choll15 0 #1 May 2, 2008 I'm doing a presentation on 4-way for a group of jumpers new to the sport and when talking about the dive pool a random thought occured. Where the formation names come from? Obvious ones like 'Star' 'Caterpillar' and 'Donut' are probably generic and fairly easy to understand, but someone somewhere came up with the less obvious Marquis, Ritz and Photon! ..just a bit of fun reallywww.southparc.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peggs82 0 #2 May 2, 2008 Thats a great question, one I would, too, love to know the answer to! On a side note: I wish that no one had ever taught me those damn names! Learning the current divepool letters and numbers was so much harder because of it. Much like your native language, and learning a new one. You always try to refer back to what you know...ie "J...hmm....oh yeah, thats a Doughnut!" Start them off right!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pr0ject42 0 #3 May 2, 2008 [hijack] When I was coaching the kids at skyventure colorado, they never got the names, only the letters and numbers. To this day, even turning a 21 point average, the wonder-teen still wouldn't know what a meeker is if I asked her, but she can tell you what an E is. Now that is good fun. [/hijack] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #4 May 2, 2008 I was also curious - some answers in a thread in the history and trivia forum: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2688754;search_string=%20meeker;#2688754Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
