lodestar 0 #1 December 14, 2009 Hooper forwarded a picture of the Ten High Bunch, and I was included as a pilot and wearing my old patch jacket. I had been looking for that jacket for ten years or so, not steady but keeping an eye out for it. I found it while cleaning out the camping gear shed. The two interesting patches to me were one that i think Hoop designed for the ten man star, with a "pilot" banner attached, the other was an 8 man patch that Bill Newell and I got together and modified the center bullseye to form a "P" for pilot. Other patches some of you may recognize from the Wisconsin/Illinois area. These are direct links: cut and paste in your browser window. Eight man patch http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0007.jpg Ten High bunch patch: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0011.jpg Para Gear and Para Ponderosa (Bong AFB, WI) http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0004.jpg Para Gators (?Jimmy Godwins?) http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0008.jpg Wisconsin Skydivers and PCA patch http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0010.jpg Milwaukee Skydivers, center, to the right Tampa Skydivers and below another style of Z-hills patch. http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0005.jpg St Thomas Can. on left, Centennial meet Sarnia Ontario, lower left Parachute Assoc. of Toronto , right Mon-Yough Skydivers (not sure where that is) Some of you may remember me wearing that jacket in the cooler months at Zhills, others while I was up in Wisconsin... Hope you enjoy the trivia. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #2 December 14, 2009 QuoteHooper forwarded a picture of the Ten High Bunch, and I was included as a pilot and wearing my old patch jacket. I had been looking for that jacket for ten years or so, not steady but keeping an eye out for it. I found it while cleaning out the camping gear shed. The two interesting patches to me were one that i think Hoop designed for the ten man star, with a "pilot" banner attached, the other was an 8 man patch that Bill Newell and I got together and modified the center bullseye to form a "P" for pilot. Other patches some of you may recognize from the Wisconsin/Illinois area. These are direct links: cut and paste in your browser window. Eight man patch http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0007.jpg Ten High bunch patch: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0011.jpg Para Gear and Para Ponderosa (Bong AFB, WI) http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0004.jpg Para Gators (?Jimmy Godwins?) http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0008.jpg Wisconsin Skydivers and PCA patch http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0010.jpg Milwaukee Skydivers, center, to the right Tampa Skydivers and below another style of Z-hills patch. http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0005.jpg St Thomas Can. on left, Centennial meet Sarnia Ontario, lower left Parachute Assoc. of Toronto , right Mon-Yough Skydivers (not sure where that is) Some of you may remember me wearing that jacket in the cooler months at Zhills, others while I was up in Wisconsin... Hope you enjoy the trivia. Hi Bill; made them into clickable links for you: Eight man patch http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0007.jpg Ten High bunch patch: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0011.jpg Para Gear and Para Ponderosa (Bong AFB, WI) http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0004.jpg Para Gators (?Jimmy Godwins?) http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0008.jpg Wisconsin Skydivers and PCA patch http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0010.jpg Milwaukee Skydivers, center, to the right Tampa Skydivers and below another style of Z-hills patch. http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0005.jpg ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lodestar 0 #3 December 14, 2009 Thanks Rog, How did you do that? And another one I found: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0006.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #4 December 14, 2009 QuoteThanks Rog, How did you do that? When you're writing a new post, look at the buttons at the bottom of the post window. There is a url button that if you push inserts an opening url tag. Then, when you type in the url, just press the /url button to close the tag. The tags look like this (without the spaces) [ u r l ]your url goes here[ / u r l ] Easy! ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #5 December 15, 2009 Ok, now you got me. I grew up near Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and started jumping in '79, and I've never heard of the Centennial meet, altho' I had heard rumors of a dz operating on a farm out near Camlachie somewhere, that maybe had a fatality or two. Where'd you get the patch? Know anything about the Centennial meet. Grand Bend Sport Parachute Centre is still about an hour from there, but there were some clubs across the border in Michigan pretty close. (Silver Eagle, Tecumseh)If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lodestar 0 #6 December 15, 2009 I got most of those patches one or two summers while escaping the Florida heat, I travelled from Sarnia across to Quebec visiting drop zones and packing reserves and doing minor rigging work here and there. The DZ I remember most was at or near Lake Simcoe and another at St. Antione above Montreal, another one near London and one in Sarnia and maybe Guelph....and one near Tilsonburg as well and Eddie Grimm in Niagara and a bunch at Oshawa. Don't remember much about the centennial meet but was probably there to get the patch.... Had some good times there, stayed with Steve Sutton and crew in T.O. for a time and remember a tiny farm strip somewhere nearby, the guy had a Piper Cub we did a few lifts in. Quebec was quite a different place back then with anti American sentiments. Fun times for sure... In Sarnia, Neal and Grace Bothomley were hosts.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #7 December 15, 2009 At or near Lake Simcoe would be Baldwin (run by Doc Marshall), where the Parachute Assoc of Toronto jumped. Near London would be St. Thomas, Bernie Larkin would have been there (ex cdn Toppop) since you have the patch. Near Guelph was probably Damascus, or one of the other places they jumped at before moving to Arthur, Ontario.... Tillsonburg may have had their own club, but there was a club in a place called Simcoe for a long time (nothing to do with Lake Simcoe). Vic Borghese ran it....If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lodestar 0 #8 December 16, 2009 No idea why photobucket did not like this but here it is again http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0004-1.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #9 December 16, 2009 Quote No idea why photobucket did not like this but here it is again http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc329/redfish443/2009_1214jacket0004-1.jpg 'cause it looks like a prick scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lodestar 0 #10 December 16, 2009 Somebody at photobucket needs to get a life...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 0 #11 December 18, 2009 Baldwin closed down about 74? The other DZ near (sortof ) to Lake Simcoe was Port Severn were I started in 73 with Robin Talbot (Huronia). This of course became Coldwater about 76Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #12 December 19, 2009 Old patches. [IMG]http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0001.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0002.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0003.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0004.jpg[/IMG] SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #13 December 19, 2009 QuoteOld patches. http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0001.jpg http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0002.jpg http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0003.jpg http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0004.jpg Sparky now they worky50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #14 December 19, 2009 QuoteQuoteOld patches. http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0001.jpg http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0002.jpg http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0003.jpg http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/Patches2_0004.jpg Sparky now they worky What did I do wrong? SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #15 December 19, 2009 It's the [IMG] and [/IMG] thingies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #16 December 19, 2009 The IMG tag is used to display an image in the post. It has been disabled since 2001 by HH to prevent a lot of cluttered crap in posts.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #17 December 20, 2009 Quote What did I do wrong? Sparky If you have to ask, you are really in trouble. That's what an ex GF told me.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #18 December 20, 2009 Quote Quote What did I do wrong? Sparky If you have to ask, you are really in trouble. That's what an ex GF told me. Hell, I've been in trouble most of my life. I kind of like it. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #19 December 21, 2009 Quote Thanks Rog, How did you do that? Magic mushrooms some dude over at the bonfire section in the pot head thread is handing them free. tune in, turn on and drop out man!you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #20 December 21, 2009 QuoteHooper forwarded a picture of the Ten High Bunch, and I was included as a pilot and wearing my old patch jacket. I had been looking for that jacket for ten years or so, not steady but keeping an eye out for it. Tuna, though you never flew for the 1975 version of the Ten High Bunch, you might like these photos anyway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16626901@N00/sets/72157594321571782/ We took 4th place that year and turned the fastest star of the meet (14.1 seconds). Except for one really bad jump, we might have won. This was where I learned to really skydive and to be really fast. Hoop moved me from 4th to 9th one day and told the team it was because I was "Fast." While this was good for my ego, I spent the next two months entering the star 10th as Fugleburg burned me jump after jump. This pushed me to really learn how to be fast until he could not beat me into the star. A great time in my skydiving carreer for sure! ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lodestar 0 #21 December 21, 2009 Some great pics Rog, Helen Tyson and Ruth Lanier....two very sweet ladies indeed, I know Ruth passed away and am still looking for Helen....she was a buddy from the old Illinois/Wisconsin days, Helen's father was a hoot, she was part of the Horlick family, Horlick's Malted Milk and other products, from Racine Wis. Great pictures for sure, thanks for digging those up... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #22 December 22, 2009 QuoteSome great pics Rog, Helen Tyson and Ruth Lanier....two very sweet ladies indeed, I know Ruth passed away and am still looking for Helen....she was a buddy from the old Illinois/Wisconsin days, Helen's father was a hoot, she was part of the Horlick family, Horlick's Malted Milk and other products, from Racine Wis. Great pictures for sure, thanks for digging those up... I was quite fond of both of them. I exchanged emails with Ruth not long before her death (I did not know she was sick). Very sad... The shots in front of the Florida Airlines DC-3 were taken before our jump into the St. Pete/Clearwater air show called the Florida Air Festival. I have added a shot of the poster to the set linked above. For some reason, we had to use the commercial airliner (Florida Airlines flew commercial routes around Florida back then). They removed the last 5 rows of seats and the door for us and provided a full crew including a stewardess (flight attendent now I guess). She wouldn't go past the last set of installed seats, but served cokes on the way up! To see any of the photos full size, click on the "all sizes" link above the shot you have open. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravoniner 0 #23 May 19, 2010 Hey, Tuna -- remember Pine River Valley Skydivers from the Richland County airport at Sextonville, WI? PRV jumped there from about '67 until the county airport commission (actually, one single-minded jerk on the commission) showed the club the door circa 1971. Fun times. Blue with Cu, Bravo-Niner P.S. I think I may have more old patches somewhere. I'll post additional images if and when I find them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lodestar 0 #24 May 20, 2010 Can't say as I remember that DZ for sure but the name sounds familiar.....was it on the west side of the state, maybe towards the north some....?? I can vaguely remember going over that way at some point and visiting a DZ there but can't pull it up from my mem banks.... Do you have any names to tie in? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravoniner 0 #25 May 20, 2010 It was in the SOUTHwest part of the state, near Richland Center. The clubhouse was an old 60' housetrailer, gutted out so we could pack inside in the winter. We usually had one or two C-180 jump ships on call, had a nice pit of peas, a really good "home-cookin'-style" cafe right on the airport, and our usual post-jump watering hole -- "Eddie's Riverside" -- was right across the highway. The hilly scenery around the airport was pretty nice, too. Names: Milt "Doc" (and Arla) Schwerin, Heyo "Doc" Tjarks, Bill "Bugs" Eaton, Harold Schara, Ron Wilson and Don Henke. PRV also hosted the UW student club, Badger Skydivers: Jack Severson, Dale Patterson, John "Fubar" Battalio, Carl Turnquist, Jim "Schmitty" Schmitt (who had a pretty early FB number), and many others. Our primary jump pilots were Otto Hammerly (out of Milwaukee) and Cy Munz (local). I'm missing a lot of names, but you get the idea. Many other Wisconsin jumpers whose names I KNOW you'd recognize (Phil Goetsch, Steve Duell, Ray Mahon, Bill Buchman, etc., etc.) made occasional jumps at this DZ back in the day. Any of this start to ring a bell? Blue w/Cu, Bravo-Niner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
