brettpobastad 0 #76 April 13, 2004 My dad put me out on my first four satic line jumps in 1976. I was seventeen and he's gone now. I sure would like to make a jump with him now."It's only arrogance if you can't back it up" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoostedXT 0 #77 April 13, 2004 Everytime you leave the plane he is with you.... JoeFor long as you live and high you fly and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry and all that you touch and all that you see is all your life will ever be. Pedro Offers you his Protection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brettpobastad 0 #78 April 13, 2004 Well, that's damn nice of you to say! Thanks..."It's only arrogance if you can't back it up" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrenalinejunki 0 #79 April 13, 2004 Phil Lenny "jumpmaster phil" and he is also called "rat boy"What's the worst that can happen? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #80 April 13, 2004 Rabbitt "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #81 April 13, 2004 Roger Nelson._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
conhails 0 #82 April 13, 2004 Pine 'sweeeeeeeeeeet' _______________________________________ Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilSal 0 #83 April 13, 2004 Michael Vaughan!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver_33460 0 #84 April 13, 2004 Bob Neely...he is sorely missed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markd_nscr986 0 #85 April 13, 2004 Big Al Coovert and Tony Mullins.........Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rw2go 0 #86 April 13, 2004 JE was and is. I went through a JM course JE put on back in Kansas City years ago. He seemed like a real hardnose at first but I soon learned he cared about me, all students and skydivers and wanted the best for and out of me. As I became more experienced my respect continued to grow as I learned how much he knew, can do, and how much he cares. Blue Sky to the best! rw2goFly Brother Fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 8 #87 April 14, 2004 My most memorable instructor is still working as a full time Rigger and Instructor in the Kansas City area - and Instructing at Kansas State University parachute club. David Peuster, I'm sure some of you know him. Ever since I figured out that I wanted to be an instructor, I've been watching as many JM's and Instructors as I can. It's amazing to me to see all the different teaching techniques. Dave (AKA Rigger Dave) always stuck out in my mind because of the way he treats people and make his students feel comfortable. He can just "connect" with the student and work with them Like I have seen no other do. He always does stuff his own way, and as I've thrown my Practice SL's and prepared for an upcoming SL course (with J.E.) he's helped me really find my own methods and ways of connecting to students. When I was going through student progression, there were many students who would wait for Dave to show up to jump. Good guy, and one hell of a rigger (AND GEAR DEALER!!) .... Edited for Grammer Only..=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLsurfer 0 #88 April 14, 2004 QuoteBob Neely...he is sorely missed Bromo sure is! I didn't know him well as I only talked to him twice when I was goin' thru AFF and then his unfortunate incident happened right before I was done. One of his skydiving and base students did half my AFF's and became my base mentor so I feel almost as if I knew Bromo very well. Problems just be opportunities in der workin' clothes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iamthebest_391 0 #89 April 15, 2004 Hey, say Hi to Dave! But........... My vote is for JE Vannatta. Known him for 8 years and heis heart and soul are with students. Never seen a man care as much and know when to be a hard ass and when to hug you. Blue Sky Forever man! G. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #90 April 17, 2004 Couldn't agree more with your picks. I would have to ad Gary, Stu, Alex, and the ultimate Große Schmetterlinge: Uli. I made a point to never request any specific instructor, which lead me t realize they all have so much to teach in their own way. Props to all of them... "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boba23 0 #91 April 17, 2004 hey, been to perris last may for 6 aff jumps, and had a great time there. totally agree with the 2 perris posters above, though i didnt jump with all of the mentioned JM's. - sherry owns the place, no matter what :-) she did our ground school, and i did aff 4 with her. couldnt imagine of anyone better to jump with. - gary-man is an amazingly cool and funny guy + a great jm as welll, + became a good friend :-) - andy also a great person, and very good and calm instructor (hope you got your pc problems solved by now hehe) - kai & uli, well no comments needed, they re german, they own anyways :-) no seriously i think they bring very much calmness and an unbelievable amount of experience....very cool guys. anyways, u perris jumpers above in this thread, please say hello to all of those staff guys at perris, hope they still remember me. if someone could get gary's email adress, or could tell him to get in touch with me with my email here would own! :-) i lost hist email on the way home to .de ;-) blue skies Thorsten [email protected]QuoteQuote Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #92 April 17, 2004 Kris Bagwell- "Aaand this is how you close your slider" Roger Nelson for teaching me to Smile, Take a deep breath, Exhale and melt Missy Nelson for always being super enthusiastic, taking her helmet off while under canopy to tell her camera I did a good job(watched later on my AFP video) and still teaching me Dave C- Made sure I finished AFP Kirk S - Made sure I stayed in AFP and taught me a lot about equipment I can't just have one memorable one, they all are/were great. Thanks to each one! Chris --"Someday you will die and somehow somethings going to steal your carbon" -MM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cruzlite 0 #93 April 19, 2004 Bob 'Fedo' Federman..(Mentor-Natl. Champ) Red Kosteba..(First Jump) Jim Baron..(Learned more from Jimmy than all the sky divers I've ever Known combined Roger Nelson..a true legend, they broke the mold... Tommie Dolphin..(Still learning from Tommie) D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bertthebaron 0 #94 May 2, 2004 I would have to say Wayne N. and all the people from (former) Skydive IL. for putting up with all my crap. The training recieved there was top-notch and I wouldn't be here today were it not for them. Thanks Blue skies Rog....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
