davidlayne

Here's a picture of me jumping a Delta II circa 1973. The O.S.I. strap can be clearly seen as can the two MA 1 pilot chutes. The container system would have been a "Mini System" and it appears I have released the reserve from one of its D rings and let it hang from the other ring (usually the left) to give an unobstructed downward view. In approximately 100 Delta II jumps I had no malfunctions. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Steven Zaloga's 'Red Army Handbook' has a shot of Soviet paratroops using 2 chutes per man. anyone got any idea why they would try this? They look like full size chutes, I would have thought that would lead to more, dangerous, air-time? It's not entirely clear whether the picture is in training or from the disastrous drop on the Dnieper in '43, can't find another example on the web. PICKED THIS UP FROM ANOTHER FORUM I FREQUENT, ANYONE ANY SUGGESTIONS. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Dragon Rapide had sole. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Add C 123 also. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

The airfield NNW of the Lancaster is R.A.F. Alconbury, the one ENE is R.A.F. Wyton. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Hope this picture of a Stinson taken in Xenia in 1966 works out. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Is it me because I'm old? I really find these T shirts in "bad taste" I have never worn a T shirt like these and never will. Didn't when I was younger and they were all the vougue and will not in my senior years. Surely I am not the only one feels like this? I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

lol. Bet they want money! I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

MARTLESHAM PARACHUTISTS - A/C DOBBS AND CPL. EAST In England , it was the men of the Parachute Test Unit who led the way. Amongst them were two jumpers called Dobbs and East, who made a largely unrecognized but significant contribution to British parachuting, and who would have contributed even more had they lived longer. 'Brainy' Dobbs, they called him, for he had an inventive mind not entirely applied to the parachute, for he made a two-wheeled car, and an aquaplane, which he eventually crashed on the banks of the River Deben. Towards the parachute, he had the right attitude. 'A parachute', he would say to the men he trained, 'must be so simple that even the highest officer in the Royal Air Force can understand it.' His main contribution to parachute technology was the 'trapezoidal' ripcord handle. Remember the trouble that Lieutenant Harold Harris had in trying to find the ripcord ring as he tumbled through the sky? Others had experienced the same problem, particularly when wearing the heavy gloves required for open-cockpit flying. There were also occasions when the circular handle had slipped from its fabric housing to dangle free, which made the finding of it whilst falling even more traumatic. 'Brainy' Dobbs devised a trapezoidal-shaped handle (one side longer than the other) that not only presented a wider handhold, but also allowed the elasticised mouth of the pocket to grip the converging sides more securely. He had one made in the workshops at Henlow, where Leslie Irvin saw it on one of his frequent visits. Within months the American had patented it and produced it. So when you reach for your trapezoidal handle, all you sky people, think of 'Brainy' Dobbs.' Dobbs was a good parachutist, but East was said to have been even better. The two of them, with no guidance, had tackled the mysteries of free fall, and it had been East who had quickly discovered that the normally tumbling body could be stabilized by spreading out arms and legs, and that even though this caused a tendency for the body to rotate like a propeller, that too could be controlled by adjusting the relative positions of the limbs. He hadn't fully mastered it yet, but he was close. He would surely have been amongst the first of the world's controlled free fallers had his bravery and confidence not killed him at the age of twenty-five. On 9 March 1927 he made a display drop from a Vickers Vimy at Biggin Hill. He was to have jumped from 5,000 feet and delayed his opening for twenty seconds, but Flight Sergeant 'Timber' Woods, the Vimy pilot, gave him an extra thousand without telling him, for he knew that it wasn't altitude but lack of it that killed people who leapt from aeroplanes. So East jumped from just above 6,000 feet. He was seen to be falling in a slow, head down spin, which then developed into an almost leisurely somersaulting, which continued until he pulled his ripcord only 100 feet above the ground. The canopy streamed, but he crashed onto the road that borders the airfield on its western side, and died instantly. Some said that he had been trying to dive into the valley and open his 'chute out of sight of the aerodrome 'to give them a real thrill'. What is more likely is that when that slow and not unpleasant somersaulting began, he became so intent on this novel sensation and on finding a means to control it, that despite the extra 1,000 feet that 'Timber' Woods had given him, he lost sense of time and of the looming earth until it was too late. He probably died as other free fallers have died since-from sheer preoccupation. Two days later, 'Brainy' Dobbs was practicing 'balloon hopping' at Stag Lane aerodrome in North London . Harnessed to a small gas balloon, he was making gigantic leaps across the airfield, rising to over 100 feet, and then settling back to earth before propelling himself once more into the air and the gentle wind. It was great sport! At the end of the 'field he made one final bound. He sailed over a tree, and came down the other side onto electric power cables. He, like East, died instantly. (Extract from "The Sky People, a History of Parachuting' by Peter Heam Airlife 1990.) I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Bob Harman? I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Was this like a standard color pattern on Wonderhogs back then? Were you allowed to choose custom colors at all? *** Those WERE the hot custom colors back then! Jeeze...'kids today' Trust me...in 20 years you'll be trying to tell someone that 'everyone' jumped hot pink back then! Just like the "Mingos" disappeared I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Always on the forefront of CRWDog technology, ToadSucker Labs has developed a great new product for you CRWDogs who find that you are just too weak and lazy to fly your parachute to that perfect spot in the universe. The answer to your problems is the new Total Overall Arm Development System (TOADS). The prototype uses an elastic band mounted to a large bolt in the ceiling. You can use any number of things - bungees, etc. What I have is called a "Thera-Band". It's sort of a big rubber band made for physical therapy, and they come in different strengths. Anyway, attached to the elastic is a CRW riser. By positioning yourself at the right point, the angle of the riser can be made to approximate the angle of your real riser in flight. By pulling the riser from overhead down to your chest, you work all of the right riser- pulling muscles. The height of this system is such that the exercises are performed while sitting, this works well when set up in front of the TV. You just slide the seat over to one side or the other to work each arm. Doing one arm at a time gives the advantage of being able to drink a beer with the resting arm. When used in conjunction with Mikey G's concept of 40 oz. curls, you add a crosstraining aspect to it. TOADS really works well for a lot of different exercises. By moving a little one way or the other, you can get the perfect angles for doing extra work on biceps, lats, etc. Be on the lookout for the new ToadSucker Labs infomercial, made in cooperation with Victoria's Secret. You will see TOADS in action, demonstrated by CRWDog fitness spokesmodels Shireen and Annie. Watch as they demonstrate how weak, lazy CRWDogs can become world-class flyers all without spilling your beer. But wait. That's not all. Coming soon from ToadSucker Labs - the new CRW wrap simulator. The preliminary working name for this great new invention is the Canopy Rotational Acceleration Product (CRAP). So far, the test setup is an upside-down harness attached to an old ceiling fan, but we at ToadSucker Labs feel that soon we will have another first-rate trainer to offer to the CRW community. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border, take the dirt and raise the levies in New Orleans and put the Florida alligators in the moat. Any other problems you have for me to solve? I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

"Wally Gubbins" is a compilation of two British phrases. A play on words. A "Wally" is a fool, a wanker if you like. "Gubbins" is something whose name is either forgotten or not known, something like "dohickey" I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

It was my impression that Pete Reynolds was with the R.A.F. Falcons. I also thought he quit jumping and went to live in Australia. Of course I might be wrong, however I am not wrong in saying that Wally Gubbins was some funny stuff and years ahead of its time. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

From "Beech 18: A Civil & Military History" (pages 271-272 including a color photo): "A van drove onto the runway as C-45G N6065V was about to touchdown at a Beatty, NV brothel, (Fran's Star Ranch). On May 28, 1977 a sky diving contest was in progress at the Ranch, and as the jump plane was preparing to land after dropping some parachutists, a van pulled into its path. A collision was avoided, but the sudden application of power blew an engine, and the aircraft veered into a high voltage power line. No one was badly injured, but the plane was beyond repair. Currently it is parked alongside US Route 95 as an eye catcher next to the sign, advertising the ranch." I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Taupo, New Zealand. It is the last of the Viewmaster Dakotas that flew the scenic routes in NZ with SpANZ (South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand) Note the enlarged panoramic windows, with which it actually flew. It was named "George Bolt" while in service after the very famous pioneering NZ aviator. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all of the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were three finalists, two men and a woman. For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. "We must know that you will follow your instructions, no matter what the circumstances. Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair, kill her!!! The man said, "You can't be serious. I could never shoot my wife." The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job." The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. Then the man came out with tears in his eyes. "I tried, but I can't kill my wife." The agent said, "You don't have what it takes; take your wife and go home." Finally, it was the woman's turn. She was given the same instructions, to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one shot after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said "You guys didn't tell me the gun was loaded with blanks. I had to beat him to death with the chair." I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Hope I am on that load! I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

See if this works. NTSB Identification: OAK77FVW16 14 CFR Part 91 General Aviation Event occurred Saturday, May 28, 1977 in BEATTY, NV Aircraft: BEECH C-45G, registration: N6065V ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-1799 77/5/28 BEATTY,NV BEECH C-45G CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2952 TIME - 1120 N6065V PX- 0 0 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 548 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANS STAR RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVIS,CA BEATTY,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Bozo I knew you would be familiar with this! I have pictures but can't figure out how to put them up. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

In 1978, Fran, the owner of Fran’s Star Ranch & Brothel in Beatty, NV sent letters to pilots and jumpers across the west announcing that she was going to put a mattress in the center of a large star painted in the parking lot and any jumper who could hit the mattress would win a free night with a lady of his choice. On the day of the event, Fran’s ladies were lined up along the runway waving like beacons dressed in spiked heels, fish-net stockings, G-strings, black lace bras, rhinestone chokers, and long capes blowing in the strong wind. The sky was crowded that afternoon as Buster, along with seven passengers, all ready to party, banked his twin Beech D-18 in a circle around the field, adjusted his throttle, trimmed his propellers, lowered his landing gear, put his flaps down, and began his final descent. The twin Beech is a notoriously complicated aircraft to fly, especially so when landing in a crosswind. Buster would have noticed this if he’d been watching the wind sock. Instead he was gawking at the ladies, his attention only forced back to the runway at touchdown when the crosswind started to weathercock the plane around. He reduced power on his down wind engine, frantically trying to regain control of the aircraft when he realized that he’d forgotten to lock his tail wheel down. The landing gear crumpled and the plane spun like a dust devil toward the edge of the runway, clipped a high line post, and settled in the sage as the ladies watched on. Even though the Beech was a total loss, the passengers survived. A couple of weeks later, Buster returned to salvage the engines and other valuable parts. Fran, who had noticed increased traffic, decided that a crashed plane was good for business and agreed to leave the stripped fuselage where it landed. In 1997, she sold the brothel to Mack and Angel Moore. Former owners of a chain of funeral homes and active Christians, Mack and Angel see the brothel as a way to help ease suffering. Dave, a long haul trucker and one of the rare customers willing to talk, said,” It’s a lonely life out here on the road and you need to find a place where you feel welcome.” Just after Mack and Angel bought the place, they changed the name to Angel’s Ladies Brothel but they kept the plane which has become a landmark along highway 95. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

I'm sure it used to belong to a jumper from Cincinnatti who used to jump at Greene County Ohio. Let me think on it and I will come up with a last name. Or you could get in touch with Jim & Lee West at Greene County Skydiving they would know. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!

Two Religious Fanatics are sitting in a Gaza Strip bar chatting over a pint of fermented goat's milk. One pulls his wallet out and starts flipping through pictures and they start reminiscing. "This is my oldest son, he's a martyr." "You must be so proud," says the other. "This is my second son. He is a martyr also." "A fine looking young man," replies his friend. After a pause and a deep sigh, the second fanatic says wistfully, "They blow up so fast, don't they?" I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!