Skydiving History & Trivia
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Who did what, when and where? Post and read about the trend-setters, old-schoolers, and even the new young guns. If you have questions about skydiving history or traditions, ask here.

2,288 topics in this forum

  1. DB Cooper   1 2 3 4 2631

    By quade,
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  2. D B Cooper Unsolved Skyjacking   1 2 3 4 68

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,696 replies
    • 100,166 views

  3. Al Kruger Contact info  

    By SCS422,
    • 9 replies
    • 528 views

  4. 6 grommet slider  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 10 replies
    • 804 views

  5. Anyone remember??  

    By kcaero,
    • 0 replies
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  6. Any one still collect parachutist, canpara, skydiver?  

    By 2ndgensteinke,
    • 3 replies
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  7. 1971 Nationals/World meet  

    By SCS422,
    • 5 replies
    • 693 views

  8. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 15 replies
    • 1,994 views

  9. Looking for Skip Stevenson, D-2407 who jumped into Calgary Stampede in 1970.  

    By rockcores,
    • 0 replies
    • 655 views

  10. Looking for Jeff Willard  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 680 views

  11. Lost Prairie  

    By Woody Russell,
    • 1 reply
    • 774 views

  12. Alice Hancock  

    By AFOX,
    • 0 replies
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  13. Largest Tube/Cart Wheel/Wagon Wheel Exit  

    By Eddiee93,   
    • 3 replies
    • 991 views

  14. Old Photograph  

    By Steviednc,
    • 3 replies
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  15. Elmo Barrister Early Bat-Wing parachutist  

    By Moraine Airpark,
    • 1 reply
    • 874 views

  16. Looking for a double-keel Para-Dactyl  

    By dmathews1960,   
    • 10 replies
    • 1,475 views

  17. 1968 Fun! Hammond, Louisiana  

    By Mike Marcon,   
    • 1 reply
    • 711 views

  18. "The Remedy"  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 0 replies
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  19. June 6, 1942  

    By BIGUN,
    • 0 replies
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  20. Remembering the Tubesteak Boogies  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
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  21. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 1 reply
    • 957 views

  22. Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) highest  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 925 views

  23. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,412 views

  24. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
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  25. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 1,119 views

  26. MikePelkey  

    By mikep@logiswitch.com,
    • 0 replies
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  27. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
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  28. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,672 views

  29. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,010 views

  30. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1,088 views

  31. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,795 views

  32. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,566 views

  33. At 2 grand, the last thing you need is pretty gear - old Racer SST advert  

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 2,215 views

  34. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,760 views

  35. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,137 views

  36. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 3,146 views

  37. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,004 views

  38. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,395 views

  39. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,431 views

  40. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,086 views

  41. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,458 views

  42. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,825 views

  43. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,951 views

  44. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,234 views

  45. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 4,677 views

  46. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,265 views

  47. para=commander Mark 1  

    By inge.nyc@gmail.com,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,602 views

  48. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,980 views

  49. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,425 views

  50. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 3,488 views

  51. Pay hurt  

    By 2nd 508th Guy,
    • 0 replies
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  52. At Green Ramp  

    By 2nd 508th Guy,
    • 0 replies
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  53. rick snow  

    By Fungii21,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,500 views

  54. Early Russian freefallers?  

    By Erroll,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,513 views

  55. Osprey Sport Parachute Club Lost Prairie MT  

    By F1reh0lder,
    • 0 replies
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  56. john Tranum  

    By riggerrob,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,080 views

  57. Hybrid filming another Hybrid  

    By loudtom,
    • 0 replies
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  58. Burned out  

    By mikeat10500,
    • 4 replies
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  59. Donating old parachutes and books to which museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,463 views

  60. "The Outlaws" Part Two, Chapter Four is ready to read!  

    By nndefense,
    • 0 replies
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  61. The Old School Skydiver's Trivia Quiz  

    By nndefense,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,358 views

  62. Blue Skies, Black Death: What happened to Stephen Hilder?  

    By Eiley,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,626 views

  63. DB Cooper  

    By Teresa Patton Davis,
    • 12 replies
    • 2,480 views

  64. "The Outlaws" Part Two, Chapter Three is published!  

    By nndefense,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,362 views

  65. The Outlaws by Mike Marcon  

    By nndefense,
    • 0 replies
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  66. Nite 16 man pic  

    By SCS422,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,330 views

  67. Looking to trade old time Skydiving patches.  

    By jvw734,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,012 views

  68. FIRST PARA COMMANDER STATIC LINE JUMP  

    By katzas,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1,262 views

  69. SKYDIVING PATCHES I NEED HELP WITH  

    By jvw734,
    • 0 replies
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  70. More patches I need help ID'ng  

    By jvw734,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,079 views

  71. Have Skydiving patches I need help ID'ing  

    By jvw734,
    • 4 replies
    • 2,413 views

  72. 2019 Godfrog Award Winners  

    By loudtom,
    • 1 reply
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  73. Cessna crashes into DC-3 Perris June 1984. Help with finding pic.  

    By oldwomanc6,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,382 views

  74. Anyone remember “New Horizons Parachute Club” (Eaton Indiana) ?  

    By leebuckner,
    • 1 reply
    • 2,544 views

  75. Calling Old School Skydiving buffs!  

    By nndefense,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,380 views

  76. What is the difference in decent between a B12 "Double L" and a B12 "T" ?  

    By nvmike,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,300 views

  77. President Nixon's involvement  

    By jumper34,
    • 8 replies
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  78. Jim Dishroon D Day Paratrooper  

    By dpreguy,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1,799 views

  79. Viet Nam 1967 Jumps  

    By nvmike,
    • 5 replies
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  80. 1967 Erie skydiving accident  

    By Jim Shingleton,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,866 views

  81. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,827 views

  82. Research on past World Championships AE results  

    By Alexis_C,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,657 views

  83. Searching for Thunderbow manual  

    By stratostar,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,896 views

  84. Deer Valley, Phoenix early skydive operation  

    By rockcores,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,598 views

  85. Vern Dallman stories  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,371 views

  86. C.G. Godfrog Award 2018  

    By kallend,
    • 6 replies
    • 3,037 views

  87. Pit Meadows '86  

    By Niki1,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,153 views

  88. Buddy jumps  

    By jclalor,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,831 views

  89. Selections by Mike McGowen  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 11 replies
    • 4,610 views

  90. First man to fly in the jet stream  

    By hausair,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,855 views

  91. The Art of vRW - Pat Works - looking for some pages  

    By Maxx,
    • 1 reply
    • 2,134 views

  92. DB COOPER identified ? Walter Reca - Michigan skydiver  

    By TREEZ,
    • 8 replies
    • 6,521 views

  93. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 41 replies
    • 10,410 views

  94. A cool exit  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,463 views

  95. THE MR. DOUGLAS SOCIETY INCORPORATED 501(c)(3)  

    By 386dallas,
    • 0 replies
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  96. A dream come true...  

    By anj4de,
    • 17 replies
    • 6,012 views

  97. THE MR. DOUGLAS SOCIETY INCORPORATED 501(c)(3)  

    By 386dallas,
    • 0 replies
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  98. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 3,446 views

  99. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
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  100. Martin McNally's first jump? 727 jet.  

    By 377,
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