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Does anyone know the whereabouts of Artie Reckert? I sold him a 0.3 royal lens thru the classifieds in November and still have not received payment. He let me know he got the lens and was sending a check. His last address was in Paso Robles, CA and he was moving to Tahoe for the winter. [email protected]

I first met Adrian about 6 years ago at Cross Keys when he came to our dz and introduced us to tracking dives. Since that time we have spent many times over the year and over many glasses of red wine contemplating life, people, skydiving, traveling and safety. He would always start some of our long late night chats with (in his thick yet proper british accent) "If I bore you, just tell me and i'll stop". He was always thinking about the what if, if you had a pilot chute in tow, do you pull your reserve, pull both, reach around and pull your bridle? We discussed others mistakes (Chris who died in Puerto Rico due to a stowed toggle, both adrian and I were there and attended to Chris and ironically the first jump the next day both Adrian and I had a break fire on deployment). He would causually lean over to the new jumper on the plane, as he did to me many years before, just after takeoff and ask if there was a plane problem right now and the pilot said get out grab a handle just to make sure the new jumper would go directly to his reserve handle. "Hypothetically" he would say. He was always a gentlenman, forget the fancy handshakes, he would always offer a nice strong handshake to everyone on board, even the nervous tandem passenger who might never skydive again. He loved to jump with others and would always ask permission "Would it be alright if I joined you on a skydive." Most times it was a low time jumper who was enthralled to have the oppurtunity to jumpwith Adrain, but he always offered. He always raved about the swedes and the swedish freefly festival - that is was the greatest event ever. I finally made it there the last year it was held and had the chance to meet the swedish community and saw how they adored Adrian as much as he adored them. I was always interested in his travels, trips with Patric, exotic parts of the world he had traveled to. He was always interested in my medical background, when i was burnt out from years of medical school and thinking about traveling and skydiving he almost had my head. He saw me thru residency and unfortunately saw me taking care of fallen skydivers in Puerto Rico and New Jersey and was always curious as to the world of orthopedics and trauma surgery and I was always happy to tell him all that I knew. Unfortunately he always said if he were ever hurt he would want me there. We have jumped together in Sweden, America, Puerto Rico but unfortunately i was not there this time. I know that everyone there did everything possible. I will never forget Adrain because he meant so much to me and many other people far and beyond the world of skydiving. For those of you who have not had the pleasure to meet him you missed the chance to meet a genuine soul. I'll miss you Adrian -Adam

try flex z goggles minis. they are inexpensive have many different color tints as well as clear and you can buy them at most dz shops

Check out WWW.FREEFLYFOTO.COM There are some new photos from Project Horizon. Check out the freefly and swooping sections. Check back because there are still more to be added. And can someone make it clicky - I can't figure out how to.

My new website is up and running. Check out www.freeflyfoto.com to see photos of freeflying as well as some other cool shots. Enjoy.

The schedule was just updated after a long meeting this weekend in addition to flying 2 caravans and the helicopter all weekend long thanks to perfect weather. The website calendar will be updated very soon with lots of new stuff added for this season.

Slight Change - the dates for Cross Keys Collegefest will be August 1-3. Still 14 dollar jumps for college students with a valid college ID. Super Skyvan, Super Otter, Stearman Biplane, Helicopter. Freefly Organizing with Monkey Claw. RW organizing with Harry Parker and Lyle Presse. Tiki Bar, Pool, Bonfire and more. WWW.FREEFALLADVENTURES.COM WWW.SKYDIVECROSSKEYS.COM WWW.NJBIPLANE.COM WWW.JUMPTHECHOPPER.COM

WWW.SKYDIVECROSSKEYS.COM (not crosskeys.com) WWW.FREEFALLADVENTURES.COM WWW.NJBIPLANE.COM

Skydive Cross Keys will be hosting its first Collegefest this summer. July 25-27 college students with a valid college ID will recieve 14 dollar jumps all weekend long. There will be free load organizing by Monkey Claw, Lyle Presse, Harry Parker and more to be announced. Come jump from a Super Otter, Super Skyvan, Stearman Biplane, Helicopter and we have caravans and cessna's too. Stay tuned for more information. WWW.FREEFALLADVENTURES.COM WWW.CROSSKEYS.COM