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  1. howardwhite
    Nope. Wrong hair color HW
  2. howardwhite
    Oh, well, time to put this one out of its misery. It's a GQ Security X210 R (D) reserve, with tail-mounted diaper. Lines were stored on the diaper. Security offered the same canopy with "lightweight D-bag with assistor pocket and separable 2" wide, 1750 lb.t.s.bridle." Picture from ad in December, 1982 Parachutist. I posted it because of the diaper bit. HW
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    For those who forgot what it looked like, or never saw one... HW
  4. howardwhite
    Now do the numbers on buying an operational B-25 in 1962 for $7,500 and paying $450,000 for one these days. http://b25forsale.free.fr/history.html HW
  5. howardwhite
    Woody -- speaking of originals.... BARNWELL.S.C. -Woody Binnicker, 34-year-old family man and grocery store operator, was skydiving rapidly today toward his goal of 225 parachute jumps within 24 hours. "He's well ahead of sched- ule," said Gene Thacker of Raeford, N.C., an official of the U. S. Parachute Assn. who was monitoring Binnicker's attempt at a World record. HW
  6. howardwhite
    Slightly. But not Gork. HW
  7. howardwhite
    OK, you and Woody share the big prize, having convinced me that you were both there. D-96 is/was Maurice C. Coleman. Maybe I should mail the picture to Mathews for his confirmation. HW
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    Well, I don't see a bag. I see the pilot chute attached directly to the canopy. Did Vikings do that? HW
  9. howardwhite
    Too late to claim the big prize after I've given the answer. But thanks for confirming my memory of the year. HW
  10. howardwhite
    What is it and why? HW
  11. howardwhite
    This is from Ripcord, the 82nd Airborne newsletter. Undated, but I think it's mid-'58. HW
  12. howardwhite
    If you're talking about the Lake Erie B-25, I can. Is this a contest? HW
  13. howardwhite
    All is explained in the attached, from Sky Diver, sometime in 1962 if memory serves. Ah, the prices.... HW
  14. howardwhite
    Sorry, earlier. HW
  15. howardwhite
    Just to be perfectly clear....the picture I posted is not the Lake Erie one (of which I've posted pictures here before). This picture was taken about 15 years earlier and not anywhere near Ohio. HW
  16. howardwhite
    Jack is, unusually, wrong, at least about the location and date. And I did say that the aircraft ID was "reasonably obvous," Mr. Hooper. HW
  17. howardwhite
    OK, contest fans. Now we have a bunch of pictures of people and airplanes where the airplane ID is reasonably obvious but the location and approximate date are not. Your mission, aside from identifying the plane, is to provide these further details. If you were there, tell more. (In answer to thousands of questions , the prize -- not transferrable -- is a Super Otter skydive at Jumptown, Orange MA, and the judge's decision is final.) I will be mildly astounded if someone gets this one -- it will be some geek who collects old magazines and actually reads them and remembers stuff.
  18. howardwhite
    Here's a neat picture from the Skydive Plainwell site. http://skydiveplainwell.com/mwf/cgi/topic_show.pl?tid=851&pg=1 HW
  19. howardwhite
    Yup. Pretty impressive plane, by the specs, and probably pretty noisy -- R-985 engine. Here's a pretty picture of one. HW
  20. howardwhite
    Probably pretty easy for some of you, but kind of neat anyway. HW
  21. howardwhite
    Your nostalgia is my nostalgia. See if you can identify people in Herd4 (starting with Jerry Bird). (Maybe I should post a bigger copy if it will fit.) HW
  22. howardwhite
    The Herd didn't have to travel to party; the Herd Boogie was an event worth the travel. Here's some more Herd art. HW
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  24. howardwhite
    No, please, not yet another "how many thread." See http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1781679;search_string=how%20many;#1781679 and http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1774033;search_string=how%20many;#1774033 for starters. There are lots more.
  25. howardwhite
    Static lining a reserve from the ceiling of the Kingdome, eh? Look something like this? (This is Dave Singer.) HW