patworks 5 #1 December 23, 2009 Today is the 48th Anniversary of my 1st jump! Birthday boy: Just 48 yeaars agoo I made my first skydive. In Houston Texas at the Houston Sport Parachute Club from a Cessna 185 :-) Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #2 December 23, 2009 Quote Today is the 48th Anniversary of my 1st jump! Birthday boy: Just 48 yeaars agoo I made my first skydive. In Houston Texas at the Houston Sport Parachute Club from a Cessna 185 :-) Congrats.. and just look at ya now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 173 #3 December 23, 2009 Your enthusiasm for our sport continually amazes me Pat. Congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdobleman 0 #4 December 23, 2009 Keep it up, Pat. Just 18 years behind you. madjohn Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #5 December 23, 2009 happy skybirthday. I'm just 40 1/2 years behind always happy to read your texts. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 197 #6 December 23, 2009 Congrats Pat! Still have my original copy of "Art of FFRW". Thank you for putting into words what we were all trying to understand.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #7 December 23, 2009 Quote Congrats Pat! Still have my original copy of "Art of FFRW". Thank you for putting into words what we were all trying to understand. i'll second that..... also still own AND often read... United We Fall...my issue is copyright 1978.... Your influence , Mister Works, and EXCELLENT grasp for explaining things.... have been the benefit of many MANY ,,, a skydiver past and present.... YOU sir,,, created in me, the entire concept of "the Brotherhood ( and sisterhood) of Skydiving,,,,something of which , we can all be a part... My hat is OFF to you and i send congratulations to you for this milestone... The "RWunderground",,, has been flying free now for more that 3 decades....and with great results, in terms of safety, communication, and the growth of the sport. happy holidays peace jimmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 13 #8 December 23, 2009 Congratulations, Pat. I was just a few years behind you in Houston and at Texas A&M. I, too, still have my Art of FFRW, and a few copies of the old RWu newsletter. I just couldn't get enough. Those were days of great revelation and discovery. Thank you for your great teaching skills. They helped bring me into a family that is just as strong today as back then. Kevin K. SCR-3022_____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #9 December 23, 2009 Quote Today is the 48th Anniversary of my 1st jump! Birthday boy: Just 48 yeaars agoo I made my first skydive. In Houston Texas at the Houston Sport Parachute Club from a Cessna 185 :-) Wow! Happy anniversary Pat! I can still remember the days of Hinkley and Z-Hills. Had no idea you started in Texas though... Just got back from London where I visited with Hoop after 29 years. If you ever make it down to Deland for one of Carl's big way camps, post something out here and I'll try to come up (I'm in the West Palm Beach area). ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lodestar 0 #10 December 23, 2009 Way Cool Pat! Time flies when you're having fun dude, and between all of us we have had some big fun for sure...lots of great memories, mammaries and more..... It is truly amazing how the sport has evolved through the years bringing friendship, camaraderie, a love of a kick ass sport and a network of incredible people larger than the universe. Hope you have a great celebration, one of these days we have to organize some sort of reunion of all us golden oldies.....before we all need handicapped facilities...lol.... Hugs all around Tuna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skr 1 #11 December 23, 2009 Congratulations Dude!! :-) :-) I sometimes see articles and threads asking how skydiving changed your life and I think: "Jeez, how would I know? I was so young when I started that I didn't have a life yet." I probably would have ended up as a math professor inflicting theorems on hapless students, and probably would have shot myself half way through from sheer frustration and meaninglessness. So maybe I'm still alive and running around loose because I found something worth doing. Hope all is well with you guys. We're up here between Seattle and Vancouver now. Still jumping a little bit, but only when it's not too cold or windy. Skr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 18 #12 December 24, 2009 Hi Pat, Congrats!! Time sure flys when yer' havin fun!! It was 45 years for me back in May!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #13 December 24, 2009 Congratulations Pat. Jumping with you has always been a high point in my jumping life. Jumping with your heroes makes is so much sweeter. Do you remember your first 4 stack? SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longtall 0 #14 December 24, 2009 Congrats Pat: Did you say cessna 185 or was it a jenny. Your writings helped me stay in the sport. Happy anniversery." 90 right, five miles then cut."---Pukin Buzzards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patworks 5 #15 December 25, 2009 I do remember my 1st 4-stack. As I recall we had a nice and exciting wrap, Ricter landed in my arms and I tossed him away quick like. Kept his sandal 'tho.Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patworks 5 #16 December 25, 2009 Hey Skr, Howdy at ya. We're still at our place in Fullerton. But also spend time in Prescott Az. I still dream of sky dance.Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaymundo 0 #17 December 25, 2009 Hey pat Congrats....Thanks for the book...still have it ,and its in my WILL !!! I laminated the "when you let it go" quote and carried it in my wallet for many years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douggarr 6 #18 December 25, 2009 Heartiest congrats to one of our sport's most enthusiastic cheerleaders.SCR-442, SCS-202, CCR-870, SOS-1353 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoobrothertom 5 #19 December 26, 2009 Congrats Pat! The Art of FFRW is still on my shelf. I pull it out every couple of years and reread it. When I bought your book in '83, my skills improved dramatically. The most important part was my thought processes about how and why I skydive. Thanks!!____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #20 December 26, 2009 QuoteI do remember my 1st 4-stack. As I recall we had a nice and exciting wrap, Ricter landed in my arms and I tossed him away quick like. Kept his sandal 'tho. That was my one and only wrap. Scared the shit out of me. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
377 20 #21 December 28, 2009 Congrats Pat! You've done a lot for the sport. Thank you. 377 1st jump 1968 Livermore CA, still jumping.2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #22 December 28, 2009 No video ? Then it didn't happen..... Seriously,,, Many Congrats !!!!! smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #23 December 28, 2009 Spent some time with Hank last week and he offered his congratulations to the pile. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robskydiv 0 #24 December 30, 2009 Quote Today is the 48th Anniversary of my 1st jump! Birthday boy: Just 48 yeaars agoo I made my first skydive. In Houston Texas at the Houston Sport Parachute Club from a Cessna 185 :-) Congratulations Pat! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike48 0 #25 December 30, 2009 Happy BD Pat Mike Marthaller D 928 SCS ???? A lot higher than yoursRetired from jumping July 2002 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
