GravityGirl 0 #1 April 19, 2006 Are there any old timers out there who ever jumped in New Hampshire about 40 years ago? I was looking through some old family photos and my Dad used to own an airport there. The sign in the photo says, "Skydiving" and there is a photo of a reserve ride taking place. The jump pilot was named George Turner. Anyone know anything about this DZ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1888 0 #2 April 19, 2006 At that time there was a club in Rochester NH which jumped at a nearby airport in Sanford Maine. I jumped there with a bunch of guys whose names escape me now. The club president was a guy by the name of Charlie Dame. He was a cop in Rochester NH and at the time was probably in his mid 40's. He was also an Area Safety Officer for the PCA (Parachute Club of America). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #3 April 19, 2006 Pretty sure they landed there on the airport. May have been closer to MA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #4 April 20, 2006 Hmm, do you know where the airport was? The pilot's name doesn't ring a bell. Some possibilities: -Pepperell, MA, less than one mile from the NH border, run in earliest days by a guy named Ralph Wright, who later ran a DZ at: -New London, NH -Rochester, as noted. Much later run by Buddy Keefe and with a landing area on a nearby field in NH; Charlie Dame is immortalized in the Poynter rigging manual (and, I think, in other Poynter books), in a photo of a barnstorming jump; -Lake Winnepesaukee area; couple of different DZs at different times in Moultonboro and environs; -Berlin. DZ in the 60s, maybe into the seventies. -North Conway airport, maybe in the seventies; That about exhausts my recall; now ask me about Massachusetts HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #5 April 20, 2006 The sign in the picture says, New England Air Park. One of the photos, I can make out a jumper coming down under a round. And one with two out and everyone running toward them. The photos were taken in April 1966. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #6 April 21, 2006 The hunt continues; in the process, some helpful folks in New Hampshire have pointed me to: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/index.htm which is a really cool national webside of abandoned or underused airports. (pm sent to GravityGirl) HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #7 April 21, 2006 I'll scan the photos today. They are not great quality, but maybe someone will recognize the LZ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #8 April 21, 2006 Very cool web site by the way! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
