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This Jalbert 180 Mini Foil was filmed spontaneously freepacking itself into an SST container. Yes it worked (1000 times) but freepacking is not a ...

Combined some of my still images and 8mm film of canopy relative work from the early 1980's. Some of the pilots in this footage are Lew Sanborn, To...

Ted Strong (D-16) jumps an Eagle parachute system after stuffing a 24 foot canopy with 550 cord tied around the skirt into the main container. This...

One day a big fellow, over 300 pounds, showed up at the DZ wanting to jump. He had experience and came prepared with a custom 44 cargo chute that h...

Harry Done took us up in his S58D Sikorsky helicopter to 9000 feet as a part of the Spruce Creek Airport Thanksgiving fly in. Tom Plonka took 35mm ...

A vintage Ford Trimotor was at the airport one day so we talked the pilot into letting us get a jump from it. Tom Plonka took some 35mm shots while...

One of the jumps made into the fourth of July celebrations at Lake Eola, Orlando, Florida. I was base, carrying the 8mm movie camera. Royce Hammock...