Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Verona's first base jump  

   By wallet55, September 26, 2012
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   • lucky508
   • September 27, 2012

2. Looking for Old Lost Prairie Boogie Photos  

   By NWFlyer, July 28, 2017
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   • wmw999
   • July 28, 2017

3. The Skydivers (The Movie)  

   By howardwhite, March 31, 2007
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   • itllclear
   • April 1, 2007

4. Hey to All You "Legends" from the Glory Days of ZHills: Why Not a Reunion at Z-Hills this Thanksgiving?  

   By JeffSkydiver, October 2, 2008
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   • patmoore
   • November 11, 2008

5. Skydive City, Newington, GA  

   By jonstark, December 13, 2004
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   • jonstark
   • October 5, 2010

6. Smoke jumping tragedy 1949  

   By mccurley, March 31, 2014
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   • BillyVance
   • April 1, 2014

7. The History Of Skydiving  

   By DHolland, April 6, 2008
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   • wdy_bnckr
   • April 8, 2008

8. Burned out  

   By mikeat10500, July 27, 2020
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   • FlipNFlyManda17
   • October 15, 2020

9. Interesting web site.  

   By mjosparky, April 19, 2004
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   • airtwardo
   • April 21, 2004

10. Awarding HALO Free Fall Badges  

    By gkaa, November 6, 2013
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • November 6, 2013

11. Godfrog trophy site updated  

    By kallend, January 27, 2011
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    • TheRanchPROshop
    • March 10, 2011

12. CHiPs Episode 97  

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

13. Sky Hi in Kansas History  

    By EdH, September 10, 2013
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    • Genego
    • September 18, 2013

14. DC-3  

    By longtall, February 13, 2008
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    • ltdiver
    • February 28, 2008

15. Old Skydiving pics from Frontier Skydivers  

    By TomSpoon, November 19, 2003
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    • crotalus01
    • October 21, 2004

16. Clip Art  

    By skydived19006, April 23, 2009
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    • riggerrob
    • April 29, 2009

17. Bluetones skydiving music group?  

    By pchapman, March 6, 2009
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    • pchapman
    • October 15, 2019

18. Exciting times for a kid  

    By rickjump1, August 19, 2003
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    • rickjump1
    • August 19, 2003

19. Skydiving on TV  

    By lodestar, March 3, 2009
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    • skypuppy
    • March 13, 2009

20. 30 years at Cal-City  

    By rapter, February 7, 2005
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    • GeordieSkydiver
    • February 15, 2005

21. New advert featuring Bill Cole on skydivingmovies.com  

    By cpoxon, December 23, 2003
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    • skypuppy
    • December 24, 2003

22. Dallas Demo Fatality (Rev.1)  

    By BigM, February 23, 2006
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    • skydiverek
    • February 24, 2006

23. wind tunnel inventor  

    By joesky, September 27, 2016
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    • TerraDactyl
    • September 29, 2016

24. Is DropZone a joke?  

    By niteflier, December 12, 2011
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • December 13, 2011

25. Back Into Plane  

    By philip2005, November 29, 2005
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    • pilotdave
    • November 30, 2005

26. Raptors don't flock. Sheep do.  

    By patworks, September 19, 2013
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    • steve1
    • September 19, 2013

27. Demo  

    By howardwhite, April 7, 2008
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    • gjhdiver
    • April 8, 2008

28. DZW  

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

29. R-3's and Capewell part compatibility?  

    By pchapman, July 15, 2009
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    • collinb
    • July 19, 2009

30. Lakewood/Orange Reunion web site  

    By howardwhite, November 22, 2006
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    • howardwhite
    • November 29, 2006

31. CRW / CF history  

    By CFPasi, December 26, 2007
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    • crewdog2
    • December 29, 2007

32. 1975 jumping a Golden Knights P.C.  

    By cloud9, September 28, 2013
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    • cloud9
    • September 28, 2013

33. The Legend of Dead Dugan  

    By kkeenan, June 20, 2011
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    • patworks
    • July 5, 2011

34. anyone recognize this symbol  

    By skypuppy, July 14, 2009
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    • hangdiver
    • July 18, 2009

35. What is this plane #5476  

    By mjosparky, March 15, 2008
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    • mjosparky
    • March 17, 2008

36. " The First Chuteout at the Gulch"  

    By skybill, March 26, 2011
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    • skybill
    • March 26, 2011

37. The Original Birdmen  

    By ManBird, April 28, 2003
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    • piisfish
    • September 22, 2011

38. OLD COLLIGIATE CLUB  

    By propblast, February 24, 2003
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    • DBCOOPER
    • September 27, 2011

39. Oldschool picture request  

    By gofastfrance, April 3, 2013
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    • MArista
    • April 6, 2013

40. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob, July 27, 2021
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    • TitaniumLegs
    • October 2, 2021

41. Martin Evans???  

    By grimmie, January 8, 2008
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    • gjhdiver
    • January 9, 2008

42. Alaska 1958  

    By howardwhite, March 30, 2010
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    • steve1
    • March 31, 2010

43. 1970s Skydiving Videos  

    By wartload, January 29, 2012
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    • wartload
    • February 6, 2012

44. Geronimo  

    By DaveSangor, April 9, 2005
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    • blongb
    • April 14, 2005

45. Gone Fishin  

    By GreenLight, July 20, 2005
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    • GreenLight
    • July 28, 2005

46. CRW -- '77 Nationals Boogie  

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

47. some more 1980's Perris pictures  

    By riggermick, October 19, 2004
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    • riggermick
    • October 20, 2004

48. No new ideas.  

    By mjosparky, January 3, 2010
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    • DavidB
    • January 7, 2010

49. Mad River Glenn Para Ski Vermont 1961  

    By Millstone, March 6, 2009
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    • patmoore
    • March 9, 2009

50. Parachuting: Webster's Timeline History  

    By patworks, June 16, 2010
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    • patmoore
    • June 16, 2010

51. Steve Moore, UK???  

    By grimmie, June 20, 2008
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    • andybr6
    • July 13, 2008

52. Whuffo  

    By Krip, January 28, 2012
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    • oldwomanc6
    • January 29, 2012

53. Papion question  

    By BlueSBDeath, May 29, 2013
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    • BlueSBDeath
    • May 30, 2013

54. T-Shirt  

    By howardwhite, August 27, 2010
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    • crotalus01
    • September 6, 2010

55. Night jump over the Arctic  

    By mitirino, May 11, 2012
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    • pchapman
    • May 11, 2012

56. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo, July 22, 2022
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    • kleggo
    • July 27, 2022

57. Jim Dishroon D Day Paratrooper  

    By dpreguy, June 6, 2019   

    • jim
    • dishroon d day partrooper
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    • SCS2303
    • September 27, 2019

58. Do you have?  

    By Beerlight, February 4, 2004
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    • mjosparky
    • February 13, 2004

59. The Hearse In Taft, Whats The Story?  

    By dropdeded, February 6, 2004
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    • Spizzzarko
    • February 14, 2004

60. Columbus Skydivers, Darbydale, Ohio  

    By crypto, February 19, 2015
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    • crypto
    • February 19, 2015

61. Para Commander Redux  

    By bravoniner, October 6, 2016
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    • councilman24
    • October 6, 2016

62. Warp III w/ Rascal main  

    By murps2000, December 8, 2003
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    • murps2000
    • December 8, 2003

63. Bill Jones D1009  

    By lfhower, April 12, 2007
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    • lfhower
    • April 12, 2007

64. Harness/container  

    By racerman, July 11, 2010
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    • lekstrom10k
    • July 15, 2010

65. Connecticut Parachutists Inc 60's and early 70's ?  

    By rj871, November 8, 2013
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    • drjump
    • November 8, 2013

66. "New and Improved"  

    By howardwhite, January 14, 2010
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • January 15, 2010

67. Paul Evanoff aka Anvil from Toronto Canada  

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

68. Who's Plane Was This?  

    By GreenLight, June 3, 2009
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    • tbrown
    • June 11, 2009

69. Herbie Hog(anyone..anyone?)  

    By jaymundo, December 18, 2002
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    • DBCOOPER
    • September 27, 2011

70. An Unusual Data Panel  

    By JohnRich, December 23, 2010
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    • PeteS
    • January 1, 2011

71. What is this rig #3?  

    By Beatnik, March 12, 2008
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    • riggerrob
    • March 14, 2008

72. 70's color coded jumps at Casa Grande - The Gulch...  

    By collinb, February 10, 2008
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    • itllclear
    • February 11, 2008

73. 1961 Blimp Jumpers' Names  

    By ripcordbk, March 13, 2012
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    • ripcordbk
    • March 13, 2012

74. What happened here?  

    By piper17, December 29, 2007
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    • billbooth
    • January 3, 2008

75. Two Old Freefall Survival Stories...?  

    By two40, December 30, 2006
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    • RogerRamjet
    • January 8, 2007

76. Rigging The Reflex  

    By gofastrlbrown, March 24, 2008
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    • Rover
    • March 27, 2008

77. Mile Hi 1990s vids  

    By alinton, December 2, 2012
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    • oldwomanc6
    • December 3, 2012

78. Rigid wing jump english channel  

    By bradandskydoc, June 9, 2006
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • June 10, 2006

79. Anyone jump in the 1970s in Montreal?  

    By gingergal, October 23, 2014
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    • chuteless
    • October 28, 2014

80. for those who might have missed it in a previous post.  

    By riggermick, September 30, 2004
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    • mjosparky
    • October 1, 2004

81. When did your school convert to PCs for students?  

    By riggerrob, December 5, 2015
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    • johnhking1
    • December 19, 2015

82. 1912  

    By skypuppy, May 17, 2009
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    • LongWayToFall
    • May 20, 2009

83. Femlin, Playboy, Skydiving  

    By DFWAJG, November 3, 2007
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    • low_pull1
    • November 13, 2007

84. Vol. 1 #1 Summer 1964  

    By Squeak, April 17, 2012
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • April 19, 2012

85. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b, May 29, 2022
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    • skybill
    • June 20, 2022

86. Can Any Old Time Texas Jumpers Help  

    By moggybean, June 19, 2012
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    • drjump
    • June 19, 2012

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

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

88. 5-21-11  

    By ih8ppull, May 23, 2011
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    • JohnRich
    • May 24, 2011

89. Where he is now  

    By CFPasi, May 2, 2004
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    • scotttodaro
    • May 19, 2004

90. Official Cossey Update & Information  

    By Cossey, May 9, 2013
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    • WGore
    • May 17, 2013

91. Skydiving Hall of Fame weekend  

    By Douggarr, September 19, 2015
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    • patmoore
    • October 8, 2015

92. First parachute patent anniversary today 11october  

    By piisfish, October 11, 2012
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    • oldwomanc6
    • October 13, 2012

93. Intl Volunteer Parachutists Assn Oct 1950  

    By 377, June 30, 2016
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    • obelixtim
    • July 5, 2016

94. Carl Boenish Documentary ALMOST FINISHED  

    By modernmarah, September 21, 2013
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • September 21, 2013

95. Bendix Airfield  

    By LouYoung, April 20, 2004
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    • LouYoung
    • April 20, 2004

96. Daniel Katz Missing - Found  

    By JSBIRD, September 23, 2008
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    • ltdiver
    • September 24, 2008

97. Filming Gypsy Moths  

    By hardarch, March 18, 2015
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    • gunpaq
    • March 18, 2015

98. First 8 Man 'Link Up' In Europe in July 1970  

    By Adriandavies, March 3, 2006
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    • RogerRamjet
    • March 7, 2006

99. jumping the UT-15 rig  

    By pchapman, September 28, 2010
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    • obelixtim
    • October 1, 2010

100. Where were you at 00:00, 01,01,09??  

     By skybill, January 1, 2009
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     • efs4ever
     • January 7, 2009