Parachute Technologies sells the Vector 3 and Vector 3 Micron Harness/Container system. The latest versions incorporate innovations like magnetic riser covers, a spectra ripcord and the Skyhook RSL system. 'Booth's rule #2', which states that "The safer skydiving gear becomes, the more chances skydivers will take, in order to keep the fatality rate constant" is often attributed to him. This is an example of risk compensation. Films Bill Booth appears as a part of a waiver and introduction-to-skydiving video shown to first-time tandem students who jump with the Vector Tandem system. He acted as the seaplane pilot and bartender in the 1993 film The Firm, starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. He played a small role as a bearded skydiver in the 2000 feature film Cutaway Trivia He was part of several Russian skydiving expeditions to the North Pole. He is a recipient of the Order of Lenin. He survived a single engine plane crash on August 27, 2013 after the plane he was piloting lost power. References External links United Parachute Technologies American male film actors American inventors American skydivers Place of birth missing (living people) Living people 1946 births