Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Bill Booth; William Booth;William R. Booth---i don't get it  

   By N24, January 21, 2007
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   • happythoughts
   • January 28, 2007

2. Identify this please  

   By captain1976, October 3, 2011
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   • councilman24
   • November 8, 2011

3. Why is Mr.Bill called Mr.Bill?  

   By karrigirl, May 31, 2004
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   • vstone
   • April 6, 2009

4. D-Day Paratroopers  

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

5. Apple Valley Skydive  

   By ZigZagMarquis, February 16, 2009
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   • rmarshall234
   • December 31, 2010

6. Who jumped into the 1986 World Series, Red Sox at Mets, Game 6 ?  

   By PLFKING, August 8, 2004
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   • BillyVance
   • October 5, 2004

7. OK- HOW COLD WAS IT? jumping no door aircraft  

   By jackwallace, May 2, 2010
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   • skybill
   • May 19, 2010

8. Old "Batwing", wingsuit photos  

   By DSE, May 10, 2010
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   • SCR216
   • May 25, 2010

9. Mummied hand with ripcord  

   By lodestar, December 10, 2011
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   • rdufokker
   • January 9, 2012

10. golden knights question airborne??  

    By keithbar, April 3, 2009
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    • zoobrothertom
    • July 14, 2009

11. Bridge CRW  

    By howardwhite, March 7, 2008
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    • billk
    • July 15, 2008

12. Capewell release system  

    By scruffy, July 31, 2010
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    • airtwardo
    • August 14, 2010

13. Identify this canpoy (easy)  

    By likestojump, May 3, 2009
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    • riggerrob
    • May 6, 2009

14. parachutes incorporated  

    By nitrochute, April 13, 2006
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    • dudeman17
    • May 9, 2020

15. Grim Business  

    By cwickliffe, June 15, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • July 7, 2007

16. Rigger and Rig designer Denver 1970's  

    By flyboy6554, December 27, 2014
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    • Niki1
    • January 10, 2015

17. What is a pizza puke ParaCommander?  

    By pchapman, March 24, 2008
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    • longtall
    • August 19, 2008

18. Andrew Thornton II  

    By baronn, March 4, 2012
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    • airtwardo
    • March 11, 2012

19. Masters of the sky  

    By jaymundo, December 18, 2002
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • November 24, 2004

20. Just going through negatives. Year 1982  

    By efs4ever, May 9, 2006
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    • mjosparky
    • May 12, 2006

21. Home made Paracommander?  

    By anj4de, March 17, 2012
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    • ripcord4
    • June 20, 2012

22. Reserve Repack  

    By mjosparky, January 13, 2005
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    • nitrochute
    • January 15, 2005

23. Kittinger recognized!  

    By normiss, April 3, 2008
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    • Spooky52
    • June 5, 2013

24. Freak Brother numbers  

    By freakbrother, August 5, 2007
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    • JSBIRD
    • August 19, 2007

25. Lawn Chair Larry  

    By lawrocket, February 19, 2003
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    • Guest
    • May 2, 2003

26. 250 ft. Towers at Benning?  

    By steve1, August 14, 2007
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    • zoobrothertom
    • September 10, 2007

27. Skip Evans--Pilot  

    By ltdiver, May 14, 2008
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    • VectorBoy
    • November 16, 2008

28. Where & when?  

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

29. Joe Kittinger  

    By ASullivan, March 5, 2005
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    • happythoughts
    • March 9, 2005

30. how come department?  

    By chuteless, June 15, 2003
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    • racerman
    • April 19, 2013

31. Parachutist Magazine Profile -- Uncut, Full text  

    By patworks, September 18, 2012
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    • patworks
    • October 5, 2012

32. Jim Marshall (Vikings) skydiving info  

    By NEcrewDOG, July 3, 2003
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • April 22, 2014

33. Gary Douris  

    By mjosparky, September 4, 2009
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    • stayhigh
    • July 7, 2014

34. Mon Yough Skydiving/Parachuting  

    By JeffSkydiver, April 3, 2005
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    • gb1
    • September 18, 2017

35. Leap Frogs  

    By edjackson, September 26, 2007
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    • MikeRipcord
    • October 16, 2011

36. Airborne  

    By howardwhite, September 21, 2009
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    • lapster
    • March 9, 2010

37. Rubber chicken ...  

    By Beachbum, October 5, 2009
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    • DavidB
    • October 21, 2009

38. Freak Brother Reunion  

    By kallend, November 25, 2012
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    • RogerRamjet
    • October 17, 2014

39. 10-way speed star  

    By adietkin, May 3, 2005
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    • RogerRamjet
    • May 5, 2005

40. Sibling Freefall or CRW records  

    By Bsquared, May 5, 2005
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    • Zing
    • April 18, 2007

41. When the....  

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

42. How to make a small fortune in parachuting...  

    By Guru312, May 9, 2005
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    • May 24, 2005

43. Which came first Buchman Eagle or Wonderhog?  

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

44. Scary Stories from the 2000 decade :-) - Mick Evans  

    By mickey1982va, December 23, 2009
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    • Peej
    • January 12, 2010

45. Sunset? loads  

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

46. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin, March 17, 2024
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • March 26, 2024

47. Inn at Orange jumps  

    By howardwhite, January 29, 2010
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    • Trafficdiver
    • March 1, 2015

48. Combat RW  

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

49. what's that from ?  

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

50. Caterpillar Club  

    By docjohn, December 10, 2008
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    • davidlayne
    • December 30, 2008

51. Birthday: it's the 50th year since my first skydive.  

    By patworks, September 14, 2011
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    • 1888
    • September 23, 2011

52. OLD Jump Plane Locations  

    By propblast, August 17, 2013
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    • mjosparky
    • November 20, 2013

53. What is this Plane (Look Closley)  

    By usedtajump, January 10, 2008
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    • Gene03
    • January 11, 2008

54. Who, where, when?  

    By howardwhite, January 11, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • January 18, 2008

55. dyed round reserves?  

    By pchapman, November 15, 2011
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    • Krip
    • November 18, 2011

56. Worlds first 16 Man Diamond or (Sky Gods)  

    By RogerRamjet, January 24, 2006
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    • RogerRamjet
    • March 13, 2006

57. Texas Skydiving Association  

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

58. mAGOT / On / Airzona Airspeed  

    By gharendza, May 22, 2010
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    • Jumpah
    • July 7, 2010

59. Anyone else ever catch a bird in their canopy?  

    By ManBird, October 9, 2004
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    • Nickkk
    • June 4, 2005

60. Camera people  

    By howardwhite, May 14, 2007
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • August 14, 2007

61. Canopies, ~1962  

    By howardwhite, March 24, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • March 25, 2008

62. What does POD stand for?  

    By piisfish, May 2, 2006
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    • tbrown
    • May 23, 2006

63. What is this canopy? #32765  

    By howardwhite, June 9, 2009
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    • howardwhite
    • June 11, 2009

64. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247, May 18, 2015
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    • skyjenn
    • October 31, 2024

65. 1960 Fatality Info Please  

    By BigM, January 31, 2005
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    • mjosparky
    • February 4, 2005

66. 3 Way Wrap.IN CO.1983  

    By cosmo22, May 18, 2008
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    • cosmo22
    • May 22, 2008

67. Invitation to Raeford, NC  

    By Raefordite, May 12, 2003
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    • Raefordite
    • July 28, 2003

68. oldest solo skydiver?  

    By base570, February 21, 2005
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    • steve1
    • February 24, 2005

69. Should ParaCommanders be used only with cutaway systems?  

    By pchapman, December 7, 2015
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • December 18, 2015

70. Pics. Schrimsher, Smitty old stuff  

    By efs4ever, March 27, 2005
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    • BillyVance
    • April 1, 2005

71. "Back in the day..."  

    By kimemerson, September 11, 2007
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    • skyjack71
    • September 20, 2007

72. "Sensors" and Double Keel Paradactyls  

    By pchapman, September 14, 2009
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    • fossg
    • September 20, 2009

73. Reserve pack cycles  

    By Bob_Church, August 17, 2016
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    • councilman24
    • September 3, 2016

74. Stupid airplane tricks  

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

75. 1960s Para-Commander  

    By FlyingBlueJay, October 14, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • October 16, 2007

76. skydiving changes since 1982?  

    By jclalor, September 5, 2008
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    • Niki1
    • September 10, 2008

77. Doug Angel  

    By nitrochute, September 5, 2008
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    • katzas
    • February 1, 2015

78. 26' Strong LOPO in a Pioneer Super-Pro?  

    By SEREJumper, April 3, 2011
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    • mjosparky
    • April 6, 2011

79. Looking for information:Sparrow Canopy  

    By propblast, January 5, 2013
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    • propblast
    • April 11, 2014

80. rod packs chuteless jump(1965?)  

    By ripcordkid, October 30, 2003
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    • jimp
    • March 6, 2009

81. What is this plane? #13  

    By howardwhite, November 2, 2007
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    • Kiwi55
    • November 6, 2007

82. Joe Herman's impromptu Mr. Bill jump  

    By Liemberg, September 5, 2017
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    • MikeJD
    • September 20, 2017

83. Pink Floyd, where is he now??  

    By johnb250, November 4, 2006
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • February 4, 2010

84. Re: [BIGUN] Skydiving History - by Dr. Eco  

    By skyjack71, November 15, 2006
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    • Jim_Hooper
    • February 26, 2008

85. The Avenger  

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

86. RW TO FF  

    By jclalor, January 24, 2010
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    • patworks
    • January 30, 2010

87. What is this plane? #18  

    By howardwhite, December 5, 2007
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    • riggerrob
    • December 14, 2007

88. DC3 and floaters  

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

89. Cotton chest reserve pack tray/container?  

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

90. Can you identify this plane crash?  

    By JohnRich, August 28, 2011
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    • bravoniner
    • July 2, 2013

91. More Trivia: Anyone Ever Jump A Viking?  

    By ericber, March 23, 2004
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    • Tonto
    • June 1, 2004

92. WWII Airborne Demonstration Team C-47 Promotional Video  

    By davidlayne, March 8, 2010
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    • nitrochute
    • March 23, 2010

93. What is this plane #23  

    By AggieDave, January 3, 2008
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    • pilotdave
    • January 4, 2008

94. Para Plane Clouds  

    By tphilpin, June 8, 2004
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    • usedtajump
    • June 17, 2004

95. New year’s jump stories  

    By lucky508, December 31, 2013
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    • airtwardo
    • August 25, 2014

96. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe, March 28, 2019
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    • rdufokker
    • July 17, 2021

97. Question -- who jumped at the Houston Parachute Club and Galveston Skydivers, pre 1970's??  

    By patworks, January 13, 2014
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    • RuthAnnJack
    • August 30, 2022

98. Larry Arcadi - jumpers from 70's  

    By CFPasi, March 4, 2009
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    • Spooky52
    • October 9, 2012

99. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision, July 26, 2021
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    • Sawyserv
    • January 5, 2024

100. History of the closing pin necklace  

     By MikeJD, August 25, 2004
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     • riggermick
     • September 21, 2004