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1. What is this plane? #27   1 2

   By howardwhite, January 30, 2008
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   • Beerlight
   • February 13, 2008

2. What is this plane? #28  

   By howardwhite, February 26, 2008
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   • February 29, 2008

3. What is this plane? #29  

   By howardwhite, March 3, 2008
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   • howardwhite
   • March 4, 2008

4. What is this plane? #3  

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

5. What is this plane? #30  

   By howardwhite, March 12, 2008
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   • howardwhite
   • March 15, 2008

6. What is this plane? #31   1 2

   By howardwhite, March 18, 2008
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   • Beerlight
   • April 10, 2008

7. What is this plane? #32  

   By howardwhite, March 18, 2008
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   • Amazon
   • March 19, 2008

8. What is this plane? #32  

   By howardwhite, April 15, 2008
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   • jimp
   • June 6, 2008

9. What is this plane? #33  

   By howardwhite, May 24, 2008
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   • howardwhite
   • May 27, 2008

10. What is this plane? #33  

    By howardwhite, October 18, 2008
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    • mjosparky
    • October 19, 2008

11. What is this plane? #34  

    By howardwhite, June 16, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • June 19, 2008

12. What is this plane? #4  

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

13. What is this plane? #5  

    By howardwhite, September 8, 2007
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    • drakkar
    • March 16, 2017

14. What is this plane? #6  

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

15. What is this plane? #7  

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

16. What is this plane? #8  

    By howardwhite, September 12, 2007
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    • lurch
    • January 25, 2008

17. What is this plane? #9  

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

18. What is this plane?#123  

    By howardwhite, January 5, 2009
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    • howardwhite
    • January 8, 2009

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

    By ZigZagMarquis, January 3, 2008
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    • juggalo
    • January 15, 2008

20. What is this rig #3?  

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

21. What is this rig #323?  

    By DougH, February 4, 2008
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    • riggermick
    • February 12, 2008

22. What is this rig?  

    By howardwhite, August 18, 2009
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    • WGore
    • August 25, 2009

23. What is this rig?  

    By faulknerwn, November 3, 2007
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    • brokenwing
    • November 16, 2007

24. What is this rig? #2   1 2

    By howardwhite, November 30, 2007
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    • captain1976
    • December 5, 2010

25. What is this?  

    By howardwhite, February 20, 2010
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    • lucky508
    • February 22, 2010

26. what jumpship is this?  

    By skypuppy, May 8, 2009
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    • SkydiveJack
    • May 9, 2009

27. What jumpship?  

    By nigel99, June 17, 2009
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    • nigel99
    • June 20, 2009

28. What kind of aircraft  

    By slots, January 2, 2011
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    • 377
    • February 3, 2011

29. What kind of airplane  

    By ZigZagMarquis, December 31, 2010
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    • warpedskydiver
    • January 18, 2011

30. What kind of rig is this?  

    By indyz, January 28, 2009
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    • jimmytavino
    • January 28, 2009

31. What plane is this # 34  

    By stratostar, July 20, 2008
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    • riggerrob
    • July 22, 2008

32. What really happened to the Mission Mountain Wood Band?  

    By steve1, April 17, 2006
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    • steve1
    • June 19, 2006

33. What the hell is this....?  

    By hardarch, September 4, 2010
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    • Beatnik
    • January 3, 2015

34. What Video Was That?? Anyone??  

    By SonnyChiba, July 15, 2003
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    • mikkey
    • July 15, 2003

35. What was the make/model of Quincy Chopper '95?  

    By efs4ever, November 30, 2005
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    • riggerrob
    • December 1, 2005

36. What was your first canopy?   1 2 3 4 11

    By ralu, February 20, 2003
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    • NoMMO
    • May 24, 2003

37. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church, May 12, 2018
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    • skebenga
    • June 23, 2023

38. What we unpacked Saturday night  

    By faulknerwn, January 11, 2010
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    • dks13827
    • January 19, 2010

39. What year did your school introduce tandems?  

    By riggerrob, December 31, 2015
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    • riggerrob
    • December 31, 2015

40. What year is this rig?  

    By JerseyShawn, June 14, 2011
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    • JerseyShawn
    • June 14, 2011

41. What year was the first ten way star completed?  

    By jimmyh, January 28, 2005
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    • jimmyh
    • January 30, 2005

42. What's a Death Rig look like?   1 2

    By steve1, September 20, 2012
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    • ryoder
    • October 13, 2012

43. What's going on here?  

    By howardwhite, April 14, 2010
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    • howardwhite
    • April 21, 2010

44. What's happening here?   1 2

    By howardwhite, March 23, 2009
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    • Krip
    • March 28, 2009

45. What's missing from this pic? Where is it?  

    By efs4ever, April 1, 2004
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    • usedtajump
    • April 1, 2004

46. what's that from ?  

    By piisfish, November 18, 2008
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    • eric.fradet
    • January 1, 2009

47. What's the story of the Precision/Icarus/NZ Aero relationship?  

    By grue, October 3, 2013
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    • obelixtim
    • October 9, 2013

48. What's this plane #24  

    By stratostar, January 6, 2008
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    • stratostar
    • January 6, 2008

49. What's wrong with this chart?  

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

50. Whatever is this plane?  

    By howardwhite, December 16, 2008
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    • feuergnom
    • December 20, 2008

51. Whats really unique about this?  

    By upndownshop, March 29, 2006
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    • poppenhager
    • April 1, 2006

52. Whatzit?  

    By JohnRich, January 20, 2011
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    • steve1
    • January 24, 2011

53. Whatzit?  

    By JohnRich, April 8, 2010
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    • kkeenan
    • April 12, 2010

54. when and where?  

    By jdthomas, May 23, 2008
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • June 4, 2008

55. When did paid packing start?   1 2

    By steve1, August 31, 2011
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    • piisfish
    • September 22, 2011

56. When did wearing a sky diving patch go out of fashion.?   1 2

    By steve1, November 22, 2006
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    • goldwing
    • December 21, 2006

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

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

58. When did your school introduce AFF?  

    By riggerrob, December 29, 2015
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    • riggerrob
    • December 29, 2015

59. when From Wings Came Flight lit the flames of the planet’s flyers  

    By patworks, April 17, 2015
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    • mccurley
    • April 20, 2015

60. When I was a student  

    By davidlayne, October 11, 2004
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    • airtwardo
    • October 18, 2004

61. When patches certified status and proclaimed skill   1 2

    By patworks, October 12, 2012
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    • steve1
    • January 2, 2013

62. When the....  

    By councilman24, October 9, 2003
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    • mccurley
    • October 13, 2003

63. When was the first parachutist magazine published?  

    By SEREJumper, June 20, 2011
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    • councilman24
    • June 24, 2011

64. When was the last time ...   1 2

    By Divalent, August 28, 2011
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    • Divalent
    • October 4, 2011

65. When was the safest period in skydiving?  

    By dgw, January 5, 2012
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    • DBCOOPER
    • January 21, 2012

66. Where & when?  

    By DavidB, May 19, 2008
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    • skydance1954
    • May 30, 2008

67. Where & When? #2  

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

68. Where and when?  

    By howardwhite, May 28, 2008
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • May 30, 2008

69. Where and when? #1   1 2

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

70. Where and when.  

    By mjosparky, June 10, 2008
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    • councilman24
    • June 12, 2008

71. Where and Who?  

    By rdufokker, May 10, 2010
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    • zoobrothertom
    • May 14, 2010

72. Where are the Skydogs?  

    By fastfaller2, December 8, 2007
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    • fastfaller2
    • March 10, 2008

73. Where are these guys  

    By SCS422, January 21, 2012
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    • Periapt
    • August 20, 2012

74. Where are these guys?  

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

75. Where are they now?   1 2 3

    By RogerRamjet, July 13, 2004
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    • Guodian
    • June 23, 2017

76. Where are they now?  

    By CFPasi, January 14, 2006
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    • jhgoswitz
    • January 24, 2006

77. Where are they now??  

    By freekflyguy, January 6, 2004
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    • SteveW2399
    • October 6, 2005

78. Where are they now??  

    By CFPasi, August 19, 2004
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    • CFPasi
    • August 19, 2004

79. Where are they now???  

    By MissBuffDiver, June 14, 2010
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    • NickDG
    • June 14, 2010

80. where did the word "frap" come from?  

    By waltappel, May 14, 2006
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    • stitch
    • June 14, 2006

81. Where he is now  

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

82. where is Carl Beck or Sherry Kolander  

    By jrbirdmen, January 18, 2015
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    • SWIMDOC
    • May 27, 2015

83. Where is this DZ in Florida ?   1 2

    By 3331, March 29, 2010
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    • lodestar
    • December 2, 2011

84. Where is this sign located?   1 2 3

    By upndownshop, October 29, 2007
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    • upndownshop
    • November 2, 2007

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

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

86. where, when  

    By skypuppy, May 6, 2009
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    • skypuppy
    • May 13, 2009

87. Where's Bill Ottley - Respect your skydiving elders!   1 2

    By Tinkerbelle, March 26, 2004
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    • joyrider7
    • March 30, 2007

88. Where's the Southern Cross DC-3 now?   1 2 3

    By BillyVance, October 30, 2007
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    • deadwood
    • October 2, 2011

89. Where/when?  

    By howardwhite, October 24, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • October 27, 2008

90. Where/when? #2  

    By howardwhite, October 30, 2008
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • October 31, 2008

91. Where/when? #3  

    By howardwhite, November 13, 2008
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    • JSBIRD
    • December 5, 2008

92. Where/when? #4  

    By howardwhite, November 15, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • November 28, 2008

93. Which came first Buchman Eagle or Wonderhog?  

    By riggerrob, April 17, 2011
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    • RogerRamjet
    • May 4, 2011

94. Who 'deserves' an ash release dive ?  

    By metalslug, March 9, 2004
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    • smellysue
    • March 17, 2004

95. Who and where?  

    By howardwhite, October 23, 2007
    • 19 replies
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    • billabx
    • November 30, 2007

96. Who and where? #2  

    By howardwhite, May 7, 2008
    • 9 replies
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    • tbrown
    • May 11, 2008

97. Who and where? #2  

    By howardwhite, December 16, 2007
    • 19 replies
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    • davidlayne
    • December 17, 2007

98. Who and where? #3  

    By howardwhite, January 18, 2009
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    • mccurley
    • January 26, 2009

99. Who are these skydivers? 1970's  

    By JSBIRD, December 19, 2007
    • 9 replies
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    • 3331
    • December 19, 2007

100. Who are these Southern skydivers? 1970's  

     By JSBIRD, December 14, 2007
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     • havensiangst
     • December 23, 2007