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WGore wrote in reference to the 650 Howard at Xenia........ "The airplane from there was torn up right after the first of the year when the engine puked on takeoff." Actually Bob, Al Gordy lost the aircraft on landing after dropping a load. The attached pictures show Al and the aircraft. 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 remember going to Rising Sun and making two jumps 12/26/66. A bunch of us Greene County guys went there after a Christmas party in Cincinatti. My log book states I was jumping a 7 TU and jumped with Jean (Moose), Steve Daley, Danny Ebert and Steve Sobel. R.D. Boswell Jr. C 3113 signed my log book, the same WGore who has posted in this thread. 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!

Ron I always thought it was you that punctured the fuel bladder that day. 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!

Looks like that would be a ball. 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!

Farah Fawcett arrives in heaven. Upon entering God grants her one last wish.. She wished for all the children on earth to be safe... Guess what happened next... 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 remember going to a water jump "meet" in 1967 at a place I believe was called "Wildwood Lake." I believe it was hosted by this same group. 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!

BTW, my original gold wings also have the rings and a 1,000 jump number bar. Mine too! 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!

Style Master 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 that Peanut? laugh] [/;)][/;)] 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!

Give me a fitting caption for this hapless student. 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!

Why can't the D.B. Cooper thread be made into a forum on its own? I looked at the "Skydiving History and Trivia" forum this morning and saw there was 23 new postings only to discover they were all for the Cooper thread, irksome to say the least. 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!

Well done, I enjoyed that. 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!

At my age I know that if I feel it in the morning I know I will have made it. 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 said to the effect "They made me intoa a miserable,short tempered jerk." Sorry pal you were that way before the pain. Any words of encouragement from your March 3rd appointment? 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!

Air Cav is the one who taught me how to spit when considering hand deploying a reserve. 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 way I remember it was pilot chute attached, cut away. No pilot chute attached, spit to determine direction of spin and hand deploy reserve accordingly. Did they teach you to spit? 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!

A woman is at home when she hears someone knock at the door. She goes to the door and opens the door to see a man standing there. He asks the lady 'Do you have a vagina?' She slams the door in disgust... The next morning she hears a knock at the door, it is the same man, and he asks the same question of the woman 'Do you have a vagina'. She slams the door again. Later that night when her husband gets home she tells him what has happened for the last two days. The husband tells the wife in a loving and concerned voice 'Honey I am taking tomorrow off to be home just in case this guy shows up again'. The next morning they hear a knock at the door and both run for the door. The husband says to the wife in a whispered voice 'Honey, I'm going to hide behind the door and listen and if it is the same guy I want you to answer yes to the question because I want to see where he is going with it'. She nods yes to her husband and opens the door. Sure enough the same fellow is standing there and asks the same question. ' Do you have a vagina'....... 'Yes' she says...... The man replies "Good! Would you mind telling your husband to leave my wife's alone and start using yours?" 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!

Signed by Joe Pelter, I remember him. 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!

Kamikaze Cardinal I remember that, went something like this. Kokowinah Kamikaze, Hajimay Mushitay, Bonzi Itchidoe. But I'm sure its not spelled like that 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!

Cardinal Puff, Bishop, Pope, the German equivalent of both. Mate, Super Mate, Dead Ants, the list goes on. 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!

Maybe its a terminology (or old age) thing but I googled "Garrison Cap' and came up with the following. http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS262US262&q=garrison+cap&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title 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 had forgotten the phrase "Straight Leg" as used to describing non Airborne Units. I had not forgotten how Airborne Units and M.P.'s were the only troops allowed to blouse their trousers in their non regulation Cochran Jump Boots. "Garrison Cap" is the name of the head gear you so aptly described. This cap was adorned with a glider patch. Airborne units also never wore the "Bus Driver" stlye of head gear either. 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 recently received a PM from someone enquiring as to the history behind the term "Leg" as used in my signature. During the sixties when I was with Airborne units "Leg" was a derogatory term Airborne troops used to describe non Airborne personnel. I'm sure many of you Airborne types will remember marching and jogging to the strains of the cadence "Hey hey hey leg, funky funky funky leg" but where this started I have no idea. So fellow "History & Trivia" buffs, who started this and when? My guess is that if was that fellow Geronimo. 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!

Anyone mention Bardstown KY? 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!

Someone with the technical know how needs to organize this thread by State. 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!