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I scared the hell out of a hawk once. It was a turbulent day and his back was to me. I got close to him before he heard my canopy, he did a hard dive out of there, I'll never forget it. Must have been about '1000-'1200 feet.
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Yeah, I know a girl who started that early, but she is a dropzone owner's kid. She had no problem with it, she obviously had been around it all her life. I think she would be able to handle the skydiving. But what would concern me is the way some girls/women, especially if they are attractive, are rushed into certain things by other skydivers. SCR's, first twenty ways, etc. If you were there to see her along safely, I think it would be ok.
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In reply to "why do you jump out of a perfectly good airplane?" I like, "IF it makes you feel better, we'll point out the imperfections in the aircraft on the way to altitude!!"
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Kim Dear's Birthday Tandem student from Quantum Leap
frynsky replied to joewantaharley's topic in The Bonfire
Happy Birthday Kim! Best wishes for a speedy recovery and remember "skydivers know why birds sing." You ever need someone to jump with, I AM THERE! -
can one of you old-timers explain....
frynsky replied to crotalus01's topic in Skydiving History & Trivia
My first rig was a double shorty Wonderhog that had a blast handle, and I lost count of how many people told me I was going to die if I had a function. If you grabbed it with your left hand and pulled down, towards your feet, it worked great. If you grabbed it with your right hand, or pulled it in any other direction, it did not work. That was the way it was designed. Had 5 functions on that rig, no problem at all with any of them. BS, BD -
If you throw two rocks out, can one speed up and dock on the other rock? Can one be thrown out 3 seconds BEFORE the other one and FLY up to catch it? Sorry, it's flying, at least flying relative to others, hence the term "relative work" which is what formation flying was called for years. BS, BD
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Wonderhog and stratostar - I dare ya!
frynsky replied to councilman24's topic in Skydiving History & Trivia
QuoteLooks like Baxter packed that MOFO... Hi Dufour. If he was drunk and high, I might jump it cus thats the only way he functioned anywhere close to a normal human. "Phil the Pill" is he still alive? Last time I saw him he told me he had new gear and was going to make a thousand jumps in that year and I thought, with who? BS, BD -
Yeah, Levi was a great guy. Never would have made my first and only base jump if it weren't for him. And, I remember that funeral well cus I walked OUT right after Larry Portman did. Greg Sims and Jerry Felts on the same post! I need a beer! Blue Skies Oldtimers!
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Not farfetched at all. And if you went to the Mardi Gras meet and it rained, and it often did, out came the "party favors". And, as I saw someone else post on this website, if you squeezed your eyes shut and opened them you saw "purple microdots". It wasn't so bad if the weather STAYED bad, but if not, man, the things that went on. But I can understand your skepticism, cus I was there and still barely believe some of the shit we did. BS, BD
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I went in '79. And pass me a Worm Bucket!!!
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Hi, Don. Long time, no see. Not sure if you remember me, but Ralph and I were roommates for a while and I started jumping at Tech. I have no idea where Ralph is these days. You could probably contact Tim Garlington, he still lives in Ruston. He may know. BS, BD, "french fry"
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Yeah, I remember "Socks". He was a cool dude. I always think of watching the 120 way world record out of the c-130 at the World Skydiving Meet in "86. Truett Miley and Socks were "super floating", not even touching the plane, but holding on to the top of the jumper's rig who was in front of them. And they closed 110-120th, man thats some floating!!
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Yeah, we were. Don't know where Dudley is. BUT, you remember that Rodriquez rig he had? The one that closed with Velcro? WELL, we were skydiving in Bastrop, La, one summer and he was determined to hang off the wheel of the C-182. He was 1st, I was 2nd out, Ralper was third..... Dudley climbs out, bends down to grab the wheel, his rig opens and his canopy wraps around the tail. I am halfway out the door, Ralph is screaming "go, go" but I am frozen. His stato star swings behind the plane, lifting the plane up about 20 feet. Then it swings down and comes off the tail and I see little pieces of metal glittering in the sun. About this time, Ralph kicks me off the strut. We do a 3 way and looking up, can see Dudley. His star is split halfway down the middle, but he LANDS it! Sitting on his slider, no shit! And asks us how come we didn't dump high and do Crew with him! He was a character, we all were. Often, I am amazed we (most of us) are still here. Jay, tell me a Grego King story, dude
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Yeah, I did that demo one year, into the Prop Stop on the Tickfaw River, right? Got a good story about that one, for a later time. I remember Bubba(Samurai Skydiver). What comes to mind is a Mardi Gras meet in Covington, we were jumping a DC-3. There was pretty solid cloud cover and he was spotting. We couldn't see the ground for about 5 minutes from altitude, on jump run. Some out of town jumper said "Screw it, I'm getting out." Bubba screamed at him, "Hey asshole, do you know what LAKE PONCHARTRAIN looks like!!!" About that time, the clouds cleared and we were right in the middle of the Lake(about 10 miles to land in either direction!) That dude's eyes got as big around as saucers and he sat down without saying a word! No one said a word till we got to the ground when a couple of jumpers thanked Bubba. "When you're in Rome,....." Blue Skies
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Yea, I remember him. And that IS vintage Ralpher stuff, for sure. I posted that from work, not really happy w it, been a long time since I wrote anything. I will post another one, from home where I have more time to do a better job when I get the time. Blue Skies,
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AND, I remember a demo, when you, jaymundo jumped a double keeled paradactyl. You did NOT like it. I swear, you could see your eyes from a grand, they were that big. I think you made two turns the entire time and we gave you endless shit about it. BS, BD
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Man, what a bunch of old coonass skydivers. We had a guy from La Tech named Marcus ... who went in under two canopies into the mud at Covington and lived, he was skydiving when I started. And, at the Mardi Gras boogie in either '77 or -78 a guy went in and did not live. He had his reserve open real high, maybe 6 or 7 grand and everyone was screaming for him to dump his reserve, which he had already done. He impacted in plain view across the runway. Those were the days!!! Electric Koolaid, anyone?
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Dude. I heard you were dead!? What a pic. This is Mark Frye(aka French Frye) and that pic brings back a lot of memories. The old Coonass skydivers. I talk to Sonny about once a year and Tim Garlington less than that. Just wanted to drop you a line and say whats up, and it's good to see you are still jumping(and alive). I still make about 20 a year, haven't given it up and won't as long as old friends will still jump with me. I live in Ft. Worth now and have two kids. Have a great one and BS, BD!!!
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I did, I had the same nickname then, as a matter of fact, Ralph Hanle gave me the nickname french fry and it stuck. First jump course at La Tech in 1977, $35 including the first jump. I BET you may remember the pool jump we made in 1979. I was a hundred jump wonder, at least in my own mind. And I had seen the jump made the previous year, with Ralph cutting away about 5 ft over the pool. Really cool looking but Ralph had one of the few Wonderhogs, with a 3 ring release. I had bought a crappy Cobra 10, supposed to be lighter and pack smaller than a Strato Star. Blew 12 lines on it on opening, thats another story, and had just got it back from the factory with new lines. Had not made a single jump on it yet. Well, for some reason I got asked to go on the pool jump. Huge pool, shaped like a T for Tech. BUT, surrounded by concrete, chain link fence and on top of a hill. With cafeteria at one end. We make a pass, get out ok. Ralph lands first no problem. Tim, with an SST, and one shot cutaways, was DETERMINED he was going to cut away. And he did. About 35 feet up, and over the shallow end. Knocks him unconscious and our guys drag him out. I didn't see it cus I was 3rd. Land right in the middle of the T, cut away my 3 rings under the water and come up with my arms over my head. Yee haw! Now there was more good looking women there than you could shake a stick at and I was thinking "I am the star of the show!" BUT, NO ONE is looking at me. They are all looking at Reid Lea, number 4, cus they were thinking HE is going to die. He flies all the way down the pool. Now you can land anywhere in the pool, it's deep enough to land anyway you want to. But , NOOO, Reid flies the length of the pool, then tries to do a 180. TRIES. Knocks a lifeguard off her stand, slams into the concrete and breaks his leg. So much for our party! I got out of school and received a letter from the FAA the next fall and had to pay a $250 fine. And used my buddies names and license numbers for years to do demos to stay under the radar. We made the final pool jump ever, cus the next year they put a cover on it and made it into a natatorium. BS, BD!!!