Pieces Of Eight

[demonstalker1 0]

Can anyone give me contact information on the members of the original Pieces Of Eight skydiving team??

[jackwallace 3]

gooogle it. I found bunches of stuff. Including new phone #

U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler.
scr 316

[mx757 4]

I am one of the original members of POE

Mike

[SCR216 2]

1977: The first Pieces of Eight was a 4-Way team:
Chuck Anderson, Al krueger My Brother, Paul Henley and Larry Yohn. Their first 4-Way was filmed by Carl Boenish at Elsinore.



http://parachutehistory.com/skydive/records/poe.html

[mx757 4]

SCR216

1977: The first Pieces of Eight was a 4-Way team:
Chuck Anderson, Al krueger My Brother, Paul Henley and Larry Yohn. Their first 4-Way was filmed by Carl Boenish at Elsinore.



http://parachutehistory.com/skydive/records/poe.html

well I meant the 1st POE 8 way...

[SCR216 2]

Sorry Mike. Sometimes I go overboard too fast on the detail end of things.
I figured out what you were saying after I posted.
Dennis Henley
SCR-216

[MissBuffDiver 0]

Just a little Trivia regarding Chuck Anderson and Al Krueger...One day in early 70's @ Elsinore, Al came up to manifest and announced that they were gonna have a drawing. Anyone wanting to jump with the SkyGods come on up and put your name in the hat. So, I went up and put my name in the hat. Went pack to packing and all of a sudden I hear my name over the PA...Holy Shit, I won the drawing. Al and 9 others were going up for a 10 man. The only thing Al was very strong about was the fact that him and Chuck would be hooked and I wasn't to come in on them bcuz they had their hooks a certain way. Also not to come in until they had their 10 man...So, we go up and we exit. I followed them out 11th. They got their 10 man and I'm coming in and low and behold in front of me are 2 hooks. I'm remembering what Al said, but if I back out, I'll probably go low and never get in. WTF? I'm not missin' out on this so I go in. 1st I grab Als hook on my right then Chucks hook on my left. Damn, they are really stuck. So, with every ounce of strength I have I pull the hooks apart. I'm only 5' and 105 lbs. but I did it. When Chucks hook broke free it hit me right in the nose, sending blood everywhere. Blood in FF is really cool looking actually. Anyway they are all nodding and I'm smilin' and bleedin', but I'm in an 11 man star with SkyGods. So we break off and I dump. Trying to not bleed on my reserve so I position my head to drip on my altimeter. We land out at the peas and I'm getting congratulations all around. Back at the packing area Purple Patty says hey girl you got blood all over your face. Like I care. So I got bitched at a little only bcuz I could have broken their hooks. Otherwise everything was cool, except for my broken nose. Also got my SCS on that one. Jump # 70ish. I heard there was a Patch for breaking wrists between any 2 of the Pieces of eight. Never got one or a #...I was also on Larry Yohn RIP SCR and gave him his 1st KissPass @ Perris mid 70's. He damn near kissed me into the ground on breakoff...Fun memories...

Sandy

[SCR216 2]

Sandy, you da gal.
My first hook-up was with the Al at Taft when I was ~18. I came in on him and then hesitated when I looked at the hook. He gave me a look that said, "just grab it dummy".

[dzswoop717 5]

When I was a little kid in the mid to late sixties. I use to carry Larry's leg to him after he landed. He jumped a 28 foot lopo at the time. I witnessed him do a stand up landing under that canopy. Obviously, it was a one foot stand up.