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Just learned about this and looking for information on services and ash dive and the such. BSBD Tom Courbat Him Him.......well you know how it goes

It's a sad day in skydiving we have lost one our for father's of the sky. Fly free my Peter Some mitta, Some titta,Some suck..Suck!!!

I grew up on the Antioch dz my mom ran it for Perry Stevens for many yrs 73 thru 80 How are you jrbirdman Lile gene ballard

Hi Jerry I wasn't saying it was a Perry Stevens design. just that I pulled it out of one of his Sheds. Meeting with about 20 Cal Club old school skydivers for dinner tonight. Blue Skies

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It's the last hope rope I was getting at straight out of Perry Steven shed. sorry about the pictures.

Here is another

Hi All been around this sport for year name this system. see attached

My family's parachute club patch Members sense 1967

Here is mine an early patch

In the words of Robin Williams "You see the problem is god gave us a brain and a penis and only enough blood to run one at a time!" Will miss you Robin

Eric Anderson What a great person and skydiver he was the first square parachute jumper at Livermore he had a gold and black para plane late 1969. He did not drink so at bar/pizza place he would spend time explaining math problems to my. My son name is Eric in honor of this great man. The night we lost him was one of the worst days of my life. Blue skies my friend

Over the many year of being on the drope zone I've seen and learned so much. I've lost a few close friends and have made so many new ones. Only if they had cell phone when I was a kid the things I could have recorded EFS If your not on the edge your taking up to much space!

377 My dad pass in Oct 2013 died in his sleep. My mom is doing great she hasn't jump sense early 90's. We will be at the old friend reunion in Oct up in Jackson ca. There will be a good group of old cal club an other northern cal skydiver there. Blur skies

Could Fran be the lady lil ' David wrote the song "Francine Mcflithy the skydiver whore" about?

Mark 377 Yes my mom is Lynda Ballard. What's your last name? I grew up on the Livermore dz starting at age 3 and the cal club people were all my family. EFS

I was just young kid in the early 70's having fun playing in the pool. My dad was jumping and my mom was training to be national judge. My dad went up on a rw load. As I always did when my parents were in the air I watched the jump. It was a 8 person rw jump. I watched the free fall part and did my usual count canopies there were only 7 and my dad's wasn't any of them. It turns out it his main never left the container and when he pulled his reserve his main came free at the same time. Now both canopies are entangled together and he is screaming towards the earth. But as luck would have it the streamer snagged a limb of a oak tree .The only tree in the area. He came to a stop with his feet about 6 inch off the ground. Then the branch he snagged broke and landed at his feet it was about 8 inch in diameter. Prefect stand up. As any good skydiver would do he borrowed a rig and was on the next plane to altitude