skybill

Hi Chops, "A long, long time ago in a galaxie far, far away," but as the crow flyz it was only 08MAY1964 and I was 18 yrs. old a month shy of 19. 40-sumtin' yrs of draggin' nylon thru the sky!! Seemz' like yesterday and my bones tell me it was yesteryear!! Have fun buddy and enjoy!! Also, pay great heed to Sparkys' words of wisdom!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Tony, DZ pull alt floor is 3k??? Oh well, take your $$ elsewhere! So I got a Stiletto 190, not a real snivler but it opens 'bout like most canopies I've had. Anybody that has a canopy that takes a couple of grand to open "normally" hmmmmm? Anyway, I'll step off at 2.5K for a hop and pop and my canopy is open about 50' below the A/C, WTF's the big deal?? 'Generally take it to 2K for the toss and if I have a problem I'll be riding my plan B by 1.5K, fine with me. Hell, some years ago when I was an AFF-I with New Deminsions Flite School at Scare-Us-Valley, when we'd get our student under canopy at 4+k, me, the other JM and the cameraman would fly to the middle and toss 3 or 4 points before we'd turn off and dump. (tracking off included!!) So, take it in stride bud, Geeks like that flake are a dime a dozen in this sport.....I'm still lookin' for the guy supplin' the dimes!! PS, speakin of that rack on Cheach, it is Deer season! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi jiffy, Size 14 eh?? In case anyone doesn't remember or know, when Norma Jean (aka Marilyn Monroe) Baker sang,"Happy Birthday Mr. President.." the dress she was wearing was a "Size 14!!!" It got auctioned off by some high test auction house for some 6figures + as I recall. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Howood, 'Could'a been one they called,"Rolling Thunder!!"................................... One day we tried to roll a 10-way tube at Elsinore back when!!! 3 tubes of 3 side-by-side with one guy in the middle like a cornydog!! I was on the far left side by the door and as the tube went, me and larry walsh got scrapped on the door!! As we were falling I kept kicking my leg to see if it was still there and not left back in the airplane!! luckily no broken bones but one hell of a hematoma 'bout the size of a half a tennis ball on the outside of my left calf!! 'Twas beer-30 for this kid after that!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Al, That's our Don!! Heard that story many times from others as well as Don!! And now he's gone. Gone are the daze of Round Parachutes and Iron Men!! 'Posted a note on the memorial Forum too. Let the "007 Stories Begin!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Sandy, Hell of a note I say, the 23rd you say, the day my Peggy died!! The Reaper has been swinging really hard lately. 'Got to talk to Don the weekend before the last stroke. I would call him from my old fishin' hole down by the South river on Sat or Sun afternoon and we'd yak for a while and I'd get him riled up over some trivial prank we pulled over the years!! 'Tried to get one of the nurses to give a message to someone there to tell Don I called and was prayin' for him. 'Hope the message got thru. I don't know how he got it but Gene Paul Thacker (Ifin' ya' don't know who he is, go look him up in yer Funk and Wagnals) gave me a movie poster from the old "Gypsy Moths" movie Don worked on. I sent it to him as I knew he'd like it!! When he got it he was so excited you'd think I sent him the keys to King Tut's Tomb!! Fun Times, Fun Skydives gonna miss Don but I will always remember the "Good Times" we had!! That Star up ther just got one bigger with "SCR-007" docking on wrists!! None of that grabing grippers light weight stuff!!, 'Gotta do it right!! Fly On Don!!!!!!! 'Ya know the first person he'll probably look up when he gets there is James Dean!!!...Mr. Toofor School in Person. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Dari, Iran Air!! When I worked for Uncle Leroy Grumman in that F-14 IRAN project we usedta' spoof their operation and say,"Iran Air flight 269 from Isfahan to Teheran has been cancled due to mechanical difficulties. If anyone knows anything about how to repair airplanes, please report to the flight desk, Fly Iran Air, we're not the best airline, we're the 'only' airline,.....'The Wings.... Of Death!!!'" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Howard, Whoever said about the time that Tandem Rigs showed up, also the bemer set. Note that "Air Trash" carries on the tradition regularly....mememememoooohhhhwe'reabunchadirtybastards......... SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

About noon on 23NOV2010 my wife Peggy lost her battle with Pancreatic Cancer. We were at the Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center in Fayetteville NC when she drew her last breath. Not much else to say right now, a week has passed since, finally, the dust has settled enough for me to come here and write. Peggy only made one tandem jump a few years back but she loved it. She loved hanging out at the DZ and partying with everyone! Peggy and I celebrated 10 years of being married on July 3rd then a few weeks later she got the diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer is an equal opportunity destroyer. It doesn't care what age, sex, race, where yo' from or whojoedaddy waz, it will kill you and not stop till it does! When the Sunset Dive is done and the Beer Light comes on, lets all hold one high and tip a glass for Peggy. Blue Skyz Peggy SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Howard, You want songs??? search the forums, there's a bunch.. Got the Skydivers song book that Poynter published years ago and a few local songs composed in a hurry. Now I have to go scour the archives!! Not a song but ya' can't write it down or record it!! is "Old Nell" ya' need Chester to do it justice!!....Later. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

QuoteBefore impending death. List them... I'll start: 1. Hold my beer, watch this! 2. No guts, no glory! 3. Yes (answering wife's question about her ass being fat) 4. have fun! FUCK! I wasted my 30,000th post on this??? Ah well, fuck it.... 4. Oh shit 5. Hmmmm what does this button do? 6. "TAKE PICTURES!!!!" Reported by some Brits at a Scare-us-Valley boogie some years ago to be the last words of someone "back Home" just above the deck about to "GO IN" just past the packing area. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hooraay fer Sparky, Hooraay at lassst, Hooraay fer Sparky, he'z a

Hi dj, With the .45 I don't think the remote would be necessary, maybe an extra clip or two. The .45 is a good choice. In "Rules for a Gun Fight" by Drill Sgt (E-7) Joe Fricks, USA Rule #24. Don't attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with anything smaller than "4" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Dan, 'Twas either Frank or Paul, I seem to recall Frank doing it from an article I read in "Flying" mag from that timeframe. The sign was made of styrofoam squares stacked up and held together between two sheets of paper rigged up between two vertical I-beams. I believe the article said there was 3 feet of clearance on either wing tip!! Frank had enough trouble after the punch as some of the styrofoam squares plugged up the air intake on one engine and the cooling on both engines!! Went thru the Talmantz Museum at Orange County Airport back in '77 or '78, quite a place. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Sans, Read my reply to [skymama] Would you go/have you gone to a Nudist Camp? 09JUL08 7:24PM in the bonfire. Almost got a BASCR 25JUN83 [Summersolstace] at Scare-us-valley only 7 in. "But I Got The VIDEO!!" somewhere in the archives. WOW! That was 27 years ago! A lot if DZ.commers were still a twinkle on someone else's Nude Dive! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Consider lotsa' good vibes!!! Also sending vibes from my bunch, Angel Food, Lucky, Chucky and Punkin'. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Gypsy, Got pulled for Federal Jury duty in downtown LA some yrs. ago!! Middle of summer. Showed up in cutoff jeans with pullup cord on beltloop, flip flops with the stow band for the toe, my Best "Sport Death" t-shirt and my Air Trash hat!! This dude that was giving us the intro said that I should wear some more appropriate clothes as I would wear to work>>>>I said,"This IS what I wear to work!!"...... Parachute Rigger and general all around Sport Parachute Bum!! Didn't get picked for any jurys. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Cal, Ah so whatz' a little "Flutter??!!" Yer Dead Meat that's what sukkah! Sloppy control rigging and linkages are probably the problem then again?? With a VNE of 70mph and flutter at 65 it probably wouldn't be too hard to exceed those limits even if yer trying not to!! Be Careful bud, and just remember that the last thing that goes thru yer mind in an ultralight crash is,"The Engine!!" that last comment spoken by some ultralight geeks out at Scare-us-Valley in the "Old" Bomb Shelter Bar. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Jerry, I think yer right 'bout the Security rig. If memory serves me, she, Kevin Donnely and 2 others I don't remember were doing some filming for the "Chips" TV show. BTW the rig was tan. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Sky, The sexy lingerie is cool but when a woman sports a mans' dress shirt as you describe, she is claiming him as "her man!" 'Nuff said!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

I have two. and know how to use them , they work great...But,I never served...They don't draft Carnies! (no address or SS number) Thank you to those of you that did ... Bill , what ship were you on? My brother was on USS America,(vietnam) my Father inlaw, USS Ranger, (and others) Hi Gypsy, I was on the USS Princeton LPH-5 outa LGB, Viet Nam Cruise '68 and Apollo X pick-up May'69. Also the USS Okinawa LPH-3 Viet Nam '70. I remember being in Subic on the Princeton when the America was in port there. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Jerry, They "issued" you one?? We got boxes of "C-Rats" and there was a handfull of P-38's (aka John Wayne's) in the bottom. I still have the one on my dog hook and several more still in their brown paper wrapper. Got a bunch at the "Gun Show" a while back. the guy was selling them for 2-bits a piece or 5 for a buck. I bought a couple of handfulls. Next Gun Show he was sold out but some other dude had a bunch for a buck each!! Oh well, I got mine!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Ian, Yup, a good day to bump this thread. 'Just thinking about my old Navy daze, the times you want to remember and the ones you can't forget no matter how hard you try. 'Dug into a small chest of momentos, a brass "dog hook' with a "P-38", some coins from far away places, ribbons and a couple of medals and some photos, how young we were then. USN 05DEC66-23NOV70, PR-2. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Pops, I take you were Army?? Or Marines?? In Navy Boot in Sandyeggo 05DEC66-04MAR67 we only got one day at the range at Pendleton with the M-1. Did VietNam Cruise '68 on the USS Princeton LPH-5, V-6 Paraloft. 'Had 5" guns around the ship, whenever they fired one near my shop it knocked loose all the rust in the vent ducts and spewed down into my shop!! You guys shoulda called in the USS New Jersey!! Usedta' watch her punt 16" rounds in-country off Da Nang!! That's Gun action!! Woulda' been fun to have had more firearms training like you said. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi can, Interesting. As for what Americans must do to properly obtain the "right" to own a firearm????? We already have the "Right" it's called the 2nd Amendment and it is located in the Bill of Rights. It says,"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." There are no "required" state/federal runned "classes" on firearms. There are lots of safety, training and marksmanship classes available though. 'Don't know if they still do but when I was in the Boy Scouts and the Civil Air Patrol we had Marksmanship as part of the program. Then again, my dad taught me to shoot with our Stevens single shot, bolt action .22 cal. rifle out past the barn plugging tin cans on a log. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out