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  4. I was doing tandems in Lodi at that time, do you remember who your tandem master was?

    Having done hangliding back in the late 70's, before I started skydiving, the one thing I remember is how much it added to my dreams. I only got to Hang 2 off of Ft. Funston before I bent my modified Rogallo after a stall and crash halfway up the cliff. My skydiving dreams don't last as long.

    On thing about flying parachutes over hang gliders, we can get out at 12K, next to a cloud tower and fly all around and inside it. There are rainbow canyons and rooms inside some of them. Carving clouds in wingsuits is also pretty cool, it's why I bought one.

    May have to try paragliding in the future. Proximity flying is a ways off.

    madjohn

    Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone.

  6. Congratulations, Pat. You and Scratch are my role models.

    I tell new kids that I've been skydiving half my life but it doesn't compare to you, unless you're 100. ( You're not, are you?) ;)

    Keep it up so I can join you on the JOE record in the future.

    madjohn


    Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone.

  9. OK here's the deal. The 2010 Chateau Mad John will avail to the public i.e. skydiving community under the name of ZigMar Zin. So I'm holding a label design contest, winner gets a free case (12 bottles) for use of their design for a year. May renew the contest next year if it goes well.

    Requirements:
    the name: Chateau Mad John ZigMar Zin
    wine: 2010 Zinfandel
    graphics: the Zig Zag and Marquis 4-way formations.

    So let's see what our skydiving artists can come up with.

    madjohn

    Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone.

  10. A short one from the Quincy Convention when they couldn't spot the C-130 worth a damn, then Roger said he would spot it from the ground. I'm pretty sure I heard Johnny Gates singing it on the way to altitude.

    I've been searching for the Drop Zone
    All the live long day.
    I've been searching for the Drop Zone
    Fifteen Miles away.

    Can't you see the Mississippi
    Flowing down below,
    Can't you hear the jumper shouting
    "Which way shall we go?"

    Roger won't you blow, Roger won't you blow....

    madjohn

    Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone.

  19. Dates: October 15-17
    Aircraft: KingAir - Friday, + Otter and Helicopter Saturday
    Sunday - KingAir and Otter if busy, not sure on the copter.
    Registration, to cover ferry fee for Otter, not sure how much yet.

    More to follow.

    madjohn

    Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone.

  21. No easy public transit. Rent a car, or wait for someone from this site to offer you a ride.

    have fun,

    madjohn

    Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone.

  23. I've known Bob since he started at Antioch, about 30 years now. He was a skydiver in the purist sense of the word.
    He would come out every 3 or 4 months because he needed to be in the sky. Wasn't interested in turning points, doing big ways, just needed to be 2 1/2 miles above the planet, floating in the sky. Every once in a while I'd ask him to join one of my loads but he'd usually say "I'm not really current, Mad John, and don't want to spoil your load". Once in a while I'd convince him to come with us. He'd usually show up, make a couple of jumps, then leave, didn't hang around.
    A basic nice guy that just needed to skydive once in a while.

    Blue Skies, Bob.

    madjohn

  25. Did anyone take over for Johnny in keeping the Muff Brothers Archive list? If so, who do we contact to get newbies their MB Numbers?

    "Don't Fuckin' Die!!"

    BSBD Johnny

    madjohn

    Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone.