piisfish 124 #1 March 20, 2017 Before Bill Booth or Ted Strong were born... 80 years ago, 20 march 1937 Sorry the article is in French https://paramag.fr/il-y-a-80-ans-printemps-aujourdhui/scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 211 #2 March 20, 2017 Nice. I had seen that in a 1977 French book called "Le Parachute" by Jacque Borge and Nicolas Viasnoff. The book has plenty of good early jump photos, including quite a few I hadn't seen in English language books. It certainly captures more of the European goings on, while still including the various North American pioneers. Off in Europe you might have a better chance of getting a copy. Edit: I see from the article that this was a direct bag jump, so to speak, with the canopy fastened initially under the aircraft. So tandem freefalls were still a later thing. The jumpers did go on to do some more two person jumps at air displays before WWII, so it wasn't a one time thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 773 #3 March 20, 2017 Hi Nic, Quote Before Bill Booth or Ted Strong were born... Uh, Ted was born in 1936. Ted once told me that on his very first tandem jump ( the rig was in development at the time ) the reserve was a 26 ft conical. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 124 #4 March 20, 2017 Thanks for the precision. He definitely looked at least 10 years younger:-)scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skytribe 16 #5 March 20, 2017 If you look back to 1905 and Dolly shepherd two people under one parachute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Shepherd Bill mentioned it in his presentation he did at PIA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 124 #6 March 21, 2017 The French one I mentioned was apparently the first from an airplane (not a balloon)scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #7 March 23, 2017 Wow, tandems under a round, twice as shitty a landing."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 124 #8 March 23, 2017 piisfishThe French one I mentioned was apparently the first from an airplane (not a balloon)also seems to be the first planned/ international tandem, unlike the mentioned emergency situationscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #9 May 2, 2017 piisfish***The French one I mentioned was apparently the first from an airplane (not a balloon)also seems to be the first planned/ international tandem, unlike the mentioned emergency situation Yeah,, seems the article stated it was the first preplanned tandem. "Le premier saut en parachute tandem effectué volontairement" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
