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Hi 33Z, I remember Merlin doing the "Bra Trick" on Annie Helliwell!! The Skull and bones dive, I was in the eye socket accross from Mahoney when he grip switched to make the eye wink!! My big question is "Does anybody have a Picture of the formation??? I don't remember but there must have been someone flying camera!! Anyone have a shot from the ground?? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

...Gasp.... "No Jesus cord, man?!"... Are you an atheist, for God's sake?! Hi pup, Yup "No Jesus Cord!!" aka "Last hope rope!!" In the old barnstorming daze of hard cones and grommets and chest pack reserves got put on top of the main, "Piggyback," when the ripcord pulled sometimes they were known to "cone lock" and "Total Malfunction!!" So someone attached a piece of red MIL-C-5040, Type III, 550lb. test cord to an eyelet on the top reserve flap, tucked some excess in the bungee, routed the rest over the shoulder to the Reserve Ripcord handle!! "SO!" when you pulled the reserve ripcord and it totaled, you yelled,"OH JESUS, OH JESUS!!!!!!" and tugged on the red, so named,"Jesus Cord!!" Search the forums for "Jesus Cord" and read other interesting senarios!! Besides "cone lock," there was also "Loop lock" and don't forget "Brain Lock!!!" Howz the old sayin' go about no atheists in foxholes??.....or high speed at a grand or below without benefit of canopy!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Pumpkin, Looks good!! Just take into the consideration the "Clash Factor" of the rig colors with Jumpsuits and other accessories!! I had a V-7 Vector some years ago in Lt. Blue and Drk. Blue. Great with colors that match...But!! My current rig is a Mirage, Black, black, black, black and black, black thread and binding tape too......Goes with ANYTHING!!!!!! Remember you're "Style and accuracy!! "Style" is looking good on the way out to the airplane!! "Accuracy" is making sure you get on the right airplane!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi A-19820, Circle Vans in the parking lot there'll be a "Safety Meeting" before the Big Blot!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Kris, Yup, the "New" Cal. MJ initiative...where were you in '72?? I was just out of the Navy and going to San Diego Mesa College. "Prop 19!!" was the big deal. Prop 19 stickers and flyers were all over the campus, everywhere for that matter!! To make a long story short, WE LOST!! Just being pro the prop. is not good enough, ya' gotta VOTE!! There were enough pro people in that election to win it but they didn't go to the polls!! Dig up an old copy of "Feds n' Heads" Comix, if you can find one. 'Still have some Prop. 19 buttons and "Paraphernalia" in my archives somewhere!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi 10k, Connie. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi 33z and zing and all, 'Remember after takeoff, Chris "Merlin" Balsey would do his Magic Show at the back of the plane on our way to altitude!! 'Can't forget the 30 way "Skull and Bones" Tommy organized at one of the Haloween Boogies outa the "4"!! The eye winked and the teeth chatered!! Who was it said,"After stars over the water tower!!??" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi blast, Yup. Lakewood. 'Went to PR-"A" School spring of '67 at Lakehurst. Jumped at Lakewood a couple of times. Lakewood is history now. I think they built houses where the DZ was. Probably built houses over some craters!! People wake up in the middle of the night hearing screams and a hundred mile and hour wind!!!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi div96-with-little-bits-of-TP-on-the-face!! Doesn't matter electric or blade, first ya' gotta get the beard soft!! 'Only way I can shave without my face feeling like fresh hamburger is to shave right out of the shower. If my face is dry, no cream, lotion or oil will soften that wire called my beard enough! I use those Schick Slim Twins ST2 and what ever shave cream I have. Works good. Heard about some lady once instead of singeing the hairs off a plucked chicken she used her husbands razor. So now they have the Men's Schick, the Lady's Schick and the Chicken Schick!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Jim!!, "WOW" could have been mine?? what a trip. ya' right about them being built wrong!! The hook was suppose to be on the switch! That's what they said when I went to PR-A School at Lakehurst!! What would you take in trade for one of those Camilus knives?? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Dennis and star, Yup, I guess yer' hook knife is the orange handle with the single fixed hook blade. Had one of those on my old QAC reserve tucked in the bungee. Dumbass me, I didn't attach the case somehow to the bungee so when I had a mal off it went!! It's somewhere up on the hill across the road from the Otay DZ. Saw a couple of the switchblade/hook knife orange handle survival knives at the Gun Show. Fuckers wanted $45-$55 for em'!! Heard a story around the old DZ back in the day that in the old "Barnstorming Daze" a lot of the old parachutes jumps didn't turn out well. Subsequently where the guy hammered, they just covered him up with the canopy, hence like from the old song,"His canopy became his shroud!!" Grim, but the beat goes on! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Dennis, Yup, those cartoons of Steve's are here in my archives somewhere. "FUBAR" Fowled Up Beyond All Recognition was one interpertation as I recall and along with that lets corrupt "HALO" to "HAGALO" thats High Altitude Grab Ass Low Opening!! The Beat Goes On!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi law, Arabs have this thing about animals. Dogs are considered "unclean' and if they touch one they go into hysterics!! When I was working for Grumman in Iran in '76 I found out that to refer to one of "them' as an animal will get em' riled!! Best way to piss off an Iranian is to say,"Shoma mardar sadd!" roughly translated,"Your mother is a dog" or simply put,"You son of a bitch!!" I guarantee, sparks will fly!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Dennis the 5-right 10 left etc.. reminds me of one of those old pen and ink cartoons in Lyle's rag by Steve Moran !! Don has those 8mm's put on tape. even had Rod Pack's chuteless jump in the fray!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi 216, All this about Arvin got me ta' thinkin'. Ole' Don "SCR-007" Henderson some time ago gave me a tape of some old 8mm footage he shot back when. A lot of it was at Arvin!! Go rattle his cage and get him to bring some of that old vintage stuff to old farts!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi cheesehead, I beg your pardon, I resemble that remark!!!! And I guess having your black box makes you "Bounce Proof" too!!!! Remember what Sparky said," You are not now, nor will you ever be good enough not to die in this Sport!" Lots of really nice people tried to snort a lot of dirt thinkin',"But I have an AAD!!" Tell it to the Reaper, son. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi bor, Like Jim says. "No" Nuf' said. No black box, no "Jesus cord," no RSL, no "sky hook!" Just a plain ole' vanilla M-5 Mirage with the standard (large 3-rings) hardware. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Bolas, So ya' get all these "machines" to do all this work. Until ya' get machines to build the machines, someone will still have to build, maintain, repair etc., the machines?? Just a thought. And, as Margaret Thacher said,"The only trouble with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of 'Other Peoples' Money!'!!!!" Just another thought. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Well, look at it this way . . . nobody other than his guards would care if you or anybody else punched Vick, however, punching the Speaker of the House carries rather severe penalties. Hi Dennis, I like your part about the "severe penalties!!" What a joke! She's psyco to the max and probably has enough artillery trained on her to the point that any round you may have pointed would be lost like a gnat in a Saudi Sand Storm ifin' someone "really" started shootin'!! Just sit back, pop a beer and watch the fireworks!! This is more fun than Fire Sign Theater back in the Tricky Dick daze!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Drafty, Ain't that sumptin'!! Yer' kin always tell a Saudi, but yer' kain't tell em' much!! The ability to use inductive deductive reasoning does not exist over there!! If ya' been there ya' know what I mean. How we and they precieve reality are very different. It kinda' reminds me of a concept from Robert Ruark's book,"The Old man's boy grows older" where he's big game hunting in Africa and he remarks about the natives with them believed that it was the "sound" or "noise" from the rifle that killed the animal, not the impact of the high speed projectile propelled by exploding gun powder in the barrel of the rifle!!! Go figure??....... The "Stone Age" still has not arrived in some places on this planet!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi kgb, "Cheap A-Course??" Hahahahahah!! No such animal. Money is a trivial concern if you really want to Skydive. Your life will change! You will either be a Skydiver or a Tourist. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi I-b, 'Ya know ya' got it bad when on that first plane ride to alt., "'Ya can't wait to hit the door!!!" I recall the Nam' Cruise of '68, didn't get a jump from end of APR till we got back in DEC and it was out to Elsinore that first SAT!! 'Got on the early bird load to 12-5 and when I hit the air out the door at alt...."I was HOME!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi em, Congrats!!!!! Have fun and Fly!!!.....and what zig-zag says below!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi John, Yeah, sad state of affairs. But if ya' gotem', fly em'!! Be careful out there!! If ya' wanna' get up close and personal, go to the National Championship Air Races at Reno in Sept. It all boils down to 3:30PM on Sunday when the Big Irons taxi out for the "Gold Race!!" Strega, Dago, the Bear, Risky Business just to name a few!! See em' and touch em' while you still can. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Jon, 'Remember back in the day at old Elsinore a bunch of us were watchin out the door of the DC-3 as Nick Lucas uncorked a flyer in the config. you describe!! quite a sight!! Freepakin' was "the thing" for a while till a couple of people got susp. lines 1/2-hitched around their main side flaps!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out