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  1. howardwhite
    Well, yes, plane 13 is, but I don't think plane 6 is. HW
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    Same at mine, plus you get a DVD by default and have to ask for a tape. What a change from a couple of years ago, where everyone got a tape and a DVD cost extra. HW
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    Well, the Bimmer on the left has a "Slots" plate.That should provide a clue. HW
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    This one? HW
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    Many, many years ago there was a Nationals event called TRAC (Team Relative work and ACcuracy.) It died for lack of interest. HW
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    Yup. And from 9,500. And not even all that cold. HW
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    This one? HW
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    If you're talking about Mike Gennis, not a pilot (at least not for Pan Am), but a flight attendant. HW
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    Remember Luis Melendez -- one of the best of the early skydiving cameramen? See: http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2007/12/28/news/doc4775d61c6bf14457257827.txt Among his many achievements (stolen from Pat Works): "The first 10-man formation in skydiving history was achieved July 2, 1967 at Taft, north of Los Angeles, filmed by Luis Melendez and organized by Jerry Bird. The jumpers were Gary Young, John Rinard, Clark Fischer, Jim Dann, Jerry Bird, Bill Stage, Terry Ward, Bill Newell, Brian Williams and Paul Gorman (87 jumps!). " HW
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    A quick check of tail numbers indicates that it is now registered to an individual in Miramar, FL and is listed as a turboprop aircraft. HW
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    Yeah, I think it was the Bird Machine with TV. It was interesting to see what people wanted to look at on the climb. Here are a couple more. In the first one, Bird seems to be wondering how much this is going to cost, or how much longer it's going to be. Anybody able to ID the other folk? (BTW, if anyone finds my posted pictures too dark, I adjust them for my eyeballs on my Mac. I have noted that on some PCs they seem to be significantly darker. If you see a picture you like but it's too dark,let me know and I'll fix it for the Windoze masses.) HW
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    Most of the receivers you can buy at, e.g. Best Buy have built-in FM transmitters that you set to an unused frequency on your car (or home) radio. You need (besides the receiver) a car kit that includes a mounting bracket, cigarette lighter power adapter and magnetic mount roof antenna. Nothing special needed in your car radio. I have both but listen mostly to Sirius. I have resisted "lifetime" deals because with the long-pending merger of Sirius and XM still, well, pending, it's hard to guess what pricing will look like when and if it happens. HW
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    Seems to say xxx 84 in the lower right-hand corner. HW
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    This Our Douglas? Dunno where the picture was taken; looks like a glider operation in the background. Where did Our Douglas come from? HW
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    To spare anyone else the bother, I've sent this via PM to Pasi yesterday.
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    Here's a Norseman on floats. It's one of a great series of pictures taken a couple of winters ago in Alaska by Vic Valli, who was a long-time chief pilot of Parachutes, Inc. HW
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    Err... it's not a Beaver. Another picture, in case you still think it is. HW
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    A lot of people here have jumped out of one, but I doubt any has flown it. HW
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    Maybe some screen grabs will help. HW
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    That is such a classic picture that I hope Zing won't mind if I post a bigger version of it (which I got from him anyway.) HW
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    Well, in addition to Mike Gennis (not Ginnes), that's the captain, David Adams (a.k.a. D. Huxley Adams) holding the team colors in the middle. He was one of my (zillions of) first jump students and despite that handicap went on to be an active competitor and for a while editor of Spotter Magazine. He is also second from left in the back row of the picture I just posted of the prior year's New England team. At far right is Kari Seppanen, then an MIT aeronautical engineering student. For his undergraduate thesis, he tested pilot chutes in the MIT wind tunnel and for his master's thesis he designed and built a triangular canopy. (I think he jumped it but I don't think he ever landed it.) He went on to be an engineer at Boeing. HW
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    You may remember I posted this a few months back, but others may not have seen it. A short chunk of movies filmed by John Carlson and edited to show mostly the airplanes, but there are some people in it, as well as the C46 and Lodestar and Sugar Alpha and..... It's QuickTime; I suggest people download it and play it on the desktop rather than looking at the rather small image in the link. A couple of people in Jim's picture are also in this one; how many do you recognize? I've got a ton of old movies and video; so much stuff, so little time... HW
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    Oh. I thought it was going to be more like this. Gee, if I had known how beautiful it really was, I would have been there. HW
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    Dave I'm glad to have given you something to occupy your time on a non-jumpable New England weekend. You are, of course, right. The plane is still registered, in Alaska, and yes, Rob, it has a R985 radial. I was surprised at Pop's guess of a Staggerwing Beech. The Staggerwing's yoke (or yokes) are mounted on a central column, as, e.g. in a Twin Otter. As the exit door on a Howard is the right seat door, such a column would, I think, be kind of in the way of a jumper (often, in my limited experience, a static line student) sitting facing the rear with his back to the panel. The other fun thing about the Howard as a student aircraft is that they had to get out and get to the bottom step of the "ladder" while holding on to the strut. HW