I just dug out some skydive photos... here are some wonderful days from my past life....
Back in the days before digital cameras, skydivers were experimenting with stereo cameras.
This photo was taken with 2 side-by-side cameras to provide different perspective. They
are developed with different shading and can be viewed with a 3-d viewer that makes the
skydivers jump off the background. It was pretty impressive at the time.
This jump was made out of the King-Air that was used for the movie Point Break.
I had to appear in court (not too far from the DZ) for a speeding ticket and stopped
by just to see who was there. (140-mph coming back from a skydiving event in
Phoenix.) It was lucky that I was not planning on jumping that day and didn't bring
my rig, which is predominantly royal blue. The one I borrowed matched my suit and
is invisible in many of the pictures... just a guy in a suit in freefall!
I love exit shots! I was a late diver out of the lead DC-3. This was a world-record
attempt in 1992. We completed a 2 point 100-way, but did not beat the record with
a 3rd point. I'm leaving the aircraft about the time the picture is taken and will have to
dock on the base that is building just about off frame at the bottom left. The glare in the
middle left is the reflection of the late-afternoon sun over the Pacific, about 30 miles away.
I'm at about 2 o'clock in the third ring, 1 to the right of the purple spoke...
black jumpsuit, silver stripe on my rig... long legs. On a jump later this day,
we had a completed 100-way going through a cloud... talk about intense.
The sensation of speed as we approached the cloud was amazing. Everyone's
realization about the situation made it the smoothest flying 100-way ever,
as all of our concentration levels were at their peak.