JnL 0 #1 December 5, 2002 I am looking for the Skies Call series 1,2,3. Anyone have any info? Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #2 December 5, 2002 Para Gear may still carry the set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kopelen 0 #3 December 5, 2002 Funny that those books are being mentioned again, I have book 1 and 2 at the house that I got from my old man. They are actually some really interesting reads, and the camera gear was something to shake you head at!! ie no way am I jumping that gear. Blue Ones Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JnL 0 #4 December 5, 2002 Thanks Chuck, Para Gear is out of the books,but I just found the 3 book set online. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #5 December 5, 2002 This is very interesting... I just bought Skies Call and Skies Call 2 from a used bookseller through Amazon.com. Do a search for Skies Call and you will find several hits of varying levels of condition. I think that Amazon has new copies of one of them as well.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbaur 0 #6 December 5, 2002 I have all three, plus Zwischen Himmel und Erde, which came out in 1982, just a year after Skies Call 3. They are not for sale, but if it's just info you want, I'm happy to answer your questions. Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fergs 0 #7 December 10, 2002 Yep, I gotem all too .... hehehehBlue Skies, fergs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JnL 0 #8 December 19, 2002 I received the 3 book series and man are they cool. Sure brings back a lot of memories. Check them out if you can. Johnny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #9 December 25, 2002 The copies of Skies Call 1 and 2 that I ordered just arrived on Christmas Eve. I've spent a bit of time looking through them again...pretty cool. How did anybody survive the gear of the seventies??? I am wondering if anybody knows of Andy Keech's whereabouts these days. I am guessing that he would be in the vicinity of 65-70 years old unless he started jumping very young. It's interesting that there really haven't been that many photo books done since the last Skies Call. Zwischen Himmel und Erde and Norm Kent's book are the only two that I can think of. Given the huge changes in the sport in the 90's, it would be great if somebody chronicled the Freefly Revolution in photos as well as all the video that is done on every jump these days. Merry Christmas everyone, Murray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #10 December 31, 2002 I recently got the whole set through Amazon.com. They have a network of used book dealers. The Skies Call series seems to be readily available.Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lfhower 0 #11 January 2, 2003 I got my local university library (Kansas State) to get me a copy of Skies Call 3 from another university library through their interlibrary loan dept. Of course I couldn't keep it but it was the only one I hadn't seen at the time, and I sure enjoyed it for the three weeks I had it. Might be a possibility for those just wanting to look them over. Always remember, when you get where you're going, there you are! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joyrider7 0 #12 March 29, 2007 I am wondering if anybody knows of Andy Keech's whereabouts these days. I am guessing that he would be in the vicinity of 65-70 years old unless he started jumping very young. Andy Keech is in Washington, DC...you can check him out on his website: www.LittleWingWonder.com I've been chatting with him and he's great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skr 1 #13 March 31, 2007 >I've been chatting with him and he's great! Yes, he is. In the category of it's-a-small-world I was coming back from Australia once in 1976, and it turned out that not only was he on the same flight but we were sitting next to each other. He was one of the people I used to read about in Skydiver Magazine when I was first starting. Skr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #14 April 11, 2007 >Yes, he is. I 2nd that! Thanks to this thread, I also hooked back up with Andy. Haven't talked with him in 30 years. Got to love this website! ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 0 #15 April 12, 2007 Wendy Smith has a book out with some great photos of free fly, wing suits, and big ways http://wendysmithaerial.com/ (to lazy to do the clicky)Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dqpacker 7 #16 April 18, 2007 I have all three. But they are not for sale. I got them from my parents. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSBDeath 2 #17 April 19, 2007 I also have all 3, they are price-less, and in a plastic bag to protect them. NOT for sale. ArvelBSBD...........Its all about Respect, USPA#-7062, FB-2197, Outlaw 499 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PROGRESSIVE 0 #18 April 25, 2007 "Man small, why fall? Skys call, that's all." Yeah, I've spent my youth paging through these books rather than doing my homework assignments. Ahh, the memories. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
