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.

2,283 topics in this forum

  1. DB Cooper   1 2 3 4 2540

    By quade,
    • 63,479 replies
    • 2,070,404 views

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

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,696 replies
    • 77,201 views

  3. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 15 replies
    • 951 views

  4. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2 3

    By JohnMincher,
    • 50 replies
    • 24,735 views

  5. About: KAP– 3, automatic parachute activation device (AAD)   1 2

    By patworks,
    • 33 replies
    • 26,097 views

  6. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 297 replies
    • 37,592 views

  7. Paul Tag C-686  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,708 views

  8. Looking for Skip Stevenson, D-2407 who jumped into Calgary Stampede in 1970.  

    By rockcores,
    • 0 replies
    • 337 views

  9. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,397 views

  10. Looking for Jeff Willard  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 349 views

  11. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,006 views

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

    By steve1,
    • 1,524 replies
    • 211,218 views

  13. Can you identify these Kapowsin and Perris jumpers?  

    By sundevil777,
    • 8 replies
    • 2,832 views

  14. Freak Brother alphabetical listing   1 2

    By freakbrother,
    • 26 replies
    • 7,016 views

  15. Lost Prairie  

    By Woody Russell,
    • 1 reply
    • 396 views

  16. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 22 replies
    • 12,286 views

  17. Alice Hancock  

    By AFOX,
    • 0 replies
    • 307 views

  18. Largest Tube/Cart Wheel/Wagon Wheel Exit  

    By Eddiee93,   
    • 3 replies
    • 464 views

  19. Old Photograph  

    By Steviednc,
    • 3 replies
    • 604 views

  20. Elmo Barrister Early Bat-Wing parachutist  

    By Moraine Airpark,
    • 1 reply
    • 537 views

  21. Jeannie McCombs   1 2 3

    By cabernet,
    • 59 replies
    • 19,772 views

  22. St Croix Valley Skydiving Club-Osceola, Wis   1 2 3 4 5

    By PROGRESSIVE,
    • 109 replies
    • 21,647 views

  23. Looking for a double-keel Para-Dactyl  

    By dmathews1960,   
    • 10 replies
    • 776 views

  24. 1968 Fun! Hammond, Louisiana  

    By Mike Marcon,   
    • 1 reply
    • 382 views

  25. Delta II Opening Shock Inhibitor (OSI)   1 2

    By Beatnik,
    • 27 replies
    • 11,563 views

  26. "The Remedy"  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 0 replies
    • 574 views

  27. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 41 replies
    • 8,781 views

  28. June 6, 1942  

    By BIGUN,
    • 0 replies
    • 554 views

  29. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 40 replies
    • 17,397 views

  30. Remembering the Tubesteak Boogies  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 590 views

  31. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,195 views

  32. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 34 replies
    • 15,359 views

  33. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 1 reply
    • 614 views

  34. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 71 replies
    • 15,712 views

  35. Freepacked opening  

    By howardwhite,
    • 22 replies
    • 5,733 views

  36. freak brother jumps  

    By skypuppy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4,955 views

  37. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 3,029 views

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

    By BillyVance,
    • 34 replies
    • 21,933 views

  39. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 3,497 views

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

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 1,587 views

  41. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
    • 897 views

  42. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,867 views

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

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 603 views

  44. Operation Jumpfest  

    By smooth,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,639 views

  45. YOUR single most dangerous jump.   1 2 3

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 54 replies
    • 18,560 views

  46. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
    • 539 views

  47. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 745 views

  48. MikePelkey  

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

  49. Irvin Delta2 Parawing   1 2

    By andrewhilton,
    • 28 replies
    • 9,590 views

  50. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,375 views

  51. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,561 views

  52. "Pegasus?"   1 2

    By pfloydd,
    • 34 replies
    • 13,925 views

  53. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 694 views

  54. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 676 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 14 replies
    • 10,339 views

  56. Barbara Druggan  

    By bodypilot90,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,016 views

  57. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,532 views

  58. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,324 views

  59. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,164 views

  60. Chris Bickerdike's Skydiving Artwork   1 2 3

    By slotperfect,
    • 52 replies
    • 16,552 views

  61. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,151 views

  62. Roger Reynolds   1 2

    By NEcrewDOG,
    • 30 replies
    • 10,857 views

  63. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 8 replies
    • 7,959 views

  64. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,234 views

  65. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,539 views

  66. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 786 views

  67. Jumping All Fifty States   1 2 3

    By bluskytrvlr,
    • 50 replies
    • 15,586 views

  68. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 720 views

  69. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 28,806 views

  70. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,033 views

  71. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 15,199 views

  72. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 15,345 views

  73. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 16,591 views

  74. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 15,438 views

  75. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,429 views

  76. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,593 views

  77. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,351 views

  78. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 13,069 views

  79. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 17,665 views

  80. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 10,352 views

  81. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,043 views

  82. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,329 views

  83. para=commander Mark 1  

    By [email protected],
    • 3 replies
    • 1,278 views

  84. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 971 views

  85. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 2,842 views

  86. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 3,781 views

  87. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 9,846 views

  88. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 7,366 views

  89. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,066 views

  90. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,735 views

  91. george bosworth USA Team member 1950s  

    By chuteless,
    • 9 replies
    • 4,918 views

  92. Help for the identification of a plane   1 2

    By Aile,
    • 34 replies
    • 19,725 views

  93. Bill Booth   1 2

    By bertusgeert,
    • 40 replies
    • 11,319 views

  94. Pay hurt  

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

  95. Old 82nd Airborne Fatalities   1 2

    By cjsitfly,
    • 44 replies
    • 26,759 views

  96. At Green Ramp  

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

  97. rick snow  

    By Fungii21,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,278 views

  98. roman candle  

    By skypuppy,
    • 22 replies
    • 25,428 views

  99. 26 Ft Conical Canopies   1 2

    By JerryBaumchen,
    • 31 replies
    • 13,493 views

  100. Early Russian freefallers?  

    By Erroll,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,338 views
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