steve1 5 #26 November 23, 2010 That looks like one cool jump ship! In 1975 that jump suit would have been way cool.... My first jump suits had the two zippers from foot to neck. I couldn't wait to sew on some patches back then. Most jumpers had an SCR or SCS patch sewn on if they were experienced. If you were skygod material you might have a night SCR or 16 way patch. Around 75 or so, most new jump suits had bells on the arms and legs. All that baggy material made for fairly good grips. Right after 75 the jumps suits became huge....Everyone wanted to be a floater and come in late. I quit jumping for about 25 years (around 75), so I'm not sure what happened to jump suits after that.... It's kind of interesting to study the evolution of jump gear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCR216 2 #27 November 23, 2010 I still have my 1969 Ward/Vene SKyMster jump suite I got from Terry Ward and Frank Venegas. In the early 70's I installed the leg bell-bottoms from an old pair of levi's and Bobby Sinclair attached camera man mini wings so at 235 lbs I could fly with smaller people. Last year for some reason the gut band would not reach all the way around me so I cut it loose to make room for my extra equipment. Now my lower center of gravity can drop down a little more. But I am finding out that it does cut down on my tracking speed some. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
