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Who did what, when and where? Post and read about the trend-setters, old-schoolers, and even the new young guns. If you have questions about skydiving history or traditions, ask here.

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First Paradactyl Jump 1 2

By murrays, May 19, 2004
- 31 replies
- 10,784 views
- Ruckweiler
- March 18, 2021
Trying to reunite with the 7th Army Parachute Team {Germany} 1 2

By SyN1c4L, December 27, 2007
- 36 replies
- 10,698 views
- Krip
- October 28, 2011
Jumping a Strato Flyer - Hints please.. 1 2

By dgw, July 31, 2011
- 41 replies
- 10,670 views
- rmarshall234
- April 26, 2019
can one of you old-timers explain.... 1 2 3 4

By crotalus01, July 8, 2006
- 78 replies
- 10,649 views
- maggott
- May 30, 2007
Ever jump one of these?? 1 2 3 4 5

By steve1, January 23, 2005
- 100 replies
- 10,645 views
- wdy_bnckr
- March 15, 2005
the meaning of ... 1 2

By elias123, August 20, 2006
- 35 replies
- 10,626 views
- BIGUN
- August 27, 2019
Hey Freak Brother funky tune

By dgw, April 16, 2008
- 18 replies
- 10,611 views
- cosmo22
- May 11, 2008
The James Gang

By kallend, November 24, 2003
- 24 replies
- 10,586 views
- kallend
- June 10, 2006
Patches from back in the day. 1 2 3

By mjosparky, October 7, 2005
- 65 replies
- 10,568 views
- airtwardo
- December 23, 2006
Short Lined PC 1 2 3

By BlueSBDeath, November 28, 2005
- 50 replies
- 10,489 views
- drjump
- October 18, 2010
ZHills sign 1 2 3

By howardwhite, August 20, 2010
- 66 replies
- 10,487 views
- crustySCSA69
- September 6, 2011
What was your safest parachute? 1 2

By Bob_Church, May 12, 2018
- 41 replies
- 10,410 views
- skebenga
- June 23, 2023
Anyone famous sign off a jump? 1 2

By davidlayne, January 9, 2008
- 29 replies
- 10,408 views
- bozo
- February 19, 2008
Did Perry Stevens invent the RSL?

By 377, April 15, 2005
- 24 replies
- 10,391 views
- JerryBaumchen
- April 22, 2005
Irvin Delta2 Parawing 1 2

By andrewhilton, November 22, 2010
- 28 replies
- 10,385 views
- kcaero
- November 16, 2022
Costerison's farm 1 2

By rapter, August 28, 2006
- 29 replies
- 10,377 views
- GreenLight
- August 28, 2007
Kiss Pass Tradition 1 2

By ladyskydiver, November 1, 2006
- 31 replies
- 10,369 views
- jonstark
- June 5, 2008
Remember the Cobra 10? 1 2

By pcrt, January 9, 2007
- 26 replies
- 10,335 views
- pcrt
- October 25, 2016
I'm "In" . . . 1 2

By NickDG, June 6, 2005
- 26 replies
- 10,329 views
- GreenLight
- July 7, 2005
Z'hills in the eighties

By totalbodyflyer, January 31, 2010
- 19 replies
- 10,314 views
- totalbodyflyer
- February 24, 2010
Who When Where? 1 2

By darkwing, August 2, 2013
- 26 replies
- 10,311 views
- darkwing
- August 7, 2013
Accuracy 1 2

By howardwhite, October 19, 2010
- 35 replies
- 10,297 views
- Amazon
- October 26, 2010
Ejection seat chutes 1 2

By oldfart, January 25, 2004
- 30 replies
- 10,289 views
- breakalegortwo
- March 6, 2004
Looking for Z-Hills Cessna 196 Pictures (70's) 1 2

By RogerRamjet, November 4, 2006
- 34 replies
- 10,225 views
- ss89
- November 8, 2007
Any turbine DC3's operating out there? 1 2

By Trae, October 28, 2005
- 33 replies
- 10,213 views
- bob.dino
- March 8, 2006
What the hell is this....?

By hardarch, September 4, 2010
- 19 replies
- 10,212 views
- Beatnik
- January 3, 2015
John Wasik 1967, Rockledge Florida

By kai2k1, April 12, 2008
- 10 replies
- 10,172 views
- muff528
- September 24, 2017
Skydiving theme poems

By airtwardo, February 18, 2010
- 3 replies
- 10,171 views
- chuteless
- May 22, 2012
Paradactyl landing 1 2

By gjhdiver, June 12, 2007
- 48 replies
- 10,158 views
- RogerRamjet
- April 23, 2010
Who Invented The Slider 1 2

By JohnGraham, June 23, 2005
- 40 replies
- 10,121 views
- lodestar
- February 23, 2009
SCR, SCS, NSCR.

By kaneclan, July 14, 2003
- 21 replies
- 10,091 views
- kallend
- September 15, 2003
Interesting award or license numbers 1 2 3

By Bsquared, January 10, 2008
- 68 replies
- 10,031 views
- patworks
- February 26, 2010
Old Airplanes from "Back in the Day" where are they now 1 2 3

By Amazon, July 20, 2006
- 53 replies
- 10,028 views
- Beerlight
- September 13, 2007
DC-3 Memories

By ericber, March 22, 2004
- 21 replies
- 10,000 views
- MrSoundman
- September 4, 2004
Para-Plane pics 1 2

By wayne8577, January 3, 2006
- 31 replies
- 9,986 views
- czh6k3
- September 15, 2006
Aerobats - 3rd ID SPC, early '70's

By Zootographer, August 2, 2005
- 16 replies
- 9,980 views
- davidlayne
- July 12, 2017
Cost of your first rig 1 2 3

By Krip, February 26, 2011
- 53 replies
- 9,973 views
- lufkincy
- July 3, 2013
Where is this DZ in Florida ? 1 2

By 3331, March 29, 2010
- 46 replies
- 9,932 views
- lodestar
- December 2, 2011
Gypsy Moths Jump

By yjumpinoz, June 21, 2009
- 23 replies
- 9,906 views
- OldMan
- September 11, 2009
Cessnas in formation

By howardwhite, December 9, 2009
- 19 replies
- 9,835 views
- PROGRESSIVE
- February 28, 2012
Richmond Nationals Crash 1 2

By piper17, December 22, 2007
- 34 replies
- 9,830 views
- rwcat
- August 21, 2012
Faces from the Past. 1 2

By mjosparky, March 29, 2005
- 37 replies
- 9,812 views
- mjosparky
- April 21, 2005
Not DB Cooper

By howardwhite, March 30, 2009
- 23 replies
- 9,798 views
- JerryBaumchen
- April 1, 2009
Who's Made Civilian Jumps from Military Aircraft? 1 2

By wartload, April 26, 2005
- 26 replies
- 9,780 views
- beenthere
- May 30, 2005
Old pics 1 2

By airtwardo, September 25, 2009
- 46 replies
- 9,771 views
- DavidB
- October 1, 2009
Who remembers their Free lottery number 1 2 3

By Krip, July 10, 2011
- 57 replies
- 9,742 views
- skybill
- May 19, 2016
rod packs chuteless jump(1965?)

By ripcordkid, October 30, 2003
- 14 replies
- 9,695 views
- jimp
- March 6, 2009
Low Pass Stories... 1 2 3 4 5

By steve1, February 25, 2004
- 111 replies
- 9,688 views
- GeordieSkydiver
- January 12, 2006
Feb. 1934 Popular Mechanics article

By skypuppy, January 15, 2003
- 9 replies
- 9,648 views
- narcimund
- August 25, 2003
Freak Brothers the movie

By airdvr, June 15, 2013
- 17 replies
- 9,642 views
- skyjumpenfool
- June 28, 2013
Deland Easter Boogie 1984 25-way diamond

By sornyd, June 20, 2014
- 18 replies
- 9,634 views
- jonstark
- January 13, 2018
Hypothetical Burial in sky question

By pds, November 5, 2002
- 18 replies
- 9,599 views
- riggerrob
- January 11, 2012
Hang Dives 1 2

By tonybrogdon, October 2, 2004
- 30 replies
- 9,583 views
- airtwardo
- November 21, 2004
Parachutist magazine covers from 1957-Current

By SEREJumper, September 18, 2009
- 12 replies
- 9,548 views
- jim gentry
- July 18, 2020
Wally Gubbins

By Tink1717, May 23, 2006
- 13 replies
- 9,541 views
- squiffy
- June 5, 2006
Kansas Drop Zone History 1 2

By skydived19006, May 7, 2008
- 28 replies
- 9,491 views
- DENNISA
- June 26, 2008
"No Frills" Twin Beech movie clip 1 2

By Bsquared, December 23, 2007
- 32 replies
- 9,490 views
- rdufokker
- April 19, 2009
A break in the DB Cooper Case?

By 1001001sos, January 15, 2017
- 17 replies
- 9,482 views
- oldwomanc6
- March 11, 2017
Mon Yough Skydiving/Parachuting

By JeffSkydiver, April 3, 2005
- 15 replies
- 9,478 views
- gb1
- September 18, 2017
Post your round jumps 1 2

By Fearjoburg, February 24, 2013
- 45 replies
- 9,464 views
- patmoore
- July 11, 2013
Catastrophic experiment

By Rover, June 12, 2016
- 17 replies
- 9,451 views
- riggerrob
- June 29, 2016
"Leg" 1 2

By davidlayne, January 29, 2009
- 29 replies
- 9,451 views
- steve1
- March 16, 2009
flight of the phoenix 1 2

By keithbar, May 24, 2009
- 29 replies
- 9,353 views
- piper17
- June 4, 2009
Secret Gov't Parachute Conspiracy REVEALED . . . 1 2

By NickDG, March 19, 2009
- 44 replies
- 9,338 views
- DavidB
- March 29, 2009
post a picture of your favorite skydiving patch 1 2

By sonofapope, September 7, 2014
- 37 replies
- 9,331 views
- SWIMDOC
- May 20, 2015
Caterpillar Club

By docjohn, December 10, 2008
- 15 replies
- 9,327 views
- davidlayne
- December 30, 2008
World's First 8-Stack - photos

By 1st8stkOrganizr, January 2, 2005
- 24 replies
- 9,307 views
- SkydiveJack
- October 31, 2007
Freak Brother Reunion

By kallend, November 25, 2012
- 15 replies
- 9,292 views
- RogerRamjet
- October 17, 2014
Memories! 1 2

By airtwardo, August 6, 2005
- 28 replies
- 9,287 views
- steve1
- September 7, 2005
Towed Jumper 1 2

By Usetawuz, April 8, 2007
- 32 replies
- 9,287 views
- steve1
- October 17, 2011
Older Texas DZ's

By Krip, November 11, 2009
- 23 replies
- 9,260 views
- usedtajump
- January 4, 2010
PC over Antioch

By howardwhite, April 26, 2007
- 23 replies
- 9,259 views
- SWIMDOC
- May 13, 2015
Identify this canopy 1 2 3

By howardwhite, December 31, 2006
- 50 replies
- 9,244 views
- JerryBaumchen
- January 9, 2007
Have a look...

By kimemerson, October 8, 2008
- 22 replies
- 9,236 views
- SkydiveJack
- October 17, 2008
What is this plane? #5

By howardwhite, September 8, 2007
- 10 replies
- 9,159 views
- drakkar
- March 16, 2017
Formation names, and other stuff

By Orange1, February 25, 2007
- 12 replies
- 9,150 views
- howardwhite
- May 5, 2008
What is this plane? #31 1 2

By howardwhite, March 18, 2008
- 28 replies
- 9,141 views
- Beerlight
- April 10, 2008
Greene County, Georgia

By SansSuit, April 25, 2010
- 8 replies
- 9,141 views
- Greene
- June 2, 2010
PCA patch 1 2

By longtall, October 4, 2005
- 32 replies
- 9,137 views
- highspeeddirt
- October 2, 2006
is this what a Mae West looks like ?

By likestojump, August 22, 2008
- 24 replies
- 9,128 views
- nitrochute
- August 27, 2008
Oldest Dropzone in US?

By pwln, September 7, 2008
- 19 replies
- 9,122 views
- Greene
- September 18, 2008
'Mingo Porter

By Tink1717, September 18, 2004
- 13 replies
- 9,116 views
- piisfish
- September 22, 2011
Turkey Meet Ad -- Spotter 1 2

By howardwhite, March 14, 2007
- 32 replies
- 9,100 views
- JSBIRD
- October 26, 2007
Did the Para-commander "flare"? 1 2 3 4

By Junkers87, January 5, 2004
- 80 replies
- 9,092 views
- Neil7
- February 9, 2006
How hard was RW back in the day? 1 2

By DigitalDave, August 20, 2012
- 42 replies
- 9,088 views
- mjosparky
- October 7, 2012
Forget the old days. Scary Stories From Today! 1 2

By GreenLight, January 10, 2006
- 37 replies
- 9,088 views
- mjosparky
- August 5, 2012
Games, Songs and Rituals in our Sport 1 2

By MissBuffDiver, April 22, 2005
- 33 replies
- 9,085 views
- GreenLight
- May 25, 2005
Baldwin's Beaver 1 2

By dqpacker, March 27, 2009
- 42 replies
- 9,054 views
- poppenhager
- April 26, 2009
THUNDER CHICKEN

By SKYWHUFFO, July 26, 2007
- 9 replies
- 9,031 views
- acensor
- June 5, 2024
Can anyone identify this important clue?

By DarlaJones, May 20, 2013
- 13 replies
- 9,016 views
- BIGUN
- May 27, 2013
YORK SKYDIVERS 1976 NSCR STORY

By beets, March 12, 2012
- 24 replies
- 9,012 views
- mjosparky
- November 24, 2013
Mr. Douglas 1 2

By jumpwally, January 2, 2008
- 27 replies
- 9,003 views
- BillyVance
- January 8, 2008
Larry Arcadi - jumpers from 70's

By CFPasi, March 4, 2009
- 14 replies
- 8,982 views
- Spooky52
- October 9, 2012
25 Years Ago: January, 1980

By JohnRich, January 13, 2006
- 24 replies
- 8,935 views
- mjosparky
- January 31, 2006
Looking for a Dual keel dactyl 1 2

By mcGowan, October 30, 2007
- 35 replies
- 8,896 views
- andrewhilton
- October 15, 2009
Spring Creek Parachute Ranch Waller TX

By pcrt, May 6, 2007
- 20 replies
- 8,885 views
- sweetsagan
- March 25, 2019
The Good Ole Days 1 2

By smooth, March 12, 2003
- 35 replies
- 8,881 views
- oldfart
- February 10, 2004
Lawn Chair Larry

By lawrocket, February 19, 2003
- 15 replies
- 8,876 views
- Guest
- May 2, 2003
Some Vintage Canopy jump pics

By Beatnik, June 7, 2009
- 23 replies
- 8,816 views
- Beatnik
- August 22, 2009
Jumping Para-Commanders in high winds? 1 2

By pchapman, July 28, 2009
- 49 replies
- 8,815 views
- gunpaq
- November 9, 2013

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