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steveorino

Why no club for 50+

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i think that's the problem, no cool acronym! :D

leapers over fifty? (LOFT?)
jumpers over five-oh? (JOFO?)
fifty and leaping lightly, exiting on ram-airs? (FALLERs?)

see, they just don't work!
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i think that's the problem, no cool acronym!



Yeah. The obvious one is Skydivers Over Fifty (SOF). But that's also an acronym for Soldiers of Fortune, or mercenaries. Ah, but that would be a good conversation starter, anyway.

The other obvious one is Parachutists Over Fifty (POF). But that sounds too much like "poof" or "puff", which are kind of wimpy.

What the heck. We waited 20 years to get to POPS. I guess we can wait another 20 to get to SOS.

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You are the MAN!!

Just think of all the prestige that comes along with the title of FARTS President. We'd all call you "The OLD FART".

There could be patches, stickies, meetings, boogies, FART Records, the list goes on.

I'd be proud to have a FART number. You could be FART number 1. Just that honor by itself should make it a reasonable thing. Heck, I'd love to have a low FART number, anything in the 3 digit range.

You can do it.

Cheers,

Mo

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steveorino

We have POPS for 40+, SOS jumpers over 60, and even JOE for jumper over eighty!!

What about us 50+ guys?;)

What would be our acronym?



Alright - revamped this thread as I now have a direct interest in the cause...

How about:
FOFs - Flailers over Fifty
POPs - Parachutists over Phifty (yea I know, conflict)
GAS - Golden Age Skydivers
GAPs - Golden Age Parachuters
OTHerS - Over The Hill Skydivers

I have just found the FAST-50 group https://www.facebook.com/FAST-50-Fifty-And-Still-Trackin-181911485282519/ and expect to put in my application shortly.

JW
Born the same year as POP's, so I STILL feel young.
Always remember that some clouds are harder than others...

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