longtall

Pissin off the Pope eh.

BACKUP to be sure;teaching a FJC I mention the backup radio as late in the course as I can,fearing the student will shut out the training to be self reliant and hope to rely on the radios. At our DZ the radios remain on untill landing.

Anyone know what his foreward and descent speed readingd were?

WOW way cool,Thanks for the photos and the measurments;might come in handy.

I would have loved those jump boots back in the day. Didnt have size 16. Had to use surplus store jump boots instead.

WOW JIM ; That was well said, thanks for sharing that and HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

When Reagan lied he was just".....out of the loop."

Congrats !

Just finished "Riding Rockets" from our resident astronaut in Albq. Getting ready to start, "Sky Walking" ?Tom Jones, Kittingers book " Come up and get me" was a fun book also.

Damn; I keep falling out!

COOL ! I want one ! Can you pm me the details ?

WOW (a second look at the photos) That was your pretty camo pc ! I have a camo pc like it. It was called pizza-puke. From the rigger who sold it to me (years ago) he said it was Israeli desert camoflage pattern.

CONGRATULATIONS ! Glad youre ok,except the ankle.
A few questions if you dont mind; What was the main container ? A stylemaster? Was the reserve attached hi or low on the harness(cant tell riser lenth from the photo)above or below the chest strap? is the pc ok? Where were you jumping? sea level ? I quit jumping my conventional(b4)rig in the water fearing the lo mount reserve opening shock would snap my 57 y/o self in half if I needed it.

Well that deteriorated quickly.

Condolences

Was there a military version of the pioneer PC ? What was it called ?

that took balls !

I too am an old( 56 yo)PC jumper and have treated my nostalgia needs at our annual water boogie and jumped the PC into the lake. Last year (water-boogie 23) I reluctantly put away my b-4 container(PC main,C-9 reserve) because the reserve attachment points were so low on the harness.If I needed my reserve (God forbid a total) I would have been bent in half like a taco during opening shock.

Picture #5 (in shark air) the load has more wrinkles than a box of raisins. Now I can relate to that! Need to pencil in the date for 2012.

A memorable ride to alti:
There was an imptomptu farting contest in the beech 18 on the way to altitude one winter. After several "honerable mentions" a choking,horid,cloud wafted through the cabin.Many wanted to open the door despite the cold. My friend from the Zuni Pueblo smiled and raised his hand and confessed "mutton burrito" Bastard won !
----That ones for you Jim----------

Sorry for your loss.

My first "video game" was changing the channel and my brother changing it back to something else. Many fights like that. The test pattern was an Indian and headdress.

and CHERRY BOMBS ! man I miss cherry bombs...

We would chase behind the fogger trucks on bicycle;probably NOT as good of an idea as playing on the RR tracks (which we also did)
Remember great customer service ANYWHERE ?

Can you still get frito pie there ?