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Unplained carving is an invitation to an unplained collision, I have been on the receiving end of a jumper carving around a group, everyones looking to the center, and not to the side, when the carver smashes unto you, if you are in a group, come straight in, on level, the collision I was in put the carver on the ground for six weeks, and knocked me for a loop shortly before breakoff, I was also hit yesterday by a jumper who was trying to put his gogles back on, went below the group, corked and slammed me with his knee, he was not wearing a helmet, thank god, I was. Be safe. Tim SCR-21

In my opinion, freeflying is the coolest thing going. I find that people who are opposed to freeflying, who do not even attempt it are for the most part afraid of starting a new discipline and starting over, and looking silly, like a beginner. I love RW and did it for decades, about 5 years ago I started freefly, and couldn't do anything right, after hundreds of jumps I could finally sit fly pretty well, it was alot of fun work, and very rewarding, and I'm having a blast. Freeflying is where RW was in the early 70's, we haven't even began to approach the limits of whats possible, that's why it is so exciting. So if you haven't attempted it, I encourage you not to fear trying something new, it's fun to start over, and to learn, big rewards of pleasure come from making steady progress, so jump in, you may be surprised about how much fun you can have. All the best, Tim SCR-21

Bill Newels ariticle in Parachutist about the Arvin Goodguys was one of the best articles I've ever read about the early days of RW, and it was also very entertaining, WELL DONE BILL! I really enjoyed it. By the way, I was jumping with those guys and gals in the 60's and it was a blast, as far as I know it was all true and representative of that era and the good times we had. Thanks again Bill. Aloha, Tim SCR-21

I do not have a hot wire connection on my computer, is there anyway I can connect my sony pc 109 to my premiere 6.5 program editing program using the usb 2 connection that I do have. I've searched the web and cannot find any kind of adapter that will allow me to connect to premirere using the USB connector. Thanks alot, Tim SCR-21

These are some recent pictures of Aloha Skydivers on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. We love to freefly, come and join us. Aloha, Tim SCR-21

Thanks Susie for the details, Don was a hell of guy, he introduced me to the sport, I washed his twin beech when I was 16 at Van Nuys airport, and he put me out on my first jump, and gave me a brand new parachute. I remember you from the 60's. All the best, Tim SCR-21

Hi Arvel, Things are good, except we miss a quality person like you very much, come back! Aloha, Tim SCR-21

Hi John, Thank you so much for your message, it was good to hear from you, I have great memories of you from the 60's, I don't know if you remember me. Do you happen to know any details of how Don died? Years ago, Lyle Cameron pass through here, Honolulu, and said that Don had been beaten up badly by some thugs that attacked him at his house, did he die of that? Anyway, all the best John, keep up the good work. Aloha, Tim SCR-21

Does anyone know what happened to Don Molitar D-95, he was my instructor back in 1963 at Talf, last I heard of him he was still in California, I heard this from Lyle Cameron years ago, Lyle died in a plane crash I heard, but I wonder if Don is still Kicking. Thanks, Tim SCR-21

I just purchased a Toshiba d-kr2 dvd recorder. You can burn a skydive video from the camera to a dvd, that is pretty straight forward. But, is it possible to put the video into the recorder, and then dub music onto to the dvd? If there is I sure don't know how, it may not be possible to do, as it is on the computer, any help would really be appreciated. I know that you can hook up music from your walkman, and record it as you input the video to the recorder, but I would like to edit the video as I download it to the recorder, and then, when the selected video segments are on the recorder, add music as the dvd is produced, maybe that is to much to ask for, but it would be nice. Thanks alot, Tim SCR-21

I just bought a pc-109, I cound not find a pc-105, does anybody know how to remove the attached strap without having to cut it, or is that the only practical way. I would appreciate any recommendations for the best wide angle lens for this camera for free flying. Thanks alot, Tim SCR-21

As far as I remember, there was no Backersfield dz per say, but we jumped at some places around there like Old River, and another place called Pumpkin Center, after Talf and Arvin DZs. Aloha, Tim SCR-21

there was a very funny movie with Kevin Cosner call Fandango SCR-21

I jumped there a few times in the 60's during some competitions, it was usually windy and hot. The good thing is that it was closer to L.A. than Talf and Arvin. We had a lot of fun. Cheers, Tim SCR-21

I made my first jump at Talf in 1963. Over 20 years ago I believe I heard that Richard was killed in a motorcycle accident around Talf, and that Ed was doing fine. Aloha, Tim SCR-21

I weigh 200 lbs without gear, i know how hard it is to go slow, way to go. SCR-21

Congrats, way to go, hopefully someday, I can join you. Blue skys SCR-21

There is alot of great information in many of the posts, but, and this is very inportant, when you begin to learn to freefly or sit. TRIPLE CHECK YOUR GEAR, over the past several years I've seen several new freeflyers with pilot chute showing, loose bridles and the like, a few of them have prematurly deployed resulting in broken ribs and worse. You can get away with that in RW, but not in freefly, keep everything tight and secure. My personal opinion is that you should learn rw first, if for no other reason, then to learn precision and accuracy in movement, to learn precise control. So many people zoom around and think they can freefly when actually they are not really in control of their movement, and midairs are very dangerous. I started freeflying, after decades of rw, by making several hundred 2 way sit dives with the same person, I think thats the way to go for the sake of progress and safety. If rw is not challenging enough, try to do very good leg locks, a blind move which takes alot of skill and practise-and have a blast on every jump. Blue skys, Tim SCR-21

how do u organize a group of freeflyers to follow a plan when they all want to grandstand and outdo each other at the expense of making the desired formation, and of safety. as i sit with a needless broken hand SCR-21

I get your point and I agree. Especially if you consider that belly flying is just another restricted body position and could be considered just another facet of freeflying which should encompass all possible orientations of the body pilot in flight. Aloha, Tim SCR-21

We are getting around 80 seconds on tracking dives even without suits from 14,000. I think of tracking dives, at least the ones that are the most fun, as slow vertical desend dives, and extra long dives. If you track slow horizontally, you get less time, and its not as challenging. If you do alot of tracking dives, you certainly get better at it, most people that begin tracking dives go low at first because they are not tracking flat. And if someone is really good, they can track fast on their back, but faster on their belly, fer sure. Aloha SCR-21

The video of the birdman flying low over the snow skiers heads has been making the rounds at our D.Z., it is just so spectacular. But, people have been saying that he went in shortly after that video was made, is this true, I would appreciate any information. Thanks and Aloha, Tim SCR-21

The easiest thing to remember on a sit exit is to put the soles of your feet into the relative wind. When facing the tail, lean forward, when facing the nose, lean back. Another tip is, do not extent your outside arm out, this will cause you to turn on the hill, because your inside arm is in the burble of the plane, keep your outside arm in a bit when on the hill and maintain your heading. Good luck, and Big fun. Tim SCR-21

It was called Ripcord, besides Bob Sinclair, two of the other jumpers that appeared on the show were Lyle Cameron, and my instuctor, Don Molitor D-95. I loved it as a kid also. SCR-21

The first chuteless jumper was Rod Pack. I was there and saw it all, it was at Arvin Ca., I believe around 1965. Harry Haynes flew the Cessna 206, I believe, He had his flying liscense suspened for allowing the jump from his plane. Rod was a professional Hollywood stuntman at the time with only around 300 jumps. It was big world wide front page news at the time. He received $20,000 for the jump, alot of money at the time. Bob Allen, his best friend, passed a belly wart reseve parachute to him in free fall. I believe there were also 3 photographers on the jump,each one also had a landyard on their main lift web that they could use to clip on to Rod in case he missed the hook up with Bob Allen, one of them was probably Bob Buquor. They exited around 14,000, Rod got the reserve at around 10,000 from Bob Allen. Harry Small, the rigger, made a special harness for Rod that had 2 D rings that pointed out to clip the reserve onto. Rod opened around 300 ft. The reserve was unstreerable and he narrowly missed the only set of power lines for miles around. He said after ward that if the reserve didn't work, he didn't want alot of time to think about it. Rod was a big hero after the jump, and a hell of a guy. Tim Harris scr-21 SCR-21