Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. So it's a small, small world...  

   By diablopilot, May 22, 2009
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   • chuckakers
   • May 28, 2009

2. So long Hinckley...  

   By firemaster, December 7, 2010
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   • mjosparky
   • December 10, 2010

3. So what is this vintage military gear?  

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

4. Solano County Parachute Club TV news story from 1964  

   By ficus, February 12, 2009
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   • mccurley
   • February 12, 2009

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

   By davidlayne, January 12, 2008
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   • upndownshop
   • January 14, 2008

6. some more 1980's Perris pictures  

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

7. Some more old Pics from RW  

   By efs4ever, August 9, 2005
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   • efs4ever
   • August 11, 2005

8. Some nice pics  

   By Beerlight, March 19, 2010
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   • lodestar
   • March 23, 2010

9. Some old Deland folk...  

   By piper17, January 1, 2008
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   • billabx
   • January 1, 2008

10. Some old photos  

    By indyz, September 8, 2008
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    • indyz
    • September 8, 2008

11. Some skydivers are real dummies   1 2

    By ZigZagMarquis, December 27, 2010
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    • DSE
    • January 20, 2011

12. Some Vintage Canopy jump pics  

    By Beatnik, June 7, 2009
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    • Beatnik
    • August 22, 2009

13. Something fun for your kids at the DZ  

    By ripcordbk, March 19, 2012
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    • Monkeysdaughter
    • March 23, 2012

14. Something Old  

    By Usetawuz, July 20, 2016
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    • Usetawuz
    • July 20, 2016

15. Something you don't see everyday...  

    By SEREJumper, January 10, 2013
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    • andrewhilton
    • January 25, 2013

16. Sorry  

    By jaymundo, May 10, 2008
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    • sfullerman
    • May 12, 2008

17. Sorta, way back . . .  

    By NickDG, February 25, 2004
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    • airtwardo
    • February 27, 2004

18. South Dakota Jumpers  

    By Krip, February 12, 2012
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    • Krip
    • February 12, 2012

19. Southern Cross  

    By drjump, January 15, 2012
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • January 16, 2012

20. Southern Cross DC3. Status?  

    By 377, February 14, 2008
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    • BillyVance
    • April 1, 2008

21. Southern Parachute Center  

    By jaymundo, September 3, 2009
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    • nndefense
    • May 28, 2019

22. Speed star records  

    By Orange1, December 27, 2005
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    • Joellercoaster
    • January 4, 2006

23. Spetsnaz - cold war records and jumping  

    By mr2mk1g, January 19, 2010
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    • Gene03
    • January 24, 2010

24. Spring Creek Parachute Ranch Waller TX  

    By pcrt, May 6, 2007
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    • sweetsagan
    • March 25, 2019

25. Square hand deploy Pilot Chute  

    By jimmytavino, January 1, 2008
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    • wmw999
    • January 2, 2008

26. St Croix Valley Skydiving Club-Osceola, Wis   1 2 3 4 5

    By PROGRESSIVE, November 27, 2003
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    • Peter Anderson
    • August 13, 2023

27. St. Michael, patron Saint of parachutists.  

    By metalslug, December 22, 2003
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    • Deuce
    • February 20, 2004

28. Stable spread  

    By nacmacfeegle, December 9, 2002
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    • DBCOOPER
    • September 27, 2011

29. Star Crest Awards -- Please check in   1 2

    By Douggarr, July 31, 2009
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    • Jim_Hooper
    • August 12, 2009

30. Starlite rig on E-Bay!  

    By anj4de, December 17, 2011
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    • Krip
    • December 21, 2011

31. start of "BOOGIE"   1 2

    By jtval, May 20, 2003
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    • SCS292
    • April 25, 2014

32. state of the sport paracuting in 2007  

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

33. Static Line  

    By howardwhite, September 28, 2010
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    • lucky508
    • September 29, 2010

34. Static lining students from a helicopter  

    By pchapman, February 26, 2008
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    • jimp
    • February 29, 2008

35. Statistics on skydiving  

    By AirMail, April 16, 2003
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    • DBCOOPER
    • September 27, 2011

36. Stearman rodeo  

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

37. Sted, NV  

    By jwilson, May 14, 2003
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    • jwilson
    • May 15, 2003

38. Steering a round?  

    By Divalent, April 25, 2011
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    • lekstrom10k
    • April 25, 2011

39. Steve Moore, UK???  

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

40. Steve Morrell, Saudi Cliff Strike 1988  

    By wallet55, September 23, 2012
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    • wallet55
    • September 23, 2012

41. Steve Snyder  

    By captain1976, January 8, 2010
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    • captain1976
    • March 17, 2010

42. Steve VanCleave  

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

43. Stolen gear stories with happy endings  

    By Krip, September 20, 2011
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    • pchapman
    • September 25, 2011

44. Stone Mountain Meet '65  

    By wdy_bnckr, August 11, 2008
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    • wdy_bnckr
    • August 11, 2008

45. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo, September 14, 2003
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    • StrmvlFrenchie
    • January 7, 2022

46. Story's for TV show involving Chance and coincidence  

    By borgy, July 7, 2006
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    • warpedskydiver
    • July 22, 2006

47. Strange jumpship indeed  

    By 377, July 20, 2005
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    • airtwardo
    • August 4, 2005

48. Stuart Rose  

    By wartload, October 4, 2005
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    • wartload
    • October 4, 2005

49. Student retention rate on S/l  

    By Krip, February 10, 2012
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    • skyrider
    • March 15, 2012

50. Stumbled onto some cool o' pics  

    By chuckakers, November 20, 2008
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    • DBCOOPER
    • December 13, 2008

51. Stump the Chumps?  

    By NickDG, June 14, 2010
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    • Pawl
    • July 1, 2010

52. Stupid airplane tricks  

    By rapter, August 30, 2006
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    • jaymundo
    • September 11, 2006

53. stylemaster  

    By John_snurkowski, January 4, 2015
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    • John_snurkowski
    • January 14, 2015

54. Sugar Alpha   1 2

    By skyjumpenfool, January 3, 2009
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    • skydived19006
    • July 8, 2016

55. Suited up way back in 1975 or 1976  

    By cloud9, September 28, 2013
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    • cloud9
    • September 29, 2013

56. Suits: Thunderbolt, Balloon, etc.   1 2

    By flyingferret, November 4, 2004
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    • airtwardo
    • December 18, 2005

57. Sunset? loads  

    By Krip, May 22, 2011
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    • SWIMDOC
    • December 17, 2014

58. Susan Joerns aka Susan Clements  

    By nndefense, September 29, 2010
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    • dks13827
    • October 17, 2010

59. Suspensions   1 2 3 4

    By skypuppy, February 23, 2003
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    • chuteless
    • September 9, 2008

60. Suzie Newman  

    By frawley308, April 30, 2007
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • May 1, 2007

61. T-Shirt  

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

62. Taft Connie jumpship 1965, details???  

    By 377, July 15, 2005
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    • johnjds
    • March 21, 2016

63. Talhequa turf creepers and dead ant  

    By nndefense, August 8, 2010
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    • airtwardo
    • August 22, 2010

64. talk about a BIG DOUGLAS...  

    By 377, August 31, 2008
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    • 377
    • September 2, 2008

65. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin, April 6, 2023
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    • wmw999
    • April 8, 2023

66. Tandem Passenger  

    By kkeenan, April 17, 2007
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    • spanky39154
    • May 21, 2007

67. tandem rw  

    By skypuppy, April 28, 2014
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • May 5, 2014

68. Tandem the Hard Way  

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

69. Tangent Vector:  

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

70. TBT on FB  

    By efs4ever, September 10, 2014
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    • efs4ever
    • September 10, 2014

71. Team USA RW 1981 Z-Hills  

    By meakins, April 29, 2009
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    • Wenger
    • May 1, 2009

72. Technology....uhhh,use it!  

    By sfullerman, September 23, 2005
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    • Tink1717
    • September 23, 2005

73. ted strong & bill booth working together?  

    By feuergnom, September 23, 2005
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    • feuergnom
    • October 4, 2005

74. Teddy Mayfield in the news again  

    By SStewart, January 21, 2010
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    • steve1
    • January 21, 2010

75. Tell me what this SkyFest is?  

    By upndownshop, January 14, 2008
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    • SwampThing
    • January 15, 2008

76. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de, December 15, 2012
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    • EPalumbo
    • July 20, 2021

77. Ten Years After . . .  

    By NickDG, May 28, 2004
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    • airdweller
    • June 2, 2004

78. Texas "Old Timers"  

    By markd_nscr986, December 19, 2005
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    • fastphil
    • September 5, 2006

79. Texas Skydiving Association  

    By AggieDave, February 9, 2006
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    • Crossbow
    • March 30, 2009

80. Texxas 20 way McGregor   1 2 3 4

    By efs4ever, December 6, 2005
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    • SlowHDRider
    • March 2, 2010

81. The 'original' Mr. Bill jump!  

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

82. The "Other" Hornet ?  

    By tbrown, June 20, 2004
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    • diablopilot
    • July 1, 2004

83. The Art of vRW - Pat Works - looking for some pages  

    By Maxx, June 11, 2018
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    • Maxx
    • June 13, 2018

84. The Avenger  

    By Erroll, November 30, 2007
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    • badbob
    • January 14, 2008

85. The Bard of B.A.S.E --NickDG  

    By patworks, June 9, 2013
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    • patworks
    • July 2, 2013

86. The Chute Shop, Flemington NJ  

    By phildthedildo, August 27, 2008
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    • 377
    • September 5, 2008

87. The circumstances of RW Forty-one years ago: The First World Cup of RW is announced!  

    By patworks, January 25, 2014
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    • councilman24
    • June 9, 2014

88. The Comet.   1 2

    By HiettEarp, November 10, 2004
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    • johnmatrix
    • September 17, 2012

89. The Dave Gold Parachute Collection  

    By councilman24, November 2, 2007
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    • councilman24
    • November 2, 2007

90. The day B.J. Worth almost died.  

    By steve1, August 17, 2003
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    • mikeat10500
    • August 19, 2003

91. The day the Arava left Otay  

    By sornyd, January 26, 2009
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    • Mr.Bill
    • September 22, 2011

92. The DropZone Obituaries   1 2 3

    By Bodhisattva420, July 20, 2013
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    • Unstable
    • May 14, 2017

93. The Fan Man - 10 years ago  

    By lawrocket, November 10, 2003
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    • Newbie
    • November 17, 2003

94. The first glider jump?  

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

95. The First Tandem  

    By tonybrogdon, June 19, 2008
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    • councilman24
    • June 20, 2008

96. the Flying Elvis's   1 2 3

    By nitrochute, February 3, 2010
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    • BillyVance
    • February 24, 2010

97. the forefathers   1 2

    By johnnyboydan, April 10, 2005
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    • wartload
    • April 20, 2005

98. The Good Ole Days   1 2

    By smooth, March 12, 2003
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    • oldfart
    • February 10, 2004

99. The great matress jump  

    By patworks, November 28, 2008
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    • DavidB
    • December 4, 2008

100. The greatest generation is fading fast.   1 2

     By Krip, July 4, 2013
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     • WGore
     • September 6, 2013