Memorial Page?

[CDRINF 1]

I would like to see us have a memorial page for our fellow jumpers who have died in the sport or jump plane crashes. I was just out in Hawaii and behind the DZ at Dillingham Field is a large rock with a plaque memorializing 11 jumpers who died 5 December 1981. I was curious and did an internet search. I found only two references to the incident and found nothing that told these skydivers' story. I found it sad that their story is apparantly being forgotten. At another club DZ, I once found a dusty plaque in a box and discovered that it memorialized the club's one fatality in 40 years. No one could remember the person or the incident since it had happened 25 years ago. I have seen several such memorials at DZs, and over time, it just becomes a list of names with no one to tell the story.

I would like to see something along the lines of a eulogy page, broken down by year with the jumper's name, date and location of death as a minimum, and then a way for friends to post thoughts about the person.

Just a thought.

CDR

[piisfish 136]

I think the idea is nice, eenthough as for the incident forum, it's always when you login and see there are new threads...

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[Orchid 0]

I think that's an excellent idea.

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[Cornholio 0]

I think that is a brilliant idea!!

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[PLFKING 3]

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Just a thought.

And a good one at that.

I like the idea of honoring our fallen brethren.

Maybe list them in alphabetical order, and make them sticky ?


Don

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[sunshine 2]

Tis an excellent idea. With the anniversary of losing holly coming up in 11 days...i would love to honor our fallen freinds.

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[dsbbreck 0]

One of the best Ideas for this sight that I've heard in a long time.

David

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[schwede 0]

http://www.parachutehistory.com/men/index.html

Is a try to make that what you are looking for..

But as always somebody have to write it and keep it up to date..
Good idea though.. Think about Perris accident.. There they also have a small memorial place with a plaque..

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[Zenister 0]

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Tis an excellent idea. With the anniversary of losing holly coming up in 11 days...i would love to honor our fallen freinds.

there is a new tree at Eloy btw...i missed its planting but i'm glad its finally there...

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[NoShitThereIWas 0]

Great idea, I have thought about that myself. I have unfortunately known too many skydivers who have died; many of them didn't even die necessarily from skydiving but from other causes. It would be nice to post pictures and sayings/quotes that they would say to remember them by. There's really no "place" to post any of these memories.

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[calphoto 0]

Totally...
Need a whole forum, which we could populate with pics, videos, etc.
Honor to our friends.
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