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  1. dzswoop717
    You need permission from the land owner of the LZ. I would get it in writing to be safe. We jumped into my house for years back in the 1990's. The back yard was beside a 30 acre open field and the farmer loved to watch us jump. We would have winter skydiving parties at my house. The wife would make a huge pot of chili and all kinds of snacks. My dad would drive 8 of us over to the local airport in his van and fly 2 loads in his 180 then drive back after the second load to pick us up again. We packed in the living room, Florida room and basement. Good times. It was more about the socalizing than the skydiving. Of course there was always a good party after the jumping was over.
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    She resembles the actress that played the Wicked Which of the West in The Wizard of Oz.
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    I am too computer challenged. PM me and I can text you the pictures. I need to learn how to do more on this thing, just can't find the time and brain cells to learn.
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    Bought an airport in October, to move my auto and aircraft painting and restorations businesses onto one property. Completely renovated the hangar into a paint shop, new spray booth, new mixing room, Heat, lights, air compressors, etc... We have been up and running for a couple of weeks. I painted a 55 chevy yesterday. No time to play, my Cessna 180 is sitting in the snow, waiting for spring and for me to have time to use it. Nose to the grind stone now, plenty of fun ahead, lunch time skydives, and sun rise flights in my brothers and my Avid Flyer.
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    The day I made 11 jumps I only had my rig, a wonderhog with a Unit 2, and a 26' Joe Smith reserve. I was jumping with Titto. We would be the first out on the first pass at 10k, pull at 2k snivel to 1k, and spiral to land, Drop our rig where we landed, flat pack, roll the canopy like a sleeping bag to put it in the D bag, stow the first 2 locking stows and coil the rest of the lines into the container, close the container and run to manifest with the pilot chute in my hand and sign up for the next load. (club rule, you had to have your pin in and container closed to manifest) Pack the pilotchute, gear up and meet the chopper when it landed. We only had the chopper for 4 hrs or so that day. We were on every load. Good times, couldn't dream of doing that today.
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    Poor attendance ended the The World Freefall Convention. It became unproffitable when only about 1000 jumpers showed up at the last boogie.
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    I had a quick silver sprint a few years back. It had a 447 on it and I put the bigger tires, steerable nose wheel and black max brakes on it. It was given to me by a friend that inherited it when his father who passed away. It had sat in his garage for 25 years and he brought it to me in the bed of his pick up truck. My buddy Larry and I rebuilt the entire airplane to like new condition, New sails, rebuilt engine, fiberglass pod and so forth. It was the most fun I had had in years. It was a joy to fly and like you said, you would have to be completely stupid to break it up in flight. I sold it to make room in the hangar for another airplane, 5 airplanes later, I miss that Quicksilver the most. It was such a fun airplane to fly and inexpensive. I have had a Kolb Twinstar and currently own a Avid Flyer. I would rather have the Quicksilver back. All your work will be worth the effort those machines are pure fun.
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    Well said.
  9. dzswoop717
    When I got to Ft Bragg after jump school to be placed at my permanent party station. I got to the unit and there was only a hand full of people there, the entire unit was in Gernada. During the three years I was in, I shined a lot of boots, ironed a lot of uniforms, and ran many many miles of pt. I chased women, drank beer, and made 1300 skydives. I never got an article 15, and was honorably discharged at the end of my enlistment. I never feel like a veteran when I compare myself to the men and women who have seen war and paid the ultimate price for our freedom.
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    Find a small Cessna DZ in your area, not a tandem factory. That is where the sport is very much like it was in the eighties. A small Club is you best bet for the vibe you are looking for. The old school places are few and far between but when you find it, it will be like stepping back in time. Don't give up, what you are looking for is out there.
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    1984 to 1987 we had Huey and Black Hawk support at the 82nd Parachute club. We made hundreds of jumps from these birds for 1 dollar a day plus some very low monthly club fee. My best day was 11 jumps and my most profitable day was 7 AFF jumps at 20 bucks per jump. We would leave Ft Bragg when the helicopter time ran out and go to Raeford for a few more jumps. Life was good and 300 to 400 jumps a year was cheap.
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    Wife and I did our first landing in our plane, at our airport tonight right before sunset. A life time of hard work and a dream. We can't wait to share it with all our friends. Very emotional flight. Wiping tears on final.
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    You should jump it. Looks to be in great shape. Any rigger could inspect it and tell you if it is airworthy. Your old man had cool stuff.
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    What a wonderful collection. I bet the skydiving museum would be interested in what you have. Your Dad's legacy could be on display for everyone to enjoy. VERY COOL!!!!!!!
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    We don't own the pond and it is surrounded by trees, I already checked it out.
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    Thanks, can't wait to do some 4 way with you next summer. I need to get a jump door and step on my 180 before we can start doing any jumping and that will have to wait until I get the hangar set up for my business. Work before play.
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    I am moving my auto and airplane painting business into the hangar. We will be living on the airport. My wife and I support an orphanage in Haiti and we plan to hold fund raiser events for this and other charities. I plan to invite friends over a couple of times a month to jump. An annual York Skydivers reunion is a given. The sky is the limit, we are excited about the future.
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    In 1966 at the age of 4, I witnessed my first parachute jump. It was at a little grass airstrip 1 mile north of the town of East Berlin PA. My father was flying a brand new Cessna 185 for the York Skydivers and Mom took us out to watch. It was the beginning of a dream to own my own airport. My wife and I just got home from closing on that airport. Funny how things work out sometimes. It only took 48 years.
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    Excellent reply. Now we are waiting for the OPs smart ass remark. Man, I am turning into one of those old guys at the dz who use to give me shit when I was a hot shot 100 jump wonder.
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    When I was a little kid in the mid to late sixties. I use to carry Larry's leg to him after he landed. He jumped a 28 foot lopo at the time. I witnessed him do a stand up landing under that canopy. Obviously, it was a one foot stand up.
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    My reply is about the OPs smart ass response to chuck. If I didn't make it clear enough, I meant it to mean, When a person answers back with a smart ass remark instead of with a thank you or more questions, for the advice that was given them from an old fart, then we should just ignore them. Chucks answer was correct and too the point, the OP answered with a smart ass remark. He obviously doesn't want to learn from someone who has experience and probably has seen, first hand, the Tracking ZOO dives that people throw together. I would happily give advice to a beginner if they have a good attitude and good questions. I rarely give advice on here because there are far more knowledgable people already giving the correct answers to them.
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    Chuck, You answered that jab at you so eliquently. I wish I had the Polite gene in my body when it comes to listening to people like the OP. I have pretty much quit going to DZs to skydive because they are full of People like this. I recently got a private message from a similar type person telling me he was going to kick my teeth in for calling him out for over stating his experience. If we old dinosours see answers like you just got and stop replying to them when they have questions, they may go away. Their handles should be DIGIT followed by a number.
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    Your "SOCIAL RETARD" comment is completely valid. Not all skydivers are social retards but many are, including myself. I have been saying this for years. Take a look around the DZ and you will see that you are in the LAND OF MIS FIT TOYS. Good luck with your skydiving withdraws.
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    First jumped a Beech 99 at the Herd in the early eighties. NO JUMP DOOR! Cold as hell but, what a great jump plane back then. Where was the work done? The hangar looks pristine, can't be a jump related maintence facility!!!! Just kiddin'!
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    There was a crazy kite builder in the 1960's who thought way outside the box. Mr. Jalbert invented the ram air parachute which was considered by most to be impossible to jump, let alone to survive the opening shock. Let this dude do his thing. It is his dream, it was jalberts dream. Who are we to piss in his Cheerios. Thinking out side the box is what it takes to come up with something new. This is the early stages of this guys idea. It could mutate into the next great thing. I can't personally see the commercial use of this thing but, I would love to see it fly.