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This has been a bad Memorial weekend. I remember reading in Howard Gregory's book "Parachuting's Unforgettable Jumps III". There is a story from Lyle Cameron about the first fatalitie he saw, a girl at Elsinore go in with a no pull on Memorial weekend. And the book says " and Lyle Mourned, "And since then, we have had a girl die every Memorial Day weekend and every 4th. of July weekend, every year since 1959." ( Somewhere in the U.S.)". Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Cold smoke works just fine, there will be some slag from any kind of pyro. And get some kind of bracket too. Paragear is a good place to buy. When we would jump Mk. 18 grenades, they sucked, we would punch hole in beer can to catch the slag and still get burn hole in our canopies. mjosparky on this web site use to make great brakets, they are the brackets of choice of the "Flying Elvi". Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Maybe not some of the working girls, we brought these two with us to save money,.............. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Here's a couple of the D-18 from the "hooker boogie" back in 92 Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield, the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, was found dead Thursday in the wreckage of a single-engine plane in the mountains of northern Georgia, authorities said. Searchers discovered the wreckage about 1 p.m. near Ranger, 50 miles northwest of Atlanta. The Civil Air Patrol identified the body found inside as Crossfield. There were thunderstorms in the area Wednesday morning when air traffic monitors lost radio and radar contact with the Crossfield's Cessna 210A, said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane had left Prattville, Ala., around 9 a.m. that day for his home near Manassas, Va. Crossfield's son-in-law, Ed Fleming, told The Associated Press from Crossfield's home on Thursday that family had been notified his plane and body had been found. The airplane carrying the 84-year-old pilot crashed in a remote and heavily forested gully about 10 miles from Ranger. Oris Hendrix, who lives about a mile away, said she had heard the plane having trouble in the storm. "He was trying to turn and he just went down," she said. "You could tell the motor was having trouble. You could tell the motor cut off." Among the small community of test pilots, Crossfield was a legend, said veteran test pilot Fred Griffith of Shelter Bay, Wash. "This guy was a gentleman and an aviator. That's the top of the line," said Griffith, a test pilot for 40 years. "There's pilots, there's drivers. An aviator is something else. That's the best I can say about anyone in this business. "I don't know anybody who was more respectable than Scotty Crossfield." In the early 1950s, Crossfield had been one of a group of civilian pilots assembled by the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, the forerunner of NASA. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager had already broken the speed of sound in his history-making flight in 1947. But Crossfield set the Mach 2 record - twice the speed of sound - in 1953, when he reached 1,300 mph in NACA's Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket. In 1960, Crossfield reached Mach 2.97 in an X-15 rocket plane launched from a B-52 bomber. The plane reached an altitude of 81,000 feet. At the time, Crossfield was working as a pilot and design consultant for North American Aviation, which made the X-15. He later worked as an executive for Eastern Airlines and Hawker Siddley Aviation. More recently, Crossfield had a key role in preparations for the attempt to re-enact the Wright brothers' flight on the 100th anniversary of their feat near Kitty Hawk, N.C. He trained four pilots for the Dec. 17, 2003, flight attempt in a replica of the brothers' flyer, but poor weather prevented the take-off. Among his many honors, Crossfield was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1983. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

It's playing on the edge right now, A bit different then other tool albums, not bad, need to hear it late at night with a good buzz,.............. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Joe did for me more anyone else in the sport, sport hell, a way of life, I'll miss you Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Elvis has been very, very, good for me. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Only My rigger pencil packs me. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Didn't you say you were going to stop posting? Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Lou was a good guy in many ways, I enjoyed jump and listening to his stories, I felt very honored when I was asked to jump with what was left of the "Arvin Good Guys" at Rumble seat 2000 with Paul, Deke, Brian Williams. He will not be easily forgotten, Now where do we go drinking in Ridgecrest? Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

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Cover boy Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Mike, Wow, not sure what to say, It has been fun. I have learned a lot about skydiving and life from you. I have so many happy memories of working, jumping and partying with you. I'm not sure when we met, it seem as if I have known you forever. So keep in touch, don't stop posting, stepping on toes, sticking your nose in, straight out the misinformed. Your a wealth of knowledge.I will miss seeing you around the dropzone. And when the time comes, I want to be on your "coming out of retirement load". Best wishies, Cary D-11825 ===================================== "the only change I can see Is that I'm still the same" Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

tool Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

If you ate a clown, would it taste a little funny? Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Cold smoke from Paragear, works great as long as they haven't sat in the garage to long. A lot better then duct tape a Mk. 18 to your tennis shoe Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Snow at Cal-City too, and this is Southern California Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Identities of plane crash victims released This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Tuesday, February 28, 2006. By ALLISON GATLIN and JAMES C. LOUGHRIE Valley Press Staff Writers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALIFORNIA CITY - The identities of two people killed in a Sunday airplane crash were released by the Kern County Sheriff's Department on Monday. Terry Fregly, 50, of Tallahasse, Fla., and Skip Robertson, 43, of Klammath Falls, Ore., died when their L-39 military jet aircraft crashed into a mountain seven miles northwest of California City about 8:30 a.m. The aircraft, destroyed by fire in the accident, was one of three flying on an aerial filming mission, FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said. The other two aircraft landed without incident at the California City Municipal Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. The aircraft was registered to Mach 1 Aviation of Universal City. Named "Wild Child," the two-seat jet fighter had been featured in television and air show appearances, including the Edwards Air Force Base air show, according to the company's Web site. The aircraft was a high-speed, high-performance platform for aerial filming, according to the Web site. Mach 1 Aviation officials could not be reached Monday afternoon. Reached in Tallahassee on Monday, Fregly's wife told The Associated Press that the Florida real estate developer was a passenger in the two-seat aircraft, which was owned by a friend, and was not handling pilot or photographic duties. The L-39 Albatros is a jet trainer developed in Czechoslovakia and used by the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia in the 1970s. It is the standard jet trainer used by former Warsaw Pact countries, as well as Afghanistan, Algeria, Ethiopia, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Syria and Vietnam, according to GlobalSecurity.org. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

2.37 in north LA Co. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1541764;search_string=fran%27s%20ranch;#1541764 Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

I will always love the DC-3, The sound of those round engines starting up, the roar heading down the runway, lots of room to a nice nap on the way to altitude. big door and with a bar and steps you can get 10 people handing on the side. Nothing but class with that airplane. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

I was ground bound with a broken arm for 6 weeks last Sept. and years ago I was out for 4 week with a broken foot, none were caused jumping. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

it's not bad there, nice big lake, watersking, fishing Taft, Cal-City, Elsinro and Prrris are anywhere form an hour to less then two hours. Wrightwood again maybe two hours, the beach is not to far either. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

Maybe he’s not so dumb, if the rifles were X-GI, demiled military rifles like M-1917 , M-1903 or M-1. The parts can be worth a couple of hundred bucks per rifle. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,