Stumbled onto some cool o' pics

[chuckakers 370]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lee_guilfoyle/

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[howardwhite 4]

Lee's pictures are included in a much larger Flickr group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/parachuting1960s/
They are mostly of Parachutes Inc. centers at Orange, MA and Lakewood, NJ, with some other northeast DZs thrown in. Vince Marchese has also recently added some movies from the mid-sixties which are fun to watch.

HW

[phildthedildo 0]

Lee Guilfoyle did most of the test jumps on the barish sailwing.he has done some really great photos of the sport.

[goldwing 0]

Some great old photo of exits and gear from the day. Particularly intersting to me were the images from the Navy Parachute Rigger School provided by on of the former instructors. My first jump was a freefall at Lakehurst with my class. Those images brought back some vivid memories and I downloaded a bunch of them

You haven't lived until you've almost died"

[phildthedildo 0]

those exits look WILD withall that airspeed. did you ever jump at ripcord paracenter in nj??

[goldwing 0]

Here's the scenario of those Navy Rigger Schooll jumps.

We practiced packing the very chutes we would use several times under the watchful eye of the instructor staff. Did hours of PLF's.
On jump day, the winds had to be all but calm. Altitude 3200 feet, six jumpers per stick with instructors front back and middle. Equipment: 28 foot unmodified canopies with lines towed in looks and no deployment bag/sleeve. Instructors had modified double L or TU canopies.

At altitude we lined up near the door, one hand on main ripcord (cross chest pull) and the other hand protecting reserve ripcord. When told GO it was out the door feet together, count to three and pull.

That my friends is what is known as a "Confidence Builder".

Never jumped a Lakewood but made a few more with the Navy Club at Lakehurst before graduation.

You haven't lived until you've almost died"

[DBCOOPER 1]

Did my first jump at Lakewood in 1976. George Sharpe was my jumpmaster. His picture is on page six. Thanks for the memories.

Replying to: Re: Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure? by billvon

If the plane is unrecoverable then exiting is a very very good idea.