Who and where? #2

[howardwhite 6]

What DZ, roughly when, and, for lots of extra points, who?

HW

[jimmytavino 16]

coolidge

late 70's
sam brown


....or not.......

jmy

[swovelin 11]

Is it Zing?

[3331 137]

Coolidge AZ is correct 1977-78, his first name is Rick and yes I was on the same jump.

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

[councilman24 37]

Don't think it's Sam. I bought his team SST, and I packed his Shobi rig until he finally got a new one from Sandy Reid ( and it's in my basement right now to be inspected and packed). Never knew him to have the rig in the photo.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[JohnRich 4]

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That photo reminds me of that old Racer advertisement, that said: "The Last Thing You Need at Two Grand is Pretty Gear"

Copy attached.

[howardwhite 6]

Rick Ellwanger, D-3634, at Coolidge Parachute Ranch.
Photo: Tony Gonzales
Parachutist cover March '80
(date of jump not specified)

HW

[jimmytavino 16]

i've always read parachutist and SKYDIVING cover to cover and have enjoyed alll the great photos published in them...


many stick in our minds for one reason or another...
was really guessing in the earlier post , but i do seem to remember pic's of S Brown ( never met him, never knew him) in which he wore a red jumpsuit maybe a photo of an exit or as a floater, holding on with one hand...

thanks for the correct answers Howard.

j tavino

[councilman24 37]

Sam's jumpsuit was kind of red orange, like the photo. And he had a hat kind of like that. Pretty good guess.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[councilman24 37]

three words;

Struggle! Struggle! Thump!

The last think you need at 400' at terminal is a SST with a reserve total. (Been there, have the emotional scars) On a prototype SST I bought from Sam Brown in 1981.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[tbrown 26]

That was a cover shot on Parachutist back in the day.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !