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. Old Photo--Southwest Airlines near miss   1 2

    By ltdiver,
    • 42 replies
    • 12,407 views

  2. Who, where, when? #2  

    By howardwhite,
    • 10 replies
    • 4,021 views

  3. 1st Jump of the year...Para-Plane  

    By Beatnik,
    • 20 replies
    • 6,542 views

  4. What is this plane? #26   1 2

    By howardwhite,
    • 36 replies
    • 7,998 views

  5. Skydive First, Crawfordsville, IN?  

    By BASE841,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,599 views

  6. Gary Freeze " The Buckeye Batman"  

    By chuteless,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,250 views

  7. What is this plane? #8  

    By howardwhite,
    • 16 replies
    • 5,612 views

  8. Nuclear Powered Aircraft  

    By 1969912,
    • 4 replies
    • 2,727 views

  9. new jump ship  

    By drjump,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,757 views

  10. aerial drug delivery  

    By dumstuntzz,
    • 11 replies
    • 5,964 views

  11. Great old airplane pictures  

    By howardwhite,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,144 views

  12. Fatality Reported - Aug 12, 1910 - Asbury Park, NJ  

    By fcajump,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,065 views

  13. What is this plane? #25  

    By howardwhite,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,269 views

  14. Who, where, when?  

    By howardwhite,
    • 15 replies
    • 3,721 views

  15. Boogie Mechanics  

    By howardwhite,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,524 views

  16. Tell me what this SkyFest is?  

    By upndownshop,
    • 4 replies
    • 2,043 views

  17. What is THIS plane... let me try   1 2 3

    By ZigZagMarquis,
    • 69 replies
    • 6,710 views

  18. The Avenger  

    By Erroll,
    • 14 replies
    • 4,766 views

  19. Some good old time aircraft footage and old time parachuting towards the end.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 1 reply
    • 912 views

  20. Whose foot is this?  

    By howardwhite,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,952 views

  21. Jumping in Germany circa 1978-79  

    By AirWhore,
    • 4 replies
    • 3,003 views

  22. Lots of New Things - Are Old Things . . .  

    By NickDG,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,736 views

  23. Beaver in Deland  

    By piper17,
    • 19 replies
    • 4,501 views

  24. What is this Plane (Look Closley)  

    By usedtajump,
    • 15 replies
    • 2,330 views

  25. Post the 1st Page of your Logbook . . .   1 2 3

    By NickDG,
    • 70 replies
    • 8,756 views

  26. Cornwall 90's  

    By softnotes,
    • 0 replies
    • 983 views

  27. Martin Evans???  

    By grimmie,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,844 views

  28. Mr. Douglas   1 2

    By jumpwally,
    • 27 replies
    • 9,034 views

  29. What's this plane #24  

    By stratostar,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,388 views

  30. What is this plane #23  

    By AggieDave,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,258 views

  31. Old jumpers who went to the Big House   1 2

    By steve1,
    • 34 replies
    • 8,841 views

  32. What is this plane? #21  

    By howardwhite,
    • 13 replies
    • 2,859 views

  33. What happened here?  

    By piper17,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,797 views

  34. "Amazing and Stupendous" new canopy  

    By howardwhite,
    • 11 replies
    • 3,559 views

  35. Square hand deploy Pilot Chute  

    By jimmytavino,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,851 views

  36. Old School Skydive Video  

    By SWATcop,
    • 18 replies
    • 6,447 views

  37. Some old Deland folk...  

    By piper17,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,060 views

  38. What is this cockpit? #1  

    By howardwhite,
    • 12 replies
    • 3,131 views

  39. World Meet - Who Are These People?  

    By piper17,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,411 views

  40. Old Round Engine A/C   1 2

    By piper17,
    • 35 replies
    • 6,127 views

  41. Luis Melendez Jr.  

    By howardwhite,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,398 views

  42. Turkey Meet 1973 - Z-Hills  

    By piper17,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,447 views

  43. CRW / CF history  

    By CFPasi,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,868 views

  44. More World Meet 81  

    By billabx,
    • 17 replies
    • 3,371 views

  45. Who, Where, When  

    By piper17,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,140 views

  46. Assorted World Meet '81  

    By piper17,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,163 views

  47. Merry Christmas - You Old Farts . . .  

    By NickDG,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,362 views

  48. What cockpit is this? #3  

    By howardwhite,
    • 8 replies
    • 1,564 views

  49. What cockpit is this #2  

    By stratostar,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,216 views

  50. Who are these Southern skydivers? 1970's  

    By JSBIRD,
    • 17 replies
    • 6,003 views

  51. A broken DC-3  

    By piper17,
    • 8 replies
    • 3,313 views

  52. Norseman for Christmas  

    By howardwhite,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,146 views

  53. Lockheed 10E  

    By piper17,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,725 views

  54. 200-way photo  

    By guymanos,
    • 9 replies
    • 4,077 views

  55. What is this plane #20  

    By gjhdiver,
    • 12 replies
    • 3,336 views

  56. Fun Between Loads - Who & Where  

    By piper17,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,654 views

  57. magazine back-issues  

    By guymanos,
    • 1 reply
    • 945 views

  58. What is this plane? #19  

    By howardwhite,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,123 views

  59. Who was Norm Heaton  

    By Krip,
    • 4 replies
    • 2,350 views

  60. Who are these skydivers? 1970's  

    By JSBIRD,
    • 9 replies
    • 3,020 views

  61. Jack Bergman  

    By Krip,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,365 views

  62. Who and where? #2  

    By howardwhite,
    • 19 replies
    • 4,500 views

  63. Humboldt Hummers  

    By CReW,
    • 9 replies
    • 5,663 views

  64. What is this plane? #18  

    By howardwhite,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,769 views

  65. Building Escape Parachutes - a summary of designs  

    By pchapman,
    • 1 reply
    • 6,688 views

  66. What is this plane? #15   1 2

    By howardwhite,
    • 27 replies
    • 6,200 views

  67. PARACHUTIST Archive revisited  

    By docjohn,
    • 6 replies
    • 2,253 views

  68. Vic Deveau, D-529  

    By howardwhite,
    • 5 replies
    • 3,454 views

  69. Al Frisby Memorial and Ash Dives  

    By GreenLight,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,009 views

  70. Pyramid Lake - 1960's  

    By skyjack71,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,266 views

  71. Who and where?  

    By howardwhite,
    • 19 replies
    • 7,652 views

  72. What is this plane? #17  

    By howardwhite,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,589 views

  73. A Day At The Drop Zone Part II  

    By GreenLight,
    • 0 replies
    • 935 views

  74. Name the event.  

    By rapter,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,701 views

  75. Another DC-3 saved  

    By Zing,
    • 12 replies
    • 2,211 views

  76. Ropes 'n Rings   1 2 3

    By howardwhite,
    • 58 replies
    • 8,774 views

  77. What is this plane? #16  

    By howardwhite,
    • 10 replies
    • 5,220 views

  78. Concealed parachutes for movie stunts?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 8 replies
    • 4,754 views

  79. Belly Reserve Deployment   1 2

    By howardwhite,
    • 48 replies
    • 8,551 views

  80. What is this rig?  

    By faulknerwn,
    • 22 replies
    • 6,258 views

  81. what has an R 3350 engine but doesnt fly?  

    By 377,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,627 views

  82. Femlin, Playboy, Skydiving  

    By DFWAJG,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,778 views

  83. Ever jump with your canopy in backwards?  

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 24 replies
    • 6,164 views

  84. 1982 Crash Info?   1 2

    By dropdeded,
    • 31 replies
    • 15,883 views

  85. What is this plane? #14  

    By howardwhite,
    • 11 replies
    • 3,732 views

  86. Looking for Z-Hills Cessna 196 Pictures (70's)   1 2

    By RogerRamjet,
    • 34 replies
    • 10,332 views

  87. Howard Curtis-stuntman  

    By grimmie,
    • 0 replies
    • 2,760 views

  88. What is this plane? #13  

    By howardwhite,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,370 views

  89. Security Parachute Co. Sierra  

    By ParaShoot,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,862 views

  90. Virgina is for Lovers  

    By sdctlc,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,719 views

  91. What is this plane? #2  

    By howardwhite,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,203 views

  92. UT-15 Packing?  

    By winsor,
    • 7 replies
    • 3,931 views

  93. How old is this?  

    By JumpUpMyAss,
    • 8 replies
    • 2,933 views

  94. Lap a myth?  

    By councilman24,
    • 22 replies
    • 5,810 views

  95. The Dave Gold Parachute Collection  

    By councilman24,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,165 views

  96. Where is this sign located?   1 2 3

    By upndownshop,
    • 53 replies
    • 6,845 views

  97. MC1-1b and PC performance data?  

    By councilman24,
    • 0 replies
    • 751 views

  98. World's First 8-Stack - photos  

    By 1st8stkOrganizr,
    • 24 replies
    • 9,347 views

  99. 210 years ago today  

    By Zing,
    • 8 replies
    • 2,493 views

  100. Russian PC and old night jump  

    By JumpUpMyAss,
    • 0 replies
    • 848 views
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