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    John Ward is in the middle. He was one of the most respected members of our club. Former Green Beret and all around good guy. He was in a car wreck in the latter 70's and he never was the same. Serious brain damage. He is still alive someplace in the South. We all have great memories of Wardsy. The other guy (on the left) was the Grandson of a former Governor. He competed in the Olympics in the early day luge event. He did some movie stunt work in at least one James Bond movie. He later became a very successful buisness man. He then went to the big house for a long stretch, and lost it all. Maybe we shouldn't give his real name. A few old timers may reconize the picture.....Steve1
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    I'm having great fun, .....ever since I figured out how to run my good ole scanner. Artwardo included a water jump picture last year (showing his great looking legs), so I thought I'd show this one. Actually my legs were and are, so scrawny and white, that even the photographer decided to cut them out. I'm the good looking young feller on the right. (about 30 yrs. ago) (But I'm still damn good looking).....Steve1
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    Oh, I know! I sometimes wonder who that old fart is staring back at me, out of the mirror, each morning.....Steve1
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    This picture should be better than the others. Dave Tousey (far left) owns the bar at Lost Prairie. Fred Sand (fourth from left) owns the jump operation there. Fred and I are both balder today. Dave still looks the same, (even though he is over 60 now). Most all of us got our first kiss pass from Nancy.....Steve1
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    Jack, Good to hear from you again. I remember also making some jumps with you out of Ted Mayfield's beech (in about 74), at Sheridan. I talked to one of the managers at Mallala last summer and he remembered you well. Bob Murray mentioned you at a Boogie last summer. Sorry I mispelled your name. I remembered Jack, but wasn't sure on the last name. I didn't know you still jumped. I never did get an ACE number. I regret it now. Sure too bad about Sully. I didn't know him too well. He was one of the jumpers we all looked up to. I hope to jump with you again some time....Steve1
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    There never was a "young" Mayfield. But you may be right. Sparky He seemed old to us young sprouts in the 70's. I met him at his DZ at Sheridan way back when. He must be really, really old by now. Whereever he is I hope he's doing well. Say that might be a good title for another "thread".....Ted Mayfield stories....I know a few of his stories didn't have happy endings, but I'd bet someone could write a book about his adventures. The fatalities at his place were of course unfortunate. But I'll bet there were plenty of good times too....Steve1
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    I think this is Wally's Beech. Correct me if I'm wrong. It was taken at Deer Park, Washington (Spokane area)..... In 73 or 74....There are some real characters in this photo. Many were Kalispell jumpers. Left to right. Dave Tousey, Nancy Krouse, Pug, Fred Sands, Me, Bob Murray, Blackburn, Andrus, Larry Mason, (B.J. Worth looking out the door) and Gordy Listor. I've got a better photo of this at work. If this is too dark, I'll show it tomorrow.....Steve1
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    Darkwing, I took the picture, probably in 73. I can't recall where for sure. Some of these jumpers could be Washington jumpers. I just found another old picture taken in Spokane with the same Beech. This may be why some of the jumpers are so hard to remember. Check out my next photo....Steve1
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    This picture is of the other eight-way being built. Rich Swenderman is closing eighth.
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    Here's one picture of one of the stars we built. We were getting really low in this picture. I think I was the only one who realized it when the picture was snapped. Everybody was too busy grinning at each other to look at altimeters. Notice I'm pointing at Jack's altimeter who was directly across from me. Remember I only had 85 jumps, and I wasn't smart enough to do much else. I figured if me team-mates wanted to hum it down it must be okay. We were all in the saddle by about 1,500 ft. Ray Cottingham took this picture with both an old reel type movie camera and still camera on his motorcycle helmet. Video cameras weren' invented yet. This was back in the days when cameramen all had overly developed, muscle bound necks.....Steve1
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    . I think you are right, the guy with the sort of red hair. You know I was thinking that the hair styles don't fit with the gear. reply] You know, that's a good point. This must have been a very clean cut group of jumpers compared to most skydivers in the 70's. I thought I was the only "Red Neck" who came out of that time period...I guess not!......Steve1
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    I'll be darned. There's a gal in the center of this group that I never realized was there. Bigger is better....Steve1
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    One more time. I'm going to be a computer whiz yet....Steve1
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    I'm going to try this again. I emailed you Dave, but it all came back. Ramon recommended I try Jpeg so I'll see what happens....Steve1
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    I had some pals that went through Warrant Officer Flight in the 70's. That was not a good time to be a chopper pilot. Many, many, were shot down back then. If I were young again now, I think I'd try to get into that program. Even in Iraq, they aren't losing a lot of helicopters like in Vietnam. Sounds like a really neat job that you could use on the outside. I knew a lot of former Vietnam chopper pilots who ended up flying for the forest service. Most of them have since retired. I would imagine if you wash out of the program you might be placed in a grunt outfit as an enlisted man. Once you are in you say goodbye to a lot of your freedom of choice. I have one old friend who went through Warrant Officer Flight in the early 70's. He ended up flying a bird dog type of aircraft for fighter pilots. He still suffers from Post Traumatic Stress. He saw way too much action.....Steve1
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    Good idea Dave. I'll do that tonight. Thanks, Steve1
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    I was in the National Guard for six years. It's about the same as the Reserves. I'd go regular army if I were you. If you join the reserve or guard you are probably going to be activated anyway to Iraq. When I was in the guard a million years ago, leadership was really poor. Our drills and summer camps were often a joke. Why not join something you can be proud of. Maybe the Guard and Reserves are different now. I spent about a year on active duty. Was trained as a Special Forces weapons specialist. I should have stayed on active duty and never returned to my Guard Unit.....Steve1
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    Sorry for the poor picture. My damn scanner and computer are giving me fits. I made it bigger but it wouldn't work so I had to go 75% size wise. I'll keep tinkering with it. Somehow I'll get it bigger. I'm thinking of fine tuning my computer with a big hammer.....Steve1
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    I was wondering if anyone recongizes these old Idaho jumpers. I'll bet Darkwing knows some of them. I think Steve Morrow is on top, 2nd from left. Correct me if I'm wrong. I can't recall where this picture was taken. Might be Spokane, Washington or Star, Idaho about 74.....Steve1
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    Darkwing, I've got some old pictures of Fred Sands too. Once I get this damn scanner figured out, I'll post them.... The people in the photo from top left to right are B.J. Worth, Tom Kaiser, Jack Christian, Fuzzy-Rich Swenderman, Bill Blair. Bottom- left to right Steve Nardi (brother of Greg Nardi in Florida), Sully (Sullivan), Bob Murray, me. Chris (Sam) Worth is in front. All of us were Montana jumpers except Sully and Jack.....Steve1
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    A couple of these guys are now dead. Sully (Sullivan) is 2nd from the left, on the bottom (died cutting away too low to the ground in Idaho). Billy Blair is in the upper right. I went to grade school with him. He died supposedly from food poison, but it may have been something else. That's another story. B.J. is in the upper left corner. His sister is in the bottom right. The name of our team was Nine and a Piece. Yes, skydivers were crude, even back in those days. We took first, even beating the Air Force Academy in the 10 way event. (Even though we only built a couple 8-ways.) I asked Bill Newell if it was true that this was the first couple of all collegiant 8-ways. He said yes. B.J. even started a numbering system and patch. This was called an ACE award and looked just like the SCR but was colored different. According to Bill this award never really caught on. This is probably where B.J. got his start as an organizer though.......Steve1
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    This should work....finally!
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    trying again....Steve (the computer wizard)
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    Oh, shit....Trust me, tomorrow it will be there....Steve1
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    Sure....He looks cool to me!.....Steve1