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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 , starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman.
He also played a small role as a bearded skydiver in the feature film .
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.

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