Who, where, when?

[howardwhite 5]

Pretty picture, a Spotter cover.
So who, where, when?

HW

[efs4ever 3]

You F(*&$'R

Approaching 30 years in the sport, I'm so disgusted at being upstaged by an even OLDER FART than me.






NO. I don't know when, who or anything else.

Die!! So I can be king of the History and Trivia Section.

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[zoobrothertom 5]

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Pretty picture, a Spotter cover.
So who, where, when?

HW

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I don't know about who, where or when, but "what" happened next was probably an exciting funnel!

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I'm back in the USA!!

[jonstark 8]

Who? A bunch of guys glad to be wearing their Pro-tecs

Where? On the edge

When? Seconds before not being in a ten man.

I'll also venture to guess that there are a lot of them mouthing the words "Oh Shit!".

Exitus/Novi/practice

[howardwhite 5]

All it takes is a pile of old magazines, a nice scanner, and too much time on one's hands.

HW

[Jim_Hooper 4]

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Who? A bunch of guys glad to be wearing their Pro-tecs

Where? On the edge

When? Seconds before not being in a ten man.

I'll also venture to guess that there are a lot of them mouthing the words "Oh Shit!".

Exitus/Novi/practice

The guy at the top is the only one on the high side trying to bring it down. His efforts were, I suspect, in vain. I can see the thought bubble: Time to let go.

[howardwhite 5]

Everyone will be (I think) surprised to learn who these people are.

HW

(I am relying on the caption information in the magazine. I am not entirely sure I believe it -- even though I was editor at the time.)

[fastphil 0]

I've been in similar situations, but with no cameraman. If you're the guy on top you hope to have controlling grips...

[jonstark 8]

It looks like just about all WonderHogs, Brand X and Silly Suits. Has to be East Coast. Say... The Herd? At United? Around 1978?

There's the Whale.. Wha' Shore.

Exitus wore SSTs didn't they?

jon

[NickDG 23]

Where the saying, "It's flying like a Lays' potato chip," came from . . .

NickD

[steve1 5]

My guess would be around 1980. Jumpsuits weren't quite that big in 75. Most of us still had Frenchies and motorcycle helmets in 75.....

[SkydiveJack 1]

Would this be the Herd launching one of their Worlds Fastest 10 Man's from a Skyvan?

[thegrump 0]

didn't the knights wear that style hocky helmets for a short while?

[piper17 1]

I'm going to say New York, late 70s, and maybe the Spaced Rangers...Stormville?

"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

[howardwhite 5]

You're right about the late 70s, and the photographer was from New York.

HW

[stratostar 5]

It's clear their all from Canada, just look how their flying!

you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

[howardwhite 5]

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didn't the knights wear that style hocky helmets for a short while?

Well, just to put this one to bed...
The cover photo note from the Nov-Dec '78 Spotter reads:
"The Army Parachute Team, later to become World champions in 8-man, put a new slant on 10-mans at the 1978 Nationals. Photo by Pat Rogers."
The APT team did compete at the 78 Nationals in Richmond, IN, and their 8-way team went on to win the World Cup that year. And I was editor at that time, so it must be true.

HW
(The same issue also contains a picture of a C-54 at Coolidge sent in by zing, and a separate note: "75 jumpers set some sort of aviation record Nov. 25 by being the first people ever to jump out of a C-54. The plane, at Arizona Parachute Ranch, carries a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 100 jumpers.")