Bill Wood Does #2500

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Bill Wood of the Flying Tigers and Chester drop zones in South Carolina made his jump #2500 at the Chester DZ on Sunday. Bill is 75 years old and is Top JOS #1 (Jumpers Over Seventy). ESPN may air the jump on Tuesday or Wednesday (that is the best they could tell us). Quincy Kennedy and I shot video.

Attached is a still from my Canon.

Ed

Getting Skydivers to slow down long enough to sign a petition is like herding cats !!!

[piisfish 135]

Say Hi and Congartulations from me. I packed his canopy a couple of times during the POPS Worldmeet in Switzerland 2 years ago. He also signed my logbook and wrote me a kind message.

I think besides tandems, his canopy is the biggest I ever packed.. Never too safe

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

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Bill Wood of the Flying Tigers and Chester drop zones in South Carolina made his jump #2500 at the Chester DZ on Sunday. Bill is 75 years old and is Top JOS #1 (Jumpers Over Seventy). ESPN may air the jump on Tuesday or Wednesday (that is the best they could tell us). Quincy Kennedy and I shot video.

Attached is a still from my Canon.

Ed

Getting Skydivers to slow down long enough to sign a petition is like herding cats !!!

Nice pic! Lots of "fog" below the formation eh?

Congrats to Bill!

Mykel AFF-I10
Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

[arlo 0]

i see bill is still jumping that blue jumpsuit and frap hat.

when you see bill next, give him my love - if he still remembers me from SC when i started almost 9 yrs ago.

bill's a wonderful man and has a kick ass chili recipe. ;)

blues and big fattie congrats bill!!!

arlo

[philly51 0]

Nice shot Ed! Still have a "pie" for you,

Steve

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, Shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!"

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Here is a better shot of that blue suit and black frap hat.

Steve....pie???? Been there done that. the "IN" thing now is silly string.

Bill is my South Carolina campaign manager. He knows everybody !!!

Ed

Trying to get skydivers to stop long enough to sign a petition is like herding cats !!!

[mccurley 0]

Please pass on my congrats to Bill
Tell him it's from Steve , Chief judge at the NZ Pops World meet a few years ago.
Glad to see he's still at it

Watch my video Fat Women
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI

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Have printed out the messages for Bill. Here is his landing.

Ed

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Oh my, that's the canopy, with the POPS logo....

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[skyjump11 0]

Good Grief!
I thought he would have died from old age by now.
I thought he looked 'ancient' back in 1976...
and would have guessed he would be around
109 by now....and probably, he would agree.

[sapplegate 0]

I still have an old jump suit with a "Flying Tigers" patch on the knee that he gave me 19 years ago when he was Top Pop! Congrats to you Bill!

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Better late than never !!! That was two years ago. Bill has been jumping in Australia this month. I just hope to be able to continue to be active the way he has.

Ed

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Bill Wood of South Carolina made his jump #2500 at the Chester DZ on Sunday.

Um, complete with a kiss pass too, I see. Or is that blow'n smoke?

you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

[madhatter 0]

Congrats to Bill!

I did 2 jumps with him at Citrusdal, SA, in March '98. Hard to believe 10 years have passed & great to know he's still enjoying the sport!

A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
D.S # 125

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

Bill is such a sweet man. I've met him several times during my travels to Chester. What a great man with lots of great stories.
CONGRATS BILL!!! I look forward to seeing you again soon

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[rlogan2 0]

Congratulations Bill !

You are my hero !

robert