primetime 18 #1 July 5, 2009 LARRY "SPARKY" LANG A skydiving friend died four years ago today, on July 4th, 2005. And I just realized that even though he didn't die while skydiving, he could still have a memorial page. Larry Lang was from Stratford, WI. He was better known to the skydiving world simply as Sparky. He amassed 678 total jumps from the years 1993-2004. He was a regular fixture at the World Freefall Conventions, though known more for his ground antics than anything he did in the air. He acquired the nickname Sparky on his ninth static-line jump. He landed his canopy in some power lines, knocking out power to half the town. No sh*t, there I was... Blue skies, black death, bro. Dying of natural causes is for pussies! More later... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #2 July 5, 2009 You wouldn't happen to have a picture that you could add to the memorial would you? Thanks!skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likestojump 3 #3 July 5, 2009 as there are many other nicknamed Sparky, it would be cool if you edit the thread title with the persons real name. Otherwise some of us gasp ... tnx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
primetime 18 #4 July 7, 2010 Five years gone, but not forgotten... One of my favorite Sparky stories took place on Halloween 2003. I had rented a Superman costume for the occasion, complete with chiseled upper body muscles. At the last minute, I had to work, so I borrowed the costume to Sparky. The only problem was that Sparky had broken both of his ankles the previous weekend in a landing gone bad. Not letting his hobbled condition stop him, Sparky went bar-hopping with the rest of the skydivers--as Superman on crutches! He was the life of the party that night, as the pictures I saw later can attest. As Sparky wrote to me in his suicide note, "Dying a natural death is for pussies!" I agree. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
