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,
    • 63,497 replies
    • 2,080,702 views

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

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,696 replies
    • 77,337 views

  3. First turbine?   1 2

    By PhreeZone,
    • 27 replies
    • 7,654 views

  4. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 15 replies
    • 982 views

  5. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2 3

    By JohnMincher,
    • 50 replies
    • 24,811 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 33 replies
    • 26,130 views

  7. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 297 replies
    • 37,771 views

  8. Paul Tag C-686  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,712 views

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

    By rockcores,
    • 0 replies
    • 346 views

  10. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,422 views

  11. Looking for Jeff Willard  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 354 views

  12. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,016 views

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

    By steve1,
    • 1,524 replies
    • 211,633 views

  14. Can you identify these Kapowsin and Perris jumpers?  

    By sundevil777,
    • 8 replies
    • 2,840 views

  15. Freak Brother alphabetical listing   1 2

    By freakbrother,
    • 26 replies
    • 7,059 views

  16. Lost Prairie  

    By Woody Russell,
    • 1 reply
    • 407 views

  17. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 22 replies
    • 12,307 views

  18. Alice Hancock  

    By AFOX,
    • 0 replies
    • 322 views

  19. Largest Tube/Cart Wheel/Wagon Wheel Exit  

    By Eddiee93,   
    • 3 replies
    • 467 views

  20. Old Photograph  

    By Steviednc,
    • 3 replies
    • 614 views

  21. Elmo Barrister Early Bat-Wing parachutist  

    By Moraine Airpark,
    • 1 reply
    • 540 views

  22. Jeannie McCombs   1 2 3

    By cabernet,
    • 59 replies
    • 19,824 views

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

    By PROGRESSIVE,
    • 109 replies
    • 21,713 views

  24. Looking for a double-keel Para-Dactyl  

    By dmathews1960,   
    • 10 replies
    • 810 views

  25. 1968 Fun! Hammond, Louisiana  

    By Mike Marcon,   
    • 1 reply
    • 386 views

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

    By Beatnik,
    • 27 replies
    • 11,583 views

  27. "The Remedy"  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 0 replies
    • 578 views

  28. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 41 replies
    • 8,836 views

  29. June 6, 1942  

    By BIGUN,
    • 0 replies
    • 560 views

  30. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 40 replies
    • 17,425 views

  31. Remembering the Tubesteak Boogies  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 595 views

  32. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,205 views

  33. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 34 replies
    • 15,405 views

  34. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 1 reply
    • 621 views

  35. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 71 replies
    • 15,766 views

  36. Freepacked opening  

    By howardwhite,
    • 22 replies
    • 5,750 views

  37. freak brother jumps  

    By skypuppy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4,972 views

  38. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 3,040 views

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

    By BillyVance,
    • 34 replies
    • 21,971 views

  40. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 3,539 views

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

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 1,607 views

  42. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
    • 906 views

  43. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,876 views

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

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 609 views

  45. Operation Jumpfest  

    By smooth,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,649 views

  46. YOUR single most dangerous jump.   1 2 3

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 54 replies
    • 18,624 views

  47. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
    • 542 views

  48. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 750 views

  49. MikePelkey  

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

  50. Irvin Delta2 Parawing   1 2

    By andrewhilton,
    • 28 replies
    • 9,615 views

  51. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,400 views

  52. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,571 views

  53. "Pegasus?"   1 2

    By pfloydd,
    • 34 replies
    • 13,943 views

  54. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 698 views

  55. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 686 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 14 replies
    • 10,365 views

  57. Barbara Druggan  

    By bodypilot90,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,023 views

  58. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,536 views

  59. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,343 views

  60. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,168 views

  61. Chris Bickerdike's Skydiving Artwork   1 2 3

    By slotperfect,
    • 52 replies
    • 16,580 views

  62. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,154 views

  63. Roger Reynolds   1 2

    By NEcrewDOG,
    • 30 replies
    • 10,880 views

  64. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 8 replies
    • 7,972 views

  65. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,245 views

  66. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,556 views

  67. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 797 views

  68. Jumping All Fifty States   1 2 3

    By bluskytrvlr,
    • 50 replies
    • 15,645 views

  69. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 726 views

  70. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 28,900 views

  71. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,047 views

  72. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 15,238 views

  73. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 15,394 views

  74. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 16,611 views

  75. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 15,500 views

  76. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,433 views

  77. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,619 views

  78. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,358 views

  79. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 13,107 views

  80. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 17,707 views

  81. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 10,397 views

  82. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,066 views

  83. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,364 views

  84. para=commander Mark 1  

    By [email protected],
    • 3 replies
    • 1,283 views

  85. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 976 views

  86. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 2,863 views

  87. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 3,798 views

  88. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 9,871 views

  89. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 7,385 views

  90. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,076 views

  91. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,758 views

  92. george bosworth USA Team member 1950s  

    By chuteless,
    • 9 replies
    • 4,942 views

  93. Help for the identification of a plane   1 2

    By Aile,
    • 34 replies
    • 19,753 views

  94. Bill Booth   1 2

    By bertusgeert,
    • 40 replies
    • 11,357 views

  95. Pay hurt  

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

  96. Old 82nd Airborne Fatalities   1 2

    By cjsitfly,
    • 44 replies
    • 26,832 views

  97. At Green Ramp  

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

  98. rick snow  

    By Fungii21,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,285 views

  99. roman candle  

    By skypuppy,
    • 22 replies
    • 25,463 views

  100. 26 Ft Conical Canopies   1 2

    By JerryBaumchen,
    • 31 replies
    • 13,527 views
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