skypuppy 1 #1 August 22, 2002 Anyone interested in reading about one of the first jumpers to leave a plane without a parachute and have one passed to them in freefall can visit my webpage to read about CANADIAN SKYDIVER BILL COLE. http://hometown.aol.com/pricesmoneypit/myhomepage/extreme.html We can do a lot of things in the air nowadays but sometimes you just can't beat what the old-timers did in earlier years.If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpySmurf 0 #2 August 22, 2002 That's hilarious - and here I thought the bloody Yanks were nuts... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #3 August 23, 2002 The weather turned to merde at the DZ today so we watched old skydiving movies (16 mm, not video), from the 60s. There was a different kind of chuteless jump, where the dude, wearing only a harness, docked on the guy with the rig and hooked on. Sort of a reverse Mr. Bill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #4 August 23, 2002 25 foot risers? Damn !! ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #5 August 23, 2002 Rod Pack made a jump similar to Cole's on New Year's Day, 1965. They planned on using the harness-to-harness snaps as a backup if he couldn't get the reserve. I believe the one you saw was probably Jimmy Tyler's first - I seem to recall seeing it on tv sometime myself, where he hooked on to someone's knees and they both landed under one chute. That was actually in the early '80's, I thought. They probably used a round chute figuring it would be easier to land two people under it? Tyler later did a 2nd chuteless jump where he strapped a reserve onto a plank fastened across a large baker's bowl with a drogue chute attached to keep it falling more or less stable. This jump was featured on the program 'That's Incredible'. Tyler later died jumping Half Dome. The things we do for a thrill.If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
