In World War II, thousands of combatants across the globe experienced exiting an aircraft and parachuting to the ground, either as a paratrooper dropped into combat or as flight crew escaping a crippled aircraft. Some servicemen discovered that it was enjoyable, and after the war ended kept jumping.
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The National Parachute Jumpers and Riggers was born in 1947. This group would later become the Parachute Club of America, and finally its current iteration: the USPA (United States Parachute Association). Parachuting as a sport had begun to permeate the international community.
In the 1970s, sports skydiving became very popular thanks to a quick-release system of the main parachute based on the three rings or rings, designed by engineer Bill Booth, that allowed anyone to use it.
Sport parachuting in the US got a big boost by having the World Championships at Orange, Massachusetts in the early 1960s. Most of these shots from Vince are at OSPC in the mid to late ’60s.
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All female load |
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Apartment packing |
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Apres Jumping LSPC, Lakewood, NJ |
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Beach 18 & Ron Blake |
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Connecticut Parachutists Inc. |
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Couple at the Inn |
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Dragged by a PC |
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Fran with a beer |
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Fun on the bowl |
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George exiting the Norseman |
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Girl packing PC in St Jerome, Canada outside Montreal |
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Girl photographing |
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Ground crew in DZ |
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HUEY jump |
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Jacques Istel in orange jumpsuit. George Theirault (Terry-o) in PI shirt |
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Jimmy with one white boot |
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Ken Benson at beach |
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Ken misses nothing |
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Lake Placid meet |
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LSPC packing tables |
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LSPC student |
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Manifest Board |
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Many canopies |
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Me and my "new" Hustler - Jump # 16 |
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Mike Horan's Santa Jump into downtown Orange |
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Mom and kid |
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New and old aircraft |
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Not a water jump |
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OSPC flight line |
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OSPC Office Help |
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OSPC ramp |
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Packing in the grass |
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Para woods snow |
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PC near landing |
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Pete Peterson exiting the Cessna 182 |
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PI Staff Meeting |
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Practicing relative work? |
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R&B PC |
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Red White & Blue PC |
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Robert "Sonny" Dickey D-1719 doing a Hop & Pop |
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Self portrait. Shot this at arm's length at about 2000 ft |
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Spectator on table |
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Spectators |
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St Jerome (Montreal) jumpers |
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Standup |
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Stinson N13477 |
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Sue Rademaekers |
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Sue Rademaekers' C-4083 Water Jump |
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Take my picture |
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This jumper decided to jump a reserve as a main |
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TU dragged |
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Vic Deveau and George with student |
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Waiting for |
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Winter meet |