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1. British Parachute Association Archive Project Website now live  

   By andrewhilton, November 2, 2013
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   • zoobrothertom
   • November 5, 2013

2. Bandit Jump -- 1953  

   By howardwhite, March 26, 2010
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   • danchapman
   • April 6, 2010

3. old skydiving posters  

   By BCA, February 9, 2007
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   • elias123
   • February 18, 2007

4. Freeflyin' with CG Godfrog  

   By patworks, November 29, 2012
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   • homesickanvil83
   • November 30, 2012

5. 79 turkey boogie  

   By thegrump, July 18, 2014
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   • 33zulu
   • July 20, 2014

6. Canopy DOM 1959.  

   By JeffD, September 5, 2009
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   • mjosparky
   • September 6, 2009

7. Any body know anything about the USSR's KAP AAD?  

   By patworks, February 21, 2010
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   • Nelyubin
   • December 13, 2010

8. Altimaster II Face Change?  

   By Danger, February 8, 2005
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   • Dougiefresh
   • February 9, 2005

9. Old Albuquerque jumpers at '77 Ghoulidge Boogie  

   By 33zulu, September 1, 2015
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   • 33zulu
   • September 11, 2015

10. Old Pioneer Parachutes  

    By lars_d, October 10, 2011
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    • Krip
    • October 18, 2011

11. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo, February 29, 2012
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    • ebes
    • October 19, 2021

12. Christian Skydivers Photo Contest  

    By RonD1120, September 1, 2003
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    • airtwardo
    • September 2, 2003

13. Have Jumpsuit- Looking for Year, Info, Value. PCA VietNam patches  

    By Phoenix501, March 20, 2010
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    • kd5xb
    • July 14, 2011

14. Caledonian Graphics t-shirts from back in the day  

    By SkymonkeyONE, September 7, 2007
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    • CReWGEEK
    • September 16, 2007

15. C.G. Godfrog Award 2018  

    By kallend, September 15, 2018
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    • WV177RG
    • August 26, 2019

16. "Paul Williams Still Alive!" Documentary  

    By swovelin, January 28, 2013
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    • lucky508
    • January 28, 2013

17. San Marcos, TX 1973  

    By dks13827, July 2, 2009
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    • docjohn
    • July 11, 2009

18. "Chuteless" in 'Skydiving' magazine!  

    By airtwardo, September 19, 2003
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    • chuteless
    • September 20, 2003

19. Turners Falls ?  

    By tbrown, October 15, 2006
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    • howardwhite
    • October 16, 2006

20. Help me to remember...  

    By Guru312, November 6, 2006
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    • howardwhite
    • November 9, 2006

21. Closing tool  

    By howardwhite, January 28, 2009
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • January 30, 2009

22. head down flying  

    By longtall, May 26, 2007
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    • airtwardo
    • May 28, 2007

23. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense, April 9, 2016
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    • SCS422
    • October 13, 2022

24. Happy birthday Skydive Elsinore  

    By emmiwy, March 3, 2010
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    • 377
    • March 5, 2010

25. Free Packing Strato stars and Clouds  

    By McGonigal, June 8, 2009
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    • pchapman
    • June 12, 2009

26. Andy Keech  

    By jonstark, March 7, 2004
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    • JohnRich
    • March 8, 2004

27. Free for nothing....shroud line knife  

    By lodestar, March 27, 2010
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    • usedtajump
    • March 29, 2010

28. 20.20.20.20  

    By manchuso, November 24, 2010
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    • vanair
    • December 4, 2010

29. Awesome old book  

    By Jessica, December 20, 2002
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    • DBCOOPER
    • September 27, 2011

30. Log book entries from first Freak Brothers convention  

    By EricGleason, June 10, 2006
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    • spotandfloat
    • March 24, 2007

31. Looking For Paul 1997 WFFC Quincy Mike Mullins King Air High Alt  

    By superbudweiser, February 14, 2014
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    • BillyVance
    • February 21, 2014

32. Who are these skydivers? 1970's  

    By JSBIRD, December 19, 2007
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    • 3331
    • December 19, 2007

33. Skippy Manino RIP  

    By efs4ever, March 13, 2007
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    • efs4ever
    • May 10, 2007

34. Vintage Gear Collectors and Collections  

    By andrewhilton, September 17, 2008
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • September 19, 2008

35. BANG! And passenger was gone  

    By Erroll, November 2, 2009
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    • Adriandavies
    • November 5, 2009

36. Digital Camera "Lost" at Nationals  

    By CReWLL, November 28, 2006
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    • airtwardo
    • December 9, 2006

37. Interesting web site...  

    By Guru312, September 5, 2008
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    • NickDG
    • September 6, 2008

38. Ed Cummings  

    By ripcordkid, October 15, 2009
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    • IanHarrop
    • October 15, 2009

39. Jumping in Germany circa 1978-79  

    By AirWhore, January 3, 2008
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    • zoobrothertom
    • January 12, 2008

40. Skydive brat here  

    By dear1, June 5, 2007
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    • dear1
    • June 8, 2007

41. Piglet  

    By howardwhite, August 13, 2010
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    • mjosparky
    • September 6, 2010

42. Interesting Double MA-1 Pilot chute hesitation footage  

    By SEREJumper, November 10, 2008
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    • blongb
    • November 12, 2008

43. Beech-18 CF-ZNH in Quebec - looking for info.  

    By TREEZ, November 13, 2013
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    • TREEZ
    • November 18, 2013

44. what bailout rig is this ?  

    By piisfish, April 12, 2011
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    • riggerrob
    • April 17, 2011

45. Cotton chest reserve pack tray/container?  

    By lucky508, February 19, 2010
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • February 21, 2010

46. John Sherman 70th Birthday.  

    By 3331, February 25, 2009
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    • billbooth
    • February 28, 2009

47. Is this you???  

    By fgersch, February 3, 2005
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    • flailchick
    • February 14, 2005

48. Guess this old time DZ  

    By PROGRESSIVE, February 7, 2013
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • February 8, 2013

49. A great aviator  

    By chuteless, June 27, 2012
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    • skypuppy
    • July 2, 2012

50. Bob Sinclaire, living skydivig icon, jumping over 50 years, is at DeLand  

    By Tinkerbelle, March 26, 2004
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    • Beerlight
    • March 31, 2004

51. Sibling Freefall or CRW records  

    By Bsquared, May 5, 2005
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    • Zing
    • April 18, 2007

52. Old Time "Packing Card"  

    By airtwardo, August 19, 2003
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    • Unutsch
    • August 22, 2003

53. What is this canopy? #32765  

    By howardwhite, June 9, 2009
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    • howardwhite
    • June 11, 2009

54. D.B. Cooper: Not “expert skydiver”  

    By patworks, July 2, 2013
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    • 3331
    • July 7, 2013

55. Looking for vintage gear  

    By Charloboulet, September 12, 2016
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    • Amazon
    • September 22, 2016

56. Ives Kent,Pam Wilson Kent  

    By jaymundo, December 15, 2009
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    • jaymundo
    • December 15, 2009

57. hysterical pics from z-hills/rainbow wis @65-75  

    By lodestar, March 4, 2008
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    • stratostar
    • March 7, 2008

58. Big-Wing 80s Jumpsuit  

    By kkeenan, August 3, 2013
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    • Krip
    • August 7, 2013

59. My Last Jump - by DrEco  

    By BIGUN, March 1, 2007
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    • skr
    • March 8, 2007

60. Reserve pack cycles  

    By Bob_Church, August 17, 2016
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    • councilman24
    • September 3, 2016

61. Searching for Thunderbow manual  

    By stratostar, February 15, 2019
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    • goanna
    • May 11, 2020

62. GQ TAP...a very large Paracommander?  

    By anj4de, December 20, 2012
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    • andrewhilton
    • December 26, 2012

63. How old is this?  

    By JumpUpMyAss, October 30, 2007
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    • swovelin
    • November 3, 2007

64. 1967 Erie skydiving accident  

    By Jim Shingleton, May 12, 2019
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    • coykeg71
    • May 18, 2019

65. maxine hartman-nellen  

    By highspeeddirt, April 27, 2007
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    • BIGUN
    • April 26, 2012

66. Yolo float plane - Early 80's  

    By Kiwi55, September 10, 2008
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    • riggerrob
    • September 21, 2008

67. CReW "Old-Timers"??  

    By 1st8stkOrganizr, January 18, 2005
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    • 1st8stkOrganizr
    • January 31, 2005

68. Gary Farnsworth  

    By RogerRamjet, July 25, 2005
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    • PhreeZone
    • August 2, 2005

69. Keith Iceberg...call Flying Frog1951  

    By FlyingFrog1951, July 22, 2015
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    • shotandahalf
    • September 6, 2015

70. Team USA RW 1981 Z-Hills  

    By meakins, April 29, 2009
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    • Wenger
    • May 1, 2009

71. Where & when?  

    By DavidB, May 19, 2008
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    • skydance1954
    • May 30, 2008

72. four canopies out  

    By manchuso, June 13, 2007
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    • manchuso
    • June 14, 2007

73. Books about the history of parachuting  

    By AmorDeCosmos, May 24, 2011
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    • howardwhite
    • May 27, 2011

74. Old DZ in Darbytown, OH?  

    By skydiver30960, January 16, 2009
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    • blongb
    • January 28, 2009

75. Landing the Dactyl (Video)  

    By murrays, June 9, 2004
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    • mjosparky
    • July 18, 2004

76. Early Jump. These guys are heros.  

    By efs4ever, July 9, 2008
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    • Niki1
    • July 11, 2008

77. First man to fly in the jet stream  

    By hausair, July 5, 2018
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    • IJskonijn
    • August 20, 2018

78. Carl Boenish  

    By Mikedyer, March 7, 2004
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    • Mikedyer
    • March 9, 2004

79. Stumbled onto some cool o' pics  

    By chuckakers, November 20, 2008
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    • DBCOOPER
    • December 13, 2008

80. Decades of parachutist magazine about to go to the dumpster  

    By efs4ever, November 2, 2015
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    • Krip
    • December 3, 2015

81. How to pass a watermelon in freefall  

    By patworks, February 19, 2007
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    • skr
    • February 21, 2007

82. Lakewood NJ Airport Museum  

    By Skyu4ia, January 21, 2015
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    • jimjumper
    • January 21, 2015

83. Dick Enarson, D-226  

    By howardwhite, February 2, 2007
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    • jrbirdmen
    • January 18, 2015

84. Security Parachute Co. Sierra  

    By ParaShoot, November 3, 2007
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    • CReWGEEK
    • November 5, 2007

85. Whatzit?  

    By JohnRich, January 20, 2011
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    • steve1
    • January 24, 2011

86. What is this plane? #21  

    By howardwhite, December 31, 2007
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    • diablopilot
    • January 3, 2008

87. My first Santa jump. NOT a Christmas story  

    By Bob_Church, December 25, 2017
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    • jvw734
    • October 23, 2019

88. Buddy jumps  

    By jclalor, July 16, 2018
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    • Bob_Church
    • July 24, 2018

89. Old skydiving magazine cover photos  

    By docjohn, December 16, 2017
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    • billbooth
    • December 17, 2017

90. Libby Lyver...anyone know where to contact her?  

    By chuteless, October 28, 2013
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    • chuteless
    • November 20, 2013

91. What is this canopy? #5  

    By howardwhite, September 25, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • September 28, 2007

92. Edge of Space?  

    By DustyP, August 12, 2006
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    • ripcord4
    • August 18, 2006

93. ANTIOCH (CA) DZ 1970s  

    By SWIMDOC, December 22, 2014
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    • SWIMDOC
    • January 7, 2015

94. dyed round reserves?  

    By pchapman, November 15, 2011
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    • Krip
    • November 18, 2011

95. McElfish swag  

    By Krip, December 18, 2013
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    • drjump
    • December 27, 2013

96. Bud Sellick - Howard Gregory  

    By howardwhite, June 30, 2009
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    • howardwhite
    • July 15, 2009

97. Looking for really old magazine  

    By bravoniner, September 11, 2013
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    • bravoniner
    • October 18, 2013

98. What is this plane? #34  

    By pchapman, October 26, 2008
    • 13 replies
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    • pchapman
    • October 30, 2008

99. Southern Cross DC3. Status?  

    By 377, February 14, 2008
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    • BillyVance
    • April 1, 2008

100. TRANSPO '72  

     By CDRINF, May 9, 2009
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     • skr
     • June 5, 2009