Jim_Hooper 3 #26 December 5, 2006 QuoteHere is (I think) the L10E and the Pieces of Eight team from Massachusetts. Kneeling, l-r: Paul Cully, Dan Thompson, Bob MacDonald, Ken Carville, Ted Strong. Standing, l-r: Dan Poynter, David Adams, Don Mayer, Larry Overton, Bill Taft. Ted's shop was still in Massachusetts at the time and Dan was working there. HW Howard - nope, that's a Twin Beech. Hoop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #27 December 5, 2006 Wasn't sure, but didn't remember a Twin Beech any time I was there. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #28 December 6, 2006 Hi H Thanks for the pic. Is this the meet where they had 110 ten way teams competing? Thats a bunch of folks were they able to drink Z-hills dry, befor the meet was over? I hadn't heard about the canuck getting hungup on exit but thats exactly what the other picture you posted looks like. Did his team request a rejump? My luck I would have slid off way to low to do any good. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piper17 1 #29 December 6, 2006 Hi Hoop, Glad to see you are still alive and well. It's been awhile. Jim MowreyQuote"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mccurley 0 #30 December 6, 2006 The Canuck wasn't competing, it was a fun jump during the chrismas boggie.Dec 79.Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bravoniner 0 #31 July 9, 2007 Can't recall its N-number, but I made my first couple of jumps out of a 196 in 1969 at the now-defunct Rainbow Airport south of Milwaukee. I think a jump pilot by the name of Steve Schimming bought the same plane some years later and operated it briefly at the Badger Skydivers' DZ at the Waunakee, WI airport (near Madison), where I made a few more jumps out of it. By then it had been equipped with a fancy all-plexiglass jump door. I lost track of this 196 afterward, and would be interested to know if anyone knows its fate. Blue with Cu, Bravoniner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites itllclear 1 #32 July 10, 2007 QuoteI made my first couple of jumps out of a 196 in 1969 at the now-defunct Rainbow Airport south of Milwaukee Made my first freefall out of it 11/22/69. I think Frank Younquist was the owner at that time. Blue Skies! Harry L"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 aeromobile 0 #33 July 26, 2007 QuoteThe company who converted, did four of them, only two survive, mine and Richard Porters. I own the other one (N2103C). The differences being mine has a larger step, an external oil cooler, and a modified Beech cowling instead of the Howard cowling which combined slows her down compared to 95N. I've also seen pictures of one in Skydiving Magazine in South America and one with a Garrett engine that was also in South America. We still fly her at West Tennessee Skydiving when Mike is gone with the King Air. We fly with 5 jumper due to the short runway, but have had 6 when I've flown for other DZ's with longer runways. I can't imagine 8 on board. Your record is safe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ss89 0 #34 November 7, 2007 June 1973 -1st Successful 8-Man out C196 N3878V- Badger Skydivers Waunakee ,Wi Lto R: G Larson,B Zimmerman,J. "Fubar", D"Shakey" Bulin,J. Konicek,D. Patterson.J. Scmidt, J. Severson,S. "SS" Schimming Always A Tight Fit !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gene03 0 #35 November 8, 2007 The first time I jumped Frank's C196 was at Parachuting Inc at Rainbow. Jump #78, 30 second delay from 7200, signed by Tom Schapanski D-1053. Don't remember the N number as I was to young and dumb to know or care at the time. She was unpainted except for some red trim on the cowl and wingtips and along the fuselage. The last I heard was a pilot from Kenosha WI by the name of Bob Ayds, a mountain of a man, skidded it off the end of the runway at Rainbow and flipped on her back breaking the wingspar. I believe the insurance company wrote it off as a total loss. Don't know what happened to her after that. Maybe Hooper can help out? It was a 196 as I remember the etched camera siting glass in the floor in front of the pilots seat. I also remember the "LOOK" Frank would give anyone who had the balls to question his spot or give him a correction“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ss89 0 #36 November 8, 2007 I, SS89, purchased the 196 from Frank Youngquist out of Rainbow and operated for a couple years Badger Skydivers based at Waunakee , Wi 7 mi NW MSN. 2300' 1/2 Paved 1/2 Grass Airport. By 2nd year of operation were getting fairly consistent 8-Mans. Flew 8th on a couple and not a great spot in airplane, fortunately only 10 min ride to altitude. Went to work for Feds in 74' ended up gypsying airplane around MSP DZ,s for year. Leased to PI . Airplane destoyed in landing accident. SS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
mccurley 0 #30 December 6, 2006 The Canuck wasn't competing, it was a fun jump during the chrismas boggie.Dec 79.Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravoniner 0 #31 July 9, 2007 Can't recall its N-number, but I made my first couple of jumps out of a 196 in 1969 at the now-defunct Rainbow Airport south of Milwaukee. I think a jump pilot by the name of Steve Schimming bought the same plane some years later and operated it briefly at the Badger Skydivers' DZ at the Waunakee, WI airport (near Madison), where I made a few more jumps out of it. By then it had been equipped with a fancy all-plexiglass jump door. I lost track of this 196 afterward, and would be interested to know if anyone knows its fate. Blue with Cu, Bravoniner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itllclear 1 #32 July 10, 2007 QuoteI made my first couple of jumps out of a 196 in 1969 at the now-defunct Rainbow Airport south of Milwaukee Made my first freefall out of it 11/22/69. I think Frank Younquist was the owner at that time. Blue Skies! Harry L"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
aeromobile 0 #33 July 26, 2007 QuoteThe company who converted, did four of them, only two survive, mine and Richard Porters. I own the other one (N2103C). The differences being mine has a larger step, an external oil cooler, and a modified Beech cowling instead of the Howard cowling which combined slows her down compared to 95N. I've also seen pictures of one in Skydiving Magazine in South America and one with a Garrett engine that was also in South America. We still fly her at West Tennessee Skydiving when Mike is gone with the King Air. We fly with 5 jumper due to the short runway, but have had 6 when I've flown for other DZ's with longer runways. I can't imagine 8 on board. Your record is safe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ss89 0 #34 November 7, 2007 June 1973 -1st Successful 8-Man out C196 N3878V- Badger Skydivers Waunakee ,Wi Lto R: G Larson,B Zimmerman,J. "Fubar", D"Shakey" Bulin,J. Konicek,D. Patterson.J. Scmidt, J. Severson,S. "SS" Schimming Always A Tight Fit !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #35 November 8, 2007 The first time I jumped Frank's C196 was at Parachuting Inc at Rainbow. Jump #78, 30 second delay from 7200, signed by Tom Schapanski D-1053. Don't remember the N number as I was to young and dumb to know or care at the time. She was unpainted except for some red trim on the cowl and wingtips and along the fuselage. The last I heard was a pilot from Kenosha WI by the name of Bob Ayds, a mountain of a man, skidded it off the end of the runway at Rainbow and flipped on her back breaking the wingspar. I believe the insurance company wrote it off as a total loss. Don't know what happened to her after that. Maybe Hooper can help out? It was a 196 as I remember the etched camera siting glass in the floor in front of the pilots seat. I also remember the "LOOK" Frank would give anyone who had the balls to question his spot or give him a correction“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ss89 0 #36 November 8, 2007 I, SS89, purchased the 196 from Frank Youngquist out of Rainbow and operated for a couple years Badger Skydivers based at Waunakee , Wi 7 mi NW MSN. 2300' 1/2 Paved 1/2 Grass Airport. By 2nd year of operation were getting fairly consistent 8-Mans. Flew 8th on a couple and not a great spot in airplane, fortunately only 10 min ride to altitude. Went to work for Feds in 74' ended up gypsying airplane around MSP DZ,s for year. Leased to PI . Airplane destoyed in landing accident. SS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
