Spizzzarko 0 #76 January 29, 2009 Thanks for the pic you posted Tim. I really had a great time at that peckerhead meet. I hope you are doing well. Tell Philly I said Hi please. Grant Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #77 January 30, 2009 At the risk of causing pain to old Cal City folks, I offer today's pictures.HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #78 January 30, 2009 Ya know, HW, we do get snow here in the Mojave Desert once in awhile. OBTW... if you see Jr. heading towards his car with bucketts of Green, Yellow and Orange paint... be afraid... be very affraid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #79 January 30, 2009 Quote At the risk of causing pain to old Cal City folks, I offer today's pictures.HW HW, So... is Jr. hitting his Dad up for all that de-icing stuff that came off of 1PM about a million years ago?? I wonder if Van Sr. still has any of it laying around in the back of a hangar somewhere?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #80 January 30, 2009 I got there too late for what would have been the best picture -- 121PM being towed around the airport by a Miata with its top down. But maybe one of these days we'll do a photo shoot that includes the tool truck -- also in the Pilgrim colors. Jr. is talking about recovering from Sr. the O2 system. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #81 January 30, 2009 Quote Jr. is talking about recovering from Sr. the O2 system. Jumpers getting hypoxic on the long ride to 14K? Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #82 February 16, 2009 Hey there all you Pepperell-ites! I found this video of a DC-3 jump we did at Apple Valley Skydive on the opening day of the place back on 1 Sept 1996. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X-_VWmZM7k Why am I posting it here? Well, if you look really close, you might be able to spot vpjr flying right seat in the DC-3. Ask him how he used a dust-pan to let us know when to get out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #84 March 30, 2009 Quote 173 is done.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vpjr 18 #85 March 30, 2009 thanks for posting the pic Stacey. A Jump plane is never done. I still have some details to do on it. 1. Put a pecker head sticker on the nose to match 1PM. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #86 April 1, 2009 Well, until we arrange the Great Photo Shoot, this quick 'n dirty collage will have to do. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #87 May 14, 2009 This... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQEuwvqOHDQ ... is a pretty cool video. Its REALLY AWESOME from time 1:18 to 1:28! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #88 May 14, 2009 This... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD6xJEI9A9g ... video isn't too bad either. Especially times 1:05 to 1:18 and then again at 2:46 to 2:55! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #89 May 14, 2009 Was reading the "Skydive Pepperell Guide" and found this... "... firearms are forbidden on airport property." *faints* *thud* Skydive California City used to be the best armed Dropzone in SoCal. When going shooting after the days Skydiving was done, it pretty much looked like we were mobilized for Iwo Jima. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #90 May 14, 2009 I think you might be obsessed! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #91 May 14, 2009 ... okay... y'all guys back in Mass are painting everything in sight to match the badly faded, oxidized and defunct paint scheme of Pilgrim Airlines that persists on 121PM and I'm the one that's obsessed??!!? Like, Duuuuhah... I hope the DZ dogs around Pepperell don't sit still for too long, lest one of y'all paint Yellow, Green and Orange stripes on them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IEJuggalo 0 #92 May 14, 2009 ...god damn I miss that plane. Hey, does it still rattle like a mother fucker in the floor when it starts to take off? My first jump was in that otter, scared the fuck out of me. Second was from that 206. I love the paint job by the way. Hey Timmy, at least the peckerhead legacy lives on. Love the peckerhead. Oh and no guns? How about hand cannons? BRING HER HOME! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimpleJack 0 #93 May 14, 2009 I appreciate your effort in keeping people up to date on the old Cal City dropzone. However, I think the time has come to just say dude, look, the place was great but the owners killed it. This was done by choice, not by circumstance. It’s done. Let it go. I quit skydiving because the place shut down. I ended up moving out of California because that dropzone was the only good reason to stay in SoCal. Despite this, I have let the place go. It’s time to let the past die a well deserved death. It was arguably the best DZ in SoCal, but it was also the least visited due to various reasons. I wish you the best of luck and hope that you find happiness at another dropzone. Take care. Simplejack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vpjr 18 #94 May 14, 2009 Take-offs are nice and smooth for now. Could have been an out of balance nosewheel tire. I realy need to freshen up the green and Orange and black and white paint. Ok the yellow could be done too. I enjoy the stories of Cal City and photos posted on DZ.com, but I grew up there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #95 May 14, 2009 That's nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #96 May 14, 2009 Quote Could have been an out of balance nosewheel tire. Always felt like it was more like the left main mount out of round to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vpjr 18 #97 May 14, 2009 Why would someone be up this early posting on dropzone.com?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #98 May 14, 2009 So you quit skydiving because a physical location ceased to exsist ? Very odd,,,,,thats like never eating a burger again because a favorite location closed and a strip mall was put up....are you saying no burgers out there are any good cuz that one closed ? You'll never find another burger ? anywhere ? Doesn't sound like you were into skydiving.........smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IEJuggalo 0 #99 May 14, 2009 QuoteSo you quit skydiving because a physical location ceased to exsist ? Very odd,,,,,thats like never eating a burger again because a favorite location closed and a strip mall was put up....are you saying no burgers out there are any good cuz that one closed ? You'll never find another burger ? anywhere ? Doesn't sound like you were into skydiving............Wally, I would find no reason to argue with simplejack. I felt the same way for a while, and sometimes still do. After that place closed (though we werent there long), I moved on to other DZ's (Perris, Elsinore, Taft) and they just didnt have what I was looking for. Cal-City had more to offer than Skydiving. I could pull in with my toy hauler at 10:30 on a friday night and knew someone was going to be in area 51 drinking beer around the alien-egg shaped fire pit. I could get drunk and sleep under the front tire of the otter, just to make sure I was up to catch the early bird (5:00am). If you were on the early bird and bought three jumps, the fourth was FREE. WTF? you heard me right. I still jump, but its not why I started jumping. Met some really cool people that I never see anymore. Andy White, Joey Preston, Lori Hudjens, Tony Kekahuna, Bob & Judy Celaya, Jim Gold, Dave Barlia, Ken Thompson, Daisy (Tony's dog, R.I.P. Daisy), Tree, Black Kevin ( I didnt know black folk jumped from planes. This one does.) Mikey, Mike, Dave, ZigZag himself. Lets not forget Robert. He always had a smile on his face, an all around nice dude, the only guy I knew that could burn egg's. I could go on, and on. Skydiving no longer has the aspect's that drew me towards it. I miss all you weird fuckers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #100 May 14, 2009 Quote Why would someone be up this early posting on dropzone.com?? Well, unfortunately, some of us have to get up that early to get cleaned up and out of the house to make it to a "real job" on-time... ... plus I made the mistake of checking email before I left the house and just couldn't resist... Anyway, I was hoping I could goad someone like HW to make an all 121PM & associated look-alike paint job 206s and vehicles video, push it to YouTube & Link it here... I've been thinking of doing a "Lost DZ" project too and shooting some current video of the now defunct Cal City and Apple Valley DZs and cutting the new video together with some old stuff & photos... if nothing else, it would be an excuse to buy a new camera. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
