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For me Skydive tecumseh 72 miles Napoleon 79 Midwest Freefall 34 Sagging Balls [Saginaw] 90 Mt Pleasant 142 Marshall 153. Depends on whats open at the time with some having sod runways etc.
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Why Does the Army Use Roundies
lekstrom10k replied to two40's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I totally agree. They had Mark11olive -drab Para-Commanders in the late 60s or earky 70s . It didnt work as you said about canopy entanglements. If everyone is drifting aimlessly after opening seperation in a similar direction there is less chance of collision. You never saw a case of hand grenades or rations have a problem. Just add a soldier and watch the chaos. There were many of those canopies liberated and hook knifed data panels sold to young jumpers. It was still ugly OD and no one could ever tell. even after attempts to dye them black. -
Seems to me there was a way to fill Trash bas with Acetelyne wrap the opening tight and shoot at it with bottle rockets or Roman Candles. I am trying to remember if it would float away I think so. Hell of a sight at night especially after a few beers too many. Ask the "HERD" about their cannon. It was a farmers Large Milk can they would fill with gas and blow the lid off with an igniter like Spud Guns And Barbecue Grills . Seems at Freakport or Quincy it came down through someones Motor home roof and buried it self edge wise in the table making the owners change to non-racing stripe under-wear. By the way we had used spray carburater cleaner as well in spud guns. Check the cost we didnt having to much fun for that. My high school chemistry teacher made an oxygen and hydrogen seperate generators feeding through delivery tubes rubber banded together into a pan of soapy water . nothing happened until he lit the bubbles with a candle. All the teachers stuck their heads out their doors to see Mr Branch waving and smiling.
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As I learned from one of Eloys finest and an original Kentucky "good ole boy" Josh Owens . Those are Yankee Boots. I wear Tevas to jump all winter in Michigan and wouldnt disgrace them with socks. As of Tuesday mine have been to 8 funerals and 6 weddings . I have never worn them to court but the is not over yet.
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None other. Wow it sure brings back memories. Had a great time there. I went east and jumped in Orange later that week end out of the flying garbage truck{ Norseman Noordun} at Oxygen starved altitude of 3500. Then of to Pepperel. Not bad for a week end from Detroit.I also hit Simcoe Ontario on the way acroos Canada.
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There was one at Rantual for jumping .It was the most produced airplane ever in the world. with a C-172 in second. There is one set up for jumping at Ray Community Airport on the north side of Detroit Mi. I think there are problems with the owner that is preventing him from flying jumpers though. At lesat he would fly them rather than the "how dare you even ask attitude". My plane list is over 100. so I try to add when ever I can
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Its a part of the auto industry heritage.. Stuff the comic section down your pant and off you go . Its funny to hear someone say any body got 23down Ive got blank t blank r, etc usually getting the answer. To walk into a bathroom, hear talking and only see one pair of feet. Industrial Rodents arent allowed to use cell phones at all fireable offense so they hide. Front officepeople just use the company lines to talk about Oprah. There is a word for falling asleep on the can. When you finally wake up after an hour or so and you legs went to sleep. Its called Shit House Polio/ If you hear beeping the guy is text messaging.Porno is generally governed by the company attitude.The foreman comes in checks the empty stalls and confiscates it {so he can read it later} Some guys even put a sign on their door"Wake me for lunch or 10 minutes to quitting time". I wonder why the auti industry is in such big trouble?
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We rolled a Scotty Carbone 16-way tube out of a casa at Richmond or Quincy, that as usual funneled. Some jerk thought it would be funny to do a flat spin on his back fetal and flail too. Appearing to be knocked out from a collision, that sometimes happens in funnels Three of us chased him to 2000, where he rolled over waved off and pulled. We never did find him on the ground later. He would have trouble putting goggles over eyes swollen shut and having to stand all the way to altitude.I've been to to many funerals because of clowns., and dont need anymore
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The noise you hear is exactly what you are supposed to hear.They are called wear bars. Its the manufacturers way of telling you they are getting low. If you pull a tire to check your front pads The outers sre easiest to see but its usually the left inner thats the worst. Its the closet and most movable from the master cylinder. Then the right inner. I just did brakes on my sons Saturn . I wasnt getting the pedal I wanted. It seemed like the master cylinder wasnt doing its job. After talking to 8 or 9 parts suppliers that didnt have one in stock any way , one said did you deactivate your "ABS" , No , a series of steps including disconnecting the battery ground cable did the job. Why was he the only one who knew this, Be aware next time you buy stuff, Your salesman may have just got promoted from shagging shopping carts.
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What do lesbians do while they're menstruating?
lekstrom10k replied to PsychoBob's topic in The Bonfire
I have red , black and red and black Wings never got the gold wings. -
I picked up all that were out in 1963 in London when I was there on leave from Germany. I also got to see from" Russia with love " in German. The stories were pretty bizarre. A tulip bulb would raise up from the cluster open fully do a 360 sweep and lower itself . Then a fake grass covered side of a hill would slide sideways and a man on a motorcycle would ride out. Then the door would return to normal, cows back mooing. Ian didnt know about pens that shot bullets. and wrist watches that shot out escape cables and hooks.My books had the original Pound sterling cost printed on them.
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If you can find it check ouy the movie "Joe" from the early 70s he plays the title roll. Its about the hypocritical life styles off the era. the ending is the ultimate "Hitchcock" type. they mentioned it in my local paper today.
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Thanks for the help.Only Randy would be able to concieve the question in the first place . I forgot it was that intricate. I wouldnt know how to do the here click thing. On a good day I can get the red nine on the black ten with out any help.
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Then this was the same guy that would walk down the dairy aisle of a grocery store, snap the cap off of a whipped cream can hold it upright in his nose tip the nozzle until all the nitrous came out giggle a little put the cap back on stick it back in the rack and walk away guy. Always wondered what happened to him
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Is this Trevor from australia and possibly jumped in Salem Michigan with the Para-Hawks in the early 70s? From the stories printed above it sure sounds like him.
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The large grommet was originally for the rings and ropes system when you had at least two strands of 5/8 tubular webbing passing through the hole. Also when you had Para-Commanders crown lines stowed on top . Some bags stowed them inside with no grommet. Most people didnt want a pilot chute weighted down with the bag dropping into their steering lines or "A" lines on a rock and roll opening.
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I am a fan of" My name is Earl".. In the end scene when they are lying in bed Randy usually asks Earl a question.The one I didnt remember all the words to went something like this a few weeks ago. Randy"Hey Earl" Earl "What Randy?" Randy "If Sesame Street got int a fight with The Muppets who would win?" Earl "Definitely the Muppets" Randy "What if the Muppets got into a fight with the { I didnt catch } who would win? Earl "Definitely the Muppets Randy" Thanks Earl Good Night" Earl "Your welcome Randy. Good Night". The show is fantastic, but sometimes thing slip by I hope some one can help. Ialso like "The Office " because I worked at places just like there it was Cousin Mike and Uncle Ralph running the place and blaming everyone else.
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After my wife talked to his sister Shirely near Skydive Tecumseh it was relayed he had three back operations in one week. He is in room 325A at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach Florida. I would rather not go into details which makes yours fourth hand information.. We all know how that can get out of control.Shirely did say it was very serious and he spent most of the month there. So I will leave it for you to persue.
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We just sent a card to Billy Weber at the same hospital. Their going to run out of Bills at Deland. Wish them both speedy recoverys.
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I have jumped both types,always fun. I was very disappointed at Rantuoal . I was on the load withthe climb to 15000 then back down to 11000. for the same $100 dollars I had personally rode my bike to check it out on a rainy day. They never mentioned the board attached over the steps. It prevents twisted ankles etc, like the727,s had. I pity the fool running back for a big suprise, They had a first pass,second pass set up tha went to hell and our line up got seperated beyond reason. I was in a 20-way at quincyso this was disappointing. Get your group in line with your base in the middle. First guys out do a 180 as soon as possible and get big. Base dives a little trail docks then too. I liked the 727 better if you had green fiberglass paneling to see sitting facing the back. We had front facing with aluminum paneling totally dark with only as steamy hole to run to the light exit As far as what is it like, I tell my tandems 'I think you might like a movie but never what its about, try it'.
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I jumped the one your talking about back then .I still have the card from there with jump suits if the day on it. As the picture showed we went out the left front door. We got to jump Terry Wilds at our POPS meet at Croswell MI. He finally bolted a 2x12 across under the rear for anice jump step. If we got him to open the right front door window you could crawl two people over the strut and main gear and stand on the tire facing the rear. Now its to pretty and expensive to jump.Great memories though.
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What's Your Minimum Exit Altitude?
lekstrom10k replied to Zeppo's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
On my 60- for 60. fund raiser jumps for MS all except the last at 2200 were between 1500 and 1800.I only jumped my canopy twice in the 7.5 hours it took. I just turned 60 and was young and foolish .Now I am 64 and nothing has changed.There is a picture of one jump on Google that even went to Italy via UPI. I got donations from all over the country .MS was happy. I did one PC demo jump at 1200 into a rainy baseball game .for $5 big money for the day. -
Maximum number of skydivers have you seen in a Cessna 182?
lekstrom10k replied to Johnsisland's topic in The Bonfire
Years ago when gas was cheaper we did a 16-way out of 2 C-182s and a C180. The 180 still beat the 182-s to altitude, and we turned points too. There had been 8-ways out of U-206s too . We did a 4-way out of a C-170 no seat and a regular door from 7000 in the winter.. All things are possible if you have enough crazies to try it -
Definitely not a paradactyl. look at the line attachments similar to the pegasus law suit triangles. The datacyl had direct attachments to the outer edges and keel seams, single or double types,
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I was load organizing at Richmond a coulpe of years ago and Air craft was tight. You had a group come up to jump with you and it was either'CAN YOU MAKE 5 MINUTES OR WAIT 20"? We would take the 5 and put on our gear as the plane was taxiing of the active.I had my handy -dandy note pad and draw a jump with points during climb-out,that I would pass around. It was probably some of the best jumps we did.All grins and no stress. At Marine City we used to call out the jump on the step of the C-182 just before "GO". They were fun too. Our Mystery Dives out of our Caravan or Otter was a note" Carols left leg right hand ,second point Joes left arm with right hand" . Third point was the same kind of thing and you couldnt tell anyone. Amazing how well they worked with a jungle rules exit too.