Talk:Parachute Jump

message: Well. The World's Fair guidebook makes it quite clear that the chutes are held open all the time, while travelling up as well as down. This is confirmed by pictured like this: the domed chutes are presumably coming down and the "pointed" ones going up. So where did I get the crazy idea that this thing actually deployed a closed chute and had the rider go through a few seconds of freefall? It was from two bits of Coney Island: Lost and Found. Especially this part, from p 123:
:The  parachute jump was developed for the military in the 1930s as a training simulator for airborne troops. Each furled parachute with its rider seated in a harness was carried aloft by a lift rope and guided by six steel cables. When the parachute reached the top, a release mechanism was tripped, and the parachutes and riders went into free fall for several seconds until the chutes opened and slid down the cables.
I guess they are talking about the military versions only, but the blasted book doesn't have the courtesy to mention that. In fact, a couple pages later the author is describing riding the 'chute at 
the age of nine: "Then without waning we reached the top. The chute hit and exploded. We were falling."
So you could see where I got the wrong impression. Grr. —Bunchofgrapes  (talk) 03:31, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Free-fall/ chutes deploying 

message: The link to the Strong reference is broken.  The Stanley Switlik article lists his 1939 patent, which appears to be the Coney Island /World's Fair Tower, although he built an earlier tower in New Jersey. Pustelnik (talk) 21:24, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Switlik or Strong

message: The Jump closed with Steeplechase at the end of the 1964 season. It was not operated by Norman Kaufman later in the decade, as some sources state. When I wrote my thesis, which is referenced in this article, I took the 1968 date from a NYC Parks Department engineering report. That report, as it turned out, repeated an erroneous date from the NY Daily News article. Back in the late 1990's we were able to talk to Norman Kaufman and confirm that it had not operated after the closure of Steeplechase Park. – Seth Kaufman (11 April 2013)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.4.49 (talk) 19:35, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of closure 

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message: Moved here. epicgenius (talk) 19:01, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced popular culture content 

message: I've deleted this section per a comment at the FAC because it doesn't seem too relevant to the article. I'm posting this here in case anyone is interested. epicgenius (talk) 01:28, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe there is material here for a general article on the amusement genre of parachute ride?--Pharos (talk) 04:53, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Though I guess this content is being collected at Parachute tower#Fairground rides for now.--Pharos (talk) 12:26, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar amusement rides 

message: This 1950 Billboard article suggests there was a wartime blackout, at least at night.--Pharos (talk) 14:16, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It is true that Steeplechase Park was subjected to a wartime blackout. The Parachute Jump still operated during the daytime, but at night, it did not operate as an amusement ride because it had to be lit as a navigational beacon. epicgenius (talk) 15:32, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  No wartime blackout?