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.

2,286 topics in this forum

  1. DB Cooper   1 2 3 4 2553

    By quade,
    • 63,822 replies
    • 2,498,292 views

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

    By skyjack71,
    • 1,696 replies
    • 84,530 views

  3. The skydiving history of Ken Coleman  

    By riverrat247,
    • 14 replies
    • 5,281 views

  4. Anyone remember??  

    By kcaero,
    • 0 replies
    • 374 views

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

    By 2ndgensteinke,
    • 3 replies
    • 722 views

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

    By AggieDave,
    • 56 replies
    • 16,519 views

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

    By steve1,
    • 1,527 replies
    • 221,496 views

  8. Paul Tag C-686  

    By rmarshall234,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,978 views

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

    By pchapman,
    • 22 replies
    • 15,695 views

  10. 1971 Nationals/World meet  

    By SCS422,
    • 5 replies
    • 492 views

  11. Nite 16 man pic  

    By SCS422,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,133 views

  12. Paso Robles stories?   1 2

    By uponone,
    • 35 replies
    • 12,949 views

  13. THUNDER CHICKEN  

    By SKYWHUFFO,
    • 9 replies
    • 8,509 views

  14. Jumping at Casa Grande   1 2 3

    By steve1,
    • 57 replies
    • 20,702 views

  15. First turbine?   1 2

    By PhreeZone,
    • 27 replies
    • 8,278 views

  16. First tandem fatalities  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 15 replies
    • 1,602 views

  17. Valley Mills, Texas History   1 2 3

    By JohnMincher,
    • 50 replies
    • 25,745 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 33 replies
    • 27,176 views

  19. Lost Drop Zones Project   1 2 3 4 12

    By patmoore,
    • 297 replies
    • 40,949 views

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

    By rockcores,
    • 0 replies
    • 518 views

  21. Bill Booth, movie star?!  

    By heavision,
    • 14 replies
    • 2,917 views

  22. Looking for Jeff Willard  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 540 views

  23. Big wall display for museum?  

    By riggerrob,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,223 views

  24. Can you identify these Kapowsin and Perris jumpers?  

    By sundevil777,
    • 8 replies
    • 3,160 views

  25. Freak Brother alphabetical listing   1 2

    By freakbrother,
    • 26 replies
    • 7,871 views

  26. Lost Prairie  

    By Woody Russell,
    • 1 reply
    • 607 views

  27. Bobby Frierson  

    By jonstark,
    • 22 replies
    • 12,766 views

  28. Alice Hancock  

    By AFOX,
    • 0 replies
    • 581 views

  29. Largest Tube/Cart Wheel/Wagon Wheel Exit  

    By Eddiee93,   
    • 3 replies
    • 825 views

  30. Old Photograph  

    By Steviednc,
    • 3 replies
    • 891 views

  31. Elmo Barrister Early Bat-Wing parachutist  

    By Moraine Airpark,
    • 1 reply
    • 718 views

  32. Jeannie McCombs   1 2 3

    By cabernet,
    • 59 replies
    • 21,038 views

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

    By PROGRESSIVE,
    • 109 replies
    • 23,322 views

  34. Looking for a double-keel Para-Dactyl  

    By dmathews1960,   
    • 10 replies
    • 1,188 views

  35. 1968 Fun! Hammond, Louisiana  

    By Mike Marcon,   
    • 1 reply
    • 555 views

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

    By Beatnik,
    • 27 replies
    • 12,060 views

  37. "The Remedy"  

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views

  38. What was your safest parachute?   1 2

    By Bob_Church,
    • 41 replies
    • 9,716 views

  39. June 6, 1942  

    By BIGUN,
    • 0 replies
    • 735 views

  40. Ft Hood Sport Parachute Club   1 2

    By docjohn,
    • 40 replies
    • 18,225 views

  41. Remembering the Tubesteak Boogies  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 0 replies
    • 760 views

  42. 60th anniversary of first jump  

    By patmoore,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,480 views

  43. 70's - 80's Antioch pics?   1 2

    By patregan,
    • 34 replies
    • 15,995 views

  44. Tandem Fatality Guam 2004?  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 1 reply
    • 812 views

  45. Anyone Remember El Cap Numbers?   1 2 3

    By swovelin,
    • 71 replies
    • 16,791 views

  46. Freepacked opening  

    By howardwhite,
    • 22 replies
    • 6,123 views

  47. freak brother jumps  

    By skypuppy,
    • 12 replies
    • 5,279 views

  48. Best of the 1980s Nationals  

    By Bob_Church,
    • 3 replies
    • 3,254 views

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

    By BillyVance,
    • 34 replies
    • 22,700 views

  50. Old 10-way team names   1 2

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 26 replies
    • 4,131 views

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

    By kleggo,
    • 13 replies
    • 1,950 views

  52. 1st 100 way  

    By skyrick,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,143 views

  53. skydiving fatalities website  

    By jakebaustin,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,218 views

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

    By adamqbishop,   
    • 1 reply
    • 780 views

  55. Operation Jumpfest  

    By smooth,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,882 views

  56. YOUR single most dangerous jump.   1 2 3

    By MissBuffDiver,
    • 54 replies
    • 19,700 views

  57. Orange Massachusetts Xmas greeting 1961  

    By 3331,
    • 0 replies
    • 688 views

  58. 1st Jump Malfunction  

    By Leigh Bratcher,   
    • 4 replies
    • 941 views

  59. MikePelkey  

    By [email protected],
    • 0 replies
    • 810 views

  60. Irvin Delta2 Parawing   1 2

    By andrewhilton,
    • 28 replies
    • 10,048 views

  61. Bill Booth  

    By billbooth,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,889 views

  62. Leon Riche, Jr.  

    By nndefense,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,827 views

  63. "Pegasus?"   1 2

    By pfloydd,
    • 34 replies
    • 14,565 views

  64. Louie Howell  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 854 views

  65. Parachuting in Moraine,Ohio  

    By Moraine Airpark,   
    • 3 replies
    • 922 views

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

    By patworks,
    • 14 replies
    • 10,909 views

  67. Barbara Druggan  

    By bodypilot90,
    • 10 replies
    • 3,360 views

  68. Scotty who?  

    By faller,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,786 views

  69. Skydive Ralphs - Ralph Hatley - Eagle Creek OR  

    By kleggo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,605 views

  70. Classic Dave DeWolf photo  

    By Bonedaddy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,398 views

  71. Chris Bickerdike's Skydiving Artwork   1 2 3

    By slotperfect,
    • 52 replies
    • 17,341 views

  72. Ohio State University at Columbus Skydivers 1964.  

    By 3331,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,294 views

  73. Roger Reynolds   1 2

    By NEcrewDOG,
    • 30 replies
    • 11,413 views

  74. The Gulch / Casa Grande Hand  

    By bsbd_b,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,549 views

  75. Parachutist back issue  

    By jumpsracer,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,854 views

  76. 1962 BSR's Someone asked for  

    By triplecanopy,
    • 1 reply
    • 969 views

  77. Jumping All Fifty States   1 2 3

    By bluskytrvlr,
    • 50 replies
    • 16,486 views

  78. FISH  

    By Darrell Fish,
    • 0 replies
    • 866 views

  79. Skydiving Songs & Poems   1 2 3 4 5

    By airtwardo,
    • 106 replies
    • 30,369 views

  80. Adeline Gray and Pioneer Parachute  

    By Chiquita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,279 views

  81. Stormville, NY...anyone?   1 2

    By drewboo,
    • 41 replies
    • 16,022 views

  82. Any Magee MS Skydivers Out There   1 2

    By stanlholmes,
    • 30 replies
    • 15,940 views

  83. Dornier 228 - Late 80's?   1 2

    By angrypeppers,
    • 28 replies
    • 17,116 views

  84. Piggyback rig design   1 2 3

    By RicksRiggery,
    • 71 replies
    • 16,571 views

  85. Who recalls this company?  

    By jumpervali,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,688 views

  86. Mark Vicker - jump pilot and more  

    By kleggo,
    • 10 replies
    • 2,910 views

  87. Black Forest Parachute Club  

    By riggerrob,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,618 views

  88. 7th Army Parachute Team. Germany.  

    By davidlayne,
    • 24 replies
    • 13,661 views

  89. DC3--"Southern Cross"   1 2

    By drjump,
    • 32 replies
    • 18,323 views

  90. Telstar parachute...like Paracommander?  

    By anj4de,
    • 21 replies
    • 10,897 views

  91. rodriguez parachute systems container  

    By skytribe,
    • 14 replies
    • 3,572 views

  92. Naked fatalities?   1 2

    By SansSuit,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,960 views

  93. para=commander Mark 1  

    By [email protected],
    • 3 replies
    • 1,443 views

  94. Skydiving Into A Pickup Truck  

    By Droopey12,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,124 views

  95. Coolidge AZ, 1977-78  

    By 3331,
    • 12 replies
    • 3,196 views

  96. Perry Stevens  

    By Spooky52,
    • 7 replies
    • 4,221 views

  97. First Paradactyl Jump   1 2

    By murrays,
    • 31 replies
    • 10,350 views

  98. I 5 Strangler, skydiver?  

    By 377,
    • 19 replies
    • 7,803 views

  99. CCR#1 Steve Haley Passed Away  

    By hangdiver,
    • 0 replies
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  100. george bosworth USA Team member 1950s  

    By chuteless,
    • 9 replies
    • 5,255 views
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