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Alta, Utah? I ski there, but where was the airport? Pete

I really do believe that repacking a reserve is hard on the canopy and the container itself, despite how good of a packer you are. I think there's enough data to significantly increase the pack cycle and reduce the wear of the rig without any detriment to the proper sequence and timing of deployment. Unless, however, you have the habit of leaving your rig in a hot trunk of your vehicle, or spill battery acid on your rig, etc. Pete

Swede, T-bone, Jeff Konshaw, Stan, You, Mark Brown, Christy and Gary Hoffman, Mike Hayden, John Goswits, Pat Turner, Rita Volp, Gary Brown, and I don't know the rest, flying in a DC-3? Pete

That's a great story. If its not true now, it will soon be...At least from someother jump pilot that reads this. Pete

I wouldn't fly in this thing, but I would certainly fish from it, drinking a bottle of Vodka! Pete

That's actually the new trend in the Eastern Block countrys. They're combining style and accuracy while under canopy and have eliminated the free fall stuff. From what I hear, this is fast replacing "swooping." Unfortunately, it has the same casualty rate.

Its from Ballastic Recovery Systems (BRS), that is mounted to an ultra-light aircraft. Pete

So Stick Man, what movie was it that you were in. You were geeking the camera on a big way round, I think in Z-Hills, with the typical baggy black jumpsuit? I think it was a Boenish movie. Pete PS: nice to hear from you.

Thanks for the correction Stickman. So, who owned the Lodestall that was pictured in JQ's apartment in Osceola? One engine was feathered, due to an engine out and everyone bailed out in the next county over? It was a great photo to say the least. Pete

Your thread still beats "DB Cooper."

Just remember this, "You are what you eat!"

I landed across the street in your neighbor's bull pen under a T-10. The farmer ran out and said, "I know you can't control where your going, but that bull is going to get ya!" Pete

The power of the internet: http://www.facebook.com/n/?pages%2FSt-Croix-Valley-Skydiving-Club-Alpha-Boogie%2F167781906591980&mid=___ I'll be there in spirit.

I remember of female student landing on top of your barn one year. No injuries.

Was Art in the military in the early days? What made him get into skydiving? I bet you have lots of stories!

So did your dad own the drop zone? I remember you, and your brothers, as well as your dad coming into the club house one day yelling at Big Bill for stuffing dead fish into a nailed down coffin and stinking up the club house. Your pops was mad. That was compliments of Sky Dive Superior, via Mr. Coors. Moochie was one of the other pilots that flew there. He was an incredible pilot, but was burned out with a sour attitude. I have a couple of jumps with your dad, as well as "rigger rat." Good times! I was 16 at the time.

I found this in Face Book. Earnie Joyner is the one crouching to get in the picture and the plad paints. Hard to miss. Back then, jumps were $9.00 to 9500. Pete Someone at Skydive Superior mistook Mike O'Keefe (Uncle Thug) for Dave Colombo. The photo is of (front row) Ernie Joyner, Art Steffen, Bev Androsky, Mark Androsky, and in the back row, Miles Hubbard, Mike O'Keefe, Bob Schlander, Kevin Anderson, and John Goswitz.

I finally got some pictures from my old skydiving buddy. They were taken about 4 years ago. "Goofy Lives" is the nick name of the guy that purchased the DC3 and crashed in Alaska, with a full load of salmon-killing Wirth and Hannah. Graffitti was left behind from the old club members that had memorialized this skydiver/pilot on the club house roof. A lot of great skydivers came from this drop zone. Also, a lot of Zepplin and Hendrix tunes were played on the club's cassette player that could be heard coming from the speaker boxes located on the club house roof. From the paved road, you couldn't see the club house, due to the tall stalks of corn that surrounded it, but you certainly could hear it. But what really has left an indelible mark in my memory banks, was the bon fires we had after a day of skydiving, with the typical "safety meetings." All this took place in the middle of a Wisconsin corn field owned by Art, that had a stretch of packed mud and mowed down weeds, creating a runway fit for a Beech D18. Jumping from Androwski's Beech, Coors, burned up the entire runway before lifting off with 12 jumpers onboard during the typical hot, 90+ humidity summer days. I'm glad I'm alive! RIP Pete

Thanks Mike. That makes my day. Pete the Pup (as Gary would say)

Nice. I remember vividly the conversations I had with each person while learning how to skydive. Kristy, "Your too young to be skydiving." I was 16 yrs old when I made my first jump and met Kristy and Gary. Gary, "Lets breakoff and head home." After completing an 8 stack. Quazy, "Slow down!" After taking out a formation. Q, "Hey Petey." Curt-Never had the opportunity to meet him. I moved to So Cal prior to this accident. Blue Skies! Petey

When I was at Baldwin, about 8-9 yrs ago, I got the story from Miles. Yep, it was definitely a meltdown. I'm just wonder where she's living these days and what she does for fun, etc. Pete PS: Mike, I thought you were heading to Utah, this summer?

Yep, he earned it all right. Two instructors going after our buddy and burning up the altitude like there's no tomorrow (which almost came true). The use of AADs was very minimal, except for the first time jumpers, etc. Tell John, that Pete says "hi!" We had good times!

Whatever happened to Vickie Churches. She dated the late Quazy (Pat Quachnick?) and jumped at Osceola a lot?

Okay, so we got some real older timers on board. Someone painted on the club house roof, "Goofy Lives!" This pertained to the guy that was flying a DC3 in Alaska and went in due to being over loaded with salmon and an engine going out on take off. Question: What was Goofy's real name? People would say there's a curse on the Saint Croix Valley Skydivers in that whenever a pilot would get a bigger plane to drop skydivers from, they parished soon afterwards, eg: Robbie, Goofy, and some other pilot that had a Lodestar, aka Loadstall. Your thoughts?

Thanks for the post mark. So, is it true that Earnie flew his plane into a parked pickup truck at the end of the runway while a couple were making out in the back? It was at nite after a sunset load. This is another story I'd like to confirm as true, or fiction.