Skydiving History & Trivia

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1. Jumbo PC just went to a lucky bidder...   1 2

   By anj4de, February 21, 2012
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   • Beatnik
   • February 25, 2012

2. Impact Survives  

   By fpritchett64, August 22, 2006
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   • jumpergirl
   • August 26, 2006

3. Sky Dive! The Movie, or was it Wings?  

   By PROGRESSIVE, November 30, 2006
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   • Swoopin43
   • December 5, 2006

4. Who and where? #2  

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

5. Turkey Meet 1973 - Z-Hills  

   By piper17, December 23, 2007
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   • piper17
   • December 29, 2007

6. One for Howard White  

   By lodestar, August 7, 2008
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   • SStewart
   • August 12, 2008

7. Bob Sinclar  

   By jackwallace, November 25, 2013
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   • Krip
   • January 25, 2014

8. OK - 80's skydivers...Need help with identifying this rig.  

   By jacketsdb23, December 31, 2009
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   • tonybrogdon
   • January 12, 2010

9. First 10 way star  

   By cutaway1, March 9, 2006
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   • skybill
   • March 20, 2006

10. "Hullo, there below"  

    By howardwhite, July 21, 2009
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    • 377
    • November 12, 2015

11. Identify this please  

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

12. Spetsnaz - cold war records and jumping  

    By mr2mk1g, January 19, 2010
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    • Gene03
    • January 24, 2010

13. Starlite rig on E-Bay!  

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

14. Who has been on the most SCR's?  

    By CrazyL, January 4, 2006
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    • RogerRamjet
    • January 17, 2006

15. Jimmy Lowe  

    By debonair, July 3, 2004
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • July 7, 2004

16. Tiger Moth 8-way attempt  

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

17. Bill Cole's Last Jump 6 Aug 07  

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

18. World record jumpers outside an aircraft...  

    By fcajump, March 12, 2017
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    • sundevil777
    • March 19, 2017

19. Bounce proofing your logbook - a tradition  

    By pchapman, October 28, 2013
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    • raftman
    • October 30, 2013

20. Double inverted exits  

    By fly, July 12, 2005
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    • Andrelr
    • July 23, 2005

21. Anyone remember Portia goggles?  

    By steve1, May 3, 2005
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    • MissBuffDiver
    • May 4, 2005

22. What is this canopy?  

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

23. How many landings in a jump plane   1 2

    By Krip, May 21, 2011
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    • tuffjump
    • May 28, 2011

24. What is this plane?  

    By howardwhite, August 12, 2007
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    • 377
    • August 15, 2007

25. Then and now  

    By bravoniner, August 27, 2012
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    • bravoniner
    • September 25, 2012

26. Inventor of "Snohomish Door" passes away  

    By NWFlyer, February 2, 2006
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    • Amazon
    • December 7, 2013

27. Who has jumped at the Most dropzones   1 2

    By hcsvader, July 7, 2011
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    • aerialfx
    • July 27, 2011

28. Jackie Savage Found Dead  

    By GreenLight, March 26, 2008
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    • GreenLight
    • April 11, 2008

29. Harness For A B4 Container  

    By propblast, July 15, 2013
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    • propblast
    • August 11, 2013

30. Carlos Wallace  

    By lufkincy, October 9, 2012
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    • lufkincy
    • July 5, 2013

31. Blue Rondo A La Turk  

    By nndefense, July 28, 2012
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    • nndefense
    • November 14, 2012

32. Joe Kittinger Jump from 120k (Video)  

    By chrismgtis, November 22, 2006
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    • Zing
    • November 27, 2006

33. Wonderhog and stratostar - I dare ya!  

    By councilman24, June 4, 2006
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    • zoobrothertom
    • August 11, 2006

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

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

35. Night RW  

    By SCS422, January 23, 2012
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    • obelixtim
    • February 6, 2012

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

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

37. Mummied hand with ripcord  

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

38. "New" UT-15 manual  

    By councilman24, November 19, 2016
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    • Droopey12
    • March 13, 2017

39. These canopies are?  

    By howardwhite, November 22, 2010
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    • racerman
    • November 28, 2010

40. Earl Cossey  

    By javelin1, March 17, 2008
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    • WGore
    • March 27, 2008

41. Fielding passes  

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

42. where is Carl Beck or Sherry Kolander  

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

43. 1961 Blimp Jump  

    By ripcordbk, March 12, 2012
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    • ripcordbk
    • August 25, 2013

44. Para Hawking  

    By danornan, December 21, 2012
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    • chuteless
    • December 30, 2012

45. A highlight from Quincy 93  

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

46. Trivia parachute  

    By Jazzman2, December 1, 2010
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    • skypuppy
    • December 10, 2010

47. Does anyone recognize this patch?  

    By flyhi, November 24, 2004
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    • howardwhite
    • September 24, 2007

48. Franz Reichelt - Feb 4. 1912  

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

49. Early Formation History '70s *Para Death Sky Dieing Equipment Catalogue*  

    By patworks, June 25, 2010
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    • NovaTTT
    • September 3, 2010

50. stylemaster  

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

51. anyone remember martha huddleston from texas??  

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

52. A jump cost  

    By JerryBaumchen, July 19, 2006
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    • wartload
    • August 18, 2006

53. JOS Jump  

    By lekstrom10k, June 18, 2014
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    • Rupe
    • June 24, 2014

54. Skydiving in "The Goods"  

    By howardwhite, August 12, 2009
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    • diablopilot
    • August 26, 2009

55. ted strong & bill booth working together?  

    By feuergnom, September 23, 2005
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    • feuergnom
    • October 4, 2005

56. early sport automatic opener history PART 1  

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

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

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

58. Where are they now??  

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

59. Who jumped in the most number of decades  

    By Krip, May 27, 2014
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    • Krip
    • June 13, 2014

60. Pics. Schrimsher, Smitty old stuff  

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

61. Who was the jumper? Jan 14 1967. SF HUMAN BE-IN  

    By 377, March 12, 2017
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    • megamalfunction
    • April 20, 2017

62. Jumpsuit Grippers  

    By patworks, November 30, 2012
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • December 1, 2012

63. Where/when? #3  

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

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

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

65. Wallace's DZ and Spa, Sunday, 1960s  

    By patworks, December 6, 2012
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    • steve1
    • March 11, 2013

66. Golden Knights Histroy Help  

    By Paige, February 15, 2004
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    • gkgalen
    • February 18, 2004

67. Who's this?  

    By howardwhite, April 14, 2009
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    • timber
    • April 20, 2009

68. what ever happened to  

    By stratostar, March 31, 2005
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    • rapter
    • June 3, 2006

69. Vintage parachute press?  

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

70. Bob Sinclair...  

    By kenneth21441, August 22, 2006
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    • RkyMtnHigh
    • September 6, 2006

71. Lake Erie Survivor Photo on Ebay  

    By councilman24, January 30, 2013
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    • councilman24
    • February 14, 2013

72. Round & Square Stack  

    By nigel99, April 30, 2011
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    • skypuppy
    • May 16, 2011

73. 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

74. 200-way photo  

    By guymanos, December 20, 2007
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    • diverdriver
    • December 22, 2007

75. Reserve Repack  

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

76. SCR Scrambles remembered  

    By skybill, September 6, 2009
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    • 92008
    • February 21, 2012

77. Early county fair parachute jumpers eg 1912  

    By crossv, February 23, 2014
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    • Bob_Church
    • October 4, 2017

78. Mystery Plane  

    By GreenLight, November 29, 2005
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    • PossiblyGoWrong
    • March 11, 2006

79. Cazar Paralot ~ Strong Pop-top Copy  

    By Unstable, March 10, 2011
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    • Unstable
    • March 13, 2011

80. Must have been jumped from - but what is it?  

    By Rover, July 14, 2017
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    • 377
    • August 3, 2017

81. Whatever is this plane?  

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

82. Woodbine, MD  

    By Bluerider, December 14, 2011
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    • Ffly4phun
    • February 11, 2012

83. who where when  

    By rickerby, June 28, 2008
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    • andrewhilton
    • July 7, 2008

84. What is this plane? #32  

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

85. Number of Skydiving SCUBAdivers  

    By garuda, May 7, 2007
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • June 29, 2007

86. Tom Sanders-- BASE photographer/jumper  

    By Guru312, March 19, 2010
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    • mx757
    • March 21, 2010

87. When was the safest period in skydiving?  

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

88. FOR RADIAL FANS  

    By africapete, August 13, 2011
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    • airtwardo
    • August 19, 2011

89. Who, where, when? #2  

    By howardwhite, February 2, 2008
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    • howardwhite
    • February 6, 2008

90. More Elmo pics found  

    By efs4ever, March 15, 2004
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    • airtwardo
    • March 31, 2004

91. Statistics on skydiving  

    By AirMail, April 16, 2003
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    • DBCOOPER
    • September 27, 2011

92. RW TO FF  

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

93. Nigel Rogoff??  

    By grimmie, August 20, 2007
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    • cpoxon
    • June 2, 2008

94. Robin and Pud  

    By baronn, May 29, 2017
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    • raftman
    • July 1, 2017

95. Greene Sport Parachute Center  

    By gharendza, April 22, 2006
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    • van002
    • June 20, 2007

96. Guess this now closed DZ  

    By PROGRESSIVE, February 14, 2013
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • February 19, 2013

97. Origin of "Parachute"  

    By wartload, June 3, 2005
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    • skypuppy
    • June 13, 2005

98. The origin of the Pea Pit  

    By AggieDave, October 31, 2003
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    • jaymundo
    • November 6, 2003

99. Dayton International AirShow Demo.  

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

100. What is this cockpit? #32766  

     By howardwhite, August 29, 2009
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     • 377
     • September 1, 2009