ZigZagMarquis 8 #1 August 12, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1RzwV2WgIU Okay all y'all out there at Skydive Pepperell... more video & pictures of 1PM in the stuff y'all post on YouTube... along with those mini-skirt & bikini top girls... JOKING! ... well, excpet for the last part. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #2 August 12, 2009 What else can we possibly post? (Well, there is a new windblade in the 121PM colors). (And a new set of door/exit lights which blink like Christmas tree ornaments.) I've made several jumps out of it/her this week. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #3 August 12, 2009 Quote And a new set of door/exit lights which blink like Christmas tree ornaments Yeah, I've noticed that in some of the Skydive Pepperell videos on YouTube in which jumps were made from 1PM. I suppose Junior and Emiko have embraced the late 20th century and installed a GPS in 1PM as opposed to letting jumpers spot the old fashioned way? I suppose the new lights are part of that?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #4 August 12, 2009 Well, yes, there is a GPS. The lights are not, AFAIK, connected to it in any way. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #5 August 12, 2009 Quote Well, yes, there is a GPS. The lights are not, AFAIK, connected to it in any way. HW Guess the two green lights next to the L/R/Cut buttons weren't enough? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #6 August 12, 2009 From today: -windblades -lights -GPS HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #7 August 13, 2009 Ah yes! A GPS installed in a jump plane in true skydiver fashion... zip tied to the yoke! So when is Junior going to install the Heads Up Dispaly (HUD)?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #8 August 14, 2009 I think I recognized Bob Stahl in one of the shots....? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #9 August 18, 2009 From last weekend... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #11 August 18, 2009 What's all that "green stuff" 1PM is flying over on final there, Dave?? Joking! Nice pics, thanks. And good to see Jr is still getting in the air. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #12 August 22, 2009 Some folks have asked about N122PM... twin otter s/n 15... I found the attached photos of her on the web. The first, from June 79, sporting a really old Pilgrim Airlines paint job that I didn't ever know of. The second, from Aug 83, with the same paint job still seen on N121PM. The third, from Oct 2005, with a new paint job. At least there's still a jump door on her. Supposedly, she's still hauling jumpers in Texas. Hope so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #13 August 23, 2009 Quote The third, from Oct 2005, with a new paint job. At least there's still a jump door on her. Supposedly, she's still hauling jumpers in Texas. That would be Skydive San Marcos. (Scroll to the bottom of the page.) 125PM is at Mile Hi in Colorado. Picture is from a long time ago, when it was at Pepperell for a Halloween boogie. The plywood door with the pumpkin fell out on the way to altitude one load and was never seen again.HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #14 August 23, 2009 Cool! Thanks Howard. I tried searching Texas DZs today, but didn't have any luck. Guess I just didn't know where to look. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #15 August 24, 2009 Looks better now... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #16 August 29, 2009 *confused* How is it N125PM went from being a short nosed Otter to a long nosed Otter? Was DeHavilland doing that major an airframe overhaul on some? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #17 August 29, 2009 Quote How is it N125PM went from being a short nosed Otter to a long nosed Otter? They took off the short one and bolted on the long one.HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #18 August 29, 2009 ... well, I hope it was more rivets than bolts... if it was a bunch of skydivers that did it, it was probably just duct tape and chewing gum... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #19 September 11, 2009 I came across this listing of what used to be Pilgrim Air's Otters. As we know, 121PM, 122PM and 125PM all went on to and still are jump planes, not sure what became of the others. Too bad we can't get 121PM, 122PM and 125PM together for a formation load! deHAVILLAND CANADA DHC-6 TWIN OTTER N121PM 100 14 10/66 03/86 N122PM 100 15 N346MA 01/70 03/86 N123PM 100 25 N7702 /74 06/75 N124PM 100 41 04/67 02/10/70 WO Long Island Sound, New London, CT N125PM 100 89 01/68 03/86 N126PM 300 275 SE-GTU 11/83 03/86 N127PM 300 105 N244GW 09/70 02/21/82 cvtd DHC-6-100; WO near Providence, RI N128PM 100 109 N7711 05/72 03/86 N129PM 100 114 04/79 03/86 N201E 200 126 N870SA / / ex Newair N239Z 300 239 N80701 / / ex Newair N67CA 100 114 SE-FTE 05/78 04/79 RR N129PM N716NC 100 110 N925SM 02/85 03/86 ex Newair Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #20 September 14, 2009 129PM is a jump plane... Z-hills I believe. It's the green Freefall Express otter. Edit: Some google searching shows a couple of them crashed with Pilgrim (124 and 127), and 128pm is also a jump plane now registered as N24HV (at Cross Keys I guess). Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #21 September 14, 2009 Quote Some google searching shows a couple of them crashed with Pilgrim (124 and 127) Yes. That would be the references to Rhode Island (on the ice on the Scituate Reservoir, minor injuries, IIRC) and Long Island Sound (ran out fuel under IFR conditions and all died.) HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #22 September 15, 2009 Quote ... and Long Island Sound (ran out fuel under IFR conditions and all died.) HW Man that sucks. That's like #3 of the most useless things in aviation... and its corollary, #4: 1) Runway behind you. 2) Altitude above you. 3) Air in the tanks. 4) Fuel on the ground. OBTW... the only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #23 September 15, 2009 Quote 129PM is a jump plane... Z-hills I believe. It's the green Freefall Express otter. Edit: Some google searching shows a couple of them crashed with Pilgrim (124 and 127), and 128pm is also a jump plane now registered as N24HV (at Cross Keys I guess). Dave Wow! That means if you could get them all together at the same place / same time, one could do a 100+ way formation load using just ex-Pilgrim Air turned jump plane Otters. Come-on! That's gotta be worth an article in Parachutist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #24 September 15, 2009 Another reminder of the Pilgrim days -- the right-seat headsets in 121PM. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #25 September 16, 2009 Here's a news story. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
