tonybrogdon 0 #1 September 24, 2004 How many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories.Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #2 September 24, 2004 QuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? -------------------------------------------------------- Ive still got the PVSS card in my logbook cover. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mjosparky 3 #3 September 24, 2004 QuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites itllclear 1 #4 September 24, 2004 I still have some of the bookkeeping stuff in my garage! Are you going to make it to Old Farts next month? Blue Skies! Harry Leicher Treasurer, PVSS"Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites riggermick 6 #5 September 24, 2004 QuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories. I still have my PVSS card. Turns out that PVSS #s were the basis for the "new" Perris manifest numbers (still used today, that's why mine is so frickken low). I'll try and find it (the card) this weekend along with a whole bunch of the N 817 (areo costa neuva)/ 150 photos'. I have a great pic of the pilot (and his girl friend) looking bloodied and pissed off (probably at me for taking his picture at that time). Ahh......... good times. What a year that was. Also have a great shot of the SCAT otter (anyone remember that?) with it's nose in the ground after an aborted take off: Circa Thanks giving 1983. Mick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tonybrogdon 0 #6 September 24, 2004 Hi Harry, Sure am going to try to make it to old farts. I live in Fresno but get down that way when I can. Good to hear from you.Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybill 19 #7 September 24, 2004 Hi Tony!, Remember? Hell, how can I forget!! 57Ugly fire, then Ben shut the place down!!, nearest place to jump was Cal City!!! then someone(S) I don't know who started it but the PVSS thing evolved and the rest is history. BTW got the sticker,"Skydiving's HOTTER at Perris." All that was just 19 years ago!! Time Flys!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tonybrogdon 0 #8 September 24, 2004 Hi Bill; PVSS was formed by 9 skydivers plus Ralph Greer who wrote the waiver and did the video. Gary Douis was President Myself and Ivan Henery were Vice Presidents Harry Leicher was Treasurer Steve Mack was Secretary Al Frisby was Director of Saftey Committee Kate Cooper Tony Dell Al Krueuger was our first manager then Jerry Swolvin was second. PVSS ran Perris for two years. Did you get to jump the Screamin Mimi Helicopter from the TV program Riptide?Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #9 September 24, 2004 Quote Did you get to jump the Screamin Mimi Helicopter from the TV program Riptide? Quote I jumped it! And Travolta's DC-3... First bird I jumped with a GREAT stereo system! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites riggermick 6 #10 September 24, 2004 QuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories. Remember this one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites crewdog2 0 #11 September 24, 2004 I jumped the Riptide helicopter and Travolta's DC3. Does anyone have photos of those birds? As I recall, someone ripped off the batteries out of the helicopter, and so the owners got pissed and removed it from the dz. There was also a diecast model available at the time. I gave one to my wife's little brother. Damn, wish I would have kept that. Russ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #12 September 25, 2004 We were still jumping up in Ramona and I'm bent over and packing when a strange van slides to a stop in a big cloud of smoke. Back slides the door and out tumbles Mark Sechler, Alan Ricther, and about five others, also in a big cloud of smoke. Frank Mott looks my way, spits out a ball of tobacco juice and says, "Something's up at Perris." Nick BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pms07 3 #13 September 25, 2004 QuoteAlso have a great shot of the SCAT otter (anyone remember that?) with it's nose in the ground after an aborted take off: Circa Thanks giving 1983. I remember that load...my 4-way team was seated in the back by the door. Our FF, BK Jones, was the only one sent to the hospital to my knowledge. He was back in the air a few days later though. I wrote a few observations on the incident in my logbook that night at the BombShelter but it's mostly illegible. Probably because we decided to forego an early start at training the next day in favor of Jose Cuervo... pms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #14 September 25, 2004 Quote Frank Mott looks my way, spits out a ball of tobacco juice and says, "Something's up at Perris." Quote Speaking of which... I was out at Gillespie 3 weeks ago, playing with my ole roomie's airplane (Limond) when who should walk by but Frank Mott!I haven't seen him since the Ramona / Barona daze.. He has a shop of some kind there in Santee / Cajon... Still the same old Frank!!! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #15 September 25, 2004 Last year Frank was dong Tandems up in Cal City . . . he's a freaking Iron Man. And he's always been that way since I met him in 1977 or so . . . NickDG BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #16 September 25, 2004 Quote he's a freaking Iron Man. Quote OOOOHH ~ RAHHH!! (Fucking Marines!) ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybill 19 #17 September 26, 2004 Hi Tony, Got to jump the Mimi a couple of times before it got 86'ed from the DZ. Got a pix of it somewhere in my archives. Fun ride, ya' just had to watch for the hydraulic oil drips!!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mjosparky 3 #18 September 26, 2004 QuoteQuote he's a freaking Iron Man. Quote OOOOHH ~ RAHHH!! (Fucking Marines!) I saw Frank 2 weeks ago at Apple Valley. He was giving a friend of mine the test for his Masters ticket. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #19 September 28, 2004 Frank Mott was President of the Marine Corps Parachute Club aboard Camp Pendleton, in California, the "Falling Eagles" they were called when I first met him. I was already out of the Corps but he was doing my rigging, before I became a rigger myself. I showed up at one of their demo jumps on the base. I got a haircut and just showed up. I was a local and very current demo jumper and just wanted to jump a Huey again, the bird I did my first freefall from when I was student, but before I knew how cool turbine helicopters were. Colonel Henrey, I'd taken the photographs at his wedding, told me not to bounce, or it would be their careers. I walked into the ready room and right away somebody was giving me the stink-eye. Although I'd gotten a haircut, my mustache was too long and here he comes. A Marine Major and he stops an inch or two from my face and says, "You're not a Marine." "No Sir, I'm a Corpsman assigned to a local ship." I fibbed. "What ship? "The John Paul Jones," I said as innocently as possible . . . hoping that was actually the name of a current ship in the fleet. I landed and gave Marine Corps General Poggemeier the thumbs up before I got the hell out of there . . . And then I discovered BASE jumping . . . Nick BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mjosparky 3 #20 September 28, 2004 Hell, I was a Corpsman assigned to the Marines, Goldn 2/3, and I didn't get to jump a Huey. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites YahooLV 0 #21 September 28, 2004 QuoteQuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories. "Lots of memories...3 classes a day, dorm rooms, sneakin out of the girls dorms....."http://www.curtisglennphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #22 September 29, 2004 Quote Frank Mott was President of the Marine Corps Parachute Club aboard Camp Pendleton, in California, the "Falling Eagles" they were called when I first met him. I was already out of the Corps but he was doing my rigging, before I became a rigger myself. Quote I met Frank at our house there in Santee... I had just 'walked' on Don M, after experiencing "Personality" differences! Frank pulls up in the driveway the next afternoon, bottle of bourbon in hand and says "Let's have a drink, we need to talk!" I started working as an Instructor for him by the 2nd drink!! He drove me to Ramona and showed me all his gear, and ask me if I knew Ralph or Nick... When I said " No " he said " Good! " you'll be fine. He was bringing over a dozen or so Marines at a time to get S/L training...Best students in the world! Already geared to learning and in great physical shape... "Bounce Proof" he called them. We moved the operation to the Barona Indian Reservation... All the 'jumpers' were walking the field to remove the BFR's from the "Runway"... "Ralph" is telling me his story about flying the 182 with no windshield... and "Nick" keeps commenting on how the reservation DZ idea is great...NO FEDS!! I figured THAT must be what Frank was talking about when he thought it a good thing we all hadn't met..YET!! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jbrasher 0 #23 October 1, 2004 Tony, Don Balch and I did AFF out of the mimi. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tonybrogdon 0 #24 October 2, 2004 John Steve Mack and me were on the Scream'n Mimi when it broke a rotar belt on the main rotar at 11 grand over Sun City. Our alitmeters showed us dropping like a rock so all 16 of us looked at each other for a couple of seconds and we all bailed out in a flash. That was a scary jump. 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mjosparky 3 #3 September 24, 2004 QuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itllclear 1 #4 September 24, 2004 I still have some of the bookkeeping stuff in my garage! Are you going to make it to Old Farts next month? Blue Skies! Harry Leicher Treasurer, PVSS"Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggermick 6 #5 September 24, 2004 QuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories. I still have my PVSS card. Turns out that PVSS #s were the basis for the "new" Perris manifest numbers (still used today, that's why mine is so frickken low). I'll try and find it (the card) this weekend along with a whole bunch of the N 817 (areo costa neuva)/ 150 photos'. I have a great pic of the pilot (and his girl friend) looking bloodied and pissed off (probably at me for taking his picture at that time). Ahh......... good times. What a year that was. Also have a great shot of the SCAT otter (anyone remember that?) with it's nose in the ground after an aborted take off: Circa Thanks giving 1983. Mick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #6 September 24, 2004 Hi Harry, Sure am going to try to make it to old farts. I live in Fresno but get down that way when I can. Good to hear from you.Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 19 #7 September 24, 2004 Hi Tony!, Remember? Hell, how can I forget!! 57Ugly fire, then Ben shut the place down!!, nearest place to jump was Cal City!!! then someone(S) I don't know who started it but the PVSS thing evolved and the rest is history. BTW got the sticker,"Skydiving's HOTTER at Perris." All that was just 19 years ago!! Time Flys!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #8 September 24, 2004 Hi Bill; PVSS was formed by 9 skydivers plus Ralph Greer who wrote the waiver and did the video. Gary Douis was President Myself and Ivan Henery were Vice Presidents Harry Leicher was Treasurer Steve Mack was Secretary Al Frisby was Director of Saftey Committee Kate Cooper Tony Dell Al Krueuger was our first manager then Jerry Swolvin was second. PVSS ran Perris for two years. Did you get to jump the Screamin Mimi Helicopter from the TV program Riptide?Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #9 September 24, 2004 Quote Did you get to jump the Screamin Mimi Helicopter from the TV program Riptide? Quote I jumped it! And Travolta's DC-3... First bird I jumped with a GREAT stereo system! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggermick 6 #10 September 24, 2004 QuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories. Remember this one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crewdog2 0 #11 September 24, 2004 I jumped the Riptide helicopter and Travolta's DC3. Does anyone have photos of those birds? As I recall, someone ripped off the batteries out of the helicopter, and so the owners got pissed and removed it from the dz. There was also a diecast model available at the time. I gave one to my wife's little brother. Damn, wish I would have kept that. Russ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #12 September 25, 2004 We were still jumping up in Ramona and I'm bent over and packing when a strange van slides to a stop in a big cloud of smoke. Back slides the door and out tumbles Mark Sechler, Alan Ricther, and about five others, also in a big cloud of smoke. Frank Mott looks my way, spits out a ball of tobacco juice and says, "Something's up at Perris." Nick BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pms07 3 #13 September 25, 2004 QuoteAlso have a great shot of the SCAT otter (anyone remember that?) with it's nose in the ground after an aborted take off: Circa Thanks giving 1983. I remember that load...my 4-way team was seated in the back by the door. Our FF, BK Jones, was the only one sent to the hospital to my knowledge. He was back in the air a few days later though. I wrote a few observations on the incident in my logbook that night at the BombShelter but it's mostly illegible. Probably because we decided to forego an early start at training the next day in favor of Jose Cuervo... pms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #14 September 25, 2004 Quote Frank Mott looks my way, spits out a ball of tobacco juice and says, "Something's up at Perris." Quote Speaking of which... I was out at Gillespie 3 weeks ago, playing with my ole roomie's airplane (Limond) when who should walk by but Frank Mott!I haven't seen him since the Ramona / Barona daze.. He has a shop of some kind there in Santee / Cajon... Still the same old Frank!!! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #15 September 25, 2004 Last year Frank was dong Tandems up in Cal City . . . he's a freaking Iron Man. And he's always been that way since I met him in 1977 or so . . . NickDG BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #16 September 25, 2004 Quote he's a freaking Iron Man. Quote OOOOHH ~ RAHHH!! (Fucking Marines!) ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 19 #17 September 26, 2004 Hi Tony, Got to jump the Mimi a couple of times before it got 86'ed from the DZ. Got a pix of it somewhere in my archives. Fun ride, ya' just had to watch for the hydraulic oil drips!!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #18 September 26, 2004 QuoteQuote he's a freaking Iron Man. Quote OOOOHH ~ RAHHH!! (Fucking Marines!) I saw Frank 2 weeks ago at Apple Valley. He was giving a friend of mine the test for his Masters ticket. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #19 September 28, 2004 Frank Mott was President of the Marine Corps Parachute Club aboard Camp Pendleton, in California, the "Falling Eagles" they were called when I first met him. I was already out of the Corps but he was doing my rigging, before I became a rigger myself. I showed up at one of their demo jumps on the base. I got a haircut and just showed up. I was a local and very current demo jumper and just wanted to jump a Huey again, the bird I did my first freefall from when I was student, but before I knew how cool turbine helicopters were. Colonel Henrey, I'd taken the photographs at his wedding, told me not to bounce, or it would be their careers. I walked into the ready room and right away somebody was giving me the stink-eye. Although I'd gotten a haircut, my mustache was too long and here he comes. A Marine Major and he stops an inch or two from my face and says, "You're not a Marine." "No Sir, I'm a Corpsman assigned to a local ship." I fibbed. "What ship? "The John Paul Jones," I said as innocently as possible . . . hoping that was actually the name of a current ship in the fleet. I landed and gave Marine Corps General Poggemeier the thumbs up before I got the hell out of there . . . And then I discovered BASE jumping . . . Nick BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #20 September 28, 2004 Hell, I was a Corpsman assigned to the Marines, Goldn 2/3, and I didn't get to jump a Huey. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YahooLV 0 #21 September 28, 2004 QuoteQuoteHow many remember and were members of PVSS re-opening Perris August 1985 after being shutdown for two months? I came across this old bumper sticker that brings back a lot of memories. "Lots of memories...3 classes a day, dorm rooms, sneakin out of the girls dorms....."http://www.curtisglennphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #22 September 29, 2004 Quote Frank Mott was President of the Marine Corps Parachute Club aboard Camp Pendleton, in California, the "Falling Eagles" they were called when I first met him. I was already out of the Corps but he was doing my rigging, before I became a rigger myself. Quote I met Frank at our house there in Santee... I had just 'walked' on Don M, after experiencing "Personality" differences! Frank pulls up in the driveway the next afternoon, bottle of bourbon in hand and says "Let's have a drink, we need to talk!" I started working as an Instructor for him by the 2nd drink!! He drove me to Ramona and showed me all his gear, and ask me if I knew Ralph or Nick... When I said " No " he said " Good! " you'll be fine. He was bringing over a dozen or so Marines at a time to get S/L training...Best students in the world! Already geared to learning and in great physical shape... "Bounce Proof" he called them. We moved the operation to the Barona Indian Reservation... All the 'jumpers' were walking the field to remove the BFR's from the "Runway"... "Ralph" is telling me his story about flying the 182 with no windshield... and "Nick" keeps commenting on how the reservation DZ idea is great...NO FEDS!! I figured THAT must be what Frank was talking about when he thought it a good thing we all hadn't met..YET!! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbrasher 0 #23 October 1, 2004 Tony, Don Balch and I did AFF out of the mimi. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #24 October 2, 2004 John Steve Mack and me were on the Scream'n Mimi when it broke a rotar belt on the main rotar at 11 grand over Sun City. Our alitmeters showed us dropping like a rock so all 16 of us looked at each other for a couple of seconds and we all bailed out in a flash. That was a scary jump. I will never forget how great it looked the first time it arrived at the Perris DZ with Ralph Greer in the right seat.Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #25 October 3, 2004 >>I figured THAT must be what Frank was talking about when he thought it a good thing we all hadn't met..YET!!<< Frank had grounded Ralph and me for a month after a bandit night jump, LOL, that's why he needed you . . . Nick BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
