SkymonkeyONE 4 #1 February 10, 2002 Yes, that's right my brothers and sisters! Today is my 21st anniversary in the sport. I made my first skydive (SL progression, of course) out of a Cessna 182 at Elmore Field in lovely Wetumpka, Alabama on 10 February 1981. My instructor and jumpmaster was Dave Davenport, who owned FTS parachutes, later known as APS (they make Rascals and Lasers). Gear was typical surplus B-12 container and a belly wart reserve with a 28 foot 7-TU main; I'm talking HIGH PERFORMANCE! I think it may have had a Stevens Lanyard, but it did not have an AAD at all. I was a little guy at age 17 and weighed about 110 soaking wet, so the rig hung well off my ass. Still, I was amped to finally get it over with. Growing up on a DZ made me more than prepared for the experience. I was to have started at 16, but my dad wouldn't let me because I was messing up in school. "Get your damn grades up, Boy, and then we will talk." When the day finally came, I was wisked away by Dave and trained away from our DZ. My dad did not want to play any part in my training. Actually, I did not actually jump with him until I had over 50 jumps. Dave's instructions were to not bring me back around until I was trained and safe. I was given a mini system with a red/white/blue Papillon as soon as I was off the rope, then was presented with a brand spanking new Wonderhog with a Phantom 22 and a Pegasus on my 12th Jump. Not a bad birthday present, huh?Anyway, I just wanted to pass the information on to the masses. I know that inquiring monkeys need to know!Later,Chuck BlueD-12501My webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #2 February 10, 2002 BEEEEEERRRRR !!! Congrats dude !!! You shouldn't put a knife in the toaster - but you're an adult now !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #3 February 10, 2002 21, eh Chuck? Woo hoo, you're legal now! Congrats and happy "skybirthday". I'll drink a beer or two in your honor.... right now!p.s. what's an AAD? pull and flare,lisa--What would Scooby Doo? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #4 February 10, 2002 Happy skybirthday!!! "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #5 February 10, 2002 A birthday kiss..... We love you Chuck Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #6 February 10, 2002 QuoteA birthday kiss.....Holy crap.Oh, uh...happy birthday, Chuck! Here's to another 21. Then another 21 after that! Then, what the hell, another 21. I'm feeling generous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MiataDRM 0 #7 February 10, 2002 Happy Birthday bud. Wishing you many more safe skydiving years.**I'm a Pschydiver!Majdi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kelly 0 #8 February 10, 2002 damn.. youre skydiving career is 2 weeks older than i am in real life.. damn.My little corner of the web. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkymonkeyONE 4 #9 February 10, 2002 Paula, I sure do love team players! Now, both of you, come to Chuckie! My webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Shark 0 #10 February 10, 2002 Congrats! Whoa, that's a long time.... So what's been your canopy progression? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rezz92 0 #11 February 10, 2002 Congratulations ChuckRick.................. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkymonkeyONE 4 #12 February 10, 2002 Wow, do you really want to know? Without digging through my logbooks, here it is to the best of my recollection:various surplus rounds and a Papillon until my 12th jump (my dad still has that Pap in his shop)Django Pegasus 223 (black rainbow pattern) in a Wonderhoga one-off 8-cell 200 square foot FTS prototype that Dave Davenport built for me.an FTS Bogy 9 200 in an original VectorFTS Bogy 9 175, and two Bogy 150's in two rigs (vector and centaurus)PD Excallibur 150 (the original crossbraced tricell) in a pre-Sunpath Javelin J1. I made my 1000th jump when I had this rig. My old roommate Rixter Neely in Mississippi still has that rig.Two Monarch 135's and a Sabre 135 in two rigs (vector 2 and Jav)Stilleto 107 in a Vector 2. I made my 2000th jump with this rigStilleto 97 in another Vector 2Vengeance 97 in a Vector 2Alpha 84 evolution 2000 and an Icarus VX-74 in a Vector 2 then a Jav XRSCobalt 85 in a Jav XRS or another Vector 2Cobalt 75, H-mod added after six months in an Odyssey RSCompetition Cobalt 75 (damaged in competition) and 65 in the Odyssey RS and the XRSI think that's it!ChuckMy webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mountainman 0 #13 February 11, 2002 Congrats "el primer mono del cielo"!! JumpinDuo.com...come and sign the guestbook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymedic 0 #14 February 11, 2002 happy skyBday chucky....and dont let the greenie beenies hassle ya too much about 21 yrs....marc"...a mind stretched with new idea's will never regain its shape" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #15 February 11, 2002 Dude, you did your first jump a bit more then a month before my FIRST birthday...Congrats.Out of curiosity, how did you damage your Colbalt in competition?Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites harro 0 #16 February 11, 2002 Happy skybirfday dewd!!!Freemind, freesky, freebeer, freefly, freesex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymedic 0 #17 February 11, 2002 He did it about 7 years after mine......WOW....marc"...a mind stretched with new idea's will never regain its shape" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyhawk 2 #18 February 11, 2002 congrats man(o)(o) i got a iq of 189 so there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites QuickDraw 0 #19 February 11, 2002 Well played man, hope you have another 21 to come..and the some. And Paula...thanx for that picture ...it's made my day Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Remster 30 #20 February 11, 2002 Allright Chuckie,now, back to the highjacking: Paula, what happened after that pic? RemsterMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #21 February 11, 2002 QuoteAllright Chuckie,now, back to the highjacking: Paula, what happened after that pic?Congrats Chuck. I hope you forgive me, but I'm with the Remster on this one. Let's get to the important stuff. So, Paula, fess up. Not that our imaginations haven't already finished the whole scenario, but we'd like to know what actually occurred. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyhi 24 #22 February 11, 2002 Paula,Will you marry me? And if not, how about that other chick and you can have "privileges"? Take it 1 day at a time, like the drunks do. H. Hill flyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Aviatrr 0 #23 February 11, 2002 Quote A birthday kiss..... Damn......Ok, the rest of you ladies here need to learn a lesson from that pic! Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #24 February 11, 2002 Congrats Chuck, most of us could only imagine.....QuoteDamn......Ok, the rest of you ladies here need to learn a lesson from that pic!More like the rest of you ladies everywhere.....SkyDekker"We cannot do great things, only small things with great love" Mother Theresa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jumperpaula 0 #25 February 11, 2002 Quote Django Pegasus 223 (black rainbow pattern) in a Wonderhog............Competition Cobalt 75 (damaged in competition) and 65 in the Odyssey RS and the XRS 21 years in the sport.....to me, it's kinda like being a kid and you "can't imagine yourself all grown up"... I hope I have 21 great years loving this sport, growing with it and giving back to it. I wanna be like Chuck! Thanks so much for all you've done and thanks in advance for all you will do. xoxox Fly Your Slot ! 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MiataDRM 0 #7 February 10, 2002 Happy Birthday bud. Wishing you many more safe skydiving years.**I'm a Pschydiver!Majdi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly 0 #8 February 10, 2002 damn.. youre skydiving career is 2 weeks older than i am in real life.. damn.My little corner of the web. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #9 February 10, 2002 Paula, I sure do love team players! Now, both of you, come to Chuckie! My webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #10 February 10, 2002 Congrats! Whoa, that's a long time.... So what's been your canopy progression? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rezz92 0 #11 February 10, 2002 Congratulations ChuckRick.................. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #12 February 10, 2002 Wow, do you really want to know? Without digging through my logbooks, here it is to the best of my recollection:various surplus rounds and a Papillon until my 12th jump (my dad still has that Pap in his shop)Django Pegasus 223 (black rainbow pattern) in a Wonderhoga one-off 8-cell 200 square foot FTS prototype that Dave Davenport built for me.an FTS Bogy 9 200 in an original VectorFTS Bogy 9 175, and two Bogy 150's in two rigs (vector and centaurus)PD Excallibur 150 (the original crossbraced tricell) in a pre-Sunpath Javelin J1. I made my 1000th jump when I had this rig. My old roommate Rixter Neely in Mississippi still has that rig.Two Monarch 135's and a Sabre 135 in two rigs (vector 2 and Jav)Stilleto 107 in a Vector 2. I made my 2000th jump with this rigStilleto 97 in another Vector 2Vengeance 97 in a Vector 2Alpha 84 evolution 2000 and an Icarus VX-74 in a Vector 2 then a Jav XRSCobalt 85 in a Jav XRS or another Vector 2Cobalt 75, H-mod added after six months in an Odyssey RSCompetition Cobalt 75 (damaged in competition) and 65 in the Odyssey RS and the XRSI think that's it!ChuckMy webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #13 February 11, 2002 Congrats "el primer mono del cielo"!! JumpinDuo.com...come and sign the guestbook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #14 February 11, 2002 happy skyBday chucky....and dont let the greenie beenies hassle ya too much about 21 yrs....marc"...a mind stretched with new idea's will never regain its shape" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #15 February 11, 2002 Dude, you did your first jump a bit more then a month before my FIRST birthday...Congrats.Out of curiosity, how did you damage your Colbalt in competition?Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harro 0 #16 February 11, 2002 Happy skybirfday dewd!!!Freemind, freesky, freebeer, freefly, freesex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #17 February 11, 2002 He did it about 7 years after mine......WOW....marc"...a mind stretched with new idea's will never regain its shape" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk 2 #18 February 11, 2002 congrats man(o)(o) i got a iq of 189 so there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #19 February 11, 2002 Well played man, hope you have another 21 to come..and the some. And Paula...thanx for that picture ...it's made my day Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #20 February 11, 2002 Allright Chuckie,now, back to the highjacking: Paula, what happened after that pic? RemsterMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #21 February 11, 2002 QuoteAllright Chuckie,now, back to the highjacking: Paula, what happened after that pic?Congrats Chuck. I hope you forgive me, but I'm with the Remster on this one. Let's get to the important stuff. So, Paula, fess up. Not that our imaginations haven't already finished the whole scenario, but we'd like to know what actually occurred. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #22 February 11, 2002 Paula,Will you marry me? And if not, how about that other chick and you can have "privileges"? Take it 1 day at a time, like the drunks do. H. Hill flyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #23 February 11, 2002 Quote A birthday kiss..... Damn......Ok, the rest of you ladies here need to learn a lesson from that pic! Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #24 February 11, 2002 Congrats Chuck, most of us could only imagine.....QuoteDamn......Ok, the rest of you ladies here need to learn a lesson from that pic!More like the rest of you ladies everywhere.....SkyDekker"We cannot do great things, only small things with great love" Mother Theresa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #25 February 11, 2002 Quote Django Pegasus 223 (black rainbow pattern) in a Wonderhog............Competition Cobalt 75 (damaged in competition) and 65 in the Odyssey RS and the XRS 21 years in the sport.....to me, it's kinda like being a kid and you "can't imagine yourself all grown up"... I hope I have 21 great years loving this sport, growing with it and giving back to it. I wanna be like Chuck! Thanks so much for all you've done and thanks in advance for all you will do. xoxox Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
