Some more old movie stuff

[Guest ozzie]

 

The Major should remember this one. 'Masters of the Sky', can't belive i used to jump that state of the art equipment.

 

 

[winsor68]

This is bloody excellent.

 

Like the music too.

 

Thanks for posting

 

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P.S. What year did the square/modern chute arrive? What year was this filmed?

 

 

[pudestcon]

Thanks for posting ozzie,

 

I've never felt the need to jump from a perfectly good aircraft but I can certainly see what a buzz it would be. I enjoyed the video.

 

Come to think of it..... maybe I should try it at least once:big_grin: I'll give it some thought and put it on the 'bucket list'

 

Pud

 

 

[winsor68]

 

Look what I found...

 

Here is the making off doco...

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

Master of the Sky was released about 1974.. probably a compilation of footage shot during the previous years. Carl was doing a lot of movie and TV work as well back then. the first 'squares were coming in around that time. There is quite a bit of this old footage coming online as it is converted.

 

 

[winsor68]

I remember seeing people using these chutes in my wee early years... and my brother and I inherited a chute that looked very much like the one they were packing in the second video. It was old and stuffed... a couple of them sat in our garage for a year or so... I don't know how they were acquired but they were like old ex military things. Eventually my brother and I were allowed to put it in the middle of the garage and pull the ripcord... I remember expecting the chute to explode out like they did when parachutists pulled them but instead the laces just flopped out with the pilot chute on a spring.... such an anti climax! But we kept that old chute for years... used to inflate it in the street... Amazed we didnt get blown away to Oz...used it for shade at a party once.

 

Parachuting has come a loooooooong way since then as a sport.