Historic

Bill Cole set the Official Canadian High Altitude record on April 7th 1973, with a jump from 36,916 ft over Baldwin, Ontario. 117mph exit winds from a Turbo Cessna 210 aircraft, 2 minute and 29 second frefall; drifted in freefall four miles west and two miles south of the target carrying a barograph in freefall with a second barograph in the aircraft.

"Nieuws Encyclopedie" parachute history web-page.

Project PI is an on-line history of America's first purpose built skydiving center.

"The act of parachuting, measured in seconds, and with mistakes punishable by death, sets a standard for education. In memory of past heroism, and in the spirit of educating each of us in courage and in discipline, now and in the future, we dedicate the Hall of Fame of Parachuting" - Jacques-André Istel

The Dave Gold Parachute Collection was deposited in May 1999 in Special Collections and Archives by Aviation Trail, Inc., owners of the collection and founders of the Aviation Trail Parachute Museum in Dayton, Ohio.