    By Tink1717, February 27, 2010
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    • airtwardo
    • March 1, 2010

64. Interesting award or license numbers   1 2 3

    By Bsquared, January 10, 2008
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    • patworks
    • February 26, 2010

65. the Flying Elvis's   1 2 3

    By nitrochute, February 3, 2010
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    • BillyVance
    • February 24, 2010

66. Z'hills in the eighties  

    By totalbodyflyer, January 31, 2010
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    • totalbodyflyer
    • February 24, 2010

67. Do you recognize this guy?  

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

68. What is this?  

    By howardwhite, February 20, 2010
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    • lucky508
    • February 22, 2010

69. Cotton chest reserve pack tray/container?  

    By lucky508, February 19, 2010
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • February 21, 2010

70. Marijuana saved George Bush Sr. life  

    By swoopfly, February 17, 2010
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    • Andy9o8
    • February 20, 2010

71. Freestyle in 1963  

    By patworks, February 20, 2010
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    • Niki1
    • February 20, 2010

72. Airborne Songs & Poems  

    By steve1, February 16, 2010
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    • steve1
    • February 18, 2010

73. Who jumped a heli, landed on the CNtower, chopped the main, and flicked a reserve?  

    By base935, November 18, 2009
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    • lodestar
    • February 18, 2010

74. looking for a Paraplane  

    By eric.fradet, February 5, 2010
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    • Beatnik
    • February 13, 2010

75. Pioneers Reunion 2010  

    By howardwhite, December 8, 2009
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    • jackwallace
    • February 11, 2010

76. Old Hoop Divers Post  

    By markd_nscr986, December 20, 2005
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    • RogerRamjet
    • February 10, 2010

77. Pink Floyd, where is he now??  

    By johnb250, November 4, 2006
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • February 4, 2010

78. Nightdives  

    By totalbodyflyer, January 29, 2010
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    • BobWright
    • February 2, 2010

79. Bill Stage  

    By mjosparky, January 31, 2010
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    • RogerRamjet
    • February 1, 2010

80. RW TO FF  

    By jclalor, January 24, 2010
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    • patworks
    • January 30, 2010

81. Spetsnaz - cold war records and jumping  

    By mr2mk1g, January 19, 2010
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    • Gene03
    • January 24, 2010

82. Post round pre squars   1 2

    By fogobo, November 28, 2009
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    • steve1
    • January 21, 2010

83. Teddy Mayfield in the news again  

    By SStewart, January 21, 2010
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    • steve1
    • January 21, 2010

84. Jack Joerns  

    By OleSmoke, January 13, 2010
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    • OleSmoke
    • January 21, 2010

85. Hangover cure  

    By patworks, January 10, 2010
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    • airtwardo
    • January 20, 2010

86. Pilot Chute Cap Art  

    By howardwhite, January 19, 2010
    • 4 replies
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    • Andy9o8
    • January 19, 2010

87. What we unpacked Saturday night  

    By faulknerwn, January 11, 2010
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    • dks13827
    • January 19, 2010

88. Rubber Chicken vs. Real Chicken freefall pass  

    By DrEco, January 15, 2010
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • January 18, 2010

89. why no DZO operates a Pilatus PC12?  

    By alberto1980, January 16, 2010
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    • alberto1980
    • January 17, 2010

90. Does anyone know?  

    By godfrog, January 16, 2010
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    • bozo
    • January 17, 2010

91. Fathom: The movie. 1967  

    By kimemerson, December 22, 2009
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    • captain1976
    • January 15, 2010

92. "New and Improved"  

    By howardwhite, January 14, 2010
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • January 15, 2010

93. Scary Stories from the 2000 decade :-) - Mick Evans  

    By mickey1982va, December 23, 2009
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    • Peej
    • January 12, 2010

94. OK - 80's skydivers...Need help with identifying this rig.  

    By jacketsdb23, December 31, 2009
    • 20 replies
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    • tonybrogdon
    • January 12, 2010

95. Ralph White  

    By javelin1, February 15, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • January 8, 2010

96. No new ideas.  

    By mjosparky, January 3, 2010
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    • DavidB
    • January 7, 2010

97. Obscure Para-Jerkin  

    By riggerrob, January 2, 2010
    • 4 replies
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    • riggerrob
    • January 5, 2010

98. Older Texas DZ's  

    By Krip, November 11, 2009
    • 23 replies
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    • usedtajump
    • January 4, 2010

99. Today is the 48th Anniversary of my 1st jump!   1 2

    By patworks, December 23, 2009
    • 34 replies
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    • lodestar
    • January 4, 2010

100. Godfrog  

     By kallend, December 16, 2009
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     • kallend
     • January 1, 2010