SA's skydiving ancestors

Almost 20 years before the birth of skydiving in South Australia parachute training was underway at Parafield.
But it had a strict military focus. This wartime photo shows a Royal Australian Airforce sergeant instructing new arrivals in parachute drill outside the hangars at Parafield in 1942.

Even in the late 1960s old rigs like these could still be found occasionally – anyone know where we can get hold of one now to add to our 50th anniversary display?
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