PCdriver

I jumped with him once but never got him to sign my book. Actually I don't think it even occurred to me to even try. Interestingly, no one could do a stand up landing that day. It wasn't "military" (needed to do a PLF), so the general didn't approve. I forgot and stood up my 7TU. Then immediately fell down.

How many people saw students come down under 2 canopies after pulling their chest mounted reserve instead of the dummy rip cord.

Started skydiving on April 11th, 1970. 5 static line jumps, The last being a dummy rip cord pull. A hop and pop, 3 5 second delays, 3 tens, 3 fifteens, 3 twenties, 3 thirties, 3 firty five's, 3 sixties and cleared for fee fall.

Wow. What a surprise to find this thread. I learned to jump with the Ft Hood club. I don't think it had been active for awhile when I started. Seemed like we were starting over. Old Quonset hut with some old rigs. Most of which were no good. We jumped every Saturday and Sunday. Mostly huey's but the occasional beaver. It was all free too. My first Jump was April 11th, 1970. Then general Singlaub was an honorary member and he couldn't stand seeing the on call medi vac guys sitting around every weekend so he assigned them to us. I remember one day we were just about on jump run and they got a call so we all bailed. I wonder if they ever tell the story of the day they were flying along, got an emergency call, told everyone on board to get the hell out, AND THEY DID.... CO was Maj. Jim Hanke. The local Airborne CO was also a member so every month when his company made their pay jump, we tagged along. 15k off the back ramp of a C130. Awesome. Some members were Rob Cook. Cobra pilot. CWO Ed Avery, D1662. Bob Oliver, George Koss, Jack Gladish, Mike Sweat, Ben Johnson, Mike Mullins, D1643, Dave Kempin. Gave up the sport sometime around 1973 or 4. Big mistake. Miss it.