davidlayne 5 #1 November 7, 2007 Found this picture and thought I would share it with you. Can anyone tell me who, what, when and where?I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #2 November 7, 2007 You, PC, back when dyno's still farted, in Ohio..... Do I win? you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #3 November 7, 2007 Quote You, PC, back when dyno's still farted, in Ohio..... Do I win? David Layne.....he IS a dino. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #4 November 8, 2007 Only if you tell me who this is.HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #5 November 8, 2007 Quote Only if you tell me who this is.HW Loks like WHO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirCav 0 #6 November 8, 2007 Wow, That was taken back when INS was still looking for him. GW685,D3888,C5052,SCS843 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #7 November 8, 2007 The second one is me. The first one is not me and not taken in Ohio, but it is a PC.I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #8 November 8, 2007 Howard White before he was an old fart..... PC demo into Lakeland NJ. 1887...... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #9 November 8, 2007 From how pink the sky is in that photo, I would say it's on Mars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #10 November 8, 2007 Quote Wow, That was taken back when INS was still looking for him. Thanks a lot George! George was the jumpmaster who put me out on my first static line back in 1966. At that time George was 13 and the B4 harness and container he used was nearly as big as he was!I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #11 November 8, 2007 Well, as it's you: -What is the canopy and who owned it? -What other jumper, now well-known in the U.S. skydiving industry, jumped it the same weekend? HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #12 November 8, 2007 This sunset picture of a PC was taken in 1968/9 at Bad Kreuznach, German. The parachutist is a member of the 7th Army Parachute Team.I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim_Hooper 4 #13 November 9, 2007 QuoteThis sunset picture of a PC was taken in 1968/9 at Bad Kreuznach, German. The parachutist is a member of the 7th Army Parachute Team. Between mid-1966 and late 1968, when the lure of freebies out of Beavers, Otters, H-34s, and Hueys over-rode the travails of the longer trip down to Bad Kreuznach (rather than the mere 12-hour slog to the Berlin club's DZ in the Harz Mountains), I would, when time off coincided with a weekend (once every six weeks) wend my way to the 7th Army Team. The signatures I have in my logbook include: John Womack C-3092 Gene 'Indian' DelPaggetto D-580 Cal Callahan D-1217 Bob Donahue D243 Gus Gutshall D-217 Bud O'Conner D-646 Cliff Harris D-1149 Mike Mohundro C-2519 Billy Lockward D-322 (who sold me his PC, on which I made almost 1,000 jumps before retiring it) Could the photo, likely to have been taken at Hoppstadten, Illesheim or Schweinfurt US Army airfield, be any of those? Hoop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #14 November 9, 2007 Well, as David has not responded, and before the source material goes back into the pile.... The picture is from DZ-USA Aprl '67 about a weekend at Xenia, OH. The canopy is a white PC, dubbed the "McElfish Special" by its owner, Gene Hunnell, who published the magazine. Hunnell writes: "I let Paul Fayard jump my 'McElfish Special'....It was his first jump on a PC and he looked good in the handling of the canopy." Here's another pic from the same issue, showing Jim West jumping another canopy. The picture will make Beatnik's heart beat a little faster. The magazine now goes back into the pile... HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beatnik 2 #15 November 9, 2007 babump, babump, babump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #16 November 9, 2007 QuoteQuoteThis sunset picture of a PC was taken in 1968/9 at Bad Kreuznach, German. The parachutist is a member of the 7th Army Parachute Team. Between mid-1966 and late 1968, when the lure of freebies out of Beavers, Otters, H-34s, and Hueys over-rode the travails of the longer trip down to Bad Kreuznach (rather than the mere 12-hour slog to the Berlin club's DZ in the Harz Mountains), I would, when time off coincided with a weekend (once every six weeks) wend my way to the 7th Army Team. The signatures I have in my logbook include: John Womack C-3092 Gene 'Indian' DelPaggetto D-580 Cal Callahan D-1217 Bob Donahue D243 Gus Gutshall D-217 Bud O'Conner D-646 Cliff Harris D-1149 Mike Mohundro C-2519 Billy Lockward D-322 (who sold me his PC, on which I made almost 1,000 jumps before retiring it) Could the photo, likely to have been taken at Hoppstadten, Illesheim or Schweinfurt US Army airfield, be any of those? Hoop That was a little before my time. I was on the team from 1970 till it closed down in 1974. The only person there that I recognise is Cal Callahan. When I joined the team Gordan McPherson was the CO. the first shirt was Don Strickland. When they rotated they were replaced by Captain Harper as CO and H.B. Stanley as first shirt.I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #17 November 9, 2007 QuoteWell, as David has not responded, and before the source material goes back into the pile.... The picture is from DZ-USA Aprl '67 about a weekend at Xenia, OH. The canopy is a white PC, dubbed the "McElfish Special" by its owner, Gene Hunnell, who published the magazine. Hunnell writes: "I let Paul Fayard jump my 'McElfish Special'....It was his first jump on a PC and he looked good in the handling of the canopy." Here's another pic from the same issue, showing Jim West jumping another canopy. The picture will make Beatnik's heart beat a little faster. The magazine now goes back into the pile... HW Sorry for not replying. I realised it was me and wondered where you had got the picture. I had forgotten about Gene Hunnel and the DZ USA article. I also forget what made the "McElfish Special" special, I think it must have been some kind of PC conversion.I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 4 #18 November 11, 2007 QuoteI also forget what made the "McElfish Special" special, I think it must have been some kind of PC conversion. Maybe it was just a special custom color pattern for McElfish parachute company to sell? -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #19 November 11, 2007 Prolly right. I don't remember seeing any all-white PCs advertised. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #20 November 11, 2007 I got one. (all white)you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal1938 0 #21 August 29, 2013 Greetings; I am still around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 100 #22 August 29, 2013 That canopy that HW posted a pic of......a sailwing???.My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #23 August 29, 2013 Hi Tim, Yup, a Barish Sail Wing. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WGore 0 #24 September 6, 2013 JerryBaumchenHi Tim, Yup, a Barish Sail Wing. JerryBaumchen Anything to get in the pea gravel. That landing would have killed anybody else.GUNFIRE, The sound of Freedom! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
