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  1. howardwhite
    This is a Sled, no? I think it's from Jerry Schrimscher's photo album, which J now has. I scanned some stuff from it when I was in Raeford in May. HW
  2. howardwhite
    From that sometimes useful source, Wikipedia. HW
  3. howardwhite
    Here's a C-82 Packet picture. It was a flawed precursor to the C-119. Does look like my picture. HW
  4. howardwhite
    I'll ask the guy who gave them to me -- though as it was 56 years ago, he might not remember. But he's still an active jumper and has good gear. He made a couple of Otter jumps from 13,5 Sunday. (I did, too.) Last couple of today's scans attached. HW
  5. howardwhite
    Some more. HW
  6. howardwhite
    A friend (who's still jumping) recently showed me an envelope of old pictures from his 1953 Airborne School days. I guess most are stock photos -- the kind you would buy at the PX to send home to mom and dad -- but they're fun. A few now, more later. HW
  7. howardwhite
    Here's a 1976 Spotter ad. HW
  8. howardwhite
    Here's a news story. HW
  9. howardwhite
    Another reminder of the Pilgrim days -- the right-seat headsets in 121PM. HW
  10. howardwhite
    Yes. That would be the references to Rhode Island (on the ice on the Scituate Reservoir, minor injuries, IIRC) and Long Island Sound (ran out fuel under IFR conditions and all died.) HW
  11. howardwhite
    You can easily do two states under canopy (even without wingsuits) at Pepperell, MA (just south of the New Hampshire line) and Vermont Skydiving Adventures (separated from New York by Lake Champlain.) HW
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    They would have been at Jumptown on time except for weather. They spent Thursday at Keene, NH because KORE was below minimums. I have talked recently with the president and chief pilot of Rampart. They are looking carefully at airports where they're booked. I expect that some DZs which used CASAs under Fayard will not find it cost-effective to do so under the new management. HW
  13. howardwhite
    This is "whoever took over from Fayard." They have shown up on time at three boogies in New England in the past couple of months. HW
  14. howardwhite
    Rampart Aviation is the source for CASAs. HW
  15. howardwhite
    Hmm... did anyone ever tell you you look just like Pat Bisson? HW
  16. howardwhite
    Yup. Could well have been in a sport rig. My first 17 jumps were on orange/white C9s and over the years at PI centers I put out thousands of students on identical canopies. HW
  17. howardwhite
    Asciutto. (If memory serves). HW
  18. howardwhite
    From the Basler web site: ($4.5 million would get you a shiny new Viking Twin Otter 400 series and some money left over.) HW
  19. howardwhite
    I don't remember what they said exit speed is. Rounds get out at 1,500, squares get out at 3,000. I spent a fair amount of time talking with the head of the loft. They also occasionally use Twin Otters and CASAs. He's hoping to get shiny new 400-series Otters as eventual replacements. The former chief CASA pilot for smoke jumper operations is now chief pilot for Rampart Aviation, the company that now supplies all or most all the CASAs for U.S. skydiving. I'm gonna be talking with him Tuesday. HW
  20. howardwhite
    No puddles. It's beautiful. No floaters, either; nothing but static lines and skydivers who try to arch are quickly encouraged to find another line of work. Some other pix: interior shots (facing fore and aft), a tailwheel fairing, a video camera for viewing exits, etc. HW
  21. howardwhite
    Very good. Used by smoke jumpers out of the Missoula, MT operation and training facility. (They also use a Sherpa there.) HW
  22. howardwhite
    If it's any help, I'm told it's the second-ever Basler (at least for this configuration.) It's been in service a long time, majorly rebuilt fairly recently. HW
  23. howardwhite
    Yes, it is an active jump plane. What and where? HW
  24. howardwhite
    They took off the short one and bolted on the long one. HW
  25. howardwhite
    Dunno the guy in the middle, but the guys on the l & r look familiar. L- Patrick Bisson R-Kevin Walsh Both were New England jumpers. Right? HW