Bill Booth

Bill Booth is the inventor of the 3-ring release system, the throw-out pilot chute, both of which are now widely used in the sport of skydiving, and the Sky-Hook RSL.

Trivia

• Bill Booth appears as a part of an introduction-to-skydiving video, which is shown to students and tandem jumpers at most dropzones.
• He acted as the seaplane pilot and bartender in The Firm, starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman.
• He also played a small role as a bearded skydiver in the feature film Cutaway.
• Bill can be readily recognized by his ZZTop style beard.
• Bill was instrumental in obtaining FAA approval of the tandem jumping as a means of teaching skydiving.
• Bill was the founder of The Relative Workshop, which pioneered modern parachute systems with its introduction of the WonderHog harness/container system.