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Ted Harrison was one of the first people who experimented with “freefalling” in SA because they had lined up some displays and in order to do so, had to quickly learn how. Because there was no one with any such experience, Ted taught himself by reading the Bud Sellick book and other correspondence. His first freefall was a delay between 7 and 10 seconds.


This introduction of freefalling now opened the door for experimenting with a totally new element within the sport called “baton passing” where one person would exit the aircraft holding a baton whilst another more experienced person would exit after and attempt to gain the baton in freefall. This game was only for the elite and according to recollections, a task easier said than done. Many attempts to achieve this were made before being successful and once so, attempts for a double pass and even a triple pass were contemplated.