skybill

Hi dive, Besides the 7 vs 9 cell difference, don't buy "any" equipment without having "your" rigger check it out first. If you don't know the dif. xtwn a 7 and 9 cell of the same ft2 then do some research. If you don't, you may do some more walking than you planned. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi pc, "Sled!!!!!" 'Back in the early 70's at Otay, Mokie Martin showed up with one. It flew like an out of control F-4 on landing final with only one side of flaps deployed!!!! He left skid marks in the dirt like the above mentioned F-4 also!!! Foaming the runway wouldn't help!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hey James, Have a Happy B' Day!!!! Have a Turkish Coffee and we'll chase it with a skydive and a beer when ya' get back Stateside!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Rob, "Funny thing you should mention that!!" So they asked you also!! My favorite answer to them was a takeoff on a line or two from "The Right Stuff," "Ya' know what makes those parachutes work??.. Funding!!...No Bucks, No Buck Rogers!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi warpy, What hoplophobic's wet themselves over,"EBR's!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Bill, Went to the Post off. today and put the cards in a 5x7 envelope, only cost a buck for the postage. Cheap at twice the price. Keep us posted on how George is doing. He will definitely be in our prayers. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Bill, Consider it done. 'Got some really neat "really old" skydive photo cards from the Old Farts Reunion here at Raeford, Theyre going to George. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Interesting. On the rig I have, the leg throw out looks original. However, there's still a slot between the padded part of the backpad, and the actual container & webbing, at the lower right, small of the back. So it creates a pouch between the two layers. I don't know why it is there, but it would be perfect for keeping a stash bag if doing a demo or landing off. Hi pch, The "Slot" you refer to was the original pilotchute stow pouch. The pullout lanyard came out and down to a piece of velcro on the side of the bellyband. Originally the pullout lanyard was attached to the bottom of the pilotchute , then later to the top. Here is what happened to me using that deployment system . To this day, I still think of the ugly mess I would have been in if I decided to do the loops instead of pulling Hi fall, Yup, there are many testamonies!!! So, did your pilot chute "escape" first or did your main container open first???? either way, "out of sequence" deployments always seem to be "unique" from each other!! Glad yer around to tell the story!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi JW, Yup, plenty do buyem', but they don't pack the reserve!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi BH, A "Racer" is like what Wolfman Jack once said about the "New York Dolls," "You might lovem', you might hatem' but please welcome warmly...." You ain't gonna' find no middle of the road Racer freaks. John shoulda' named the rig,"The Edsel!!" Ever since Troy Loney developed the single pin loop thru the middle of the pilot chute system the Racer/Poptop got left behind. One pin instead of two,"Less is More" to cop a phrase from an old Hank the Crank Piglet add. The ? is not "how to sell it," but "who'd buy it??" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi DB, Yup, you can "multitask" with that rig!! You can use the leg pouch or the back pad pouch. Note the velcro on the short piece of T/VII from the container to the MLW, that's where the bunny tail or "handle" would go if no belly band. I don't know if Max's rig had a belly band or not but he sure had one hell of a sore shoulder!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Mr Dr, They're "ALL" fun jumps!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Interesting. On the rig I have, the leg throw out looks original. However, there's still a slot between the padded part of the backpad, and the actual container & webbing, at the lower right, small of the back. So it creates a pouch between the two layers. I don't know why it is there, but it would be perfect for keeping a stash bag if doing a demo or landing off. Hi pch, The "Slot" you refer to was the original pilotchute stow pouch. The pullout lanyard came out and down to a piece of velcro on the side of the bellyband. Originally the pullout lanyard was attached to the bottom of the pilotchute , then later to the top. Max Kelly came to work one day, when we were working for Douglas Aircraft, with a really sore right shoulder. Said he had a "hard pull!" on his Handbury rig on Sunday!! 'Said he gave it a tug and it didn't budge, one more, no dice, so he grabed a hold and one more hard yank, out the pilot chute came and "INFLATED (lanyard at bottom) before he could think to let go and his shoulder got "ROTATED!!!" Sore as hell for a while but he lucked out and didn't need surgery!! After that, Jim changed the attachment point to the top of the pc. The between the backpad and pack stow pouch was one of the "many" innovations we 70's-80's jumpers got to "Test Jump!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

'Happy B' Day to Chuck Blue!!!! Best wishes for a great day from skybill and Peggy!!!!!!!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Guys, "Light's on, somebody's home!!!!" The Big ??, "What's next??" Can we make it to the 2010 "electoons" without a Ft. Sumter?? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi P-pod, As long as there will be Skydiving with more than (2) people exiting an aircraft in flight, there will be differences of opinion over the spot. Some 45+ years ago out of a Cessna 172 at Hammond Airport La., 3 jumpers were getting in the plane and Henry Connor from New Orleans Skydivers grabbed the wind drift indicator (the long yellow crepe paper streamer to you newbies) and said,"I'm Spotting!!" Philip R. "Cappy" Connors from Louisiana Skydivers, Baton Rouge said,"That's O.K. Henry, I know how to Track!!" Don't worry though, no matter where you exit the aircraft, you are still directly above the center of the earth!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Speedie!!, Lo and behold, the "Kamp King" jackknife!! Let me guess, it had the main blade, a bottle opener/screw driver pry, a can opener and a awl/punch!! I think thet were about $1.98 when I was a kid. 'Had several. Also, Kamp King had a matching sheath knife (6" blade) and a hatchet. Good stuff. And, don't forget the classic "Barlow!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi riddler "and " (4 shotguns!) Vector boy, Hahahahahaha!!! Daddys, cute daughters and "Shotguns!!" Back in the day of "Massa Ben and Momma Diane's" Scare-us-Valley Paracenter we skydivers of yore' watched "from a safe distance" Melanie grow up!! Back in the earlie 80's at a Valentines day boogie we had a "Talent Show" by the swimming pool. Don "007" Henderson and his ukulele won the sing-song, Charlie Parker got the oscar for best skydiving Video production of "The Twilight Zone" skit that he produced "AND" those who may still have a few brain cells left from that era, remember Melanie and her girlfriend do a cheerleader dance up on the stage while Massa Ben sat right behind them stage left a bit in an old front porch chair with,"A SHOTGUN OVER HIS KNEES!!!!" "The more things change, the more they remain the same!!!!" Have fun ya'll!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Speedie, It's really a sad state of affairs in this country if ya' really just have to ask that question. After Barry gets done with this place and it becomes "Obamaland" what the hell are we going to say?? As for our "current Pledge (the one with "under God" in it), My answer is "Say it" "Everybody Say it" and "SAY IT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Got that??/ SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

It's Labor Day Weekend and as a lot of us old farts, those that can still remember, may recall the "SCR Scrambles" at "Old Elsinore." It's 1730 at the Lake now. Still time for a load or two. The bonfire, beer and food are almost ready. Anyone remember "Grouper's Pig Roast!!" Vans circled in the parking lot, "Safety Meetings" everywhere!! Me, Art Tucker, Chris (my ex), and I think Roddy Gegan did a Howard load, were open under canopy and got down to about a grand when off to one side we hear bodies in freefall and hooting and hollerin' as canopies open, it's "The Latins" hummin' it but good!! The beer, the band and don't forget the Night Nude Ground Star!! How much fun can you really have???? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

"5 Right and Cut!!" That Star up there just got one bigger! Fly on Gary. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Jay, That had to be at Covington. When I think of Southern Parachute Center, it takes me back to my pre-Navy daze at Hammond. Both places have a lot of Skydiving history to tell. Got any cold Dixie's in the frige.??? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi cw, Try Amendment XVI to the Constitution. "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." ratified 03FEB1913. "SO," if you're a "common American worker" and you have an "income" then to them you are fair game. If you think the XVIth Amendment "does not apply" then you go argue that in court and if you can win it then you will have accomplished greatness!! Don't try to rock the boat too much though, how the he2xl do you think "The Joker" is going to pay for all his "Hopey Changie" shit???? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

PLF's are nowhere near antique as you think, save my legs on a couple of my AFF landings ... hurt like a beech but nothing was broken ... Hi kerm, Pal, as I said PLF's "appear" antique, whether 'ya learn 'em or not is up to the individual skydiver. There comes a time when other than the canopy like squrrily winds, shears or the like that test ones' ability to walk away from the landing. Think FAST, feet n' knees and CRASH! PLF's, good stuff. As for Oly and her landings, I would hope that they are getting smoother and better. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

cute oly = 5 pages of concern and advice uggo bill = PLF. cheers Hi kerm, Thanx for the advice on PLF's, with todays' canopies they appear "antique" whereas back when, they were "MANDATORY!!!!" I was never more happy than the day I got my first ParaCommander and 5 kt of wind!! Tip toe standups! Then StratoStars and beyond!! The bottom line,however, still boils down to information, knowledge and skill. 'Ya may recall the old flying saying,"Takeoffs are optional, landings are mandatory!!" If you think landing parachutes is fun, go to your local airport and take some flying lessons in a J-3 Cub, 7AC Champ (65 hp) or the like and try to learn how to do stall landings!!...and if you think those are fun, after you do one or two, your instructor will put you on the 90* crosswind runway and try doing crosswind landings without dragging a wingtip in the dirt!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out