docjohn 0 #1 April 22, 2005 I'm getting ready to celebrate 30 years of skydiving and came up with the idea to scan all my PARACHUTIST magazine covers and put them on my web site. I joined USPA in the summer of 1975 but since then I've also found old copies of PARACHUTIST dating back to the 1960's. If you'd like to trek down memory lane, here's the url http://manifestmaster.com/parachutist . . Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #2 April 22, 2005 Very cool. I started in 1975 too, and have all the same issues. I remember a letter PARACHUTIST received after printing the October '75 issue riling at them for putting a military jumper on the cover. It was a different world back then. It's funny how we never find the center of things. The total anti-military attitude was wrong then, just as the total pro-military view is wrong now . . . NickD BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wartload 0 #3 April 22, 2005 VERY nice! Thanks for sharing your efforts!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #4 April 22, 2005 Hey John, Very cool. By the way, there are a couple of broken links for 1967. And you might want to consider using thumbnails to link to the bigger picture so that your index pages load a but faster. There are a lot of cool pictures on there. Anyone know if this ever built? Edit: And 1968,1970 and one on 72,73 and 75Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docjohn 0 #5 April 22, 2005 Quote there are a couple of broken links for 1967. And 1968,1970 and one on 72,73 and 75 OOPS! Ok, they're fixed now. Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #6 April 22, 2005 Quotethe total pro-military view is wrong now . . . What's wrong with being in support of our military men and women? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwampThing 0 #7 April 22, 2005 QuoteQuotethe total pro-military view is wrong now . . . What's wrong with being in support of our military men and women? Quote Nothing....Key word being Total Too much of ANYTHING (almost) can be bad. The Pessimist says: "It can't possibly get any worse!" The Optimist says: "Sure it can!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #8 April 23, 2005 QuoteWhat's wrong with being in support of our military men and women? Nothing... but the constant yee-haw jingoism does get a bit tiring after a while. I won't say more or I'll end up having the thread moved to Speaker's Corner . edit: Sorry docjohn for hijacking your thread. Your archive is pretty damn cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #9 April 23, 2005 Great effort Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbarry 0 #10 April 23, 2005 Very nice, thanks!! Seeing that quite a few of the early 70s ones had the cover oriented 'landscape' mode, was the magazine actually bound like that on the shorter side? Or was it bound 'normal' on the longer side, but just the photo/title are rotated that way? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CFPasi 0 #11 April 23, 2005 Nice! Good to see that kind of work!! I like those... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,363 #12 April 23, 2005 It was always bound along the long side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,447 #13 April 25, 2005 Awesome! I joined just after you did (my first few jumps were at non-USPA drop zones), but I've given away my Parachutists over the years. I wish I could still look at them, but, well, I really don't miss having all that old paper in my care all the time. Wendy W.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
Hammitt 0 #14 April 26, 2005 Excellent job. That really brings back some memories. Especially the April 1981 cover. I was there at Livermore when we got to jump the Twin Sikorsky. We were expecting a Skyvan, but got a huge helicopter instead. What a shame, we had to settle for a Sikorsky. I did the spotting on one load. Once on jump run it seemed like it took forever to get to the spot. I think our ground speed was about 30 MPH. I have most of those issues from late 73 through 1998 boxed up in my shed. I'll have to dig them out one of these days. Thanx again for putting this together. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrEco 0 #15 August 27, 2005 Great job on Parachutist archives. Now if some one would just do the same thing for the old SkyDiving magazines back issues 1960 to 1965. DrEco D115 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docjohn 0 #16 September 11, 2005 Quote Now if some one would just do the same thing for the old SkyDiving magazines back issues 1960 to 1965. I'd be glad to add them to the web site if someone has the magazines. . . Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrochute 2 #17 September 11, 2005 does lyle cameron jr have access to any of his dads old publications.surely he would be the one to post those here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallfast69 3 #18 September 14, 2005 I swear...I can smell musty fabric when I open those pictures...damnest thing... Jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shunkka 0 #19 October 1, 2005 thanks for sharing ------------------------- "jump, have fun, pull" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docjohn 0 #20 October 6, 2005 Woohoo! Just bought 4 issues of PARACHUTIST from 1963 on eBay. Just posted them to the web page at: http://manifestmaster.com/parachutist/p_1963.html . . . Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
