totalbodyflyer 0 #1 January 31, 2010 Where is everyone that jumped at the Hills in it's golden days, the 40-way speed Easter meets were fabulous; I put a link for my webalbums on the bottom here, if you click it or probably copy and paste it, and then go to "Z'hills" for pictures taken in a roughly ten year period. If you recognize yourself or a buddy you can comment and add names I am still working on the captions. I was on Jerry Bird's teams all the time, http://picasaweb.google.com/wingsonstrings Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #2 January 31, 2010 Now a crickey http://picasaweb.google.com/wingsonstrings ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danornan 64 #3 January 31, 2010 Since I started jumping in the mid 80's at Z-Hills and didn't travel to other Drop Zones to jump till much later, I thought that all DZs had a DC-3 and it was normal to be doing 40-ways every weekend. What an awesome place to learn to skydive and call home. I didn't know how well I had it at the time.Dano Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #4 January 31, 2010 just happened to look at pic 22. Heidi's (or is it Joannie, I don't remember) in the blue, across the base is Larry MacKinnon of Mississauga, the brown suit in the base is Paul Dow, wearing a student innovator rig from SWOOP. I'm on Larry's right leg in a dirty white suit with a red stripe, beside me in blue is Mike Dewit. On Heidi's right leg is Paul 'Anvil' Evanoff and on her left is Gerry Lambert from Queebek, Beside Anvil might be Wim from Holland? and his girlfriend on Paul Dow's other leg?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
totalbodyflyer 0 #5 January 31, 2010 Ok, that 's a few names, I remember "Anvil" and in contradiction with what one may think he was quite a good skydiver. The one you refer to as "Wim from Holland" that would be me, from Belgium actually, but I am not on that dive but you got the girlfriend right, Mag was my girlfriend in those days. And it is Heidi in the base. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PapaSmurf 1 #6 January 31, 2010 Thanx! Wim, Great pictures & memories !!! I was just at the Hills, and saw Bird, Tony, Mike & Patty, and Bill Brandon. I'm usually jumping in Maine but get down to FL. about once or twice a year now. Great jumps those 40-45 ways where !!! I was usually the first rear floater on the DC-3 40-ways. If you can't guess who this is, Hanne will tell ya! We hung around a little while she was in Maine. I still jump the 1986 Vector in the pictures with a Raptor now. Hope all is well with you & yours !!! Blueskys!!! P. Smurf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #7 January 31, 2010 Hi Wim, Great photos. Brings back some nice memories. I'm in some of the 40 way stuff. And I'm glad you posted the Night 40 way. I lost my copy years ago. Jack Gregory Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #8 February 1, 2010 The one you refer to as "Wim from Holland" that would be me, from Belgium actually, but I am not on that dive but you got the girlfriend right, Mag was my girlfriend in those days. ________________________________________________ Sorry, I should have checked your profile before I replied. I actually debated Holland or Belgium before I posted, but got it wrong. I should have dug out my logbook, but I was just going from memory. Without looking it up I'm not even totally sure about the year, I would guess 1981/82 Xmas boogie.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
totalbodyflyer 0 #9 February 1, 2010 Since Papasmurf is not very tall and has a beard, i would guess Josh Wolfe? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
totalbodyflyer 0 #10 February 1, 2010 ***the Night 40 way Hi Jack, did you go on the 56 way or so that we tried later that season out Silver Bullet (right hand door) and Southern Cross? The dive didn't build and I have no pics. Wim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BKR 0 #11 February 1, 2010 Hi Jack, do you remember the 60way star Turkey Meet 87?Jérôme Bunker Basik Air Concept www.basik.fr http://www.facebook.com/pages/Le-Luc-France/BASIK-AIR-CONCEPT/172133350468 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #12 February 1, 2010 Quote***the Night 40 way Hi Jack, did you go on the 56 way or so that we tried later that season out Silver Bullet (right hand door) and Southern Cross? The dive didn't build and I have no pics. Wim Wim, I don't remember a 56 way Night attempt but I do remember daytime formation loads with the Silver Bullet & Southern Cross. That was so strange going out of a right hand DC-3 door! Jérôme, You bet I remember the 60 way Big O!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
totalbodyflyer 0 #13 February 1, 2010 Salut Jerome, I remember that one too, I was on it as well, the only pic I have ever seen was on the frontpage of "Skydiving" I think it was Norman Kent's. Would be great if it came out of the woodworks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #14 February 2, 2010 Wim, I don't remember a 56 way Night attempt but I do remember daytime formation loads with the Silver Bullet & Southern Cross. That was so strange going out of a right hand DC-3 door! Jérôme, You bet I remember the 60 way Big O!!!! Jack, Tudo Bon? I think the first 50 way round was in DeLand around the same time. There was probably some competition between DeLand and the Hills. Tommy Pirus organized it. He and Aziz set up abort 50 feet apart and Skip Kneilly (sp) set up accross from (?) 90 degrees off. We made 4 12 & 13 way lines and closed them up. Well, that was the plan. When the last grips started to close the circle, it was whipping and waving like it was about to explode. I wound up closing the last grip, grabbing the arm to my left on the way down to the arm on the right about 10 feet. It held together and I was the hero. It could VERY easily been exactly the other way. Unfortunately, the video from above didn't show the level difference and most of the people on lthe load were concentrating so hard on the person directly accross from them that few realize how close it had been. But they all said I owed beer for being the first person to close 50th. I bough and tried to drink most of it. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #15 February 2, 2010 ...and who can forget the wet t-shirt contests. Scotty, thanks for the mammaries.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #16 February 23, 2010 Who was doing all the organizin' back then ?smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #17 February 24, 2010 Quote Who was doing all the organizin' back then ? Skyjack, Jerry Bird, Shoobi Knutson, Peter Gannaw, Eric Bradley, Sox (John Rostoks) are the ones that I remember from my small number of visits. Oh yeah, and some crazy guy named Scotty Carbone-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #18 February 24, 2010 Quote Quote Who was doing all the organizin' back then ? Skyjack, Jerry Bird, Shoobi Knutson, Peter Gannaw, Eric Bradley, Sox (John Rostoks) are the ones that I remember from my small number of visits. Oh yeah, and some crazy guy named Scotty Carbone Don't forget Bob Harman.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
piisfish 135 #19 February 24, 2010 in teh Chopper Boogie Picture, is Charles Von Sury the guy with the huge beard already ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
totalbodyflyer 0 #21 February 24, 2010 In the early eighties there was also Bill Older, Then later Larry Boudreau, Craig Buxton and many others... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
