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Doc woke up one morning with a cold Stevie beside him! She passed during the night. Several years before he died of cancer. He was buried in Hitchcock just north of the city on Hwy 6. Complete with a demo jump into the cemetery.
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One rainy Sat. afternoon the beer lite went on early, everyone retired to Houston Parachute Service, in La Porte, Tx. for R&R. After a 'beer or two' Carl Maroon and I, fully geared up, launched a two way off of the 40' long packing table. We managed to get seperation for opening but never got the ripcord handle out of the pocket before impact! I have this jump logged on 3/4/72 and signed off by Gary A. Ward D-2226. Those were the good old days and the beer was COLD. Don-SCR-1980
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Never happen Dave! I've got the flicks of you and April in Granbury! Doc
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I started jumping with the Galveston Skydivers in Sept., 1969 with a little over 125 jumps. The DZ was located on the NW corner of FM 517 and I-45S in Dickenson, TX. Doc A. (D-114) had a Cessna 190, which was down at the time and was renting a C-206. Sam's "motel" was the original roach motel! But the beer was cold. Doc died in July of 1993. Some more of the regulars each weekend were, Dave Boatman D890, Jessie Hall, Bob Vincent (Spiderman), The Bottrell brothers, Robert and Dave, Jack D-537 and Susie Joerns D-860. Doc moved the DZ to Volks Field, Hitchcock, TX., between I-45 and Hwy 6 in the summer of 1974. I was in one of the first 10 man stars, at the old field, in Oct. 1972 when Boatman would bring a Twin Otter home from work on the weekend. Pick up jumpers at the airport in Clear Lake City and drop them into Dickenson. Shortly after that Dave opened the original "Spaceland" Dz. Later that airport changed names to Houston Gulf. Talk about wild parties on Saturday night!!!!! Don Stewart D-2785
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Mike--your comments of weight do not go far enough! Lets consider the center of gravity and the load factor on the airplane. A C-182 (with wing-X extensions) has a gross wt. of 2950.0 lbs, empty wt. 1615.55#, useful load of 1334.45#. Use 200# each for pilot and four geared up jumpers and 240# of gas (40 gal). The plane is about 72# under gross and with in CG limits. Cut the gas to legal minimum and replace one of the 200 # with a 350#+ jumper and the plane is 62.75# over gross, and out of CG. The Load Factor in flight is another whole story.
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IS AIRCRAFT & JUMP PILOT INSURED FOR SKYDIVING?
drjump replied to foreverfree's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Insurance is great for the Bank and hungry attorneys! Most skydiving policies exclude damage done while jumping and do not cover the passengers! -
Skillet--if you had shown up for the whole boogie you would have seen a much better party on Friday night! The Ole' Man
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Eagle Flight Skydiving, in Granbury, TX. hosted a CASA boogie June 11, 12, 13. If this first party for the new owners (Joe and Julie), is any indication of what is instore for the north Texas jumpers--WOW! Great jumping, beautiful DZ, B-B-Q and beer Sat. night, a live band, great vibes from a wonderful group of jumpers. Just wait till next year. Thanks, Joe and Julie. Doc
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Dave--follow your own advice-taking a pair of shorts on you chest strap does not work! You tried that trick the first time you jumped in your birthday suit! If I remember correctly the shorts were GONE by the time you left the step!!!!!!!!!! drjump
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Wear glove and long johns, pull normal. Higher if your gloves are thick!
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How do you feel about "De Plane"???
drjump replied to Shindagrl's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Shinda--just hang in there it does get better. Try putting a rubber band around your wrist and snapping it on the ride to altitude. It will help. In the mean time think about what you are trying to accomplish on this jump, picture it in your mind. Then just go out and do it. As Aggie Dave said, "The little planes can land safely any place. drjump--pilot and jumper -
In the "old days" jumps only cost $3.50 for a thirty second FF. It was hard to fill the airplane with experienced jumpers, so we all would take a novice 'under our wing' in order to get a load off of the ground; and to help/teach a new jumper to be safe and have fun. Jumpers, today, seem to have forgotten how to have fun! It seems to be all serious work, to turn the max number of points per dive, to get the longest surf, to go the fastest, to have the smallest rig/canopy. Yes, we used to compete, style, accuracy, speed stars. And that is where the "fun" started leaving this wonderful sport. COMPETITION is wonderful, for those of us that want to do it, but do not forget what this sport is all about and how it started---FUN JUMPING