Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Columbus Skydivers, Darbydale, Ohio  

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

2. Combat RW  

   By howardwhite, December 10, 2007
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   • howardwhite
   • February 28, 2008

3. Come to the CARNIVALE @ Sebastian April 10-13th 2008  

   By Laticia1, March 29, 2008
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   • zoobrothertom
   • March 30, 2008

4. Comet 228 canopy  

   By aj4218, December 29, 2010
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   • councilman24
   • December 31, 2010

5. Comp Paracommander on ebay  

   By councilman24, April 1, 2012
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   • Krip
   • April 2, 2012

6. Complete Rig Cheap   1 2

   By mjosparky, August 6, 2011
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   • CazOfDaGhetto
   • August 28, 2011

7. Concealed parachutes for movie stunts?  

   By riggerrob, November 20, 2007
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   • mr2mk1g
   • November 23, 2007

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

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

9. contact info for Bob Sprague needed  

   By peek, July 31, 2009
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   • captain1976
   • November 17, 2009

10. Contact info please  

    By base570, January 2, 2013
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    • base570
    • January 4, 2013

11. conventional rigs without a chest strap?  

    By pchapman, April 26, 2009
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • May 3, 2009

12. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331, January 10, 2021
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    • kleggo
    • April 29, 2021

13. Coolidge C-54 (Spotter archives)   1 2

    By howardwhite, March 21, 2007
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    • 33zulu
    • July 1, 2010

14. Cornwall 90's  

    By softnotes, January 9, 2008
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    • Adriandavies
    • January 9, 2008

15. Cost of a reserve repack?   1 2

    By steve1, March 2, 2011
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • March 17, 2011

16. Cost of your first rig   1 2 3

    By Krip, February 26, 2011
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    • lufkincy
    • July 3, 2013

17. Costa Rica Record  

    By firstime, May 4, 2005
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    • steve1
    • May 4, 2005

18. Costerison's farm   1 2

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

19. Cotton chest reserve pack tray/container?  

    By lucky508, February 19, 2010
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • February 21, 2010

20. Country skydive video!  

    By grimmie, April 21, 2009
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    • grimmie
    • April 25, 2009

21. Couple of Santa's helpers on the forum  

    By piisfish, January 4, 2012
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    • piisfish
    • January 5, 2012

22. Cowboys Caravan   1 2

    By cosmo22, April 13, 2008
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    • WGore
    • December 27, 2011

23. CPIC  

    By mjosparky, January 26, 2005
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    • mjosparky
    • January 28, 2005

24. Crabing  

    By tonybrogdon, December 26, 2008
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    • Gene03
    • January 4, 2009

25. craigs list find of the evening  

    By jdthomas, July 25, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • July 25, 2008

26. CReW "Old-Timers"??  

    By 1st8stkOrganizr, January 18, 2005
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    • 1st8stkOrganizr
    • January 31, 2005

27. Cross connector straps on round mains?  

    By SEREJumper, March 7, 2011
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    • chuteless
    • March 16, 2011

28. Cross post - Fathom movie ?  

    By DYEVOUT, August 4, 2003
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    • Amazon
    • August 4, 2003

29. Cross Post: Original BASE Patches  

    By TomAiello, November 30, 2003
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    • TomAiello
    • November 30, 2003

30. CRW -- '77 Nationals Boogie  

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

31. CRW / CF history  

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

32. CRW history  

    By CFPasi, February 24, 2006
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    • wmw999
    • February 24, 2006

33. CSM S. Matos  

    By kenneth21441, June 16, 2006
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    • CDRINF
    • June 16, 2006

34. Cunning Stunts  

    By juggalo, August 10, 2009
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    • 3331
    • August 20, 2009

35. Current Muff Brothers admin?  

    By jdobleman, November 8, 2016
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    • jdobleman
    • November 8, 2016

36. Curved Pin invented by Hank Aschiutto  

    By patworks, June 7, 2013
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • June 15, 2013

37. Cut out the 'push the DB Cooper thread down' posts??   1 2

    By pchapman, September 27, 2011
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    • DBCOOPER
    • January 2, 2012

38. D-Day Paratroopers  

    By djvelour, January 6, 2006
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    • kallend
    • January 18, 2006

39. D.B. Cooper Certificate of Achievement  

    By Chaos, December 23, 2015
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    • freeflyJoe
    • February 9, 2016

40. D.B. Cooper: Not “expert skydiver”  

    By patworks, July 2, 2013
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    • 3331
    • July 7, 2013

41. D~1   1 2

    By airtwardo, April 24, 2005
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    • livendive
    • August 5, 2005

42. D1   1 2

    By SKYWHUFFO, June 10, 2010
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    • Bob_Church
    • August 22, 2016

43. D628  

    By davidlayne, December 10, 2016
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    • davidlayne
    • December 10, 2016

44. Dactyl Manual Available!  

    By murrays, May 28, 2006
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    • pchapman
    • June 1, 2006

45. Dale Gates  

    By airdvr, January 23, 2010
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    • skypuppy
    • March 5, 2010

46. Dallas Demo Fatality (Rev.1)  

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

47. Dallas Demo Fatality...circa 1990s???  

    By BigM, February 10, 2006
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    • cpoxon
    • February 21, 2006

48. Daniel Katz Missing - Found  

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

49. Dar Robinson - Any memories?  

    By flyingferret, May 13, 2004
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    • rdufokker
    • December 8, 2019

50. Darbydale, OH, then and now  

    By PatrickW2, February 21, 2011
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    • jonstark
    • February 21, 2011

51. Darbydale, Ohio 1960s (Columbus Skydivers)  

    By PatrickW2, June 15, 2009
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    • 3331
    • June 18, 2009

52. Daryl Henry article "Command the Commander" online  

    By pchapman, July 13, 2010
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    • hardarch
    • July 29, 2010

53. Dave Clark  

    By Usetawuz, November 9, 2005
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    • jackylx21x
    • September 7, 2011

54. Dave Norcut's Kingair 200  

    By kruse, December 1, 2010
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    • kruse
    • December 1, 2010

55. dawgs?  

    By feuergnom, October 13, 2003
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    • feuergnom
    • October 13, 2003

56. DB Cooper   1 2

    By jtval, November 3, 2002
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    • skyjack71
    • November 13, 2006

57. DB Cooper  

    By SStewart, March 5, 2015
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    • BobKnoss
    • April 4, 2015

58. DB Cooper  

    By Teresa Patton Davis, July 6, 2020
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    • dudeman17
    • August 4, 2020

59. DB Cooper  

    By niteflier, December 6, 2011
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    • quade
    • December 6, 2011

60. DB Cooper 40th Anniversary Jumps  

    By Amazon, December 22, 2009
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    • Amazon
    • December 23, 2009

61. DB Cooper Case Closed  

    By Hooknswoop, July 13, 2016
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    • akarunway
    • September 11, 2016

62. DB COOPER identified ? Walter Reca - Michigan skydiver  

    By TREEZ, May 18, 2018
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    • slotperfect
    • July 30, 2018

63. DB Cooper it's own section  

    By rdufokker, November 3, 2010
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    • quade
    • November 3, 2010

64. DB Cooper Mystery "Solved"  

    By gonzalesna, December 8, 2011
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    • theonlyski
    • December 8, 2011

65. DB Cooper Number  

    By tomasurii, July 2, 2008
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    • quade
    • July 4, 2008

66. DB cooper numbers  

    By Krip, October 26, 2011
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    • Krip
    • November 2, 2011

67. DB cooper was...  

    By johan420, July 31, 2008
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    • quade
    • August 1, 2008

68. DBC  

    By jakebaustin, February 24, 2018
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69. DC-3  

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

70. DC-3 Memories  

    By ericber, March 22, 2004
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    • MrSoundman
    • September 4, 2004

71. DC-3's   1 2 3 4 7

    By historian, June 6, 2003
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    • propblast
    • November 25, 2013

72. DC-3's and D-18's   1 2 3

    By mjosparky, June 18, 2006
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    • bclark
    • August 28, 2006

73. DC3 and floaters  

    By davidlayne, July 26, 2011
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    • jimjumper
    • July 30, 2011

74. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump, May 26, 2005
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    • dudeman17
    • August 4, 2021

75. DC9 at Indiantown?  

    By howardwhite, August 31, 2006
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    • poppenhager
    • September 2, 2006

76. Debbie (Debra) Scadding 07/81   1 2

    By thora47, April 8, 2010
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    • Stickman
    • February 26, 2014

77. Deceased female relatives   1 2

    By skybytch, March 19, 2004
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    • lekstrom10k
    • April 21, 2011

78. Decker Farm Airport in Erwin Tennessee  

    By rmaden, January 15, 2005
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    • rmaden
    • January 15, 2005

79. Deer Valley, Phoenix early skydive operation  

    By rockcores, January 26, 2019
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    • sundevil777
    • February 1, 2019

80. Deland Easter Boogie 1984 25-way diamond  

    By sornyd, June 20, 2014
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    • jonstark
    • January 13, 2018

81. Delightful Deland  

    By billabx, November 30, 2007
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    • Spam54
    • September 9, 2011

82. Delta 2 Parawing Webpages  

    By andrewhilton, February 3, 2013
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    • andrewhilton
    • February 6, 2013

83. Delta II manual anyone?  

    By Beatnik, April 30, 2007
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    • lekstrom10k
    • May 1, 2007

84. Delta II Opening Shock Inhibitor (OSI)   1 2

    By Beatnik, January 20, 2014
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    • gowlerk
    • July 21, 2023

85. Demo  

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

86. Demo  

    By howardwhite, February 27, 2009
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    • stratostar
    • March 2, 2009

87. demo faux pas  

    By skypuppy, April 6, 2012
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    • chuteless
    • May 30, 2012

88. Denny "Bear" Gaynor died  

    By mjosparky, October 21, 2006
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    • tonybrogdon
    • February 5, 2007

89. Deployment systems for a Paracommander   1 2

    By dgw, November 6, 2011
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    • stratostar
    • February 21, 2012

90. Deployments and Jumping  

    By propblast, March 17, 2003
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    • DBCOOPER
    • September 27, 2011

91. Despiritely seeking Jim Hooper  

    By base281, July 7, 2008
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    • SkydiveJack
    • July 8, 2008

92. Dewayne Bruette  

    By scotttodaro, May 20, 2004
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    • jaymundo
    • May 20, 2004

93. DH Heron aircraft?  

    By darkwing, June 20, 2003
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    • howardwhite
    • March 12, 2010

94. Diamond makers  

    By CFPasi, January 1, 2005
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    • CFPasi
    • January 1, 2005

95. Diapers & reefing & deployment methods of later sport rounds?  

    By pchapman, September 17, 2009
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • October 8, 2009

96. Dick Enarson, D-226  

    By howardwhite, February 2, 2007
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    • jrbirdmen
    • January 18, 2015

97. Dick Enarson, D-226--CA Services  

    By howardwhite, February 16, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • February 16, 2007

98. Dick Fortenberry  

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

99. Dick Fortenberry D-38 & Author - Book Signing  

    By gsflyaway, October 20, 2011
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • October 24, 2011

100. Did Anyone Know . . . ??? NOTE: Corrected Name  

     By NickDG, September 22, 2008
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     • NickDG
     • September 22, 2008