jakebaustin 6 #1 Posted February 12 https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2023/02/11/tandem-skydive-turns-forty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 873 #2 February 12 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 308 #3 February 12 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 218 #4 February 12 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.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakebaustin 6 #5 February 13 So the french invented the tandem skydive. Nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 498 #6 February 13 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
