hcsvader 1 #1 June 18, 2011 Whats the oldest parachute club still in operation? There are a few here in Australia that will be turning 51 this year.Have you seen my pants? it"s a rough life, Livin' the dream >:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #2 June 18, 2011 I'm thinking Lincoln Sport Parachute Center, about the same length of time. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #3 June 19, 2011 Hi hcs, The oldest civilian parachute club in the USA is the Seattle SkyDivers; they go back to the 50's. And they are still going, JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Para-cutie 0 #4 June 19, 2011 This LSPC (Lincoln Sport Parachute Club's) 52nd year.I'm a little teapot short and stout, here is my handle and here's a note from my shrink. He says I'm getting better. Last week I thought I was a toaster oven! -Dot Warner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpsalot-2 2 #5 June 19, 2011 At 47 years, not the oldest, but "The Parachute Center" has been open awhile ( since 1964 ).Life is short ... jump often. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
captain1976 0 #6 June 19, 2011 Skyknight in East Troy Wisconsin is the oldest Club that I know of in these parts. I believe it was 1963You live more in the few minutes of skydiving than many people live in their lifetime Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdobleman 0 #7 June 19, 2011 Question this. Bill started there in the '80s. I don't remember the operation prior to his moving there. Plus, it's not a club. 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
jumpsalot-2 2 #8 June 19, 2011 All this time I thought that was the story, but you are right. Bill started "The Parachute Center" in Utah in 1964, then moved west in 1977. Then opened at Acampo in 1981.........You learn something new everyday. Thanks.Life is short ... jump often. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #9 June 19, 2011 Hi jumps, QuoteBill started "The Parachute Center" in Utah in 1964, His partner at the time was Dick Simon; who went on to own Simon Trucking ( a small skunk is their trademark and I occasionally see one of his trucks on the Interstates ) and then into Indy car racing. Dick Simon has competed in the Indy 500 many times; I have no idea what his best finish was. They hosted the '64 US Nationals at their Alta, UT dz. When Bill moved west, Dick dropped out & stayed in Utah, going on to more expensive things. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ripcord4 0 #10 June 19, 2011 Frontier Skydivers in western New York State has been in operation since at least 1960. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 370 #11 June 20, 2011 QuoteHi jumps, QuoteBill started "The Parachute Center" in Utah in 1964, His partner at the time was Dick Simon; who went on to own Simon Trucking ( a small skunk is their trademark and I occasionally see one of his trucks on the Interstates ) and then into Indy car racing. Dick Simon has competed in the Indy 500 many times; I have no idea what his best finish was. They hosted the '64 US Nationals at their Alta, UT dz. When Bill moved west, Dick dropped out & stayed in Utah, going on to more expensive things. JerryBaumchen Wow, how cool. I grew up in Indianapolis watching Dick Simon race. I always wondered if he had anything to do with Dick Simon trucking and had no idea he was a jumper/DZO!Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
377 20 #12 June 20, 2011 What about the California Parachute Club? http://www.crocuta.com/CPC/index.html It no longer has a club DZ at Livermore CA but I think a few old timers like Bill Stanley and Kent Walker keep the club alive and jump at Lodi. I made my first parachute jump at the Cal Club DZ in 1968 out of Perry Stevens' Aeronca Sedan, appropriately called "The Rat". It was a real pleasure to run into a bunch of the old Cal Club jumpers at WFFC in Quincy and Rantoul. Bill Stanley and Alan Silver were there and had been my jumpmasters at Livermore when I was a student. The Cal Club was founded in founded in 1956 by Deke Sonnichsen. 3772018 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
dgw 8 #13 June 20, 2011 The Irish Parachute Club - 1956 http://www.skydive.ie/about/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidlayne 5 #14 June 20, 2011 Greene County Sports Parachute Centre (Xenia Ohio) opened in 1961.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
SCR216 2 #15 June 30, 2011 The LA Latin Club will be holding a party at Elsinore on September 17th for their 50th. My brother and I jumped with the LA Latin club and the AZ Rebels many times in the 60's and 70's and I look forward to jumping with both clubs at Eslinore this year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PROGRESSIVE 0 #16 July 2, 2011 Alta, Utah? I ski there, but where was the airport? Pete Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #17 July 2, 2011 Hi Pete, I do not know; I've never been there. Drop a line to Bill Dause at The Parachute Center in Lodi, he would know. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdobleman 0 #18 July 3, 2011 I jumped out of the same plane 2 days after my 21st birthday, April 26th, 1969, had to wait because my parents wouldn't sign me off. I thought my foot was going to punch through the floor. 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
SCR216 2 #19 July 3, 2011 Hello Mark, The next time you see Al Silver, ask him about landing between pumps at a gas station in Hermosa Beach during a Rumbleseat Club beach jump. Dennis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aliencico 0 #20 July 4, 2011 To the Person who will concern, I must report to your Person that some of the first Paraclubs are located near Moscow, Russian Federation, starting some of them as early as July 1930. Hoping to have expanded your horizon Juan Fraile-Nuez Military Parachute Rigger (ret.) Spain, Europe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hcsvader 1 #21 July 4, 2011 Are they still in operation today?Have you seen my pants? it"s a rough life, Livin' the dream >:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aliencico 0 #22 July 4, 2011 Of course. As an example, The N.I.I. Chkalov, It is an experimentel Parachute Laboratory Test Center, where all new parachute systems are tested before enter in Active service with the Russian Air Force, very similar in operations to the French Centre de D´essais de Vol, in Tolousse. Juan Fraile-Nuez Military Parachute Rigger (ret.) Spain, Europe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peek 20 #23 July 4, 2011 Greater St. Louis Parachute Club, now in Greenville, IL, started in May 1957. Still active, but very few members, and does exhibition jumps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #24 July 5, 2011 Quote I must report to your Person that some of the first Paraclubs are located near Moscow, Russian Federation, starting some of them as early as July 1930. One could also distinguish between purely civilian clubs, military or government facilities, and things such as civilian clubs organized and supported (in varying amounts) by the government. In any case, there still was a lot of early jumping in the USSR. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aliencico 0 #25 August 1, 2011 Dear Sir, I would wish to report to your Person that one of the oldest parachute clubs... ...All right, no military centers nor facilities... is the Dnepropetovsk Sport Aviation Club, founded on August 18th 1933, and still in operation. Is it old, and civilian enough? With all my due respect Juan Fraile-Nuez Military Parachute Rigger (ret.) Spain, Europe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
