Skydiving display, Football Park, Adelaide, 1976

[Aezos]

the time before the slider was a painful time

[AOXOMOXO]

Yikes....those look like hard landings..no flare ?

[td12308]

First two canopies were really close to the stall, sinking on to the target. Then the wind dropped out behind the grandstand, making a flare too dangerous. And these were the first ram airs. We'd only just moved up from round Paracommanders.

[pmam1968]

Looks like the 1976 2nd Semi Final between Port Adelaide and Glenelg. There is a very brief shot of the scoreboard at about 2:06.

[skydivn]

9 Cells, no swooping going on back then!

[pulsejet1]

@skydivn No one was dying on landings either!

[skydivn]

I'm sure that plane is still being jumped out of.

[vaddoff]

Its amazing to watch this. Its even more amazing how far our sport has come. These guys are true pioneers. Respect.

[doveycrackers]

Thankyou for this video. Thats my Dad - Bernie Keenan! A year before i was born. love it - Cheers

[badooleoo]

Amazing footage of a very new West Lakes at the time. Most of the area was undeveloped as you can see the lake was formed but no houses.

[td12308]

September 12, 1976 -- can't remember the teams. State of Origin match I think. Golden Arrows was the only SA demo team at the time.

[pmam1968]

@td12308 Looks like the 1976 2nd Semi Final between Port Adelaide and Glenelg (if it's September 1976 that's the only time they met). There is a very brief shot of the scoreboard.

[lucabonfi]

....paracadutismo di altri tempi...bello rivedere queste immagini i pionieri dei primi paracadute a profilo alare.

[Lowerlighter]

Ouch! Painful landings.  Great footage.

[ashwooldridge]

Yeah, no wonder they invented the PLF!