jaymundo 0 #1 February 12, 2003 Anyone remember this rag from the early to mid seventies! ive got a fold out of the Wings of Orange logo...IN Color!! I never could wait for my copy to arrive.I guess the closest thing to it is skydiving mag. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #2 February 12, 2003 Truth News Trends was (how shall I put this politely?) a propaganda rag issued by Parachutes Incorporated. At the time, Jacques-Andre Istel, president of PI, was pissed at USPA because it had stripped from him the title of honorary lifetime president. So it was full of "humorous" anti-USPA stuff. For at least some time, its editor was Skip Kniley, who is still an active jumper in the midwest, etc. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CDRINF 1 #3 February 14, 2003 When and why did the break between Jacques Istel and USPA occur? I was at USPA HQ a while back and remember seeing a letter on the wall clipped from an old Time Magazine in which Istel lambastes the then current USPA leadership for smoking marijuana, jumping nude, and generally being out of control and bad for the image of skydiving. Kind of humorous in light of some of the current intergenerational sniping going on between younger freeflyers and older RW types. Chris Reed D-15996 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #4 January 9, 2005 QuoteWhen and why did the break between Jacques Istel and USPA occur? I was at USPA HQ a while back and remember seeing a letter on the wall clipped from an old Time Magazine in which Istel lambastes the then current USPA leadership for smoking marijuana, jumping nude, and generally being out of control and bad for the image of skydiving. Kind of humorous in light of some of the current intergenerational sniping going on between younger freeflyers and older RW types. Chris Reed D-15996 This post isnt entirely related to this thread, but I decided to use the thread anyway I just read an article from 1959 (20 years before I was born ) about skydiving... I just decided to do a search for Jacques Istel as he was quoted many times in the article.. It was a very interesting article, the history of this sport is quite amazing. But, decided to post here because of some of the things said in the article, I couldnt help but smile reading some of it.. Jacques really had a big outlook for this sport, some of the quotes from the article "Jacques Istel, shown here about to land, predicts sport's popularity in the U.S. will match skiing", "With proper education and encouragement, the American public should take up this sport as readily as motercycling. It's less expensive and much safer" , ... Good stuff, great article from the May 1959 Popular Mechanics FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
