oldwomanc6 38 #76 February 25, 2014 JohnMitchell *** The sport is cool and sleek now, but it was amazing like barn storming, then! Yeah, when you were geared up, you were geared up. Heavy backpack, reserve with belly band cinched nice and tight, waddle/rattle when you walked to the plane. Oh, watch those handles sticking out everywhere. It's a good thing there weren't any seat belts to get hung up on. lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #77 February 25, 2014 oldwomanc6 ****** The sport is cool and sleek now, but it was amazing like barn storming, then! Yeah, when you were geared up, you were geared up. Heavy backpack, reserve with belly band cinched nice and tight, waddle/rattle when you walked to the plane. Oh, watch those handles sticking out everywhere. It's a good thing there weren't any seat belts to get hung up on. What could possibly go wrong? SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #78 February 25, 2014 mjosparky ********* The sport is cool and sleek now, but it was amazing like barn storming, then! Yeah, when you were geared up, you were geared up. Heavy backpack, reserve with belly band cinched nice and tight, waddle/rattle when you walked to the plane. Oh, watch those handles sticking out everywhere. It's a good thing there weren't any seat belts to get hung up on. What could possibly go wrong? Sparky You were stylin'! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatoman 0 #79 February 25, 2014 Darn, some of you are old.....LOL Me hitting 20years in the sport is less than half of some out there. I am amazed.You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to tell you how Fu***** stupid it is. Davelepka - "This isn't an x-box, or a Chevy truck forum" Whatever you do, don't listen to ChrisD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dino_soar 0 #80 February 25, 2014 its the same sky as it was 34 yrs ago...evQuoteerything else has changed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guru312 0 #81 February 25, 2014 potatomanDarn, some of you are old.....LOL LOL?! There is very little funny about being old. But I must admit the old guy in the mirror often gives me good reasons to laugh. Is anyone here older than my 73?Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites joesky 0 #82 February 25, 2014 "Is anyone here older than my 73?" ooh ya: as long as I read my age backwards. Or, read it standing on my head! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites joesky 0 #83 February 25, 2014 hi Jerry "Your 'old days' are rather young. In my old days it was a 15 cm disc." yikes, I'm not that old! I started with the small plastic frizbees which were probably not much bigger than 10 cm. Joe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #84 February 25, 2014 joesky hi Jerry "Your 'old days' are rather young. In my old days it was a 15 cm disc." yikes, I'm not that old! I started with the small plastic frizbees which were probably not much bigger than 10 cm. Joe THAT is a GREAT pic!!! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grimmie 173 #85 February 25, 2014 I want to see the three seconds later picGreat action shot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JerryBaumchen 1,046 #86 February 25, 2014 Hi joe, Re: THAT is a GREAT pic!!! A tip from a very old accuracy jumper, set up your approach so that you can go for the disc with your right foot if you are dropping the gut pack to the left side. Can you actually see the disc with the gut pack blocking the view? And still a very good photo. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JerryBaumchen 1,046 #87 February 25, 2014 Hi Guru, Quote Is anyone here older than my 73? Depends when you got to 73. I made it on 18 Sep 40. Well?????? JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guru312 0 #88 February 26, 2014 JerryBaumchen Depends when you got to 73. I made it on 18 Sep 40. Well?????? Well, so far, you hold the DZ olde fart record by about six months. I won't be 73 until March 7 of this year. A few hours after throwing out the challenge of who was older here, I remember you and I mentioning our "old age" a few years ago. It was only a matter of time before you'd hobble in here and I'd de-throned.Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #89 February 26, 2014 Guru312 *** Depends when you got to 73. I made it on 18 Sep 40. Well?????? Well, so far, you hold the DZ olde fart record by about six months. I won't be 73 until March 7 of this year. A few hours after throwing out the challenge of who was older here, I remember you and I mentioning our "old age" a few years ago. It was only a matter of time before you'd hobble in here and I'd de-throned. I think it's great you are BOTH here posting! These whippersnappers think I'M old! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guru312 0 #90 February 26, 2014 airtwardo I think it's great you are BOTH here posting! ... *I* think it's great we are BOTH here posting!! After a few dozen accuracy landings like in the one shown in joesky's nostalgic photo, I'm lucky to be walking as well as I do. Although I made quite a few jumps into pea gravel during accuracy competition, I also made dozens of jumps aiming for a target with 10 foot legs of white canvas. When the canopy is a C-9 with a double L or TU modification I'd be lucky to get within 100 feet of the target. For the most part, being able to hit any part of the target was a big deal. When I opened my first DZ in 1969 the State of New Jersey required the "drop zone" to be 1800 feet in diameter with no trees or shrubbery and be covered with either sand or grass!! One thing that folks learned how to do rather quickly back in the early days was how to spot.Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JerryBaumchen 1,046 #91 February 26, 2014 Hi Guru, Quote *I* think it's great we are BOTH here posting!! YES!!!!!! +1001 Quote When the canopy is a C-9 with a double L or TU modification I'd be lucky to get within 100 feet of the target. I entered my first competition with about 20 jumps with a C-9 with a blow-hole mod. I made the field on all three jumps; some of the 'seniors' didn't. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites joesky 0 #92 February 26, 2014 Jerry said: A tip from a very old accuracy jumper, set up your approach so that you can go for the disc with your right foot if you are dropping the gut pack to the left side. Can you actually see the disc with the gut pack blocking the view? hi Jerry yes, you're right, but the answer to the problem is not on what side you swing the reserve to, but rather making sure you are square to the disc when you get there. In the picture you can see that my capewells/shoulders are not square so I am having to peek past the reserve. Unfortunately that also means my canopy is moving laterally instead directly to the disc. As a result I had to use my left foot and I missed the dead center - got a couple pennies. But yes, it is a great shot that I thank Ron Dionne ("the King of the Island") for. I think it was an interclub at Abbotsford in '68. Today, of course, we don't have to worry about the gut pack and I mostly can keep myself square to the pad as in this shot from last Dec. thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites joesky 0 #93 February 26, 2014 oops that's the wrong picture. That's from 2008 in CPI. But it shows how small the disc is - you can just make out the 2 cent yellow disc. Here's the one from last year in Dubai - 47 years of accuracy and still going strong!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Stumpy 254 #94 February 26, 2014 Great thread - this could be up there with the "Scary Stories from the old days" one. More pics please!Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnMitchell 14 #95 February 26, 2014 joesky and I mostly can keep myself square to the pad as in this shot from last Dec. Good form. You've done it a few times, eh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #96 February 26, 2014 JohnMitchell ***and I mostly can keep myself square to the pad as in this shot from last Dec. Good form. You've done it a few times, eh?'Stompin' Joe!' ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fastphil 0 #97 February 28, 2014 Up till the early 1980s a world record big way could fly comfortably on a single aircraft... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites gunpaq 1 #98 February 28, 2014 QuoteUp till the early 1980s a world record big way could fly comfortably on a single aircraft... Great photo. Silly Suits and Balloon Suits ruled the day.www.geronimoskydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RiggerLee 61 #99 February 28, 2014 That is a cool pi. I didn't realize blast handles on reserves were still around on such late model rigs. 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Guru312 0 #81 February 25, 2014 potatomanDarn, some of you are old.....LOL LOL?! There is very little funny about being old. But I must admit the old guy in the mirror often gives me good reasons to laugh. Is anyone here older than my 73?Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joesky 0 #82 February 25, 2014 "Is anyone here older than my 73?" ooh ya: as long as I read my age backwards. Or, read it standing on my head! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joesky 0 #83 February 25, 2014 hi Jerry "Your 'old days' are rather young. In my old days it was a 15 cm disc." yikes, I'm not that old! I started with the small plastic frizbees which were probably not much bigger than 10 cm. Joe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #84 February 25, 2014 joesky hi Jerry "Your 'old days' are rather young. In my old days it was a 15 cm disc." yikes, I'm not that old! I started with the small plastic frizbees which were probably not much bigger than 10 cm. Joe THAT is a GREAT pic!!! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 173 #85 February 25, 2014 I want to see the three seconds later picGreat action shot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,046 #86 February 25, 2014 Hi joe, Re: THAT is a GREAT pic!!! A tip from a very old accuracy jumper, set up your approach so that you can go for the disc with your right foot if you are dropping the gut pack to the left side. Can you actually see the disc with the gut pack blocking the view? And still a very good photo. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,046 #87 February 25, 2014 Hi Guru, Quote Is anyone here older than my 73? Depends when you got to 73. I made it on 18 Sep 40. Well?????? JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru312 0 #88 February 26, 2014 JerryBaumchen Depends when you got to 73. I made it on 18 Sep 40. Well?????? Well, so far, you hold the DZ olde fart record by about six months. I won't be 73 until March 7 of this year. A few hours after throwing out the challenge of who was older here, I remember you and I mentioning our "old age" a few years ago. It was only a matter of time before you'd hobble in here and I'd de-throned.Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #89 February 26, 2014 Guru312 *** Depends when you got to 73. I made it on 18 Sep 40. Well?????? Well, so far, you hold the DZ olde fart record by about six months. I won't be 73 until March 7 of this year. A few hours after throwing out the challenge of who was older here, I remember you and I mentioning our "old age" a few years ago. It was only a matter of time before you'd hobble in here and I'd de-throned. I think it's great you are BOTH here posting! These whippersnappers think I'M old! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru312 0 #90 February 26, 2014 airtwardo I think it's great you are BOTH here posting! ... *I* think it's great we are BOTH here posting!! After a few dozen accuracy landings like in the one shown in joesky's nostalgic photo, I'm lucky to be walking as well as I do. Although I made quite a few jumps into pea gravel during accuracy competition, I also made dozens of jumps aiming for a target with 10 foot legs of white canvas. When the canopy is a C-9 with a double L or TU modification I'd be lucky to get within 100 feet of the target. For the most part, being able to hit any part of the target was a big deal. When I opened my first DZ in 1969 the State of New Jersey required the "drop zone" to be 1800 feet in diameter with no trees or shrubbery and be covered with either sand or grass!! One thing that folks learned how to do rather quickly back in the early days was how to spot.Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,046 #91 February 26, 2014 Hi Guru, Quote *I* think it's great we are BOTH here posting!! YES!!!!!! +1001 Quote When the canopy is a C-9 with a double L or TU modification I'd be lucky to get within 100 feet of the target. I entered my first competition with about 20 jumps with a C-9 with a blow-hole mod. I made the field on all three jumps; some of the 'seniors' didn't. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joesky 0 #92 February 26, 2014 Jerry said: A tip from a very old accuracy jumper, set up your approach so that you can go for the disc with your right foot if you are dropping the gut pack to the left side. Can you actually see the disc with the gut pack blocking the view? hi Jerry yes, you're right, but the answer to the problem is not on what side you swing the reserve to, but rather making sure you are square to the disc when you get there. In the picture you can see that my capewells/shoulders are not square so I am having to peek past the reserve. Unfortunately that also means my canopy is moving laterally instead directly to the disc. As a result I had to use my left foot and I missed the dead center - got a couple pennies. But yes, it is a great shot that I thank Ron Dionne ("the King of the Island") for. I think it was an interclub at Abbotsford in '68. Today, of course, we don't have to worry about the gut pack and I mostly can keep myself square to the pad as in this shot from last Dec. thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joesky 0 #93 February 26, 2014 oops that's the wrong picture. That's from 2008 in CPI. But it shows how small the disc is - you can just make out the 2 cent yellow disc. Here's the one from last year in Dubai - 47 years of accuracy and still going strong!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 254 #94 February 26, 2014 Great thread - this could be up there with the "Scary Stories from the old days" one. More pics please!Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #95 February 26, 2014 joesky and I mostly can keep myself square to the pad as in this shot from last Dec. Good form. You've done it a few times, eh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #96 February 26, 2014 JohnMitchell ***and I mostly can keep myself square to the pad as in this shot from last Dec. Good form. You've done it a few times, eh?'Stompin' Joe!' ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastphil 0 #97 February 28, 2014 Up till the early 1980s a world record big way could fly comfortably on a single aircraft... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gunpaq 1 #98 February 28, 2014 QuoteUp till the early 1980s a world record big way could fly comfortably on a single aircraft... Great photo. Silly Suits and Balloon Suits ruled the day.www.geronimoskydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiggerLee 61 #99 February 28, 2014 That is a cool pi. I didn't realize blast handles on reserves were still around on such late model rigs. LeeLee [email protected] www.velocitysportswear.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rcs 1 #100 February 28, 2014 There are even a couple of shot & half capewells. Brings back a lot of old memories. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
