JerryBaumchen 1,046 #1 June 28, 2014 Hi folks, Gary 'Elevator' Olson, long-time jump pilot at Sheridan, Oregon died last week. He was possibly the finest pilot I have ever known. And a fun guy to be around. One year at Lost Prairie, the women were giving him a rash of S*** about not jumping. The next day was the, for charity, naked women's jump & Gary was flying the Sheridan Beech 18. As they passed over town Gary 'played' around with the engines, declared an emergency and told everyong to get out. A lot of naked women in town that day. And no emergency in sight. RIP Elevator, JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdobleman 0 #2 June 29, 2014 Had heard mention of this, before my time at LP. Great story. RIP Gary, wish I had met you. madjohn Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoobrothertom 5 #4 June 30, 2014 JerryBaumchen Hi folks, Gary 'Elevator' Olson, long-time jump pilot at Sheridan, Oregon died last week. He was possibly the finest pilot I have ever known. And a fun guy to be around. One year at Lost Prairie, the women were giving him a rash of S*** about not jumping. The next day was the, for charity, naked women's jump & Gary was flying the Sheridan Beech 18. As they passed over town Gary 'played' around with the engines, declared an emergency and told everyong to get out. A lot of naked women in town that day. And no emergency in sight. RIP Elevator, JerryBaumchen RIP Sounds like he was a classy guy.____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dEd 1 #5 July 3, 2014 Sorry to hear Elevator is gone. He was a good guy. Jerry, I put Elevator up to the fake engine problem at Lost Prairie. I was flying the Skydive Arizona Beech that year. He was supposed to dump the girls out over the Lumberjack Competition going on near the lake, but instead he put them in a wheat field down the valley. The first car to come a long was a country preacher with his wife and daughter headed to church for services. Personally, if I was on my way to church and came a cross a bunch of naked women, I'd assume my prayers had been answered. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
