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In the late 60"s Skydiver streaking didnt count unless you ran toward traffic on an Inter-State {mine was I-75} Sunday morning church traffic one mile with your Frenchie jump boots only. We streaked Dave Suave's Mason Massacre accuracy meet. If you got caught you were tied to a chair as is hopefully some one brought you a beer. We had a crowd of 12 going to do it. Freddy W. and I ended up the only ones. As the name implies its a streak. We were out to our cars and dressed in time to join the crowd looking for them damn streakers we never saw.

Did you know Pabst is actually an acronym PISS AND BARF STIRRED TOGETHER But they never said who,s

" When you grow older and think your sweet take off your shoes and smell your feet." As I was told in Basic training in Dec 1961 at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri by the meanest DI ever made." Some day you will look back at this and laugh" Didnt believe him until 4 years ago.Dont GIVE UP"

Here are some that I have logged AN-2 AT-6 Texan (did 2-ways) Breezy 1974 ultra - light Beechcraft 50 Twin- Bo Torbo T_BO " Queen Air " King Air 90 100 200 " 99 CASA Cessna 150 strt tail 150slnt tail ' 152 " 170 A 170 B " 172 strt tail slnt tail " 175 " 180 " 182 strt tail slnt tail wide body " 185 " 190 " 195 " 205 " 206 P & U " 207 " 208 " 208 caravan grand caravan cargomaster " 208 cargomaster with GC-208 windows " 411 DC-3 C47 DC-3 right door DC-4 DC-6 DHC-2 Beaver DHC-6 Twin Otter

If you time the actual student in focus visibility to the rest of the jump 5/80 seconds its 16%. does the student only have to pay 16% of the fees. You might have ads sewn on your knees for McDonalds or something. As far as 18 for jumps see the manufacturers rules. It basically states they can confiscate your rig if you arent complying with their rules. that makes all your bandit jumps just like driving home drunk right until you get caught.

My problem with my first jump was weather and winds as stated above the pilots best are your worst. I told them I would land at the closest paved roads i could . I also wanted two chase vehicles. His wife showed up in one .Oh yeah she invited another couple along, with my wife. I had to ride in the open trailer holding my open canopy(PC) bouncing down a gravel road at 60 She had to get to the ballon, Bob the pilot had to ride in the trailer with me back to the house. Needless to say he traded her in for a warm bag of dog shit and got the better deal.With cell phones today its easy to stay in touch, At that time it was a squeeze the ball horn like on 1920 cars. Two toots you were coming down etc.

Usually Planes like that the door might swing down to be the Air-Stair. Also it might shift inside with hinges to retract. Either way its worth a case of beer to do it. I jumped the Martin 404 at Quincy WFFC to add another plane to my list. I was also sad i didnt get to jump the Beech-17 {Stagger-wing}, it had a brake problem I think. The owner brought an AN-2 the next year, so it made up for it some what

Here are some more blasts from the past A 1968 Altimaster without the yellow arc The hook knife with 1969 stamped on the shank. The actual name was Para-Boots 1972 for $20.00 From Dirty Dan the Parachute Man Latchford from Midwest Parachues Novi MI.Besides jumping they were Marrying ,Burying and Court shoes. Cant forget walking back to the DZ,because you couldnt get your key in the lock of a car door there similar to yours.As far as jump boots they were stingers under PC"s but you never let your friends know. as yes the good old days

You might try Jamie at Sky Dive Wayne County at Richmond IN. He was there last fall for the ashes drop jump . She could probably look up the registration file for his current address. I thought he was living around K-Zoo or Battle Creek MI. If that doesnt work let me know and we can try other ways. John T would know for sure.

Its nice to see the full complement of scary gear on the left side guy. mine was the same only know one got around to telling me that until 500 jumps after. First the wonder hog with the belly band pilot chute if it twists on mounting your going ti die.. another didnt happen to me. Capewells converted to R-3's I even had R-2's that worked great too. One shots and 11/2 were fine also. Third the dreaded "Blast-Handle" I guess the word never got to my handles. No one told it to kill me. I guess if you want to talk your self out of jumping you can be just like hangar pilots and sit around not fly and worry. I too had Two swing wings one black and one white. I disconnected the bottom wing attachment and made adapters to the B-12 leg strap s .It didnt shuffle like the center mount. I also did a tuck system like Sails Battens to cup more air. I also have a "Wind-Jammer" by Tom Campau at Midwest Parachute Novi MI. It was out before Ballon-Suits, but didnt get as many sales.

Thats why I grinned when I found it. The ones in the earlier post didnt. I still have an RW version I was given a few years ago. I have been on jumps with the full tilt model. Docking was scrunch up to go below the slot and grab fast as you went up.Most people would tuck their legs and now slide the whole formation with arms as big as 35gallon barrels.This was to compensate for how slow they had it.I usually called them "Babbon Suits" for all the good they did.If you needed that much insecurity blankets under you arms stay with lonesome-ways or 2-ways.

God made even you a wonderful altimeter in your head . If you cant see something as big as the world coming at you in time to pull you ought to stay playing dungeons and dragons or yuppie poker.

Does yours have the straddle bench seats? People smarter than us convinced FAA it was possible, and there isnt anybody more negative than FAA.Is your co-pilot seat facing rear? One more jumper.

My local Radio Shack handles them @ $3.99 each. We have a Battery's Plus chain store that has them too.. Just for general info 2330 is the size designation also . 23 mil dia by 3.0 thick a 1220 is 12 dia by 2.0 etc. One dirt alert had unusually thick batteries very expensive too. You could stack thinner ones and a shim {Washer or a dime } less than half but the same voltage

There are 3 caravans. C-208 , GC-208 CM-208. We have a cargo-master 208 with most of the grand -caravan windows installed. It's legal for 21, we dont fly it that way on our DZ though. We jumped a KC-130 stretch at Quincy with 208 . very crowded. "Get in sit down" . The mere fact someone was sitting on your nuts to bad until hot run. We did a 16way out of 2 C-182's and a C-180. Zing can tell you about 8-ways out of a CU-206 in MI uears ago.. It's still flying today in Saginaw.. PS C-208 was also the designation of the stretched C-207 for a while

I have been able to read for over a few weeks now. I didnt see anything that even slightly hinted that any skydiving was in the sequel.

Do you intend to winter jump at your home DZ? Did you mark that spot on on the form. As stated above, what is your style of jumping. Ask if returned later could booties be easily added? There are very few universal J-Suits.Try the old buddy system, borrow for a beer technique.Do you want or what are removable sleeves? If you arent great on landing's yet get dark colors. Alot to think about, but have fun

I totally agree. My son saw it once on a friends moms TV. while waiting.. He called it Karaoke on TV without the beer. I am glad to say I never saw "Tripping over Stars", other than ads.

I dont agree with all numbers and added some more planes.All are for ideal conditions, STP and paved runways etc. STWOT = 23{ SUP TW Otter} C-47 = 40+ C-170 = 4 C-182 WB = 5 C-206 = 6 C-185 = 6 GC-208 =21 C-130 = 208 727-STR = 200= STD B-18 = 12 L-18 w/o emer dr = 25

There was a post a while ago about getting a rubber ink stamp sky diver made. I found the magnet-man in my garage {surprise}. It is blown up for comparison to the nickle. I remember the stamp being the same size. As i said in the previous post you would put a number on the back and slide it around the metal plate for sequencial points.It worked ok. I hoped it brings back a few memories.

`It doesnt sound like you rotate your pull-up cord to under the pin. If you did there is a gap with little or no friction.Try it or have someone show you how. The "Bloke" at our DZ has a spool of one time "PC" crown line for loops, its flat and finger traps easily. I use gutted 550 lin for pull-up cords and find it faster than the decorated tapes, also for free.

As usual no one mentioned the pilot is responsible for anything that comes out of the plane{FAR?] We had a board cutaway that landed next to a poor guy mowing his lawn . It knife edged into the ground a few feet from where he was mowing. when the girl landed near it she came over and grabbed it from his shaking body.Never said I am sorry I almost killed you just Give me my board back.No more boards at our DZ. The pilot is glad he wont have to play squat tag on fire-hydrants if he ever got out of prison.

We went to a Greek resturant in Troy MI when my son was about 3. He had to go to the bath room, as we walked to it a worker left it to return to the kitchen big deal. We went in I went to the urinal so my son could go pee-pee like big kids.He yelled Daddy Daddy look. There was a turd as big as a large corn cob unflushed. There was no used toilet paper and the sink was bone dry. We went back to our table and I told my wife we were leaving. The matre- de. said you cant leave without paying your bill. I said I am quiet now but I can get very loud. She said I.ll call the Police . I sais I'll call the health department and INS for green cardstoo. She didnt believe what happened "All the help knows to wipe their butts and wash after being there. I told her I could show her the guy. She said I wasnt allowed in the kitchen for health reasons but that guy was. By now most of the people there were leaving and it went out of business shortly after..Served them right but this wasnt the first time I was there.And my wifes boss ate there for years, What else went on?

If some of the next words were something like "Waiting for my baby{or darling} to come back to me" . It was a late 60 or early 70.s by a black group like the Drifters. or such.

If you want to see a funny movie about stripping cars . Chech out "Vigilante" with Ernest Borgnine and Sharon Stone. Its about NYC aoartment life and their efforts to do a neighborhood watch concept for their apartment. Without giving away the movie. A guy is watching his TV , Then gets up to get a beer . While he is gone a thief lowers a window washers scaffold to his level reaches in and grabs the TV .He hoists himself back up and gone before the guy is back with his beer.He sits back down in disbelief for a few seconds before he realizes something is missing. I"ll bet a beer you say "Oh my God"when you Ernies Lincoln get the treatment. i At one time GM only had 7 keys for the whole country so if you had a few on you you could probably start anybodys car I agree with the slide hammer trick It was usually called a dent puller witha sheet metal screw on the end to twist into the key slot pop its gone then stick in a screw driver off you go We always had a lot of car magazines and catalogs where I worked to read in my office with porclean seats. I despise myself for passing on information to make it easy for a life of crime like the 6;00 news. This Corvette parts catalog had a hardened stainless steel plate to put on the inside of your left front wheel housing. This was to prevent thieves from drilling into your battery that sat behind it . If they drilled into the battery it would short it out.Then you had to tow it away but the LO-JACK couldnt work or any alarms either I trust jumpers with my life every week-end so I trust them not to pass this on .I never would have thought of that ever but exposed to it trying to make the day go quicker. I sold a car to a "Friend" his girl friend was a notary and would take car of the title on Monday ,case closed. About 6 months later I got a certified letter. It was from an impound lot saying by todays prices I owed $1000 for storage fees . That ass hole never did the title then sold it again. That guy abandoned it now I was suppossed to pay the bill.Watch out for "Friends".