jackwallace

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  1. THe knock on hover craft is always been, they can't side hill. They are also really and not economical. Takes a lot of fuel to move them so this limits their carrying ablity. And they kind of suck in rough water. Personally I think they are a blast. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  2. Anybody remember Ted's Ex ~ Myrtle? I'd made a few jumps with her back in the 80's when they were demonstrating the then new Tandem system at air shows... Is she a pilot too??! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023269/Pilot-Myrtle-Rose-75-entered-restricted-airspace-Obamas-Chicago-visit.html YUP! Had a long conversation with her at Oshkosh a few weeks ago...amazing woman!! And she was a wing walker at the show back in 70's. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  3. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4356070;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread How about this guy? Be tough to beat watching him learn to jump. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  4. Maybe she could wear a spandex swim suit with no liner, like somebody use to in high school? U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  5. These remind me of the Russian guy I met that showed me how to pack. He landed, threw the canopy in a pile and stuffed it in the bag. I asked him: does that work? He said: I not own it! U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  6. Old joke: I want to go in my sleep. Not like the people in the back seat, screaming and begging to live. Or like the lieutenant Governor of Colorado, that was driving his SUV on I70 up into the mountains west of Denver. A 5 ton boulder fell on it. Took three days of blasting and cutting just to get it off the car. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  7. Run out of altitude and ideas U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  8. Don't see why he couldn't do AFF if he can make a tandem. Some tunnel time to figure out his balance in the air and a bucket harness, with some padding built in for landing, he should be good to go. He's a recon Marine, there's nothing he can't handle. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  9. Just pack a hard opening and it'll knock the snoot out'a ya U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  10. I have some pretty cool signatures, I think. Back in the day we use to do "beer and pizza" demos. That and a few bucks to cover tach time was what we'd get to jump into church picnics, Elks, local ball games, etc. I landed and some kid wanted my autograph. I was kind of embarrassed: I was nobody. I told him I'd sign his if he'd signed my parachute. He was thrilled. From then on I carried my log book to demos and would get some kid to sign off the jump. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  11. Oh baby girl this is so sad. I remember when you and your dad came out to East Troy, for your birthday to learn to jump together. It was like the air had waited for you to join it. Graceful and gentle in the air. When you were on a load, you did your part without drama or concern. When you went to other DZ', boggie's, para ski meets, you fit in like you had always been there. The only time I ever heard you say a bad word was when you got a jump suit and it didn't fit. You said, "Guys don't know anything about crotches" It still makes me smile. So you started making jumpsuits yourself. Love you lady. HYMM U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  12. jackwallace

    They Won!

    Where is this pic? Reminds me of the Naked City USA, Miss Naked America contest from years ago. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  13. Corralling cats U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  14. Nice.. what were the mals? This was a Para Plane. The first commercial square. Its opening system hurt you at terminal. I changed it, but never did a hop and pop on it until I got to the Nats. Found out it worked great at terminal, not so much otherwise. It wouldn't come out of the bag I had made. And those jumps were in one day, as fast as I could collect my junk, pack and go. Conventional gear, Tricon Reserve. Crap was I tired at the end of the day. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  15. Had a mal. Packed reserve. Jumped. Another mal. Packed reserve. Jumped, Another mal US nationals in Tellequah, OK. 70 something. They threatened to throw me out of the nationals. I asked the pilot what speed they were going on jump run (accuracy). He told me around 70 Knots. I asked for more air speed and hummed it. The thing opened and then they bitched about my opening altitude. Ya just can't make the USPA happy. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  16. Have you had a bone scan to see what shape they're in? If you've got 28 jumps and haven't reinjured it good. But have you thought of a terminal reserve opening because of a total? How about an off airport landing or on a concrete runway? U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  17. What's the pipe made out of? If its plastic or copper, just cut it in a couple places, clean it out and stick it back together. Plastic you can glue, copper you can get rubber splices with radiator clamps. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  18. I hope this is a joke. Rube Goldberg himself couldn't have come up with a goofier idea. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  19. Been there done that. In the 70's. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  20. Bohr's dead, shot himself accidentally. Fedo is around Rockford area. Pat posts on http://www.facebook.com/groups/28649069239/ Thats facebook: Oldschoolskydiving. He just put a big story on about Hinkley. Some pics on there of Givens, Bohr , Helen at Rainbow sitting on the 196. If you page back a few days. Do the names, stories. That's what this is for. Otherwise it gets lost forever. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  21. I thought that's why ya go on vacation, so you're glad to get back to work. Where its safe. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  22. The good stuff: better, safer aircraft. People making a living doing something they love. Putting their kids through college and paying mortgages. Bad stuff; Boogies are almost gone, to many big planes available. A lot of the fun and grass roots experimentation is gone. I can raise my hand; 170, 180, 182, 185, 190, 196, D18, Howard, DC 3, C47, C46, Otter, hot air balloon (landed in the only town in America that has a specific law outlawing sky diving.) And I may be the only guy to jump a chest mount turned up and down, instead of side to side. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  23. Personally I think they are passing out, cause they look out the window and see the drone, that cost 30k, can pull 20g's, is run by a 17 year old video game geek and their job disappearing over the horizon, U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  24. I'm not up on the other fighters today, but did hear that the Raptor uses an O2 manufacturing system instead of bottles. U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316
  25. My mother use to make us watch Liberace. The Gong show, was the best and worst thing that was ever on. And for the Brits: Barbra Woodhouse U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316