Skydive Palatka in the news

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and no it's not about the "Team Dirty Sanchez" raft.

http://www.palatkadailynews.com/

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http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2005/11/08/news/news01.txt

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Powers has a bit of experience in parachutes from World War II as she was one of two female parachute riggers for the United States military. Her job was to fold the chute, arrange the cords and make sure the chute was safe to go.

That's so cool! Did anybody who was at the Hog Flop get to talk to her? Bet she's got some good stories.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

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She was so sweet! I was very impressed when she mentioned being a parachute rigger in WWII. She said she might do "one more tandem" and I said "yeah right!"

Meeting her and Bob Sinclair (I have his business card which says "Jumping since 1945") just made the weekend that much better! Both of them are inspirations for living life to its fullest.

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One of the people helping in maifest actually asked Mr. Sinclair if he wanted to do a tandem.......it made me laugh and she blushed when I told her who he was.

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That's so cool! Did anybody who was at the Hog Flop get to talk to her? Bet she's got some good stories.

Yeah, I talked to her for a moment. She is definitely a neat woman! But I did not get a card and I am the DZOG!!

Oh well, at least I got to talk to her.

Chuck got some nice shots of her in freefall and will be writing an article to submit to Parachutist, so when you see it, you can say...."hey, I know that woman!!'

Let's have fun! :)