vincemoore88 0 #1 May 31, 2012 Where can I find any old school jumpsuits? Any help would be awesome. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #2 May 31, 2012 What are you looking for and why? Looking to buy,borrow,copy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobMoore 0 #3 May 31, 2012 QuoteWhere can I find any old school jumpsuits? Any help would be awesome. Thanks I think Sears might still sell the Farmer John's. The French ParaBoots? Can't help you there."For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vincemoore88 0 #4 May 31, 2012 Looking to buy I like he older look Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #5 May 31, 2012 Really depends on what you want. I really don't know the jumpsuit market in detail but anyway: A hugely baggy freefly suit made out of cotton, with alternating colour patches (Joker design)? An actual 70s balloon suit with ram air vents? Those aren't that practical to fly with others, although if you go hunting, you may find one in the closet of a long time DZ or jumper. A simple RW suit with no booties and small grips? You may be able to get a suit without booties, while unobtrusively small grippers tend to be available only on freefly suits as an option. That niche of a simple bit-of-everything suit is covered more by the simpler non skin tight freefly suits these days. Want a double zipper suit of all one colour and material, that's a step up from coveralls and looks neater for a hop and pop at a demo? That's still available in ParaGear. Or are you just looking for a visual design like the old days, such as accents of angled wedges splayed outwards? (See pic of an early 80s RW suit I picked up free and sometimes use for camera work. With swoop cords added it effectively has camera wings.) Custom designs are always available at a cost on suits, so one should be able to achieve that look on some new suits, although fancy accents that tend to be seen more on freefly suit than RW suits - which usually stick with different coloured panels (For example, I don't ever recall seeing an RW suit with a flame design...) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpenfool 2 #6 May 31, 2012 I have an old Silly Suite. It's red with rainbow chevrons. It's in good shape, except it appears to have shrunk a bit. It fit me perfectly in 1978 but now... well? Are you looking to buy or rent? Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vincemoore88 0 #7 May 31, 2012 Looking to buy. I like the vintage look Do have any pic and dimensions Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celayne 0 #8 June 4, 2012 I have a couple vintage style suits if you are still interested. Pix are attached. I would say each one would fit a male approx 5'8 - 5'10" range. Would love to sell them for a very reasonable price if you are interested in them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celayne 0 #9 June 4, 2012 I also have an older style vintage leather vector rig I would be willing to sell too to complete your vintage look. It has a PD-170 in it and I believe a Raven Reserve. It is believed to have belonged to Deanna Kent at one time although I do not have any proof of that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #10 June 4, 2012 QuoteLooking to buy. I like the vintage look Do have any pic and dimensions Thanksdefine vintage... Twardo vintage ? DaKineRags vintage ? Camo is the new black is the new purple vintage ? this is so last year vintage ?scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YvonneWiggers 0 #11 June 4, 2012 I did my 100th jump in vintage style, in my moms old suit, my (now ex) boyfriend went along in one of my dads old suits, it was awesome! My dad still has quite some of those old suits, he might be willing to sell one if you really want one of them. I love the colorful suits aswell, I think my bellysuit is older than I am! (I'm the one on the right) :D My rig is only one year younger than I am, and also pretty colorful, love it :D. (please ignore the wingsuit-rodeo-backfly-gotsandwichedbytwowingsuiters-exit-fail)"So I jump out, look up, and think 'Oh SHIT!... It's PINK!!!'" - army guy after his first staticline jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,439 #12 June 4, 2012 Oh my God you're young. I feel so old Wendy P. There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abedy 0 #13 June 4, 2012 There's a freelancing TI here who sports vintage jumpsuits. I once met him at my DZ and he had one of them vintage (Carl Boehnisch - SKYDIVE! / Masters of the Sky) 80s jumpsuits... a brand-new one! I asked if he had happened to stumble into a forgotten storage or something but he said that my DZO's jumpsuit business (Aero Suits) made them for him. You might try to ask them for a brand new vintage jumpsuit so it will last 10+ years of constant jumping Drop them an e-mail at info[at]skydive.de (their "mother" website address) The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YvonneWiggers 0 #14 June 4, 2012 Quote Oh my God you're young. I feel so old Wendy P. Hihi thanks! I'm 19 years old, but I grew up in the sport. It's fun to see pictures of my mom from before I was born, I look so much like her!"So I jump out, look up, and think 'Oh SHIT!... It's PINK!!!'" - army guy after his first staticline jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #15 June 6, 2012 It must have been a suave and debonair jumper that wore those jumpsuits.I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 14 #16 June 6, 2012 QuoteIt must have been a suave and debonair jumper that wore those jumpsuits. That's for sure. But seeing photos now of big RW suits, with underarm fabric hanging down to the knees, makes me wonder. I was on a vintage suit jump a few years ago. As I approached a 5-way, it cracked me up when I realized that from about 10 feet out, I was hearing the jumpsuits flapping in freefall. Kevin K._____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 186 #17 June 6, 2012 Saving up for a move to California?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celayne 0 #18 June 7, 2012 Quote Saving up for a move to California?? Yes!!! I hear there is a new DZ opening up out there!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
