1983, tandems

[jakebaustin 9]

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2023/02/11/tandem-skydive-turns-forty

[JerryBaumchen 1,046]

6 hours ago, jakebaustin said:

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2023/02/11/tandem-skydive-turns-forty

Hi Jake,

While it has been quite a few yrs now, Ted told me that when he made the first tandem jump that they had a Strong 26 ft LoPo in the reserve container.

Jerry Baumchen

[chuckakers 370]

1 minute ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Ted told me that when he made the first tandem jump that they had a Strong 26 ft LoPo in the reserve container.

That stuff wasn't dangerous back then.

[pchapman 261]

At least it is a big round canopy here:
1937 French tandem under a round. Ok, a stunt, not a regular thing.

(I imagine a bit of a discussion on the way down, about how to properly PLF.)

 

[jakebaustin 9]

So the french invented the tandem skydive. Nice. 

[riggerrob 558]

4 hours ago, jakebaustin said:

So the french invented the tandem skydive. Nice. 

The French invented EVERYTHING in skydiving. A Frenchman even invented ram-air parachutes. Well Domina Jalbert was sort of a Frenchman in that he was born in Quebec into a French-speaking family,  but his family moved to New England and that is where he learned engineering and learned how to build balloons and kites and parachutes and how to apply for US patents.