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.
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 |
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