Loonix 0 #1 November 24, 2005 Could someone recommend a good book on skydiving history? Trying to figure out what I want for christmas, but its all too expensive.. so I figured out a book could be nice. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #2 November 24, 2005 "Skydiving" by Bud Sellick "Sport Parachuting" by Charles Ryan "The Silken Angels" by Martin Caidin "Sky High Irvin" by Peter Hearn Probably all out of print, but maybe available used on Amazon.com. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpergirl 0 #3 November 25, 2005 "Skydivers Flying With Their Pants On Fire" by Tom Craighead is a good one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #4 November 25, 2005 "The Wild, Wonderful World of Parachutes and Parachuting". If nothing else the pictures are worth it. It has stills of a guy with a main /reserve entanglement being caught in a packing mat. It also has pictures of Kittinger's jump. It also has a picture of a main entangled with the tail and airplane and jumper landing under the jumpers reserve. It has lots of that sort of things. It is out of print but Amazon got me a copy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #5 November 26, 2005 "Birdman" by Leo Valentine circa 1949. Available in (original) French and English translation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #6 November 28, 2005 Endless Fall by Mike Swain.... order at www.endlessfall.netIf some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
377 21 #7 November 29, 2005 Endless Fall is my choice. Very entertaining and also informative about skydiving's early days. I have lots of skydiving books but Mike Swain's book is probably my favorite.2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ripcord4 0 #8 December 30, 2005 The Falcon's Disciples...Howard Gregory The Parachute From Balloons to Skydiving...James R. Greenwood Parachuting for Sport.... Jim Greenwood Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoso 2 #9 January 2, 2006 It's obviously past Christmas but oh well... Bird Man by Leo Valentin - Must read for history buffs The Yorkshire Birdman by Harry Ward with Peter Hearn - Outstanding, my favorite so far Sky High Irvin by Peter Hearn - Must read for history buffs The Long, Lonely Leap by Kittinger and Caidin - haven't yet read, had to pay a fortune for it on ebay Any birdman historian will want to read Bird Man and The Yorkshire Birdman one after the other. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
