Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. PARACHUTIST cover archive  

   By docjohn, April 22, 2005
   • 18 replies
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   • docjohn
   • October 6, 2005

2. PARACHUTIST cover archive revisited  

   By docjohn, February 7, 2006
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   • dqpacker
   • February 7, 2006

3. PARACHUTIST MAGAZINE Issue #1  

   By docjohn, May 5, 2006
   • 11 replies
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   • howardwhite
   • May 18, 2006

4. Parachutist magazine covers from 1957-Current  

   By SEREJumper, September 18, 2009
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   • jim gentry
   • July 18, 2020

5. PARACHUTIST Magazine January 1964  

   By docjohn, June 4, 2008
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   • rainman
   • June 16, 2008

6. Parachutist Magazine Profile -- Uncut, Full text  

   By patworks, September 18, 2012
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   • patworks
   • October 5, 2012

7. Parachutist Magazine, September 1979  

   By gary0302, March 21, 2015
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   • gary0302
   • April 2, 2015

8. Parachutist Magazines  

   By John4455, December 14, 2005
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   • kd5xb
   • February 2, 2007

9. Paracommander Mk.1 all black!  

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

10. Paracommander question  

    By lucky508, March 17, 2008
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    • lucky508
    • March 25, 2008

11. paracommander question   1 2 3

    By lazyfrog, September 8, 2003
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    • steve1
    • May 23, 2011

12. Paracommander...need advise   1 2

    By anj4de, July 15, 2011
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    • captain1976
    • July 21, 2011

13. Paradactyl   1 2

    By edge01, March 17, 2012
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    • SCS422
    • April 21, 2020

14. Paradactyl landing   1 2

    By gjhdiver, June 12, 2007
    • 48 replies
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    • RogerRamjet
    • April 23, 2010

15. Parasled jumps?  

    By tuffjump, May 28, 2011
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    • CazOfDaGhetto
    • August 28, 2011

16. Party with skydiving pioneers  

    By howardwhite, May 12, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • June 30, 2008

17. Party with the Founding Fathers  

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

18. Paso Robles stories?   1 2

    By uponone, September 29, 2005
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    • mrmike333
    • June 8, 2024

19. Past drop zones in Arkansas  

    By jumpergirl, September 26, 2005
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    • jumpergirl
    • July 28, 2006

20. Pat Gorham D-556  

    By howardwhite, March 15, 2006
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    • howardwhite
    • June 3, 2006

21. Pat Works and Wikipedia  

    By Bob_Church, November 8, 2016
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    • Krip
    • March 12, 2017

22. Pat Works to Receive USPA Gold Medal at Hall of Fame Ceremony"  

    By patworks, August 28, 2013
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    • billbooth
    • August 29, 2013

23. Pat Works-profile for USPA-UnCut + HTML (Re Done)  

    By patworks, October 7, 2012
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    • tonybrogdon
    • October 10, 2012

24. Patches from back in the day.   1 2 3

    By mjosparky, October 7, 2005
    • 65 replies
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    • airtwardo
    • December 23, 2006

25. Patent  

    By howardwhite, November 4, 2010
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    • Guru312
    • November 5, 2010

26. Patrick de G, High altitude  

    By Dan, July 30, 2004
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    • usskydiver
    • August 1, 2004

27. Paul Evanoff aka Anvil from Toronto Canada  

    By macfrite, August 15, 2013
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    • denniscoursey
    • August 18, 2013

28. Paul Gorman gone.  

    By mjosparky, July 4, 2009
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    • SCR216
    • August 6, 2009

29. Paul Tag C-686  

    By rmarshall234, March 27, 2017
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    • NancyWSCR15
    • August 22, 2024

30. Pay hurt  

    By 2nd 508th Guy, January 7, 2021
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    • 2nd 508th Guy
    • January 7, 2021

31. PC  

    By Spiker, September 17, 2006
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    • Spiker
    • September 17, 2006

32. PC ?  

    By thegrump, October 29, 2007
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    • pchapman
    • August 25, 2011

33. PC (ugly)  

    By howardwhite, April 9, 2010
    • 13 replies
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    • piisfish
    • April 14, 2010

34. PC jumpers   1 2

    By Tink1717, October 25, 2009
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    • OldMan
    • November 8, 2009

35. PC landing  

    By propblast, November 18, 2015
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    • Rfogle
    • December 9, 2015

36. PC over Antioch  

    By howardwhite, April 26, 2007
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    • SWIMDOC
    • May 13, 2015

37. PC Poster  

    By howardwhite, June 25, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • June 25, 2007

38. PCA patch   1 2

    By longtall, October 4, 2005
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    • highspeeddirt
    • October 2, 2006

39. Pea gravel  

    By Krip, August 19, 2013
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    • quade
    • August 24, 2013

40. Pelican Skydiver's Reunion Sept 18th  

    By 3331, July 1, 2010
    • 12 replies
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    • 3331
    • September 20, 2010

41. Pelicanland-Ridgely MD??   1 2 3 4 5

    By Jumperintheair, January 4, 2005
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    • DBCOOPER
    • September 27, 2012

42. Pell State?  

    By TFFTM, September 28, 2005
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    • TFFTM
    • September 28, 2005

43. Perris Valley Skydiving Society   1 2

    By tonybrogdon, September 24, 2004
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    • jbrasher
    • April 16, 2008

44. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52, March 25, 2018
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    • hangdiver
    • April 2, 2021

45. Pete Gruber  

    By likvidskaj, February 1, 2005
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    • sprtdth
    • February 3, 2005

46. Peter A Goodwin d269 wa looking for him 1963 parachuter and skydiver  

    By Jennikay, May 27, 2015
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    • Jennikay
    • May 27, 2015

47. Peter Hearns Skyhigh Irvin  

    By patworks, February 10, 2015
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    • riggerrob
    • February 12, 2015

48. Phil Christman passes  

    By mjosparky, January 26, 2007
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    • 2jumphi
    • January 29, 2007

49. Phila Weatherman fatality?  

    By peregrinerose, September 17, 2004
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    • gunpaq
    • December 3, 2016

50. Photo Album 1966 - 1976   1 2 3

    By patmoore, August 13, 2008
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    • RogerRamjet
    • June 1, 2016

51. Photo of Nebraska People  

    By efs4ever, February 15, 2004
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    • efs4ever
    • February 16, 2004

52. photograph wanted of early RW/FS World Records  

    By katecooper, April 3, 2008
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    • jonstark
    • April 18, 2008

53. PI DC-3 Question  

    By Jumperintheair, September 23, 2008
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    • jbrasher
    • October 3, 2008

54. Pic from the Past - very flattering  

    By tkhayes, September 7, 2007
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    • 1888
    • September 10, 2007

55. Pic of wonderful T-bow landing  

    By Thunderbow, January 16, 2016
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    • lars_d
    • March 23, 2016

56. Pics and Footage  

    By andrewhilton, May 18, 2012
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    • andrewhilton
    • February 28, 2013

57. Pics. Schrimsher, Smitty old stuff  

    By efs4ever, March 27, 2005
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    • BillyVance
    • April 1, 2005

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

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

59. Pictures Of Your First Static Line Jump?  

    By GreenLight, April 25, 2005
    • 8 replies
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    • JohnRich
    • April 27, 2005

60. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery, July 18, 2003
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • December 1, 2021

61. Piggyback system  

    By wayne8577, December 30, 2005
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    • wayne8577
    • January 1, 2006

62. Piglet  

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

63. Piglet  

    By fallfast69, March 22, 2004
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    • simonsonjh
    • August 6, 2004

64. Piglets  

    By andrewhilton, January 31, 2012
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    • oldwomanc6
    • February 2, 2016

65. Pilot Chute Cap Art  

    By howardwhite, January 19, 2010
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    • Andy9o8
    • January 19, 2010

66. Pilot chute removed"  

    By patworks, December 8, 2012
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    • oldwomanc6
    • December 9, 2012

67. Pilot Country Estates DZ - North of Tampa/West of ZHills - late 70's/early 80's  

    By JeffSkydiver, December 24, 2004
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    • jonstark
    • January 11, 2005

68. Pink Floyd, where is he now??  

    By johnb250, November 4, 2006
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • February 4, 2010

69. Pioneer Ted Strong is gone!  

    By tonybrogdon, October 17, 2011
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    • mjosparky
    • October 27, 2011

70. Pioneers Reunion 2010  

    By howardwhite, December 8, 2009
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    • jackwallace
    • February 11, 2010

71. Pit Meadows '86  

    By Niki1, September 3, 2018
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    • riggerrob
    • April 17, 2019

72. Pitcairn Pa  

    By JeffSkydiver, October 27, 2005
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    • JeffSkydiver
    • October 27, 2005

73. Plane Crash Near Cal City?  

    By GreenLight, February 28, 2006
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    • ZigZagMarquis
    • March 16, 2006

74. Plane crash, Tullahoma Tennessee 6-28-97  

    By edjackson, June 8, 2007
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    • aeromobile
    • June 27, 2007

75. Plane Pix  

    By howardwhite, March 3, 2010
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    • lekstrom10k
    • March 10, 2010

76. Please take part in this undergraduate study.  

    By mmilton.05saa, December 10, 2012
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    • BIGUN
    • December 20, 2012

77. PLF's  

    By tonybrogdon, February 16, 2009
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    • GreenLight
    • October 27, 2011

78. Poem in the back of one of the 'Skies Call books'  

    By V6Matt, November 20, 2011
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    • V6Matt
    • November 22, 2011

79. Pole dancer?  

    By davidlayne, April 2, 2009
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    • muff528
    • April 9, 2009

80. Pop Top Belly Reserve  

    By frawley308, May 3, 2012
    • 17 replies
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    • Beatnik
    • May 24, 2012

81. Pope Valley CA DZ pictures?   1 2 3

    By 377, September 22, 2008
    • 61 replies
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    • ldk
    • September 7, 2014

82. Pope Valley scary but true  

    By sonofapope, July 12, 2014
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    • sonofapope
    • July 14, 2014

83. POPs  

    By mccurley, April 16, 2008
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    • mccurley
    • April 16, 2008

84. Pops Meet "65-'66  

    By wdy_bnckr, August 4, 2008
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    • wdy_bnckr
    • August 7, 2008

85. post a picture of your favorite skydiving patch   1 2

    By sonofapope, September 7, 2014
    • 37 replies
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    • SWIMDOC
    • May 20, 2015

86. Post round pre squars   1 2

    By fogobo, November 28, 2009
    • 42 replies
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    • steve1
    • January 21, 2010

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

    By NickDG, December 10, 2007
    • 70 replies
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    • goldwing
    • January 9, 2008

88. Post your round jumps   1 2

    By Fearjoburg, February 24, 2013
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    • patmoore
    • July 11, 2013

89. Pre-WWII Canadian skydiving story  

    By pchapman, September 7, 2006
    • 3 replies
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    • fallfast69
    • September 9, 2006

90. President Nixon's involvement  

    By jumper34, July 8, 2019
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    • SethInMI
    • July 15, 2019

91. Pretty close to being the first  

    By ifell, August 14, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • August 15, 2008

92. Pretty good Accuri!  

    By airtwardo, March 14, 2005
    • 7 replies
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    • BlueSBDeath
    • March 15, 2005

93. PROJECT OVERVIEW of the Skydiving Museum WIKI  

    By patworks, February 22, 2016
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    • patworks
    • February 22, 2016

94. Pulling off the ground!   1 2

    By steve1, February 3, 2005
    • 28 replies
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    • mccurley
    • February 8, 2005

95. Pulloff  

    By howardwhite, June 18, 2009
    • 20 replies
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    • howardwhite
    • June 19, 2009

96. Purple Patti  

    By oldwomanc6, November 12, 2010
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    • Guru312
    • November 12, 2010

97. Pyramid Lake - 1960's  

    By skyjack71, December 2, 2007
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    • skyjack71
    • December 2, 2007

98. PZ-81  

    By manchuso, December 18, 2012
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    • Amazon
    • December 19, 2012

99. PZ-81 Parawing   1 2

    By Beatnik, June 30, 2008
    • 49 replies
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    • tbrown
    • June 6, 2010

100. Quantico Parachute Club  

     By Deisel, July 23, 2013
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     • ripcord4
     • July 25, 2013