Ahhh... brings back great memories. Bill Booth was my first instructor in 1969. Man, our gear was primitive as hell by todays standards! Fun as hell though.
I love the meticulous pack job they did on the red/white round. However.... how many times has a load been about ready to go up, and you simply trash-packed your square just to make it? I always behaved stowing my lines, but no matter how I packed, my square always opened. Matter of fact, my ONLY reserve ride was due to a complete sleeve lock on my very first jump!!! (Epic military gear fail!!!)
SAME AIRCRAFT: August/1974, my first parachute jump from the white/red aircraft (1:54-2:12, 2:30-2:46), a 1940 Howard Model DGA-15P #N22418 You made first jump-static line-SOLO (the instructor remained in the aircraft); I was saying "What in the hell are you doing??", then stepped-off badly, wind pushed me, I got slammed in the head by the static line! After that, all "dreamtime". Landing so smooth, for a split second I was standing.... then remembered, tucked and rolled! An awesome memory!
A Gread Video Film. I like the good old time of Skydiving. I Make in this time from time to time
a Fun Jumps whis my Paracommander Mark one. This Fim from Carl Boenish is a first Film of Skydiving four the Cinemas in 1969. I have many old Films of Skydiving from this time from Carl Boenish.I like this old Film´s.
Wow this is awesome...I saw the movie maybe a 100 times while I was 12years old...It set me off to become a skydiver myself and now after 35 years of jumping ans some 3300 jumps later I'm still trembling when I see those magnificant images...
Ahhh... brings back great memories. Bill Booth was my first instructor in 1969. Man, our gear was primitive as hell by todays standards! Fun as hell though.
Ayerstairs 1 year ago
I was 11 yrs old and an extra at Benton,Ks for this movie
Opium323 1 year ago
i met Garth today... :)
nateiq 1 year ago
I love the meticulous pack job they did on the red/white round. However.... how many times has a load been about ready to go up, and you simply trash-packed your square just to make it? I always behaved stowing my lines, but no matter how I packed, my square always opened. Matter of fact, my ONLY reserve ride was due to a complete sleeve lock on my very first jump!!! (Epic military gear fail!!!)
mcresq65 2 years ago
Classic Carl Boenish films are available on a complete 2
DVD set, with all his copyrighted material digitally
remastered and color corrected by the original producer,
Photo-Chuting Enterprises, Hawthorne, California, USA.
Here is your chance to suggest insert information,
packaging, order method, and value of receiving Carls
wonderful films directly from their true source.
BASEfederation 2 years ago
@BASEfederation Do you, by any chance, know where I could get a hold of those DVD's? Thanks in advance.
eliasgerris 2 years ago
Great memories. Lots of jumps with Bob Sinclair here and Taft. Sure miss those days.
VeloNutMc52 2 years ago
SAME AIRCRAFT: August/1974, my first parachute jump from the white/red aircraft (1:54-2:12, 2:30-2:46), a 1940 Howard Model DGA-15P #N22418 You made first jump-static line-SOLO (the instructor remained in the aircraft); I was saying "What in the hell are you doing??", then stepped-off badly, wind pushed me, I got slammed in the head by the static line! After that, all "dreamtime". Landing so smooth, for a split second I was standing.... then remembered, tucked and rolled! An awesome memory!
Konabish 2 years ago
The beer was cold, the equipment was old. It all happened fast, man, I wish it would last. No AAD's, just my cord and me, man, we were free.
Now, the USPA and all the rules, you'd had thought we were fools. But lookn back at what we made, the kid's today, I think we saved.
dyslexicjim 2 years ago
man that was true skydiving.
a lot of fun and experiments.
today i have te feeling that skydiving is leaded my none jumping office faq´s.
bs
punisher17011990 2 years ago
Those were the days, mate.
No tandems. Just jumpers !
td12308 2 years ago
Why they have 2 pilot chutes??? pls answer.
741741 3 years ago
Twin pilot chutes were intended to reduce the chances of a pilot chute hesitation.
td12308 3 years ago
totally awesome you guys rock
musictrust 3 years ago
A Gread Video Film. I like the good old time of Skydiving. I Make in this time from time to time
a Fun Jumps whis my Paracommander Mark one. This Fim from Carl Boenish is a first Film of Skydiving four the Cinemas in 1969. I have many old Films of Skydiving from this time from Carl Boenish.I like this old Film´s.
Paracommander71 3 years ago
Wow this is awesome...I saw the movie maybe a 100 times while I was 12years old...It set me off to become a skydiver myself and now after 35 years of jumping ans some 3300 jumps later I'm still trembling when I see those magnificant images...
JOSSMOSKE 3 years ago
The entire movie is available on DVD through several sources on eBay and is well worth the investment.
td12308 3 years ago
nice to see the early stuff. my dad started jumping about 1960 at elsinor cal. I made my first in 1974. the good ol' days
chelseaaababyy 3 years ago
I jumped #1 Aug 18 1974 at Elsinore. See the full comment.
Konabish 2 years ago
OH maybe he wasn't. I was assuming that when I heard Gypsy Moths mentioned...
mobiltec 3 years ago
Wow glad I found this... Which one is Lyle Sr?
mobiltec 3 years ago
Do you mean Lyle Cameron? I wasn't aware he was in it.
td12308 3 years ago