Oldest collegiate SPC

[bravoniner 0]

When and where was the first collegiate sport parachute club formed in the U.S.? Anyone know for sure?

Blue w/Cu,

Bravo-niner

[AggieDave 6]

Texas A&M has one of the oldest, formed back in 1963 or there abouts. It's within a year or two of that, eitherway up or down. I can do some poking around to try to nail down the exact date, if you want.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[nws01 0]

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I can do some poking around to try to nail down the exact date, if you want

Please do Dave! And photoshop their photo too!

[flyhi 24]

I think West Point's team started in 1957, but you can check here:
USMA

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[TEB6363 0]

Yep, that says the activity started in the 57-58 school year. Damn grunts, they get into everything!

Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!!

[AggieDave 6]

Alright, well, I'm poking around as we speak, just sent an e-mail out to the A&M Skydiving Club's listserv to start my research. I'll hit the campus archives in the next few days or so to see what I can find in old year books and stuff. I could have sworn that A&M had the oldest continuous collegate club in the nation, so I want to find out for sure now.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[thrillseek 0]

Not to hijack the thread, but I am trying to establish a National Collegiate Skydiving Association within The USPA and really could use input from collegiate skydivers....anyone who is interested, pm me. A.T.

[bravoniner 0]

Dead heat with the Army: Badger Skydivers (University of Wisconsin - Madison) -- started meeting in 1957 and incorporated in '58. (I've got the old minute books.) Kinda fizzled out about '73 due to DZ probs, and (I think) made one attempt at reincarnation since then.

Can anybody beat these clubs?

Bravo-niner

[AggieDave 6]

Are you looking for the oldest, or the oldest continuous club? Some have come and gone and come again and some have always been around.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[bravoniner 0]

Why not both categories?

bravo-niner

[danchapman 0]

I'm a little late on this post, but I jumped against the USMA West Point club in a meet at Galeville, NY in 1966 and also at the colligate Nat'l, I believe '65 or '66 in Orange Mass. In '66 their team leader was a Capt from West Virginia, named Lon Spurlock, a great, wonderful guy. He was killed in VN in spring '69, 32 years old, aboard a helicopter took an AK-47 round in the head and the helicopter crashed. I visited the Wall in Wash DC and found his name. I have a photo of that meet, where I'm about 10 feet off the ground, feet stretched out and slipping my 5-tu cheapo, for closest jump of the meet, about 2 ft. Spurlock loved it, wouldn't let up on his Cadets, who were jumping ParaCommanders. I'll try to figurte out how to post that photo.