Skydiving History & Trivia
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Who did what, when and where? Post and read about the trend-setters, old-schoolers, and even the new young guns. If you have questions about skydiving history or traditions, ask here.

2,288 topics in this forum

  1. DB Cooper   1 2 3 4 2583

    By quade,
    • 64,565 replies
    • 2,709,679 views

  2. D B Cooper Unsolved Skyjacking   1 2 3 4 68

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,696 replies
    • 90,589 views

  3. Al Kruger Contact info  

    By SCS422,
    • 3 replies
    • 304 views

  4. 6 grommet slider  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 10 replies
    • 654 views

  5. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 14 replies
    • 5,511 views

  6. Anyone remember??  

    By kcaero,
    • 0 replies
    • 549 views

  7. Any one still collect parachutist, canpara, skydiver?  

    By 2ndgensteinke,
    • 3 replies
    • 888 views

  8. First freefall video (vidiot)?   1 2 3

    By AggieDave,
    • 56 replies
    • 16,947 views

  9. Scary stories from the old days?   1 2 3 4 62

    By steve1,
    • 1,527 replies
    • 225,544 views

  10. Paul Tag C-686  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,075 views

  11. Jumped a D-6 Russian paratrooper rig with a drogue  

    By pchapman,
    • 22 replies
    • 15,966 views

  12. 1971 Nationals/World meet  

    By SCS422,
    • 5 replies
    • 628 views

  13. Nite 16 man pic  

    By SCS422,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,256 views

  14. Paso Robles stories?   1 2

    By uponone,
    • 35 replies
    • 13,186 views

  15. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 9 replies
    • 8,908 views

  16. Jumping at Casa Grande   1 2 3

    By steve1,
    • 57 replies
    • 21,101 views

  17. First turbine?   1 2

    By PhreeZone,
    • 27 replies
    • 8,538 views

  18. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 15 replies
    • 1,846 views

  19. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2 3

    By JohnMincher,
    • 50 replies
    • 26,202 views

  20. About: KAP– 3, automatic parachute activation device (AAD)   1 2

    By patworks,
    • 33 replies
    • 27,577 views

  21. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 297 replies
    • 42,090 views

  22. Looking for Skip Stevenson, D-2407 who jumped into Calgary Stampede in 1970.  

    By rockcores,
    • 0 replies
    • 614 views

  23. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,092 views

  24. Looking for Jeff Willard  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 641 views

  25. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,341 views

  26. Can you identify these Kapowsin and Perris jumpers?  

    By sundevil777,
    • 8 replies
    • 3,260 views

  27. Freak Brother alphabetical listing   1 2

    By freakbrother,
    • 26 replies
    • 8,101 views

  28. Lost Prairie  

    By Woody Russell,
    • 1 reply
    • 719 views

  29. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 22 replies
    • 12,929 views

  30. Alice Hancock  

    By AFOX,
    • 0 replies
    • 722 views

  31. Largest Tube/Cart Wheel/Wagon Wheel Exit  

    By Eddiee93,   
    • 3 replies
    • 939 views

  32. Old Photograph  

    By Steviednc,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,014 views

  33. Elmo Barrister Early Bat-Wing parachutist  

    By Moraine Airpark,
    • 1 reply
    • 825 views

  34. Jeannie McCombs   1 2 3

    By cabernet,
    • 59 replies
    • 21,491 views

  35. St Croix Valley Skydiving Club-Osceola, Wis   1 2 3 4 5

    By PROGRESSIVE,
    • 109 replies
    • 24,044 views

  36. Looking for a double-keel Para-Dactyl  

    By dmathews1960,   
    • 10 replies
    • 1,395 views

  37. 1968 Fun! Hammond, Louisiana  

    By Mike Marcon,   
    • 1 reply
    • 666 views

  38. Delta II Opening Shock Inhibitor (OSI)   1 2

    By Beatnik,
    • 27 replies
    • 12,306 views

  39. "The Remedy"  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 0 replies
    • 880 views

  40. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 41 replies
    • 10,137 views

  41. June 6, 1942  

    By BIGUN,
    • 0 replies
    • 873 views

  42. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 40 replies
    • 18,543 views

  43. Remembering the Tubesteak Boogies  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 879 views

  44. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,602 views

  45. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 34 replies
    • 16,246 views

  46. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 1 reply
    • 912 views

  47. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 71 replies
    • 17,314 views

  48. Freepacked opening  

    By howardwhite,
    • 22 replies
    • 6,262 views

  49. freak brother jumps  

    By skypuppy,
    • 12 replies
    • 5,393 views

  50. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 3,397 views

  51. Mr. Douglas DC-3 getting back in the air???   1 2

    By BillyVance,
    • 34 replies
    • 22,965 views

  52. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 4,422 views

  53. At 2 grand, the last thing you need is pretty gear - old Racer SST advert  

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 2,130 views

  54. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,247 views

  55. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,346 views

  56. Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) highest  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 882 views

  57. Operation Jumpfest  

    By smooth,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,980 views

  58. YOUR single most dangerous jump.   1 2 3

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 54 replies
    • 20,283 views

  59. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
    • 782 views

  60. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 1,048 views

  61. MikePelkey  

    By mikep@logiswitch.com,
    • 0 replies
    • 902 views

  62. Irvin Delta2 Parawing   1 2

    By andrewhilton,
    • 28 replies
    • 10,278 views

  63. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 3,063 views

  64. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,936 views

  65. "Pegasus?"   1 2

    By pfloydd,
    • 34 replies
    • 14,843 views

  66. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 959 views

  67. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1,035 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 14 replies
    • 11,061 views

  69. Barbara Druggan  

    By bodypilot90,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,482 views

  70. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,901 views

  71. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,713 views

  72. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,514 views

  73. Chris Bickerdike's Skydiving Artwork   1 2 3

    By slotperfect,
    • 52 replies
    • 17,663 views

  74. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,391 views

  75. Roger Reynolds   1 2

    By NEcrewDOG,
    • 30 replies
    • 11,621 views

  76. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,693 views

  77. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,021 views

  78. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,084 views

  79. Jumping All Fifty States   1 2 3

    By bluskytrvlr,
    • 50 replies
    • 16,885 views

  80. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 958 views

  81. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 30,952 views

  82. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,395 views

  83. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 16,290 views

  84. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 16,170 views

  85. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 17,330 views

  86. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 16,938 views

  87. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,855 views

  88. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,012 views

  89. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,770 views

  90. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 13,822 views

  91. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 18,579 views

  92. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 11,127 views

  93. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,714 views

  94. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 11,232 views

  95. para=commander Mark 1  

    By inge.nyc@gmail.com,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,538 views

  96. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,229 views

  97. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 3,367 views

  98. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 4,391 views

  99. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,563 views

  100. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 7,968 views
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