8/8/88 was the Chinese good Luck Day of the Century. We did hold it for 8.88 sec. for the record. There have been many larger formations since then which consisted of jumping out and holding one or two hands for a record, but I never heard for a repeat 144 way Diamond. We made 11 attempts which includes the first aborted attempt when a windshield broke on one of the airplanes on the way to altitude and we all did a quick "Grab Ass" adlib dive with a quick in flight dirt dive exiting at about 10,000'. Then came the next slot perfect 9 dives with no result leading into the 11th and final attempt. I clearly remember reciting the Skydivers Prayer as I watch others already in freefall diving to the long ago exited base while my feet were still on the carpet of the blind DC3: "Please God don't let this be my time to fuck up Amen" Next came the greatest World Record Skydive ever.
