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.

2,287 topics in this forum

  1. DB Cooper   1 2 3 4 2564

    By quade,
    • 64,099 replies
    • 2,618,783 views

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

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,696 replies
    • 87,684 views

  3. 6 grommet slider  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 10 replies
    • 377 views

  4. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 14 replies
    • 5,412 views

  5. Anyone remember??  

    By kcaero,
    • 0 replies
    • 492 views

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

    By 2ndgensteinke,
    • 3 replies
    • 826 views

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

    By AggieDave,
    • 56 replies
    • 16,779 views

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

    By steve1,
    • 1,527 replies
    • 223,585 views

  9. Paul Tag C-686  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,040 views

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

    By pchapman,
    • 22 replies
    • 15,874 views

  11. 1971 Nationals/World meet  

    By SCS422,
    • 5 replies
    • 585 views

  12. Nite 16 man pic  

    By SCS422,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,204 views

  13. Paso Robles stories?   1 2

    By uponone,
    • 35 replies
    • 13,112 views

  14. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 9 replies
    • 8,826 views

  15. Jumping at Casa Grande   1 2 3

    By steve1,
    • 57 replies
    • 20,957 views

  16. First turbine?   1 2

    By PhreeZone,
    • 27 replies
    • 8,432 views

  17. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 15 replies
    • 1,762 views

  18. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2 3

    By JohnMincher,
    • 50 replies
    • 26,058 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 33 replies
    • 27,411 views

  20. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 297 replies
    • 41,644 views

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

    By rockcores,
    • 0 replies
    • 567 views

  22. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,000 views

  23. Looking for Jeff Willard  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 591 views

  24. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,282 views

  25. Can you identify these Kapowsin and Perris jumpers?  

    By sundevil777,
    • 8 replies
    • 3,212 views

  26. Freak Brother alphabetical listing   1 2

    By freakbrother,
    • 26 replies
    • 8,011 views

  27. Lost Prairie  

    By Woody Russell,
    • 1 reply
    • 671 views

  28. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 22 replies
    • 12,871 views

  29. Alice Hancock  

    By AFOX,
    • 0 replies
    • 674 views

  30. Largest Tube/Cart Wheel/Wagon Wheel Exit  

    By Eddiee93,   
    • 3 replies
    • 886 views

  31. Old Photograph  

    By Steviednc,
    • 3 replies
    • 959 views

  32. Elmo Barrister Early Bat-Wing parachutist  

    By Moraine Airpark,
    • 1 reply
    • 778 views

  33. Jeannie McCombs   1 2 3

    By cabernet,
    • 59 replies
    • 21,349 views

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

    By PROGRESSIVE,
    • 109 replies
    • 23,681 views

  35. Looking for a double-keel Para-Dactyl  

    By dmathews1960,   
    • 10 replies
    • 1,278 views

  36. 1968 Fun! Hammond, Louisiana  

    By Mike Marcon,   
    • 1 reply
    • 620 views

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

    By Beatnik,
    • 27 replies
    • 12,200 views

  38. "The Remedy"  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 0 replies
    • 839 views

  39. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 41 replies
    • 9,979 views

  40. June 6, 1942  

    By BIGUN,
    • 0 replies
    • 831 views

  41. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 40 replies
    • 18,431 views

  42. Remembering the Tubesteak Boogies  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 836 views

  43. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,547 views

  44. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 34 replies
    • 16,163 views

  45. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 1 reply
    • 863 views

  46. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 71 replies
    • 17,153 views

  47. Freepacked opening  

    By howardwhite,
    • 22 replies
    • 6,207 views

  48. freak brother jumps  

    By skypuppy,
    • 12 replies
    • 5,349 views

  49. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 3,325 views

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

    By BillyVance,
    • 34 replies
    • 22,887 views

  51. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 4,308 views

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

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 2,025 views

  53. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,202 views

  54. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,289 views

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

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 835 views

  56. Operation Jumpfest  

    By smooth,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,941 views

  57. YOUR single most dangerous jump.   1 2 3

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 54 replies
    • 20,004 views

  58. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
    • 734 views

  59. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 1,001 views

  60. MikePelkey  

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

  61. Irvin Delta2 Parawing   1 2

    By andrewhilton,
    • 28 replies
    • 10,194 views

  62. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,996 views

  63. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,887 views

  64. "Pegasus?"   1 2

    By pfloydd,
    • 34 replies
    • 14,754 views

  65. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 913 views

  66. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 987 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 14 replies
    • 11,007 views

  68. Barbara Druggan  

    By bodypilot90,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,432 views

  69. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,860 views

  70. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,669 views

  71. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,462 views

  72. Chris Bickerdike's Skydiving Artwork   1 2 3

    By slotperfect,
    • 52 replies
    • 17,529 views

  73. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,348 views

  74. Roger Reynolds   1 2

    By NEcrewDOG,
    • 30 replies
    • 11,542 views

  75. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,631 views

  76. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,949 views

  77. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,035 views

  78. Jumping All Fifty States   1 2 3

    By bluskytrvlr,
    • 50 replies
    • 16,690 views

  79. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views

  80. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 30,752 views

  81. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,337 views

  82. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 16,202 views

  83. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 16,085 views

  84. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 17,247 views

  85. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 16,809 views

  86. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,773 views

  87. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,964 views

  88. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,717 views

  89. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 13,772 views

  90. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 18,468 views

  91. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 11,017 views

  92. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,657 views

  93. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 11,128 views

  94. para=commander Mark 1  

    By inge.nyc@gmail.com,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,492 views

  95. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,173 views

  96. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 3,284 views

  97. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 4,331 views

  98. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,476 views

  99. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 7,920 views

  100. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,353 views
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