Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Closing tool  

   By howardwhite, January 28, 2009
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   • JerryBaumchen
   • January 30, 2009

2. El Capitain  

   By gharendza, April 27, 2010
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   • quade
   • April 29, 2010

3. red devils and golden knights circa 1965  

   By FlailingJohn, April 27, 2010
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   • SCR216
   • May 2, 2010

4. Old Timers Reunion website  

   By upndownshop, January 23, 2006
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   • airtwardo
   • January 25, 2006

5. Beeches over Perris  

   By howardwhite, April 9, 2007
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   • Zing
   • April 10, 2007

6. What is this plane #? ?  

   By howardwhite, March 7, 2009
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   • riggerrob
   • March 16, 2009

7. A highlight from Quincy 93  

   By Bob_Church, October 14, 2017
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   • Bob_Church
   • November 20, 2017

8. You know you've been a skydiver for most of your life when.  

   By Bob_Church, December 1, 2017
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   • flyhi
   • December 7, 2017

9. great stories compilation  

   By douggs, February 9, 2008
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   • bozo
   • February 10, 2008

10. Keith Damm ?  

    By MikeGerwig, March 14, 2009
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    • Mr.Bill
    • October 28, 2011

11. Another memory picture from old old Spaceland  

    By efs4ever, March 14, 2009
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    • Mbranch202
    • May 13, 2009

12. Bede Wing  

    By micro, February 12, 2006
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    • nitrochute
    • February 15, 2006

13. Anybody 60+ ever compete or win a medal in 4-way?  

    By elightle, January 4, 2012
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    • elightle
    • January 9, 2012

14. 1964 Para-Commander MK1 Serial# 64736  

    By SEREJumper, April 11, 2009
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    • stratostar
    • April 16, 2009

15. Pelican Skydiver's Reunion Sept 18th  

    By 3331, July 1, 2010
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    • 3331
    • September 20, 2010

16. Old time lost praire jumper question  

    By 2ndgensteinke, June 6, 2007
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    • BigSky
    • June 9, 2007

17. conventional rigs without a chest strap?  

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

18. What is this plane #5476  

    By mjosparky, March 15, 2008
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    • mjosparky
    • March 17, 2008

19. what jumpship is this?  

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

20. New SOS Number  

    By Krip, June 23, 2007
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    • airtwardo
    • June 24, 2007

21. where is Carl Beck or Sherry Kolander  

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

22. AAD  

    By howardwhite, August 24, 2010
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    • RogerRamjet
    • August 26, 2010

23. Tiger Moth 8-way attempt  

    By howardwhite, June 26, 2007
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    • Kiwi55
    • July 11, 2007

24. PARACHUTIST MAGAZINE Issue #1  

    By docjohn, May 5, 2006
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    • howardwhite
    • May 18, 2006

25. DB Cooper  

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

26. Sew-on 5 cell to 7 cell conversion  

    By pchapman, January 14, 2005
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    • usedtajump
    • January 21, 2005

27. Pictures of a C-9a and Cessna 175  

    By lekstrom10k, August 6, 2007
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    • RogerRamjet
    • August 9, 2007

28. 6 june 1942, 1st nylon parachute jump  

    By piisfish, June 7, 2012
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    • tonybrogdon
    • June 16, 2012

29. Name the: National Champion Skydiver  

    By airtwardo, April 18, 2008
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    • airtwardo
    • April 23, 2008

30. Do you think our club has a drinking problem?  

    By steve1, February 9, 2005
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    • alw
    • April 13, 2005

31. "Hullo, there below"  

    By howardwhite, July 21, 2009
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    • November 12, 2015

32. 007 Don Henderson in Hospice Care  

    By MissBuffDiver, November 24, 2010
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    • MissBuffDiver
    • November 29, 2010

33. "Amazing and Stupendous" new canopy  

    By howardwhite, September 3, 2007
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    • WGore
    • January 3, 2008

34. D.B. Cooper Certificate of Achievement  

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

35. Caledonian Graphics t-shirts from back in the day  

    By SkymonkeyONE, September 7, 2007
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    • CReWGEEK
    • September 16, 2007

36. Skydiving in 1960  

    By dks13827, August 18, 2009
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    • WGore
    • August 24, 2009

37. 4way history needed  

    By darkwing, July 1, 2003
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    • steve1
    • February 13, 2007

38. Vintage parachute press?  

    By SEREJumper, January 7, 2011
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • January 15, 2011

39. Religious faith & old reserve pilot chutes / Pioneer production sites  

    By pchapman, July 23, 2008
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • July 30, 2008

40. What is this canopy? #5  

    By howardwhite, September 25, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • September 28, 2007

41. Hammond LA 1967  

    By blumax008, January 18, 2011
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    • bravoniner
    • August 23, 2012

42. What is this plane? #9  

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

43. Green Star Express  

    By tonybrogdon, August 2, 2008
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    • keithbar
    • August 26, 2008

44. Dayton International AirShow Demo.  

    By airtwardo, August 28, 2003
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    • YahooLV
    • September 1, 2003

45. Name the Judges  

    By wdy_bnckr, August 12, 2008
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    • mjosparky
    • August 18, 2008

46. Name the Designer  

    By debonair, October 4, 2007
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    • tbdavis1
    • October 11, 2007

47. Packing a POD?  

    By lucky508, August 20, 2008
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    • vanair
    • September 25, 2008

48. Please take part in this undergraduate study.  

    By mmilton.05saa, December 10, 2012
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    • BIGUN
    • December 20, 2012

49. Bill Cole's Last Jump 6 Aug 07  

    By Beatnik, October 13, 2007
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    • chuteless
    • October 15, 2007

50. Heeres BOB (Sinclair)  

    By efs4ever, October 17, 2003
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    • Tinkerbelle
    • February 17, 2004

51. Who, Where, When??  

    By skyjumpenfool, December 13, 2009
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    • smooth
    • December 26, 2012

52. What is this plane? #14  

    By howardwhite, November 5, 2007
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    • 377
    • November 9, 2007

53. Interesting Statistics of our industry  

    By MikeTJumps, July 5, 2005
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    • kallend
    • July 12, 2005

54. early sport automatic opener history PART 1  

    By chuteshack, April 19, 2013
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    • propblast
    • April 25, 2013

55. What is this canopy?  

    By SEREJumper, January 11, 2010
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    • SEREJumper
    • March 9, 2010

56. Andrew Throton - The Cocaine Parachutist  

    By stratostar, May 11, 2013
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    • Niki1
    • May 25, 2013

57. Any earlier CReW than 1975?  

    By patworks, June 11, 2013
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    • SkydiveJack
    • June 22, 2013

58. Interesting Double MA-1 Pilot chute hesitation footage  

    By SEREJumper, November 10, 2008
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    • blongb
    • November 12, 2008

59. Airborne Songs & Poems  

    By steve1, February 16, 2010
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    • steve1
    • February 18, 2010

60. Is Bob Hail a myth?  

    By FrogNog, September 6, 2005
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    • Klslittlebuddy
    • March 21, 2015

61. Do you recognize this guy?  

    By JumpUpMyAss, February 21, 2010
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    • drjump
    • February 22, 2010

62. 1965 Crossbow Canopy Help  

    By captain1976, July 30, 2013
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    • steve1
    • March 9, 2017

63. Of interest to Aggies  

    By efs4ever, December 21, 2008
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    • faulknerwn
    • December 24, 2008

64. anyone remember martha huddleston from texas??  

    By nitrochute, April 12, 2004
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    • scottmyers
    • January 10, 2006

65. Skydiving, criminal activity  

    By DSE, October 5, 2011
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    • Nigel
    • May 29, 2012

66. Free for nothing....shroud line knife  

    By lodestar, March 27, 2010
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    • usedtajump
    • March 29, 2010

67. Ripcord pull force (re Poynter's manual)  

    By johnmatrix, October 14, 2011
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    • mjosparky
    • October 18, 2011

68. Round Robins  

    By rapter, October 15, 2011
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    • mjosparky
    • October 18, 2011

69. Short film '58 World Meet  

    By JerryBaumchen, October 6, 2013
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    • airdvr
    • October 10, 2013

70. Remember this movie?  

    By howardwhite, April 5, 2010
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    • mccurley
    • April 9, 2010

71. Fielding passes  

    By mjosparky, March 10, 2007
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    • MissBuffDiver
    • March 17, 2007

72. aerial drug delivery  

    By dumstuntzz, January 10, 2008
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    • chuckakers
    • January 21, 2008

73. Skratch Garrison and Dave DeWolf?  

    By steve1, August 2, 2004
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    • Genego
    • October 22, 2004

74. silvana wa crash august 21 1983  

    By ericleverenz, December 5, 2011
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • December 7, 2011

75. Paracommander Mk.1 all black!  

    By anj4de, December 8, 2011
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    • kd5xb
    • December 10, 2011

76. Older Vid, some might enjoy?  

    By ChrisD, March 4, 2014
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    • drjump
    • March 11, 2014

77. Was digging thru some old shit  

    By akarunway, May 16, 2010
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    • NickDG
    • May 20, 2010

78. 1926 Aviation magazine cover  

    By indyz, February 8, 2006
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    • skypuppy
    • March 10, 2006

79. Quick Attach Seat Parachute  

    By SEREJumper, December 11, 2011
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    • riggerrob
    • December 14, 2011

80. Skydiving Trivia Question  

    By BIGUN, April 27, 2007
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • April 27, 2007

81. Starlite rig on E-Bay!  

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

82. Classic Jump Suits  

    By anj4de, December 26, 2011
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • January 12, 2012

83. Stump the Chumps?  

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

84. What is this canopy release? #2  

    By howardwhite, February 21, 2008
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    • monkycndo
    • February 25, 2008

85. Selections by Mike McGowen  

    By Bob_Church, July 7, 2018
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • April 15, 2019

86. Static lining students from a helicopter  

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

87. Old Friends  

    By lodestar, March 2, 2008
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    • itllclear
    • March 5, 2008

88. hysterical pics from z-hills/rainbow wis @65-75  

    By lodestar, March 4, 2008
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    • stratostar
    • March 7, 2008

89. Second Generation Jumpers  

    By Splat63, June 9, 2007
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    • Splat63
    • July 2, 2007

90. Franz Reichelt - Feb 4. 1912  

    By format, February 3, 2012
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    • oldwomanc6
    • February 7, 2012

91. Mitch Decoteau  

    By BKR, April 13, 2006
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    • DrSher
    • September 15, 2016

92. what is this canopy #whatever too  

    By pchapman, March 17, 2008
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    • Danger
    • March 18, 2008

93. stylemaster  

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

94. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo, February 29, 2012
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    • ebes
    • October 19, 2021

95. Accuracy  

    By howardwhite, July 10, 2007
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    • howardwhite
    • July 11, 2007

96. Thunder Chicken  

    By howardwhite, April 1, 2008
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    • SKYWHUFFO
    • April 3, 2008

97. Military Parachuting in the USA  

    By ribizligizi, September 27, 2010
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    • patmoore
    • October 13, 2010

98. John Wasik 1967, Rockledge Florida  

    By kai2k1, April 12, 2008
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    • muff528
    • September 24, 2017

99. Susan Joerns aka Susan Clements  

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

100. Artwardo Isn't The Only One Who Has Good Looking Legs!  

     By steve1, January 20, 2005
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     • steve1
     • February 9, 2005