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  1. fastphil
    And the plan worked, too. Cool rig...
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    Got pictures???
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    I've been in similar situations, but with no cameraman. If you're the guy on top you hope to have controlling grips...
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    Yeah, like NSCSA # 1, that's almost embarrassing...
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    Skydiving pioneers / regular people...
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    My favorite line from the movie THE GYPSY MOTHS; "if it rains, we don't jump"...
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    And behind the Gremlin, an even better ride (the box truck) is Paul McGurr's "Land Otter". It was crashed one night on the DZ while on a takeoff run...
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    I still have one also, but not as pretty as howard's. Mine is black and white and I used it with a black and white StratoFlyer, so together they looked like big brother and little brother. I found they caught a lot of air, and even used mine on BASE jumps.
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    That's pretty observant Jerry; I don't think Kevin was much on reserve usage anyway...
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    A few more OLD OLD OLD Spaceland pics. Recognise anyone...
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    Here's one from about that time, not sure if it's Z-Hills...
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    "Holy Shit!!" is right, Tom. That was my first time to Z-Hills Turkeymeet; a nonstop 24 hour a day don't blink or you'll miss it parachute meet. Four teams on each plane and jump runs at about 30 second intervals for hours on end is what I remember. You could see 3 teams in freefall at once; one exiting, one at break off and one in between. I was on the DC-3 that lost an engine right after take off. I was by the door and the pilot yelled to move forward, that he was going around and landing. I hadn't noticed a problem yet and looked out the door and decided it was too low to leave, then looked at the right side to see what I thought was a normal amount of smoke coming off the engine, then finally looked to the left side to see the prop not moving at all. I got moving forward then and we became one real friendly, tight bunch of skydivers...
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    The rear cargo door came off an otter while on jump run at Spaceland once. It potatoe-chipped down into the field next to the airport. Dave Boatman was some kinda pi$$ed...
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    I see a lotta' those hot "LL" canopies listed, and peckerhead even jumped the extremely high performance "TU" on his second jump...
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    Good thread NickDG Here's my page one. I used up three pages in my first month; skydiving was something I could not get enough of. And while I'm lost in the logbook, I included pic two in memory of a couple of the good ones...
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    Good pic Nick. I remember too, holding my own static line, feeling as if I were holding my own noose. You took a whole month to fill that first page, guess you didn't like the sport much at first LOL...
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    The jumpsuit looks like the Squirrel Suit???
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    hmmm... I've never carried anything from the list
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    Hmmmmm, I'm with you; I couldn't wait to get off that crap when I started jumping...
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    Pulled this pic out of the September '80 Parachutist. This team (airstrike) was well equipped at nationals that year...
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    Here's another radial engine application that may fly short distances...
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    I started jumping in 1976 and earned my GW on a BASE jump in 1980. I'll have to dig my number out of the jewelry box where my Wings live...
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    The lawyer has been on many jumps, and lost many other friends; I think the fact that he is a lawyer is mostly irrelevant...
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    I agree; it can easily be a waste of your expensive freefall time, if not dangerous...
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    Here's a strange version...