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What about the statue of limitations? When Gary first came to Cleveland, Carl Maroon and I were operating a student S/L progran out of Gohagen's C-172. Gary asked if he could fly the DC3 there. Sure we said. Next w/e he shows up with it and a couple of jumpers. OK lets manifest and get a load up he shouts, but Gary I've only got 4 expirenced jumpers and some s/l students, I replied! That is OK, I can't tell all the jumpers around the state that I'm flying the 3 in Cleveland if I'm not. So we load up 5 S/l studends, after a "quick" door exit briefing and about 8 other jumpers. One jump run cross wind along the runway for the students and another at 12-5 for the rest of us. All the students landed on the airport. It took aout 3 weeks for word to spread to all the RW people about the DC-3 dropping jumpers in Cleveland before we had a full load. Don
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Pete lives in Austin, Tx and still walks with a limp from that jump.
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Legends, like Chet, are what make this sport so special. The new kids do not know what they missed, but they are becomming the new legends.
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John-those are some names and faces that made skydiving history in Texas. I thought it was Jessie that rode the beacon with a Thompson shooting out runway lights in Cleveland. Remember when 'Wiz' tried to get the campfire brighter with a bucket of gas from the DC-3? Or the time Boatman lost the left engine of the 3 at about 5 grand? By the time he yelled for us to get out--he was yelling at the back side of the last man. Don D-2785
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SkyDive Cowtown hanger roofed collapsed 2/12/10 from over a foot of heavy wet snow. No major damage to the jump plane, just a couple of broken com radio antennas. The hanger is a total loss and will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. All of the planes have been removed and are flying as of 2/19/10. Lots of wet gear from the melting snow! That first post looks like the DZO in Decatur.
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JUMA-Jack Shelley said it looks like your butt.
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Morning Howard--Nope, it was a C-172. Several of us had gone to Orange, from Taunton, for the weekend. Jumped Jerry Baird's PC from the Norsman into the Bowl. But it was a 172 for the Inn. Nate signed the jump in my logbook. Blue skies.
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i STILL REMEMBER JUMPING INTO THE INN IN MAY 1969. WHEN BOARDING THE C-172 AT ORANGE I ASKED WHERE THE SPOT WAS. D-69, MR. POND, REPLIED-THE 3RD ROW OF WHITE CAPS OUT IN THE LAKE! GREAT SPOT AS I LANDED ONLY 20 FEET FROM THE DISK. NO BAD FOR A 7-TU. MAN THOSE TREES WERE TALL AND THE LANDING AREA SMALL.
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Hi John--That is what I thought, but Russ didn't specify in his original post. Maybe he will clarify his original post. I know that it took us a long time and many many tries to complete that first 20 + round back in the 70's! Small door DC3, single file exit, no floaters, combat RW!
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Thanks Mike--I have an entry in my log book that reads--Jump # 771, 13 April 1974, Cleveland, TX., DC3, signed by Dave Boatman D-890, 12/5, 60 sec. delay, completed 22 (out of 24) round star. This would appear to be about 5 years prior to the McGregor 20 way. Some of the jumpers on the 22 man star were, the original Texas 10 man team-Boatman, Jessie Hall, David Arrington, the Bottrell brothers, Bob Hilder, Eric Wizawaty(sp), Bob Vincent, Gary Hall.
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Russ--Exactly what do you mean by a TeXXas 20 way? Any formation of 20 jumpers or a special set formation? Don
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I repack about 50 to 75 round pilot emergency rigs a year. I've only seen about 5 round chext reserves in the last two years. Those were only jumped once a year on "round canopy" days, once a year.
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One of the BEST flyers that I ever flew with! Freefall or in the cockpit. A task master if there ever was one, but fair to all sides.
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The one I was trying to sell was a RWB 1970 US team paracommander-#70 11850, mfg. June 1970. By the way the complete rig (still in jumbable condition) is still for sale! It did not have the eagle on the front, just a circle of stars and USA on the stabilizers.
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That canopy looks like one of the US Team canopies (PC) from the early 70's that Sussie Joerns jumped. I'll bet that the canopy has been "short lined" about 44 inches. Look real close at the connector link attachment, check the sewing. Jack worked for NASA at the space center as an engineer for a good number of years.
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Pat--Do you remember where the BeeLine airpory was located? Don
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Yep---29 years and about 30 pounds!!!!!!!
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When the Galveston Sky Divers moved from Dickenson to Hitchcock there was an uncompleted hanger complex on the field. More like a concrete slab pole barn, with a tin roof. A lot of the jumpers used to pack in the shade on that slab. Rough on the knees, but a lot better than grass spurs and hot Texas sun.
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Hi Dave--Yes, that is me holding the bull horn, white t-shirt and dark ball cap. Doc "A"-D-114, without a shirt pouring a little Greek wine for the young lady! I don't recognize any one else.
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D-114 was Dr. C. B.Anagnostis, DC, DZO of the Galveston Sky Divers. "Gus" moved the DZ from Dickenson, TX to Volks Field Hitchcock on the 9th of June, 1974. Gus died in July of 1993. Anna Keeling, A-3965, SCS 1670, was a former student of the old Houston Parachute Service, that took over the student training program for Gus. She used to jump one of those Aggie parachutes, the one with the arrow on it, so she would know the direction on canopy flight!
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Futhermore--for opening it would be a real good idea to pull stable and 45 degrees head high or more. Expect a very solid opening shock. Again practice your PLF's before jumping a PC.
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Oh, how well I remember Houston Parachute Service in LaPorte, Tx. Many a static line student went thru the first jump ground school there. And on rainy w/e's we used to hold packing classes, poker games, empty beer can target practice. We never seemed to run out of targets. And there seemed like there was always a great looking gal, or two, hanging around. I haven't done any 'crew' since Carl and I did it on opening with PC's. He never could track. I've got to get with you someday for a few lessons.
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Was that the Cut-an-Shoot dz north of Houston? Ed Fitch and Doc A. Sam's place was the original roach motel, but the beer was cold.
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drjump replied to DBCOOPER's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
What percentage of DZ's have returned the USPA Aircraft Status Form? Why is the name of the IA and Certificate # needed on this form? -
ACCORDING TO MY OLD "BLUE" LOG BOOKS THAT HAS A JUMP SUMMARY PAGE IN THE BACK--572 PLUS WHAT EVER THE NEW STYLE BOOKS HAVE LOGGED .