Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Truth News Trends  

   By jaymundo, February 12, 2003
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   • nate_1979
   • January 9, 2005

2. FALLING OUT: PARACHUTING & 9/11  

   By AndrewStaich, March 4, 2006
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   • thepollster
   • March 15, 2006

3. Viet Nam 1967 Jumps  

   By nvmike, May 19, 2019
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   • jim gentry
   • July 18, 2020

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

   By leebuckner, July 27, 2019
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   • mforgille
   • January 18, 2020

5. What Video Was That?? Anyone??  

   By SonnyChiba, July 15, 2003
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   • mikkey
   • July 15, 2003

6. Russian D6 malfunction video  

   By SEREJumper, November 24, 2011
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   • Tink1717
   • November 25, 2011

7. "'Danger' in Airshows"  

   By howardwhite, December 7, 2008
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   • Colson
   • December 9, 2008

8. Major advancement announced  

   By airtwardo, June 15, 2003
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   • lodestar
   • September 28, 2011

9. Old Farts Boogie  

   By mjosparky, June 1, 2016
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   • jumpwally
   • July 5, 2016

10. LAGNAF skydivers? - Ava, NY  

    By jacketsdb23, December 31, 2009
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    • rockcores
    • December 5, 2019

11. Piper PA-42 Cheyenne for skydiving  

    By indradhanush, October 4, 2010
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    • riggerrob
    • October 8, 2010

12. "Throwing Good" (SkyBall)  

    By howardwhite, January 8, 2007
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    • cpoxon
    • January 8, 2007

13. Dave Clark  

    By Usetawuz, November 9, 2005
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    • jackylx21x
    • September 7, 2011

14. The first glider jump?  

    By CFPasi, August 10, 2011
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    • CFPasi
    • March 17, 2012

15. Early Skydiving Patch  

    By rj871, September 12, 2015
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    • rj871
    • October 13, 2015

16. Canopies, ~1962  

    By howardwhite, March 24, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • March 25, 2008

17. Zhills reunion  

    By lodestar, October 24, 2011
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    • Ron
    • November 30, 2011

18. Carl Boenish's Gravity project seks funding.  

    By kimemerson, May 17, 2010
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    • akarunway
    • May 18, 2010

19. Early ram air canopy history... technical paper  

    By pilotdave, April 16, 2004
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    • mjosparky
    • April 18, 2004

20. Jump! - 1977  

    By hardarch, March 27, 2015
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    • hardarch
    • March 28, 2015

21. Boeing C 97 to fly today  

    By 377, May 31, 2017
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    • 377
    • June 1, 2017

22. 200+ skydivers in 1 helicopter  

    By brokky, May 7, 2010
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    • riggermick
    • July 4, 2010

23. Paracommander Mk.1 all black!  

    By anj4de, December 8, 2011
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    • kd5xb
    • December 10, 2011

24. What's missing from this pic? Where is it?  

    By efs4ever, April 1, 2004
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    • usedtajump
    • April 1, 2004

25. Mystery Dives  

    By Hammitt, November 17, 2006
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    • lekstrom10k
    • November 24, 2006

26. DB Cooper  

    By Teresa Patton Davis, July 6, 2020
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    • dudeman17
    • August 4, 2020

27. Low Tech Horizontal Wind Tunnel  

    By SCS292, June 20, 2012
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    • kkeenan
    • July 11, 2012

28. 210 years ago today  

    By Zing, October 22, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • October 30, 2007

29. craigs list find of the evening  

    By jdthomas, July 25, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • July 25, 2008

30. Jump Aircraft for static lines  

    By howardwhite, July 12, 2007
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    • fredmeister
    • August 23, 2011

31. Steve VanCleave  

    By mjosparky, October 31, 2011
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    • Krip
    • November 10, 2011

32. A cool exit  

    By Bob_Church, April 9, 2018
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    • Bob_Church
    • April 11, 2018

33. Merit Badges  

    By patworks, October 18, 2008
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    • skybill
    • October 20, 2008

34. Adrian Nicholas  

    By sofiahuray, March 23, 2009
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    • bozo
    • March 25, 2009

35. Mental error  

    By stryder4, June 4, 2006
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    • Tonto
    • June 4, 2006

36. Number of Skydivers in the World  

    By garuda, May 7, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • May 7, 2007

37. Round, Delta, Square...  

    By upndownshop, October 29, 2010
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    • Huntchuks
    • October 31, 2010

38. Traditions for particular jump milestones?  

    By Silverlining, December 15, 2005
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    • mjosparky
    • December 23, 2005

39. FYI: BSR from 1981  

    By MakeItHappen, July 18, 2012
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    • Niki1
    • July 19, 2012

40. Old Timers Reunion website  

    By upndownshop, January 23, 2006
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    • airtwardo
    • January 25, 2006

41. name that harness/container  

    By piisfish, April 12, 2011
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    • piisfish
    • May 27, 2011

42. Don't you just LOVE skydiving?  

    By Guru312, January 10, 2007
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    • JoeG
    • January 16, 2007

43. 26' Strong LOPO in a Pioneer Super-Pro?  

    By SEREJumper, April 3, 2011
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    • mjosparky
    • April 6, 2011

44. Pictures of a C-9a and Cessna 175  

    By lekstrom10k, August 6, 2007
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    • RogerRamjet
    • August 9, 2007

45. Book: "Marijuana Smuggling For Fun and Profit" by Robert Bach  

    By ryoder, January 17, 2016
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    • 377
    • January 27, 2016

46. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin, December 29, 2022
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    • jakebaustin
    • January 6, 2023

47. Odd parachuting activites...  

    By Glitch, December 16, 2014
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    • skypuppy
    • January 1, 2015

48. What is this canopy? #3  

    By howardwhite, September 4, 2007
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    • darkwing
    • September 5, 2007

49. 1977 Easter Meet at Z-Hills, last 40-way attempt  

    By gary0302, November 20, 2015
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    • tbrown
    • December 2, 2015

50. Beverley Jump Plane  

    By mr2mk1g, July 22, 2003
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    • mr2mk1g
    • October 14, 2003

51. Have Skydiving patches I need help ID'ing  

    By jvw734, October 23, 2019
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    • jvw734
    • November 16, 2019

52. Interesting wartime story  

    By RobOC, October 28, 2006
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    • skypuppy
    • October 29, 2006

53. Where are they now???  

    By MissBuffDiver, June 14, 2010
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    • NickDG
    • June 14, 2010

54. So what is this vintage military gear?  

    By SEREJumper, October 30, 2008
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    • Wenger
    • November 1, 2008

55. Most Senior FreeFlyer  

    By BlueSBDeath, September 1, 2009
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    • pirana
    • September 22, 2009

56. Cessna crashes into DC-3 Perris June 1984. Help with finding pic.  

    By oldwomanc6, September 5, 2019
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    • oldwomanc6
    • January 14, 2020

57. Jump Plane  

    By howardwhite, October 27, 2010
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    • Erroll
    • October 29, 2010

58. What is this plane? #33  

    By howardwhite, May 24, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • May 27, 2008

59. Vern Dallman stories  

    By rmarshall234, January 10, 2019
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    • kevinbmcnamara
    • May 14, 2020

60. What is this plane? #11  

    By howardwhite, October 10, 2007
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    • MrBrant
    • October 11, 2007

61. Cross post - Fathom movie ?  

    By DYEVOUT, August 4, 2003
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    • Amazon
    • August 4, 2003

62. The Sky of our Earth  

    By patworks, November 16, 2012
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    • patworks
    • November 27, 2012

63. Evolution of Safety in Skydiving  

    By mnskydiver688, February 6, 2007
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    • airtwardo
    • February 12, 2007

64. Party with the Founding Fathers  

    By mjosparky, July 9, 2006
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    • mjosparky
    • July 15, 2006

65. Who and where? #2  

    By howardwhite, May 7, 2008
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    • tbrown
    • May 11, 2008

66. Jumper that jumped into boxing ring  

    By johnnypilot, December 12, 2003
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    • n2skdvn
    • December 12, 2003

67. Skydiving Record  

    By baycat, November 1, 2006
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    • wmw999
    • November 1, 2006

68. Go back, or Live with it . ..  

    By NickDG, August 15, 2005
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    • markd_nscr986
    • August 18, 2005

69. July 24, 1808 - First life saved by parachute  

    By mdrejhon, August 22, 2008
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    • mdrejhon
    • August 22, 2008

70. Who/where?  

    By howardwhite, August 26, 2008
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    • thegrump
    • August 30, 2008

71. Old Farts Reunion 6  

    By jonstark, October 24, 2004
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    • jbrasher
    • October 30, 2004

72. What is this plane? #13  

    By howardwhite, November 2, 2007
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    • Kiwi55
    • November 6, 2007

73. "Beer Rig"  

    By slotperfect, October 7, 2003
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    • Macarena
    • April 15, 2013

74. Stearman rodeo  

    By howardwhite, April 27, 2007
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    • squarecanopy
    • May 16, 2007

75. AAD  

    By howardwhite, August 24, 2010
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    • RogerRamjet
    • August 26, 2010

76. OK, for Dallas Old Farts. Aero Country Then and Now  

    By efs4ever, July 12, 2006
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    • drjump
    • July 14, 2006

77. University of Arizona Skydiving Team  

    By derivative, August 28, 2006
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    • derivative
    • August 30, 2006

78. Tangent Vector:  

    By patworks, April 15, 2014
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    • airtwardo
    • April 16, 2014

79. Bill Newell  

    By mjosparky, August 6, 2012
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    • MissBuffDiver
    • August 6, 2012

80. where, when  

    By skypuppy, May 6, 2009
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    • skypuppy
    • May 13, 2009

81. Anyone know the make of this rig? Found in a Swedish forest  

    By cpoxon, January 28, 2009
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    • NealFitz
    • February 3, 2009

82. Fulton Airport  

    By Krip, April 13, 2011
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    • howardwhite
    • April 15, 2011

83. Who was Norm Heaton  

    By Krip, December 18, 2007
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    • Usetawuz
    • December 19, 2007

84. Mr. Bill  

    By efs4ever, March 15, 2004
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    • usedtajump
    • March 15, 2004

85. Jane (Lambdin) Orlando Memorial at Z-Hills  

    By RogerRamjet, March 19, 2010
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    • Mbranch202
    • March 22, 2010

86. 1941 jump onto Devil's Tower  

    By csubl, May 28, 2013
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    • dpreguy
    • June 25, 2013

87. Can anybody help me find a picture...  

    By piisfish, September 21, 2005
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    • Erroll
    • November 10, 2005

88. Mardi Gras 78  

    By jaymundo, May 30, 2006
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    • frynsky
    • June 8, 2006

89. Demo  

    By howardwhite, February 27, 2009
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    • stratostar
    • March 2, 2009

90. Equipment List -- 1977 RW Nationals  

    By howardwhite, January 10, 2007
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    • mark
    • January 11, 2007

91. AGENT: Ckret.  

    By bigway, March 26, 2008
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    • quade
    • March 26, 2008

92. What is this Plane (Look Closley)  

    By usedtajump, January 10, 2008
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    • Gene03
    • January 11, 2008

93. Jumping from a Blimp  

    By lawrocket, January 14, 2005
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    • upndownshop
    • January 23, 2005

94. Horizon Skydiving School  

    By jjrainyday, September 30, 2005
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    • diverdriver
    • October 6, 2005

95. Way to go Bush!!  

    By Capt36, June 12, 2009
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    • SivaGanesha
    • June 15, 2009

96. Red Army Double canopy parachutes.  

    By davidlayne, October 19, 2006
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    • Yossarian
    • October 27, 2006

97. Tornado At Perris  

    By GreenLight, September 2, 2007
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    • hottamaly
    • September 11, 2007

98. Artwardo Isn't The Only One Who Has Good Looking Legs!  

    By steve1, January 20, 2005
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    • steve1
    • February 9, 2005

99. What is this canopy? #8  

    By howardwhite, June 17, 2008
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    • Douggarr
    • July 2, 2008

100. Mingo Mascot  

     By Tink1717, April 1, 2004
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     • lekstrom10k
     • June 26, 2006