Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Pope Valley scary but true  

   By sonofapope, July 12, 2014
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   • sonofapope
   • July 14, 2014

2. Florida Parachute Council?  

   By hillson, September 2, 2014
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   • patmoore
   • November 4, 2014

3. Boenish film link  

   By skyjumpenfool, January 23, 2012
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   • Guru312
   • February 22, 2012

4. Clip Art  

   By skydived19006, April 23, 2009
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   • riggerrob
   • April 29, 2009

5. North Island sport parachute club  

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

6. Skydive City, Newington, GA  

   By jonstark, December 13, 2004
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   • jonstark
   • October 5, 2010

7. Rigging The Reflex  

   By gofastrlbrown, March 24, 2008
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   • Rover
   • March 27, 2008

8. 1912  

   By skypuppy, May 17, 2009
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   • LongWayToFall
   • May 20, 2009

9. Martin Caidin  

   By skypuppy, February 29, 2012
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   • rdufokker
   • March 12, 2012

10. Donating old parachutes and books to which museum?  

    By riggerrob, July 19, 2020
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    • cosmicgypsy
    • July 21, 2020

11. Who's Plane Was This?  

    By GreenLight, June 3, 2009
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    • tbrown
    • June 11, 2009

12. About Cowboy  

    By CameraGeek, January 11, 2005
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    • jumpwally
    • April 1, 2005

13. Did you know Walter 'Walt' Bond - Woodbine, MD  

    By fcajump, October 15, 2010
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    • RogerRamjet
    • October 26, 2010

14. Mardi Gras 78  

    By jaymundo, May 30, 2006
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    • frynsky
    • June 8, 2006

15. Al Frisby in hospital  

    By hottamaly, August 6, 2007
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    • hottamaly
    • August 14, 2007

16. Bird Base Blues Bros..& THE CATERPILLAR FROM HELL  

    By faller, May 24, 2012
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    • jimjumper
    • May 30, 2012

17. My First Camera Jump . . .  

    By NickDG, April 16, 2008
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    • NickDG
    • April 18, 2008

18. C.G. Godfrog Award 2018  

    By kallend, September 15, 2018
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    • WV177RG
    • August 26, 2019

19. Center of the World  

    By itllclear, April 19, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • April 20, 2008

20. Twin Otter Archive  

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

21. Altimaster II Face Change?  

    By Danger, February 8, 2005
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    • Dougiefresh
    • February 9, 2005

22. Decades of parachutist magazine about to go to the dumpster  

    By efs4ever, November 2, 2015
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    • Krip
    • December 3, 2015

23. Sted, NV  

    By jwilson, May 14, 2003
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    • jwilson
    • May 15, 2003

24. Story's for TV show involving Chance and coincidence  

    By borgy, July 7, 2006
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    • warpedskydiver
    • July 22, 2006

25. Tornado At Perris  

    By GreenLight, September 2, 2007
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    • hottamaly
    • September 11, 2007

26. Skydiving in "The Goods"  

    By howardwhite, August 12, 2009
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    • diablopilot
    • August 26, 2009

27. OK, for Dallas Old Farts. Aero Country Then and Now  

    By efs4ever, July 12, 2006
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    • drjump
    • July 14, 2006

28. Old squares  

    By captain1976, December 15, 2010
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    • riggerrob
    • December 18, 2010

29. first ever AFF... who, where, when?  

    By shunkka, March 19, 2005
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    • shunkka
    • March 21, 2005

30. Fishing, Cal City - East Style  

    By ZigZagMarquis, December 28, 2010
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    • skydiver30960
    • January 10, 2011

31. What kind of aircraft  

    By slots, January 2, 2011
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    • 377
    • February 3, 2011

32. Wires landing #1  

    By howardwhite, July 30, 2008
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    • Colson
    • August 2, 2008

33. Jimmy Crawford  

    By crewdog2, April 18, 2005
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    • MissBuffDiver
    • April 21, 2005

34. OLD ARMY T-10 AND HARNESS  

    By africapete, September 26, 2009
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    • warpedskydiver
    • October 3, 2009

35. 1966 HALO video  

    By HIMcDunnough, September 4, 2016
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    • riggerrob
    • September 8, 2016

36. Godflicker?  

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

37. Smallest DZ for a PC?  

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

38. Obituary Earl Cooley  

    By davidlayne, December 8, 2009
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    • mjosparky
    • December 10, 2009

39. Who was the jumper? Jan 14 1967. SF HUMAN BE-IN  

    By 377, March 12, 2017
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    • megamalfunction
    • April 20, 2017

40. Lake Erie Survivor Photo on Ebay  

    By councilman24, January 30, 2013
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    • councilman24
    • February 14, 2013

41. The Fan Man - 10 years ago  

    By lawrocket, November 10, 2003
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    • Newbie
    • November 17, 2003

42. jumpmaster rigs  

    By longtall, October 16, 2006
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    • matthewcline
    • October 18, 2006

43. Freefall Time Slide Rule  

    By JohnRich, September 21, 2008
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    • JohnRich
    • September 23, 2008

44. DB Cooper 40th Anniversary Jumps  

    By Amazon, December 22, 2009
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    • Amazon
    • December 23, 2009

45. Virgina is for Lovers  

    By sdctlc, November 2, 2007
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    • BillyVance
    • November 4, 2007

46. Hooper Moore reunion  

    By patmoore, September 24, 2008
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    • RogerRamjet
    • September 29, 2008

47. Jack Joerns  

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

48. Name the event.  

    By rapter, November 18, 2007
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    • GARYC24
    • November 27, 2007

49. A Parachutist April fool's pic  

    By ffejdraga, January 26, 2004
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    • ffejdraga
    • January 30, 2004

50. Strange jumpship indeed  

    By 377, July 20, 2005
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    • airtwardo
    • August 4, 2005

51. Help me to remember...  

    By Guru312, November 6, 2006
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    • howardwhite
    • November 9, 2006

52. Rubber Chicken vs. Real Chicken freefall pass  

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

53. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b, May 29, 2022
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    • skybill
    • June 20, 2022

54. Lakewood/Orange Reunion web site  

    By howardwhite, November 22, 2006
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    • howardwhite
    • November 29, 2006

55. PARACHUTIST Archive revisited  

    By docjohn, December 4, 2007
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    • Usetawuz
    • December 6, 2007

56. Lots of New Things - Are Old Things . . .  

    By NickDG, December 12, 2007
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    • airtwardo
    • January 11, 2008

57. Name this jumpship  

    By davidlayne, July 29, 2011
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    • denniscoursey
    • August 2, 2011

58. 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

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

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

60. The first glider jump?  

    By CFPasi, August 10, 2011
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    • CFPasi
    • March 17, 2012

61. Any body know anything about the USSR's KAP AAD?  

    By patworks, February 21, 2010
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    • Nelyubin
    • December 13, 2010

62. Cardinal Puff for fun!  

    By nndefense, August 23, 2011
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    • nndefense
    • August 26, 2011

63. Who, Where, & Which DC-3  

    By piper17, December 21, 2007
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    • piper17
    • June 26, 2008

64. Forget the jump aircraft  

    By lodestar, December 19, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • December 20, 2008

65. Happy Birthday Pat Works  

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

66. The very first Skydivers  

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

67. FAKE PASSPORT BRITISH(UK) FOR SALE DIPLOMATIC CANADIAN FALSE ID CARD  

    By idnamefake, September 20, 2013
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    • jurgencamps
    • October 2, 2013

68. Dave Clark  

    By Usetawuz, November 9, 2005
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    • jackylx21x
    • September 7, 2011

69. Old Mike Swain & Wide World Of Sports videos  

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

70. Parachutist Magazines  

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

71. What kind of rig is this?  

    By indyz, January 28, 2009
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    • jimmytavino
    • January 28, 2009

72. Irving Parachutes  

    By piisfish, October 26, 2011
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    • Krip
    • October 26, 2011

73. Just thought id share this...  

    By ItsThatGuy, December 10, 2013
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    • StreetScooby
    • December 26, 2013

74. McElfish swag  

    By Krip, December 18, 2013
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    • drjump
    • December 27, 2013

75. Half Dome  

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

76. John Sherman 70th Birthday.  

    By 3331, February 25, 2009
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    • billbooth
    • February 28, 2009

77. Omega rig?  

    By kungen, March 31, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • April 3, 2007

78. Sad photo for League City Spacelanders  

    By efs4ever, March 4, 2009
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    • drjump
    • March 5, 2009

79. Mad River Glenn Para Ski Vermont 1961  

    By Millstone, March 6, 2009
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    • patmoore
    • March 9, 2009

80. 4 man CRW 1979  

    By rdufokker, May 18, 2010
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    • kkeenan
    • June 21, 2010

81. Looking For Older Gear??  

    By GreenLight, December 12, 2011
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    • GreenLight
    • December 13, 2011

82. Net.Rec.Skydive History . . .  

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

83. Woodbine, MD  

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

84. Goodbye Don Vredenburg  

    By GreenLight, February 15, 2006
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    • GreenLight
    • February 28, 2006

85. DC-3  

    By longtall, February 13, 2008
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    • ltdiver
    • February 28, 2008

86. tandem rw  

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

87. Plane Crash Near Cal City?  

    By GreenLight, February 28, 2006
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    • ZigZagMarquis
    • March 16, 2006

88. RipCord  

    By tonybrogdon, April 6, 2009
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    • JohnRich
    • April 7, 2009

89. Yet another surgery  

    By patmoore, June 28, 2010
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    • lodestar
    • June 29, 2010

90. Ft Hood Skydivers in 1970's  

    By d16842, January 20, 2012
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    • cfronce
    • October 30, 2017

91. Don Molitar?  

    By cutaway1, November 4, 2004
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    • cutaway1
    • November 22, 2004

92. Daryl Henry article "Command the Commander" online  

    By pchapman, July 13, 2010
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    • hardarch
    • July 29, 2010

93. Country skydive video!  

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

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

    By oldwomanc6, September 5, 2019
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    • oldwomanc6
    • January 14, 2020

95. low cost airfare picture  

    By frawley308, December 12, 2004
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    • mjosparky
    • February 12, 2005

96. What canopy is this # what ever  

    By stratostar, March 14, 2008
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    • Shawndiver
    • March 17, 2008

97. 1st jump freefall training near Cleveland 15 years ago?  

    By sundevil777, February 4, 2012
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    • grimmie
    • February 24, 2012

98. Collectable or car cover?  

    By jackwallace, February 10, 2012
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    • PeteS
    • February 10, 2012

99. Para-Plane  

    By howardwhite, August 23, 2010
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • August 24, 2010

100. Slow motion openings....  

     By lodestar, February 20, 2012
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     • pchapman
     • February 20, 2012