Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. What is this plane? #12  

   By howardwhite, October 26, 2007
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   • jdthomas
   • October 29, 2007

2. Turkey Meet Ad -- Spotter   1 2

   By howardwhite, March 14, 2007
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   • JSBIRD
   • October 26, 2007

3. Name the designer  

   By aj4218, October 2, 2007
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   • cpoxon
   • October 17, 2007

4. 1960s Para-Commander  

   By FlyingBlueJay, October 14, 2007
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   • howardwhite
   • October 16, 2007

5. What is this canopy? #7  

   By howardwhite, October 12, 2007
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   • howardwhite
   • October 16, 2007

6. Bill Cole's Last Jump 6 Aug 07  

   By Beatnik, October 13, 2007
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   • chuteless
   • October 15, 2007

7. Tandem the Hard Way  

   By kkeenan, October 12, 2007
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   • Glitch
   • October 12, 2007

8. ~ Louis "Speedy" Babbs ~  

   By airtwardo, October 9, 2007
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   • howardwhite
   • October 12, 2007

9. Name the Designer  

   By debonair, October 4, 2007
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   • tbdavis1
   • October 11, 2007

10. What is this plane? #11  

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

11. Eiffel Tower Demo  

    By howardwhite, October 8, 2007
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    • NickDG
    • October 9, 2007

12. Record?....  

    By Cashmanimal, October 5, 2007
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    • NickDG
    • October 9, 2007

13. Dytter?  

    By DSE, October 3, 2007
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    • kkeenan
    • October 8, 2007

14. What is this canopy? #6   1 2

    By howardwhite, October 1, 2007
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    • airtwardo
    • October 7, 2007

15. What is this plane? #10  

    By howardwhite, October 4, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • October 6, 2007

16. First Eliptical Canopy  

    By BrianSGermain, February 20, 2004
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    • towerrat
    • October 3, 2007

17. 1996 POPS record attempts tshirt  

    By skybytch, October 1, 2007
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    • skybytch
    • October 2, 2007

18. What's wrong with this chart?  

    By howardwhite, September 29, 2007
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    • 1969912
    • October 1, 2007

19. Old Drop Zones  

    By JumpUpMyAss, September 27, 2007
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    • CazmoDee
    • September 30, 2007

20. Origins of military parachuting  

    By edjackson, September 28, 2007
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    • NickDG
    • September 29, 2007

21. Military surplus gear?  

    By grimmie, September 29, 2007
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    • grimmie
    • September 29, 2007

22. My turn - What's this plane ?  

    By gjhdiver, September 27, 2007
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    • gjhdiver
    • September 28, 2007

23. What is this canopy? #5  

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

24. What is this plane? #9  

    By howardwhite, September 27, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • September 27, 2007

25. Would you jump this   1 2

    By Broke, September 13, 2007
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    • brokenwing
    • September 27, 2007

26. Where are these guys?  

    By JumpUpMyAss, September 24, 2007
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    • usedtajump
    • September 26, 2007

27. Does anyone recognize this patch?  

    By flyhi, November 24, 2004
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    • howardwhite
    • September 24, 2007

28. Triumph TR-3  

    By howardwhite, September 19, 2007
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    • gemini
    • September 24, 2007

29. "Pointing"   1 2

    By howardwhite, September 14, 2007
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    • NickDG
    • September 24, 2007

30. What is this plane? #6  

    By howardwhite, September 11, 2007
    • 21 replies
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    • usedtajump
    • September 23, 2007

31. 1979 "Sky diver"  

    By JeffD, September 20, 2007
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    • efs4ever
    • September 22, 2007

32. C-119 Box Car?   1 2 3

    By steve1, October 9, 2006
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    • royboy1140
    • September 20, 2007

33. "Back in the day..."  

    By kimemerson, September 11, 2007
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    • skyjack71
    • September 20, 2007

34. is there a record for most states jumped in a day?  

    By countzero, September 11, 2007
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    • FallinAngel
    • September 20, 2007

35. Looking around the web~  

    By airtwardo, September 19, 2007
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • September 19, 2007

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

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

37. GodFrog award  

    By kallend, September 15, 2007
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    • kallend
    • September 16, 2007

38. Where & When? #2  

    By howardwhite, September 12, 2007
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    • wdy_bnckr
    • September 14, 2007

39. El Cap #assignments  

    By DSE, September 6, 2007
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    • DSE
    • September 13, 2007

40. Old Airplanes from "Back in the Day" where are they now   1 2 3

    By Amazon, July 20, 2006
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    • Beerlight
    • September 13, 2007

41. What is this plane? #7  

    By howardwhite, September 11, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • September 12, 2007

42. Tornado At Perris  

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

43. Pic from the Past - very flattering  

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

44. Where and when? #1   1 2

    By howardwhite, September 1, 2007
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    • wmw999
    • September 10, 2007

45. 250 ft. Towers at Benning?  

    By steve1, August 14, 2007
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    • zoobrothertom
    • September 10, 2007

46. the very first ram air reserve save  

    By highspeeddirt, August 31, 2007
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    • jonstark
    • September 6, 2007

47. What is this canopy? #3  

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

48. Any Viet Nam, Iraq or Afgan vets use a flare gun?  

    By Guru312, March 11, 2007
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    • mdf
    • September 5, 2007

49. What is this plane? #4  

    By howardwhite, August 30, 2007
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    • riggerrob
    • September 4, 2007

50. CHiPs Episode 97  

    By slotperfect, September 3, 2007
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    • slotperfect
    • September 3, 2007

51. Al Frisby Passes  

    By GreenLight, September 2, 2007
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    • diablopilot
    • September 3, 2007

52. Herdair  

    By howardwhite, August 27, 2007
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    • Guru312
    • September 1, 2007

53. A picture that might interest some of you...  

    By Stumpy, August 29, 2007
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    • gjhdiver
    • September 1, 2007

54. MJO Sparky  

    By GreenLight, August 29, 2007
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    • GreenLight
    • August 30, 2007

55. Costerison's farm   1 2

    By rapter, August 28, 2006
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    • GreenLight
    • August 28, 2007

56. What is this canopy? #2  

    By howardwhite, August 22, 2007
    • 24 replies
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    • manchuso
    • August 28, 2007

57. linda love missing  

    By bobresin, August 25, 2007
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    • ltdiver
    • August 25, 2007

58. Information On Possible Skydiving Fatality  

    By T10PCM1, August 23, 2007
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    • T10PCM1
    • August 24, 2007

59. Blue Skies Forum -- what happened to Bill Womble?  

    By wmw999, August 23, 2007
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    • BillyVance
    • August 23, 2007

60. What is this plane? #3  

    By howardwhite, August 21, 2007
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    • JSBIRD
    • August 22, 2007

61. Trivia questions  

    By popsjumper, August 15, 2007
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    • popsjumper
    • August 22, 2007

62. Tommy Kinder passes  

    By Beerlight, January 31, 2007
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    • Beerlight
    • August 22, 2007

63. The 'original' Mr. Bill jump!  

    By airtwardo, August 21, 2007
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    • cpoxon
    • August 22, 2007

64. What is this canopy?  

    By howardwhite, August 17, 2007
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    • winsor
    • August 21, 2007

65. Boeing 307 at Taft  

    By howardwhite, August 9, 2007
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    • johnjds
    • August 20, 2007

66. Freak Brother numbers  

    By freakbrother, August 5, 2007
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    • JSBIRD
    • August 19, 2007

67. '68 Nationals Pix  

    By howardwhite, July 30, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • August 16, 2007

68. What is this plane?  

    By howardwhite, August 12, 2007
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    • 377
    • August 15, 2007

69. Al Frisby in hospital  

    By hottamaly, August 6, 2007
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    • hottamaly
    • August 14, 2007

70. Camera people  

    By howardwhite, May 14, 2007
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • August 14, 2007

71. DZW  

    By davidlayne, August 7, 2007
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    • highspeeddirt
    • August 9, 2007

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

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

73. Did Ted Mayfield get a bum rap?  

    By steve1, May 30, 2007
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    • JoeC
    • August 5, 2007

74. Landing  

    By howardwhite, August 1, 2007
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    • jimmytavino
    • August 2, 2007

75. CRW -- '77 Nationals Boogie  

    By howardwhite, July 28, 2007
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    • BIGUN
    • July 31, 2007

76. Dick Fortenberry  

    By rondoman, July 31, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • July 31, 2007

77. Trivia question for the olde farts...  

    By Guru312, May 2, 2007
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    • ridgerunrbunny
    • July 30, 2007

78. 1981 Canadian National Skydiving Championships video  

    By IanHarrop, July 17, 2007
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    • Deci
    • July 30, 2007

79. Would you jump out of this aircraft ?  

    By Trae, August 25, 2005
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    • Trae
    • July 29, 2007

80. "Sky Diving Machine"  

    By howardwhite, July 23, 2007
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    • birdshit
    • July 28, 2007

81. A few things about skydiving that need clarification  

    By denete, July 27, 2007
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    • birdshit
    • July 28, 2007

82. VW Ad -- '62 World Meet  

    By howardwhite, July 20, 2007
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    • lekstrom10k
    • July 24, 2007

83. Letters of publishing in Parachutist  

    By PhreeZone, July 20, 2007
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    • airtwardo
    • July 20, 2007

84. Orange remembers Sixth World Meet  

    By howardwhite, July 10, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • July 17, 2007

85. "The Rock is Now Legal"  

    By howardwhite, June 29, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • July 17, 2007

86. Fate, RW and Z'hills  

    By Jim_Hooper, June 11, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • July 14, 2007

87. state of the sport paracuting in 2007  

    By erdnarob, July 10, 2007
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    • cutaway1
    • July 12, 2007

88. Bob Skinner  

    By mjosparky, June 18, 2007
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    • skr
    • July 12, 2007

89. Accuracy  

    By howardwhite, July 10, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • July 11, 2007

90. Tiger Moth 8-way attempt  

    By howardwhite, June 26, 2007
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    • Kiwi55
    • July 11, 2007

91. A great book that someone gave me  

    By birdlike, July 8, 2007
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    • zoobrothertom
    • July 10, 2007

92. Way to go Al Gramando  

    By efs4ever, July 6, 2007
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    • ltdiver
    • July 7, 2007

93. Grim Business  

    By cwickliffe, June 15, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • July 7, 2007

94. Loss of Jim Bates  

    By MikeTJumps, July 1, 2007
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    • MakeItHappen
    • July 4, 2007

95. Second Generation Jumpers  

    By Splat63, June 9, 2007
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    • Splat63
    • July 2, 2007

96. Number of Skydiving SCUBAdivers  

    By garuda, May 7, 2007
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • June 29, 2007

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

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

98. PC Poster  

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

99. New SOS Number  

    By Krip, June 23, 2007
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    • airtwardo
    • June 24, 2007

100. osprey S.P.C patch??  

     By 2ndgensteinke, June 13, 2007
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     • SWhiplash
     • June 23, 2007