lewmonst 0 #1 October 10, 2001 i'm a teacher, and one of the students is doing her year-long "inquiry" project on skydiving - which just rocks...so right now i'm helping her find info for a histroy of skydiving paper.. Do you know of any good resources for the history of skydiving, other than searching google.com...????all help is appreciated. Thankslew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weid14 0 #2 October 10, 2001 Dan Poynter's book , I think co-authored by Mike Turoff is pretty encompassing from an early days standpoint. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #3 October 10, 2001 In addition to the Skydivers Handbook, the Rigging books by Dan Pontner are great for a history leson on canopy design and recalls. It gives you a clear history between Volume one and Volume two of every major canopy design that was tried. Some of them look scary by modern terms. Any one know how a Pod was used?? For the history of jumping http://www.parachutehistory.com has a good history project going right now. (Who would have thought that thats what that site dealt in? )Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kelly 0 #4 October 10, 2001 lew,can you ask some older jumpers if theyde be willing to do a sit down or phone interview with her? if that aint history walkin i dont know what is.... she could quote them.. a good resource for future papers. using all different sources, books, magazines, internet searches, and interviews along with quotes (taken from another source) etc etc.if shed like to do some email interview or something i know exactly the person who would help her. hes been jumpng over 25 years, and would totally love to talk about skydiving in the olden days.. email me if it would work out for her.[email protected]"i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...."~me, after one too many Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 15 #5 October 10, 2001 Thats a great idea! And there is a jumper with 45 years and 15000 jumps experience right down the road that she can use as material too. Lew, tell her to get ahold of Jim for a real history lesson.Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LittleJumper 0 #6 October 10, 2001 I would like to get a copy of her paper, once completed...if that's allowed. That would be very interesting reading material. Terri Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lewmonst 0 #7 October 10, 2001 phunny you should mention that phree, actually the student is lisa's cousin, and she was already thinking about interviewing Jim, i've encoruaged her to come to SGC this weekend. The interview is a great idea, but a whole other section of the project... right now she's just looking for history. Thanks for all the links. She also has to do 2 articles for each subject: math, science, history, english, foreign language... so for example in foreign language she has to write about the author and something about skydiving in spanish or french. in history she has this history of skydiving, and soemthing else... in math she has to write something about how math is used in skydiving (me being the math teacher i've already thrown her plenty of ideas for that), etc... so keep posting the links/books where i can help her find stuph :) thanks everyonelew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 15 #8 October 10, 2001 "math is used in skydiving "Funny you should mention that.... Actually earlier tonight Adam (the surfer at SGC) and I were trying to calculate the altitude a freeflier with an average speed of 180 mph would pass an 8 way RW group that has an average speed of 109 mph if the freeflier gives the 8 way a 7 second count. We went to the point where I started to figure out the rate of acceleration of the freeflier in a acceleration time curve and I finally came to the answer that it don't matter since the freeflier will be landing first aways under his/her pocket rocket canopy Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #9 October 10, 2001 On the skydiving movies FTP (don't have the excact adres here, but someone will probably be friendly anough to post it:) there is a documentary from the Discovery channel about the history of skydiving (and army uses and how it evolved into a hobby for a lot of persons)It's in the /fromTV/ directory..Maybe it's of some help..Cya,JC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lewmonst 0 #10 October 10, 2001 ok, phree, thanks for nothing, i can calculate your physics problem for ya if you really want me to... and as for adam "the surfer", how many surf jumps does he have? and how many surf jumps do i have? cmon phree you know this. so who's the surfer? i'd say neither of us yet... we're still on the baby boards.anyway, the point of the thread.... If anyone knows where that discovery movie is or anythign like that, that would be great.thankslew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #11 October 10, 2001 Here's the FTP addressftp://129.2.156.19/"The sky resembles a back lit canopy...with holes punched through it"- IncubusClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #12 October 10, 2001 You could hook her up with Scotty Carbone.I'm sure he'd have some good stories to include in her report! "Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control. Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #13 October 10, 2001 Thanx freeflir29, didn't have the url here at work.Browsed through the dir. of movies for the excact url'sftp://129.2.156.19/from TV/hist.mpgftp://129.2.156.19/from TV/hist2.mpgHope this helps...Cya,JCp.s. Got a new, better payd job (hope to start there next month)I'll finaly have some more money to spend on skydiving.Now all I need is co-operating weather...damn holland sux..:( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #14 October 10, 2001 Whoa, dude!Just got promoted from Newbie to enthousiast.Wait till I tell my boss, family and girlfriend this....errr...on second thought....lets not.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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Kelly 0 #4 October 10, 2001 lew,can you ask some older jumpers if theyde be willing to do a sit down or phone interview with her? if that aint history walkin i dont know what is.... she could quote them.. a good resource for future papers. using all different sources, books, magazines, internet searches, and interviews along with quotes (taken from another source) etc etc.if shed like to do some email interview or something i know exactly the person who would help her. hes been jumpng over 25 years, and would totally love to talk about skydiving in the olden days.. email me if it would work out for her.[email protected]"i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...."~me, after one too many Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #5 October 10, 2001 Thats a great idea! And there is a jumper with 45 years and 15000 jumps experience right down the road that she can use as material too. Lew, tell her to get ahold of Jim for a real history lesson.Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LittleJumper 0 #6 October 10, 2001 I would like to get a copy of her paper, once completed...if that's allowed. That would be very interesting reading material. Terri Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lewmonst 0 #7 October 10, 2001 phunny you should mention that phree, actually the student is lisa's cousin, and she was already thinking about interviewing Jim, i've encoruaged her to come to SGC this weekend. The interview is a great idea, but a whole other section of the project... right now she's just looking for history. Thanks for all the links. She also has to do 2 articles for each subject: math, science, history, english, foreign language... so for example in foreign language she has to write about the author and something about skydiving in spanish or french. in history she has this history of skydiving, and soemthing else... in math she has to write something about how math is used in skydiving (me being the math teacher i've already thrown her plenty of ideas for that), etc... so keep posting the links/books where i can help her find stuph :) thanks everyonelew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 15 #8 October 10, 2001 "math is used in skydiving "Funny you should mention that.... Actually earlier tonight Adam (the surfer at SGC) and I were trying to calculate the altitude a freeflier with an average speed of 180 mph would pass an 8 way RW group that has an average speed of 109 mph if the freeflier gives the 8 way a 7 second count. We went to the point where I started to figure out the rate of acceleration of the freeflier in a acceleration time curve and I finally came to the answer that it don't matter since the freeflier will be landing first aways under his/her pocket rocket canopy Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #9 October 10, 2001 On the skydiving movies FTP (don't have the excact adres here, but someone will probably be friendly anough to post it:) there is a documentary from the Discovery channel about the history of skydiving (and army uses and how it evolved into a hobby for a lot of persons)It's in the /fromTV/ directory..Maybe it's of some help..Cya,JC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lewmonst 0 #10 October 10, 2001 ok, phree, thanks for nothing, i can calculate your physics problem for ya if you really want me to... and as for adam "the surfer", how many surf jumps does he have? and how many surf jumps do i have? cmon phree you know this. so who's the surfer? i'd say neither of us yet... we're still on the baby boards.anyway, the point of the thread.... If anyone knows where that discovery movie is or anythign like that, that would be great.thankslew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #11 October 10, 2001 Here's the FTP addressftp://129.2.156.19/"The sky resembles a back lit canopy...with holes punched through it"- IncubusClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #12 October 10, 2001 You could hook her up with Scotty Carbone.I'm sure he'd have some good stories to include in her report! "Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control. Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #13 October 10, 2001 Thanx freeflir29, didn't have the url here at work.Browsed through the dir. of movies for the excact url'sftp://129.2.156.19/from TV/hist.mpgftp://129.2.156.19/from TV/hist2.mpgHope this helps...Cya,JCp.s. Got a new, better payd job (hope to start there next month)I'll finaly have some more money to spend on skydiving.Now all I need is co-operating weather...damn holland sux..:( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #14 October 10, 2001 Whoa, dude!Just got promoted from Newbie to enthousiast.Wait till I tell my boss, family and girlfriend this....errr...on second thought....lets not.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
LittleJumper 0 #6 October 10, 2001 I would like to get a copy of her paper, once completed...if that's allowed. That would be very interesting reading material. Terri Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #7 October 10, 2001 phunny you should mention that phree, actually the student is lisa's cousin, and she was already thinking about interviewing Jim, i've encoruaged her to come to SGC this weekend. The interview is a great idea, but a whole other section of the project... right now she's just looking for history. Thanks for all the links. She also has to do 2 articles for each subject: math, science, history, english, foreign language... so for example in foreign language she has to write about the author and something about skydiving in spanish or french. in history she has this history of skydiving, and soemthing else... in math she has to write something about how math is used in skydiving (me being the math teacher i've already thrown her plenty of ideas for that), etc... so keep posting the links/books where i can help her find stuph :) thanks everyonelew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #8 October 10, 2001 "math is used in skydiving "Funny you should mention that.... Actually earlier tonight Adam (the surfer at SGC) and I were trying to calculate the altitude a freeflier with an average speed of 180 mph would pass an 8 way RW group that has an average speed of 109 mph if the freeflier gives the 8 way a 7 second count. We went to the point where I started to figure out the rate of acceleration of the freeflier in a acceleration time curve and I finally came to the answer that it don't matter since the freeflier will be landing first aways under his/her pocket rocket canopy Be safe, be smooth, be fast..... and most importantly.... be phree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #9 October 10, 2001 On the skydiving movies FTP (don't have the excact adres here, but someone will probably be friendly anough to post it:) there is a documentary from the Discovery channel about the history of skydiving (and army uses and how it evolved into a hobby for a lot of persons)It's in the /fromTV/ directory..Maybe it's of some help..Cya,JC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lewmonst 0 #10 October 10, 2001 ok, phree, thanks for nothing, i can calculate your physics problem for ya if you really want me to... and as for adam "the surfer", how many surf jumps does he have? and how many surf jumps do i have? cmon phree you know this. so who's the surfer? i'd say neither of us yet... we're still on the baby boards.anyway, the point of the thread.... If anyone knows where that discovery movie is or anythign like that, that would be great.thankslew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #11 October 10, 2001 Here's the FTP addressftp://129.2.156.19/"The sky resembles a back lit canopy...with holes punched through it"- IncubusClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #12 October 10, 2001 You could hook her up with Scotty Carbone.I'm sure he'd have some good stories to include in her report! "Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control. Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #13 October 10, 2001 Thanx freeflir29, didn't have the url here at work.Browsed through the dir. of movies for the excact url'sftp://129.2.156.19/from TV/hist.mpgftp://129.2.156.19/from TV/hist2.mpgHope this helps...Cya,JCp.s. Got a new, better payd job (hope to start there next month)I'll finaly have some more money to spend on skydiving.Now all I need is co-operating weather...damn holland sux..:( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccordia 73 #14 October 10, 2001 Whoa, dude!Just got promoted from Newbie to enthousiast.Wait till I tell my boss, family and girlfriend this....errr...on second thought....lets not.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
mccordia 73 #9 October 10, 2001 On the skydiving movies FTP (don't have the excact adres here, but someone will probably be friendly anough to post it:) there is a documentary from the Discovery channel about the history of skydiving (and army uses and how it evolved into a hobby for a lot of persons)It's in the /fromTV/ directory..Maybe it's of some help..Cya,JC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #10 October 10, 2001 ok, phree, thanks for nothing, i can calculate your physics problem for ya if you really want me to... and as for adam "the surfer", how many surf jumps does he have? and how many surf jumps do i have? cmon phree you know this. so who's the surfer? i'd say neither of us yet... we're still on the baby boards.anyway, the point of the thread.... If anyone knows where that discovery movie is or anythign like that, that would be great.thankslew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #11 October 10, 2001 Here's the FTP addressftp://129.2.156.19/"The sky resembles a back lit canopy...with holes punched through it"- IncubusClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #12 October 10, 2001 You could hook her up with Scotty Carbone.I'm sure he'd have some good stories to include in her report! "Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control. Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 73 #13 October 10, 2001 Thanx freeflir29, didn't have the url here at work.Browsed through the dir. of movies for the excact url'sftp://129.2.156.19/from TV/hist.mpgftp://129.2.156.19/from TV/hist2.mpgHope this helps...Cya,JCp.s. Got a new, better payd job (hope to start there next month)I'll finaly have some more money to spend on skydiving.Now all I need is co-operating weather...damn holland sux..:( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 73 #14 October 10, 2001 Whoa, dude!Just got promoted from Newbie to enthousiast.Wait till I tell my boss, family and girlfriend this....errr...on second thought....lets not.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
