skybill

Hi Fly, It boils down to whoever's left at 3:30 pm on Sunday in the big Iron class (Unlimited) Everything else is just get ready!! Gentlemen, you have a race!! and then ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Speed!!, Sounds like fun and mighty tasty!! Back a few cases ago in Ca. I made about 30 gallons (6 sparklets jugs worth) of some tasty apricot wine. A lot of old fart DZ people from Perris and old Elsinore might remember (if they have any brain cells left!!! hehehe) I think it was about Christmas of '80 I gave away bottles of my wine that year. My apricot tree went nuts that year and I thought that was the best way to deal with all the excess fruit!! Gotta do that again!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Night, Sorry about your kitty's problems. The best of good vibes to your kitty and you from me and my bunch of felines, Angel Food Mc Spade, Lucky, Jethro, Booger , the Grey Kitty and "Chuckey Blue!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Cav, Hoo-ya!! for the "High Speed Water Recepticle!!" As for the Mk 79 mod "O" pencil flare, with the early model, one had to make sure it was cocked before you screwed in the cartridge or when it bottomed out on the firing pin you got a big surprise!! They came out with the "A" change after that!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Cav, I was a Navy Rigger circa 1967-70 Ships' company V-6 div. Paraloft on the USS Princeton LPH-5 and the USS Okinawa LPH-3 'Viet Nam cruise '68 and '70. as for the survival kits for issue there were several. None were the James bond type or the one Slim Pickins was going thru in the movie "Dr Strangelove!!" BUT there were condoms!! We called them High Speed Water Recepticles!! They were suppose to be for storing fresh water!! Well what ever floats your boat. AND they could be used for R&R in the Phillipines too- remember 'Po-town?? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Tall, In your old B-4 rig if it wasn't scavenged too much, it had a little booklet stashed somewhere on it, title,"Survival uses of the parachute" cool stuff, like how to make nets from the lines, how to make shelters and among other things, take some of the hardware pieces and a strip of webbing and "bingo!!" a blackjack. I have a couple of these books stashed in my archives!! See above posts they make mention too. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Speed, Good ??? Reminds me of when I used to work for Scurvy Irvin, I was "one of the Rigger" and I packed parachutes. (Like the red white and blue one that slows the Space Shuttle down when it lands!! That was one of our projects!!) Some of the floor people resented my job and used to say,"Them damn riggers make too much money and don't ever do no work!"" hahahhah I laughed all the way to the bank!!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Ivan, One tradition no one else has mentioned yet (I think?) is,"CASE OF BEER!!!!!!!" for just about anything!! Back in the old daze, the tradition was you owed a case of brew if you dropped your ripcord!! Only way out of that one was if you had a mal then you could toss it so you had both hands free to get your reserve out. With B-4 equipment, you needed both hands and a lot of luck, or something. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Sky, Back in the early 70's at Borderlands Airsports Center Otay Ca.(McDonaldland as we called it) we had a Stinson Gullwing Reliant with a 450 hp Pratt on it. We named it ,"The Bodacious Thunder Chicken!!" I believe it even flew some jumpers at the old Lakeside DZ NE of San Diego. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Ivan, What ever happened to "Cardinal Puff" and all the other side games, playing hackey sack, mooning the buzz job, crater lurks, and does anyone remember "Shazam" ???????? (hint hint, Skydive Elsinore summer of '68) SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi hag, Great song, thx for printing out the words for us!!! BTW I wonder how many newby's know what (HAGALO) stands for??? How about "High Altitude Grab Ass Low Opening" typical for most of our activities, at least in daze gone by. These daze the newby's get chicken at 5 grand and start tossin' pilot chutes!!! Like take it to at least 2.2K !! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Sky, At Perris that's "Air Trash!!!" and there's also "Sky Scum!!!" Not to get the two cornfused?? However, if you ask a member of either group, the reply would probably be," I resemble that remark!!" Well have fun and any time you want to jump with Air Trash, (or Sky Scum for that matter) I'm sure there will be a slot on the load. BTW go to www.airtrash.com and check out the site, what-a-site!!! Also at Raeford we have Air Trash East which I transplanted out here when I moved from the left coast. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Chuck, All is fine and well ridin' da beacon in both catregories, as long as you don't get shot by Gene Paul!!!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi bird, Sounds grim!!! Remind me to stop at Wally-world and pick up some more ammo.... Just in case. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi nuck, After surviving (walking wounded) catholic school, 1-8 grades, I heard that before!!! Same B-S now as it was then. Think I'll go do a skydive and hit Aviators afterwards for a beer and tell lies. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi 331, To add a couple more: Chuck Yeager in the right stuff, "You boys want whiskey?" Astroscout, "No, but I will have a cocacola in a clean glass!" (That was the real CY in the bib overalls doing the whiskey line.) "The Iceman cometh." The Hunters "Here's lookin' at you kid" -You-know-who!!!!! "If you want to live, then follow me!" Arnie S. "Fill your fist you son of a Bi*%h!!!!!!!" The Duke "We got two kinds of pilots around here, we got your prime pilots who fly the hot planes and then we have your Pudknockers, so what do you two Pudknockers want to drink??" Pancho Barnes to Gus and Gordo in the Happy Bottom Riding Club Bar at Edwards in the movie "The Right Stuff" "Whose the best Astronaut? Well, You're lookin' at him!!" Gordo to the reporter at the end of "The Right Stuff" (Funny how that goes?) SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi 331, Havn't read em all yet but I like Charlie Bronson's last line in the original "Dirty Dozen" "Boy oh boy, killin' Generals could get to be a habit!!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi walt, "White men can't 'JUMP!!!'" Hmmmmm??? Well, we do,,,,, how high?? How high was the last time you unassed an aircraft in flight!!?? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Howard, In the 3rd photo the guy in the orange t-shirt is the "Codflicker!!!!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Skydave!!, What a trip! Well, I work in the Parachute bussiness so being a skydiver or talking about it is part of the deal. Not talking about it would be like a cook who won't eat his own cookin'. Anyway, hope your boss gets over it and blue skyz!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Night, Good going!!!!!!!!!! 'Got a Ruger Mk II , shoots great!! So what 's your shotgun? 'Just got a Mossberg Mod 88 at Wallyworld here in Clinton NC. Said I want that gun, filled out the paperwork, the guy called in the info and I walked out of there in 15 minutes with my piece!! Love NC for buying guns!! Wallyworld has the best prices on ammo too!!! ""BUY MORE AMMO!!!!!!!!"" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Ry, Just to add another $0.25, I'd even vote DEM to get her in the White House over that broom riding Hillary!!!!!! For that matter with Dennis doing his President thing Eliz would definitely be a big hit with her "First Lady Swimsuit Calendar!!!!!!" Not since Jackie waterskiing with the Astronaut have we seen any "First Lady Skin!!" For that matter, how about "Skin to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Oh for the daze of the packing table runway wet T-shirt contest at the SCR scrambles at OLD ELSINORE!!!!! Meanwhile, how about another Bourbon, Good thread Ry. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Ryoder, Can you imagine her as "First Lady??" I know, he has to win the big one first!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Squeaky, Far out man!! I was in Iran in 1976 working for Grumman's F-14 project. My wife Chris, myself, Paul Ross and Lee Sewell did some jumps for the 4th of July Grumman-Bell Helicopter party!! I guess we violated Isalamic Law as my wife skydived with 3 guys at the same time!!!!!!!!!!LOL Got photos too!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Grue, 'Learned to fly airplanes in a 7AC "Airknocker" Champ N2211E 65 hp. Cont. powered. Yup keep pumping the pedals, you'll get used to it. Fortunately with the Champ it's easy to see over the nose. Best thing I did as far as flying goes is learn in the taildragger first!!!! Nose wheel planes then were a breeze!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out