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  1. davidlayne
    My guess is filmed around 1966. Thought I saw Sherm Hawkins. 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!
  2. davidlayne
    "know someone who ..." hasn't done one this year. 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!
  3. davidlayne
    Who "really" killed President Kennedy ? Which really is it....Taste Great or Less Filling. ?? Where are all of those Kruger Rands? 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!
  4. davidlayne
    Will miss you Dale, So sory. 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!
  5. davidlayne
    Thanks Howard, I knew you would come up with 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!
  6. davidlayne
    This picture is a classic, as is the one of the Beech with the guy hanging from the feathered prop. Two of my all time favourite skydiving pictures. 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!
  7. davidlayne
    Thanks for remembering. Gone but not forgotten. 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!
  8. davidlayne
    Ask a Vietnam Veteran. 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!
  9. davidlayne
    I remember the cylinder ones with parachute flare. We used to have them in our tower and bunker when doing perimeter duty. Could tell lots of stories about them, great fun. Also remember setting off the same type of flares and artillery simulators when under canopy. That was when I was stationed in Germany. 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!
  10. davidlayne
    We have talked to Lew Sanborn as recently as April of this year and know he has 49 states.(Hawaii yet to go) Then maybe we should send him, anyone want to organise 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!
  11. davidlayne
    I win! What's my prize? You get to buy me a beer for confirming that you were correct. 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!
  12. davidlayne
    It's (was) a de Havilland Dove http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=2 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!
  13. davidlayne
    I can identify with all of 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!
  14. davidlayne
    QuoteWhat exactly is a "knacker"? bollocks 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!
  15. davidlayne
    When jumping with a non pilot chute equipped, belly mount reserve. Under a spinning malfunction we were taught to spit to determine spin direction and then throw the reserve out into the prevailing wind. No recollection of procedure if your mouth was all puckered 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!
  16. davidlayne
    Here is an An2 pictured at Roy Ray Airport, Mobile, Alabama taken in 2005 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!
  17. davidlayne
    How long did it take to get to altitude? Did you put floaters outside and launch a chunk? I remember it was slow getting to altitude. My log book tells me we went to 8000'. Back in those days 7500' was the norm for a 30 second delay so I guess we got extra altitude on this jump. No floaters, no chunks. 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!
  18. davidlayne
    Wow. Very cool. I would bet that there's a good possibility that you guys are the only ones that have ever jumped this aircraft! Not so, this aircraft was a D.Z. work horse at one 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!
  19. davidlayne
    Maybe someone smarter than I can turn the address I gave into a clicky. 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!
  20. davidlayne
    Jumped an 8 way from this Dragon Rapide June 16th 1974 at Weston On The Green. These pictures were taken that day. Here is a site dedicated to the aircrafts present status. http://www.aviation-museum.co.uk/rapide.htm 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!
  21. davidlayne
    Learn to fly your parachute "in brakes" 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!
  22. davidlayne
    The above comes from a small booklet I have called "Skydiving Songs". There are 35 songs in total and I believe it was published in 1977 by James Ta vino. 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!
  23. davidlayne
    UNSAFE To the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean". My helmet's a World War 2 relic My boots are three sizes too big I give everybody the willies When I strap on my rusty old rig Chorus: Unsafe, unsafe, an unsafe jumper am I, am I Unsafe, unsafe, an unsafe jumper am I. One day a nervous young jumper Remarked at my great deal of nerve I told him that only a coward Would bother to wear a reserve. Chorus (above) My capewells are very corroded My risers are frayed all to hell Because of the burns and blown out panels My chute doesn't open too well. Chorus (above) I do not believe in long freefalls Ten seconds or so is enough Up 500 feet when I exit It's great but the landings are rough. Chorus (above) 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!
  24. davidlayne
    We have at least three Russian-speaking regulars who jump at Pitt Meadows. Is that legal? 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!
  25. davidlayne
    They were in Perris circa 1992. I think they made a jumpsuit called "Dragon" 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!