tonybrogdon

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  1. in the 80's and 90's everytime Smitty would do a tandem, he would set 2 world records'. 1. The length of time between the first and last jumps ( first jump in 1922 ) 2. Being the oldest active jumper at the time.
    Tony Brogdon
    D-12855

  2. New Year’s Eve 1992 Jim Twordowski, Curly's son Dave Annis, I and 5 others did an 8 way from 15,000 feet. Debbie Web's husband was flying the Otter and with no oxygen we were all feeling epoxy waiting for the Ontario traffic controller to give us clearance to jump. We completed the 8 way and Jim lighted up the Elsinore Valley with his pyrotechnics show as only he can do and as we were landing I will never forget hearing the music blaring from a boom box James Brown's “I feel Good ". It was another one of those " There I was and thought I was going to die moment" for sure.
    Tony Brogdon
    D-12855

  3. I owned a Green Star Express I bought it from Charlie Brown in Richmond, Va. 1979. It was my first piggy back rig. It had a PC in a bag not a sleeve for a main and a Navy Conical round reserve. I took it to Dublin, Va. to make my first jump in my new rig. Since the rig was not designed for a PC nor was the PC designed for bag the Dublin DZ people took it out and re packed it on a packing table designed for T-10's. I will never forget them saying while scratching their heads " well it looks like it will work." Truly the dumbest thing I ever did was take it for a test jump from 7500 feet to see if it would open not knowing the rig had been recalled for the stitching coming loose on the reserve risers. Fortunately it opened. Later at a Nationals being held at Perris Valley, Charlie told he he had the rig sent back to the factory for restitching of the reserve before he sold it to me. Meanwhile my guardian angels were working overtime.
    Tony Brogdon
    D-12855

  4. Dale Boyer was my first jump instructor September 1977

    Him and his wife lived in a loft they built in one of the Old Naval Air station's barracks.

    He convinced Witchita State University to list Skydiving as one of their coarces. I was the first one to jump static line out of the coarce
    Tony Brogdon
    D-12855

  5. Can't relate to what you are referring to. I did make my first 10 jumps at the Old Naval Air Station in Hutchinson, KS in 1977. We packed out T-10 's on long tables in the desserted barracks and and always waited until sunset when the winds to die down to jump rounds.
    Tony Brogdon
    D-12855

  6. Smitty the Jumper made his first parachute jump in 1922 with a harness amde by a horse harness maker and a silk bedsheet. He designed and bulit it and jumped it before ever seeing another parachute. He broght it to Perris DZ December 15th , 1985 and made a tandem with the Coors Skydiving team. Richard Brooks and I followed them out and watched Smitty in a fetal position as he'd done all those years previous noteven seeing the Coors team. He ws 87 then and died at age 92 a year after making his last jump.
    Tony Brogdon
    D-12855