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    Back in the 60's whne I was a kid in Rockford, IL., a skydiver actually buonced while doing a demo at the North Towne Mall. Years later, after I was an experienced skydiver, a demo team that I was on did the first (and last) demo at that same mall. My good friend Lance, botched his approach and slammed into a RV that was in the parking lot. Hence, the last demo at that mall. That earned him the nickname Wile E. Cayote. True story!
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    I remember Roger Nelson having one at Skydive Sandwich many years ago.
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    You remember it well. I was there too. Mike Anderson D-9493
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    Just saw the FB website, and it brought back memories. Anybody remember the Booze Brothers band from the old conventions? -Jay FB#1308 NNFB#131 (I think) I remember them well. One member of the group, Bobby Blanchard, was a first rate skydiver. Mike Anderson D-9493
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    I use to watch in awe, a guy that would pull the slider up, stow it on a rubber-band at the center bottom front cell...wrap the tail around the mess and coil the lines into the pack-tray save one stow on a frapstrap. minute and a half max, and ready to go....it USUALLY opened! Back in the 80's (F-111 days), that was not such an uncommon way to pack. I had a Viking Superlite that I packed in that manner. It really worked fine.
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    Hi, Gene! How is everybody at Sky Knights?
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    Do The Right Thing
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    I used to have a Joe Smith Sales & Service t-shirt. Does that count?
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    I had lasik surgery a few years ago and went to work the very next day with corrected vision. I held off from skydiving for about 2 weeks just to be on the safe side and I have had no problems.
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    A few years back, I was doing a tandem jump on a slow weekday at Sky Knights SPC in E. Troy, WI. Prior to us taking off, there was a private pilot flying there flying a helicopter. I had a line over after opening followed by uneventful cutaway and landing. We landed in a nearby cemetary and the main landed close by. After I gathered the gear, the guy who was flying his helicopter landed in the cemetery, picked us up an ferried us back to the airport! No joke!
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    Talk about a blast from the past! He was the Strong tandem examiner when I got my rating at Sky Knights in E. Troy, WI a long time ago.
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    Good!
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    Hi Rainbo! Good to see you're alive and well!
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    My skyding started at the Sky Knights in East Troy, WI. in 1980 and I remember two blind jumpers coming there at different times. They were a married couple named Chuck and Mickie. Some years later, after I got a tandem rating, we had a group of blind people come out to do tandems one day. I took a blind young lady on a tandem who turned out to be the daughter of Chuck & Mickie. Who's that for irony!
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    PM me
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    There is a better way of earning extra $$$ for skydiving. Take a look at www.mymonavie.com/mtanderson and PM me.
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    Intersting! I once owned a Falcon 215 and loved it.
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    The worst canopy I had was an old Sabre 150. Every jump was like Russian roulette. You never know when you were going to get hammered.
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    My favorite log book entry is from way back in the day when I made my first trip to Z-Hills. I got on a 20 way and after landing, someone approached me and pointed to an old guy from our load who was packing. He suggested that I ask him to sign my log book and I did. That old guy turned out to be Lew Sanborn (D-1).
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    I began on Oct. 4, 1980 and I can relate. I even had a Pegasus at one time. As a side note, I happen to be a Black jumper and I often wonder if there are any other Black jumpers out there who have been at it as long as I have.
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    I remember Trever from his days at the Sky Knights SPC in East Troy, WI. He passed away from natural causes many years ago. He was quite a character in his day.
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    I've never done an intentional cutaway but I recall that in the round reserve days, jumpers would sometimes do a canopy transfer. This is where the reserve is deployed before cutting away while flying a good main canopy. As the reserve inflates, the main stops flying and is then cut away.
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    Great job, Russ. Congratulations!!! Mike Anderson
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    Thanks for the info.