1965 Rod Pack Skydiving Stunt Arvin California Vintage Original Press Photo

Description: An original press photograph that we acquired from the archives of the venerable 150 year-old Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Type & Size: A 8x8.5" original photograph.Condition: Photo from a working archive. May contain notes, marks, labels, clippings, and/or retouching by the staff at the time of publication. May contain issues associated with time, age, and use. Please see images for scans.Stuntman Rod Pack and another skydiver are captured on the ground in Arvin, California, after completing a daring parachute handoff stunt. The image shows them speaking with parachutes gathered at their feet, set against a backdrop of farm fields and distant mountains. This moment is documented as part of a 1965 aerial daredevil feat where Pack leaped without a parachute from 14,600 feet and successfully received one mid-air from fellow skydiver Bob Allen.This stunt was a notable event in aerial daredevil history, performed by Rod Pack, a 26-year-old movie stuntman. The feat was verified by the pilot and two aerial photographers, capturing evidence on both film and photographs. The event challenged and disproved common beliefs at the time about mid-air parachute handoffs.Text present on photo:STUNT MAN ROD PACK (LEFT) SAFE ON GROUNDBob Allen (right) handed him parachute at 10,600 feetARVIN, Calif. (AP)Sky diver Rod Pack says he leaped out of a plane at 14,600 feet Friday without a parachute.He rode safely to earth, he said, on a parachute handed to him by a fellow sky diver who followed him out of the plane — and caught up with him 4,000 feet below.Pack, a 26-year-old movie stuntman, said it was a first in aerial dare-deviltry and added:“They claimed it couldn’t be done, but we proved differently.”The pilot of the chartered plane confirmed Pack’s account. So did two sky-diving aerial photographers who said they followed Pack’s descent, and took movies and still pictures of the feat.2 JAN 2 1965 SAssociated PressSat Star2x1Parachutist- - - The press photo archives contained a mix of silver gelatin and wire photographs from sources such as Associated Press Wirephoto. Generally B&W images with no typed text on them in this archive are silver gelatin images, and photos with typed text are wire photos. All images are vintage and original to their era.

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