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Here they are.

I bought one in 1977 from Tom Manship (rip). Top was full of patches from the original reefing system.

I didn't know about it. Doc might know.

Doc, Check out this picture of Scott Moore from 1980. Wife number ?

Can't really tell, all the white guys looked the same back then.

Nope, I'm taking the picture from the rotating beacon tower.

I found some old slides from Decatur, Texas 1980. This guy's face looks familiar but I can't think of his name.

7,200 or 7,500 was a 'high' jump back then.

Looks like a young Doc Stewart to me.

The Star Light Inn. I remember when Ed Lynn's mother worked there in 1976 or so. We'd hang out there after jumping -no where else to go back then Decatur was small and 'out of the way' 33 years ago. Man, I was 21 and have some great memories from those few years. Didn't have any money, no future, no plans, nothing but parachute jumping - its all I had back then. But when I think about it - life was pretty fucking simple - no problems just young and stupid. Glad you were taking so many pictures and athnks for sharing them they sure bring back some stuff.

I owned a 27' Russian in the mid 70's. The canopy is made from 3 types of of material. I packed mine in a Green County POD and stowed the slack center lines at the connector links. The rate of descent is higher than a MK1. It was my favorite canopy.

I agree. Its not a midget - its just a little som' bitch. Here's a midget we trained. look how he's struggling with his arch. Very sad.

would that be categorized as a skydiving death or an aviation fatality? Either way at least he died a midget warrior death.

We think a bird must have grabbed him and flew off.

In the days before wind tunnels we built a a 'midget launcher' to get them some free fall time. It was like a big sling shot and we would shoot them over the t-hangers into the pea gravel. We were launching them two at a time if they were small enough. They'd squeal and grab at each other all the way. They carried MA-1's to slow down the landing a bit. I got out of hand when we made a second launcher and were launching them them directly at each other at night. We shot one straight up and never found him.

Michael Jackson was a midget?

I RECOGNIZE THIS GUY! I did a 1 1/2 man with him. He got wasted so we packed his little ass up in a Green County POD and jumped him. He POD locked and went in. We never did find his little body. That was some funny shit, we had a blast and I think he enjoyed it too....except for the last second or two.

Dwarfs think they're better than Midgets. They dress a little nicer and smell better but the truth is.....they all fall the same. I can say this because my mother was a midget. In fact she's in the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest midget in the world. She's 5' 11".

Next time just wait until super swooper goes to pack and when he isn't expecting it kick the shit out of him. Then look at him and ask 'what the FUCK was that ?' just like we did it in the 'old days' at the little outlaw DZs everywhere.

You said it right on. I entered the sport with a clear understanding that I could get killed even if I did everything right. Why? Because parachute jumping is dangerous and sometimes 'shit happens'. 'OK kid, still wanna make a jump?' 'Yes sir I do.' 'All right....try not to fuck up!' Thats why Parachutist published the 'Fatality Reports' so we could see who fucked up.

Me jealous? Of a skydiving midget with a bigger dick than mine that could probably whip my ass? This mother fucker had a DONG man. I know he got more DZ snatch than all of us. Drop Zone mamas were freaky too and they all wanted to fuck the Omega Midget. Little freak -I mean he made ME feel fucked up.

Little midget togas man like pillow cases. It gets nasty, this one midget, the omega midget leader turns out he's mean drunk. Short little bastard with a pecker the size of a baby's arm. Hes up on the packing table swinging his meat around and nobody can get close enough to get him down. Finally three of his little buddies tackle him looked like a midget meat ball.

Now thats some funny shit!!

That will cause some problems for jumpers as well as DZ owners. Midgets fly different -they are laterally unstable and hard to doc - if you hit them too hard they richochet off spinning and sqealing like a little piglet. Plus they throw off your depth perception - they look farther off than they really are. They're just hard to see. And forget about a wave off -they'll pull right in your face. DZ owners won't make as much money when invaded by the midget men, everything is half price. And then there is the midget orgies. I don't know if you've ever been to one of their midget parties but I have and it gets ugly.

Circus midgets always had bad attitudes and they stole stuff. The midget jumper at our DZ wasn't half bad. We gave him a short training course and fixed him up with a little 24' main and a little midget rig. It was funny to watch him practice his little midget PLFs, looked like an ewok from star wars. We'd have to help him on jump run because he couldn'r reach the step. Once he got into RW it was even more fun. We'd build little 4 1/2 man stars. He'd get up on our backs and run around the star. As far as midget tossing goes, I used to compete locally in the 70's but it was a very misunderstood sport. There's a lot more to it atn people think. Technique, strategy, getting to know your midget.