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  1. I still prefer my OLD PC over ramairs in 0-5 mph winds and can userally stomp the disk with a standing landing.Maybe thats cause I have over 5,000 jumps on rounds.Also my 72 year old bones don't hurt as bad as no wind hot day landings under a square! POP D47
  2. Quote Thunderbow was better than a 7TU and not as good as the MK1 PC!! POP D47
  3. I'll be in the air over the suwannee River at 5;00 PM with you BOBBY. POP D47
  4. Most lopo's were ordered as unmodified and were chopped up by the owner or his rigger to suit their fancy.
  5. First jump T-7A 28' TWILL S/L First free fall, B12 28' unmodified loose pack w/out reserve.My first 14 FF's were on that rig.I did manage to rig up a T-7 reserve on it after the first jump!!! POP D47
  6. Stratostar,I concur, I have around 4000 jumps on PC's and still jump one 4-5 times a year (no wind hot days) so I can make a standing landing and I'm 72!!! POP D47
  7. Seems to me your man is correct.Unless the rules have changed since I became a master rigger in 58 no one needs a certificate to pack,maintain,alter,a main canopy when jumping their own as long as the harness and auxillary parachute was of an approved type.Main canopys need not be approved for jumping by the owner!! And that is a good thing because if that was'nt the case you guys would still be using 28'flats.The best riggers I ewer knew never had a certificate and over time gave us all the great gear we are jumping today.Some of you guys sound like a bunch of LAWYERS trying to retard the sport more than it already is...DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF!! POP D47
  8. You can take the door off your 150 and fly it without the STC if you are solo or with a passenger that is belted to the seat.For jumping the STC is needed and seat can be removed.All occupants must wear parachutes. POP D47
  9. You can jump out of a 172 with the door on and seat in,I do it all the time and it is a pain in the ass.If your not careful the pilot will be pissed off because you rippped the door handle off and when the door SLAMMED the window cracked!!! POP D47
  10. 2 pilot chutes is an accident waiting to happen.Just use the MA-1 and sit up when you pull .It will do a fine job anchoring a PC in a d/bag or sleeve to the air.On sub terminal from and airplane do a 180deg turn befor pulling because of foward speed. POP D47
  11. Jim, Those numbers ring a bell!! N9440C (C-180) and N211WW (Beaver) I beleive they used to belong to me...POPQuote
  12. The SSE Inc. (Steve Snyder) log book.I am still using one.Had a bunch of them left over when I retired from the DZO business in 84. POP D47
  13. At the PCA general membership meeting at the 1967 nationals we voted for the name change to USPA.All the lic.# are still carried on to the present.The first Instructor ratings were issued 2/22/62,all 23 of us the same day. Pop D47
  14. The Howard nose heavy landing problem was that solo flight was only permitted with 80lbs. of ballast located in the baggage section,and no one wanted 80 extra pounds on board when hauling jumpers.The breaks were multible disk type and were (REAL TOUCHEY).The one that I bought from Steve Snyder was flipped on it's back while landing because of hard breaking.They were a REAL airplane for it's day!!! POP D47
  15. Hi John, I agree with you but the younger generation never had the opertunity to learn how to use a ripcord without having hesitations and most would probably lose the thing anyway and that gets expensive!!!! Pop D47Quote
  16. Killer,I sold the Beaver 10/86 to a Canadian charter outfit in North Bay,Ont. My son delivered it to them.Wish I still had it.It made more money flying jumpers than any other airplane I ever owned!! POP D47
  17. N5659B was first brought into the jump world when Bill Ottley bought it in 1963.I flew several loads in it 1/64.It was a good flying ship back then.the gear came off when Mac MacGraw (retired navy) owned it. I owned a 57 182 N3817D that had more than 7000 hrs. flying jumpers (mostly carrying 5) when I sold it to The Williston Skydivers in 6/86 for 9 more yrs. of hauling jumpers and was then sold to another DZ in texas. POP D47Quote
  18. I think you mean Jon Baker not (DON).He lost a leg in a bike wreck and lives in Lake Wales Fl.now.I sold him a D-18 that he used at Ripcord in 1979. POP D-47
  19. On 6/19/78 at Indiantown,fl.Mark MonGillo was making his 9th jump, a 10sec. delay from 3,800ft. He left the aircraft in a stable position and maintained that until he started to pull the ripcord,rolling over back to earth and kicking his legs the pilot chute bridal wrapped around his legs.He then started rolling and kicking franticley rolling the main suspention lines around his body.The main canopy stayed in the d/bag but the suspension lines were around him.The sentinal fired the chest type reserve but the main lines prevented the pilot chute or reserve canopy from getting into the air.He landed with only an MA-1 pilot in tow.When I got to him at the bottom of a 12ft deep irregation ditch with 4in water and 8in of mud I looked down and was totally shocked when he said (I'm OK Pop)!!! Mark servived at least a 90-100 mph impact with a broken right femur and was back on the DZ by the following weekend.After over 50yrs watching 100's of 1000's of jumps I have never watched anything like this to have it come out good...POP
  20. In 1962 myself,Corky Durbin,Martine Durbin (65 US team) made a jump in davie,Florida from 7200', On the approch to the target I had the disk in the cross hairs at around 7-800'and I looked at my altimeter and noticed that I was now at 1000' and climbing.I looked for the other jumpers and noticed they were also climbing too.Corky was facing upwind (holding)and I was facing downwind (running)Martine was trying everything she could at no avail.At 3500'and 3 miles from the DZ we finally got out of the themal.At least a 20 minute ride,and all on 28'7TU's!!! POP D47Quote
  21. Hey,in the begining if TSO's were paid attention to,we would still be jumping 28' flats and B12 harnes/contianer!!! The FAA is the wort on aviations ass and if they were here when the Wright's flew we would still be on the ground....there are risks in life and if you don't take them progression STOPS !!! POP D47Quote
  22. You are right on about about the early c-182 performance,less $ to purchase & maintain too!!! Pop D47Quote