Was digging thru some old shit

[akarunway 1]

and found a 1st jump cert from Perris 1979. Didn't even know my friend jumped. Static outta o Cessna he says. Instructor/Jumpmaster I/29 D-2866> Pilot M Peterson (?) Any history on Perris back then. Was just making my 1st kid back then.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[mjosparky 4]

Aircraft around that time would have included a couple of DC-3's, D-18, Howard DGA and a Cesena. The pool had been build but not the new bar and restaurant. What served as a bar was the old gear room and manifest with a cold box sitting outside the back door. Here are a few pictures from the time.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[akarunway 1]

thanks

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[NickDG 23]

In that "Perris back in the day" photo isn't the girl Jody Ownens (spl?) who ran the gear store at Perris with her husband?

That was the very first "gear store" I ever actually saw on a DZ. And the first time I met her she gave me a ration of shit. With the older gear we used back then we went through a lot of rubber bands so I needed a couple and went inside the store saw a coffee can full of them so I grabbed a few and walked out. Man, she came after me like I just made off with the Crown Jewels. "That's a quarter a handful!" She yelled at me.

I was kind of stunned (and embarrassed) as most DZs put out boxes of rubber bands for free. Of course, I didn't fully realize it at the time but this was the very beginnings of the commercialization of skydiving. Everything bad that came after that, Boogie registration fees, the end of the ten dollar reserve repack, Skyride, and the final nail in the sport, tandems, was all my fault.

Instead of sheepishly handing over my quarter I should have bitched more . . .

NickD

[skybill 22]

Hi Nick,
Yup, that was Jody. She passed a few years ago i think from some kind of Cancer. She ciould be very stern, you found out!! Once an old whuffo couple was touring the DZ and went into the store. The man just off the cuff inquired," How long to you have to pull your other chute if the first one don't work??" Without skipping a beat Jody says,"The rest of your life!"

SCR-2034, SCS-680

III%,
Deli-out

[grimmie 186]

Jumping with a Cooper hockey helmet Sparky, love it!

[akarunway 1]

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In that "Perris back in the day" photo isn't the girl Jody Ownens (spl?) who ran the gear store at Perris with her husband?

That was the very first "gear store" I ever actually saw on a DZ. And the first time I met her she gave me a ration of shit. With the older gear we used back then we went through a lot of rubber bands so I needed a couple and went inside the store saw a coffee can full of them so I grabbed a few and walked out. Man, she came after me like I just made off with the Crown Jewels. "That's a quarter a handful!" She yelled at me.

I was kind of stunned (and embarrassed) as most DZs put out boxes of rubber bands for free. Of course, I didn't fully realize it at the time but this was the very beginnings of the commercialization of skydiving. Everything bad that came after that, Boogie registration fees, the end of the ten dollar reserve repack, Skyride, and the final nail in the sport, tandems, was all my fault.

Instead of sheepishly handing over my quarter I should have bitched more . . .

NickD

Sounds like BLUE circa now. The bitch hates me

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[riggerrob 643]

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NickD

Sounds like BLUE circa now. The bitch hates me

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What did you do to p!$$ off BLUE?

She was always polite to me when I worked for her, as a nigger ... er ... rigger.

[akarunway 1]

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NickD

Sounds like BLUE circa now. The bitch hates me

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What did you do to p!$$ off BLUE?

She was always polite to me when I worked for her, as a nigger ... er ... rigger.Made her wait for a yr. to payoff the last container.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[mjosparky 4]

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Instead of sheepishly handing over my quarter I should have bitched more . .

And she would have kicked your ass.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[mjosparky 4]

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Jumping with a Cooper hockey helmet Sparky, love it!

There are not many people on these forums that would know that.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[stratostar 5]

That was the hot shit in the day, no more bells unless you got hit by one in your cooper.

you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

[NickDG 23]

I passed on the Coopers in favor of Frappe hats. But I sold a lot of them when I worked for Square One. I recall sometime in the '90s they stopped selling them to us for resale to skydivers because they were sued by someone who was injured while jumping. Always thought they were the epitome of ugly anyway . . .

NickD