Camera people

[howardwhite 6]

This photo, scanned from Howard Gregory's "The Falcon's Disciples," shows three well-known camera dudes and a legendary pilot etc.
Art Armstrong is flying his C-185, with strut-mounted Nikon.
In the door is Chip Maury, with a 16mm Bell and Howell movie camera, helmet mounted Nikon, and hand-held 4x5 K-20.
Below him is Luis Melendez, with Nikon on helmet and holding a 4x5 Speed Graphic. Lyle Cameron is on the step, with a 16mm KB3A movie camera and KB10 still camera.

(Chip is now retired from a long career as a Navy and civilian photographer and photojournalism professor. I hope to see him this summer.)

HW

[skr 1]

Wow! That's an early morning jolt!

The people, the airplane, the canal, ...

The stories, the memories, ...

Thank you, Howard.

I haven't seen Chip Maury since the
nationals in Plattsburgh in 1970.

Please say hello for me.

Skr

[sdctlc 0]

That is a great picture. After getting over the picture itself, My second thought was "Wow, that looks like a load of todays FreeFlyers with all the cameras"

Scott C.

"He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

[BIGUN 1,424]

Since the thread title is "Camera People," wonder how many people knew Mike Sisemore in Oklahoma who used to jump one of the ABC Wide World of Sports cameras on his helmet (circa late 70's - early 80's)... Mike had to finally give up skydiving around 1983 as the camera had blown his neck and knees out. About every two years, Mike has an "Old Skydivers" reunion at his place on the lake that we jump into

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[fastphil 0]

Mike Sisemore jumped with us at Spaceland quite a bit. I always considered him one of the best...

[NickDG 23]

Love old photo threads . . . and I hope this isn’t too much of a hijack.

Here's a few that ran in the now defunct Los Angeles Times.

Wiggins: This shows Mary Wiggins about to make her 13th jump in 1931. The paper made a big deal about jump #13 being the, "jinx jump."

Lobe: Also from 1931 this shows gear manufacturers were never shy about plastering their name all over our gear. (I do like the shoes though . . .)

Haystack: This one is from 1977 and shows Evel Knievel and his plan to exit an airplane and land in a haystack without using a parachute. I suppose it's a good thing for Jeb Corliss that Evel never followed through . . .

NickD BASE 194

[howardwhite 6]

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Here's a few that ran in the now defunct Los Angeles Times.

Well, that's news to me. Recently sold, arguably in decline, but not defunct, AFAIK.

HW

(Thread hijack is approved. I might even add some more myself. )

HW

[howardwhite 6]

O.k., by popular demand , another...
This is from "Parachuting's Unforgettable Jumps III," by Howard Gregory.
It's Ray Cottingham, wearing a 35mm Eyemo camera.

Another legendary cameraman.

HW

[fastphil 0]

Got any of Carl Boenish??? I'd sure like to see them. He loved doing movies (16mm) and stills (35mm) all from one helmet. I don't think I've ever met any other camera guy with the excitement and enthusiasm and vision and equipment Carl had...

[howardwhite 6]

Ask and you shall receive a double-header, from the same wonderful Howard Gregory book.

(I was at a DZ yesterday rooting through an old storage shed and found a pristine copy of the original El Cap movie that Carl showed at a USPA BOD meeting ages ago. Now I just have to find a projector.)

Pictures are from El Cap.

HW

[fastphil 0]

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Ask and you shall receive a double-header, from the same wonderful Howard Gregory book.

(I was at a DZ yesterday rooting through an old storage shed and found a pristine copy of the original El Cap movie that Carl showed at a USPA BOD meeting ages ago. Now I just have to find a projector.)

Pictures are from El Cap.


Thanks Howard. It's amazing when what the camera man does dwarfs what his subject is doing...

HW

[3331 137]

Howard,

Thank you for the pictures, I'm copying and sending them around.

I started jumping in Darbydale Ohio in August 1969 with the Columbus Skydivers. They were still pissed off about the name change from PCA to USPA and some thought the movie "Gypsy Moths" was state of the art Skydiving. One of the jumpers (John Simpkins) had a collection of Skydiver magazines and Parachutist from day one, I borrowed them all and studied the early days. The club had a collection of old 16mm movies too. It was a fun crowd that did more partying then jumping.

I switched to Xenia Ohio in 1970---the Beech came by and I got on.

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

[howardwhite 6]

Same picture as attached to original post, but this time in color, from Sky Diver.

HW

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This photo, scanned from Howard Gregory's "The Falcon's Disciples," shows three well-known camera dudes and a legendary pilot etc.
Art Armstrong is flying his C-185, with strut-mounted Nikon.
In the door is Chip Maury, with a 16mm Bell and Howell movie camera, helmet mounted Nikon, and hand-held 4x5 K-20.
Below him is Luis Melendez, with Nikon on helmet and holding a 4x5 Speed Graphic. Lyle Cameron is on the step, with a 16mm KB3A movie camera and KB10 still camera.

HW

[JerryBaumchen 1,446]

Hi howard,

One interesting thing is that Luis does not have his reserve on.

Jerry

[Zing 2]

I think his rig is one of those ParaTwin Pro rigs that had a reserve that could be mounted in a conventional manner (up front) but could also be mounted on top of the main container as a piggyback rig.

Zing Lurks

[howardwhite 6]

There was (according to Poynter) a Crossbow "snap on" model which was similarly convertible. And I think my first pig, which I bought in 1967 as I was about to start putting out static line students, was a Strong container on a Pioneer harness which had D-rings. It was not convertible.
I'll look for pictures.

HW

[JerryBaumchen 1,446]

Hi Zing,

If you look closely (and were around in those days, and maybe you were) it has the adjusting main lift web going up and down at the center link of the d-ring. That was a common way to build a Pioneer 3-pin rig, which I think is what Luis jumped.

Jerry