JerryBaumchen

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  1. JerryBaumchen
    Try Busch & Associates, Inc. They have a website so Google is your friend. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi miller, Well, I have seen guys welding here in the USA by only holding up their hand to protect their eyes. And in Brazil I have seen guys caring ladels of molten aluminum wearing only thongs ( the kind you wear on your feet into the shower, not what the women wore at the beach ). JerryBaumchen
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    Hi mama, I voted OTHER. I think each of us defines it uniquely. For me it was at ~ 200 jumps & when I got my D license. At that point, all of the earlier anxiety had gone away. I usually slept about 1/2 the trip to altitude; ~ about 2500 feet before we would get to altitude, my inner clock would go off and I would start getting ready (get helmet on, check altimeters with others on the load, door going up ); sometimes ( often ) I would be the one spotting. It was just as if this was another thing to do, sort of like putting on my pants in the morning; just another normal thing to do. I can really remember this time very well, it was if I had crossed a threshold and would never go back. But that was just me, JerryBaumchen
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    Volleyball; took my first class in '65. I still play twice a week. I cannot jump as high or hit as hard as I used to; but I can still make the young ones earn their points. JerryBaumchen
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    Once when Scotty Hamilton was the Pres. of USPA, he was asked who was the nicest person in skydiving that he had ever met: He said Lowell. And if you ever had the opportunity to meet Lowell you would know why. My very best to his family, JerryBaumchen
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    About 1967 at the US Nationals, someone 'made' up a chest pack that they sealed with small wire rope. Dan Poynter was doing the gear checks and he caught it. After all, he is Dan Poynter. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi bill, The story of that photo is in comparing the ripcords of the guy at the far left ( yellow pud ) to the lowest guy ( metal handle ). Guess which one is in place? JerryBaumchen
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    Hi stuw, What is it you do not understand? The drawing seems to be clear to me. Send me an email and I'll try to help, JerryBaumchen
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    Hi howard, Looks like the answer has been determined. Now a question: Did he not also develop one called an 'R-4' (???) that used a single handle & cabling like the 3-ring system? I seem to have some memory of something like that. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi Air, Most freefall photos that I have seen show the soft handles flopping to the outside. That is why I do not like them. JerryBaumchen
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    Ralph did a lot of photography work at the old Lancaster dz. Mjosparky has posted a number of his photos on this website of Ken Rounds unpacking over Lancaster. Ralph also shot the 3-photo series of Ken unpacking a chest pack at terminal that appeared in Skydiver magazine in the summer of '64. Quite a number of years ago Ralph donated all of his skydiving photos to USPA for their museum. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi howard, They first appeared in Spring '64 on the CrossBow rig. OK, give me another point. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi howard, Note they both have their main ripcords just dangling. Probably had ripcord stops on them. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi dum, cross bow was introduced in 1964 or 1965. it is what was referred to as a life raft handle. i dont think i have seen them on anything but the pioneer rig back then*** They are used on a Strong tandem rig; L/H outside mounted reserve handle if I 'remember' correctly. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi Lisa, I live in a suburb of PDX; shoot me an email and let's see what can be accomodated. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi howard, Wasn't he the guy who jumped into the hot-air baloon just as it was lifting off for a cross-Atlantic flight? Not quite in the flight-plan, as I recall. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi sky, Well, given that, it might be Daryl Henry since that canopy photo is of a 1.6; I think Chuck Embury came along after 1.6's were well into history. Daryl now lives in Santa Barbara and Chuck died last year. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi howard, I've been to two of them and would call them an 'unusual' get together. However, for those interested, Jim Arender ( The USA's first World Champion ) was at both of them that I was at. I do not know if he will make this one. JerryBaumchen PS) However, is anyone is looking for VERY low D-license signatures for their logbook(s), that would be an event to show up at.
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    Hi jimmy & Hoop, The first piggyback, the Security CrossBow, came on the market in the Spring of '64. It had the 3-pin main container; they converted the main container to a diagonal 2-pin in about '66. That rig with the 'Camels' in his hand is a Pioneer Para-Twin; the give-away is the ripcords. The Army Team got theirs in about '65 ( I believe that they had them for the Army-Marine Corp jump-off at Elsinore in '65 ). The Para-Twin came on the retail market in about '66 or so. That would make it not Arender; as I 'think' he was out of jumping by then. Now who it is? I have no idea. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi DSE, I don't have a ballot laying around but I do not remember any req'ment for a license number to vote. I 'think' it is only a req'ment that the voter be a USPA member, and that would mean ONLY a USPA number. Right/wrong???? JerryBaumchen
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    Hi 377, I think a V-9 is 450 cu in or 500 cu in reserve tray; I cannot see why a CYPRES would not fit. Also, are you sure on the Raven 2 and not a Raven 3? I would think that a Raven 2 would be very loose in there. Just a thought, JerryBaumchen
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    Hi Bones, Yes, that is him. Gary Olson, better known as Elevator or Otis ( as the name of an elevator company ) because he went up & down; with a plane is what I mean. JerryBaumchen PS) I once watched him buzz the Sheridan dz at about 100 ft, pullup & do a barrel-roll in his 180. Veeerrryyy impressive watching it that close.
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    Hi Rob, Excellent, I can only hope people read, understand and follow this one. I think you mean ball & shank. JerryBaumchen
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    Hi Andy, Put me down for that, only change it to twice, JerryBaumchen
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    Hi Zing, It's been a couple of years ( ~2 ) since I have seen Elevator but he was still in very good health then; lots of laughing and joking around, typical Elevator. He ran an aircraft maintenance shop on the MacMinnville airport for a lot of years. He got divorced about 2 yrs ago, sold everything and is now flying cargo in the Phillipines. JerryBaumchen