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Does anyone know where I can get a Pioneer POD or Para-Opening- Device for my old Paracommanders. Used, new. or un-usable? Good detailed old/new photos with something else in the picture for scale. Many thanks Strange Dave

Blue Skies, Bill. Keep light grips cause we will all be entering that same Star some day.

The Howard was still sitting in the weeds at southern Parachute in 1972-1973. Leon had the wings inspected and found worms infesting the spar. As long as I was there it never flew. Too Bad.

Hey , Mr. Burfel. did you sell the PC with harness, ole pig rig and reserve? I didn't recieve an answer to my inquiery about the deal in the classifieds. So, how about it? Strange Dave [email protected]

Use one in my job. Is it set up with a 308 stitch already? If not then it will need an internal cam swap. Will sew with E thread with proper size needle. Needs a grooved presser foot. Should sew great. Don't forget it is a self oiler. Fill the 'crank case'. DaveQuote

I have no doubt that you may have indeed been on one of the 2 stalls that I remember. I was the rigger at the gulch 74 thru 75. One stall was out of the gulches loadstar. The 2nd was out of the Veriliner, a tan ship with dark red stripe and lettering. I can still look it up in my log book for the exact date. Strange Dave FB232

The boys in Casa grande did have a Load stall. Ran out of trim and didn't have the gear down and foward for more foward CG. I think that the US freefall Ex. team was aboard when it stalled on J-R. They all got an education in zero g exits. Later the 'Veriliner' loadstall from Kansas showed up. New guys (flying divers)were at the controls. I was standing in the door over our base guy with 18 others behind me. Don't remember actually initiating the exit. Just remember being in freefall next to the aircraft as it dove towards the ground. Tracked away from it, got lucky and missed the tail. Third guy behind me got his knees taken out. From 12 down to 4 everybody else except 1 got out. The pilots gained control and flew back to the gulch. Three years later at Z-hills I put up a 22 way. Out of all the DC-3s there in Nov. 76 we get the Veriliner again! On the way up to altitude fear becomes contageous. I get up off the floor at 10 Grand to get ready, and I notice several familiar faces from the load 3 years earlier. Some one yells jump run! Someone else yells No! No! No! sounded like GO! GO! GO! So we went went went. 20 miles from the DZ. Last jump from a Loadstall I ever made. Strange

While hiking in the Gila Wilderness of southern NM a few years ago during a fire over the hill, looked up and here comes a beautiful twin tubine DC3 full of Smoke jumpers. Never wished harder than that moment about being with them insted if on the ground with my heavy backpack. Beautiful!!!!

Along time ago at a place known as da Gulch after BirdsQuote great friend and my personal mentor Jim Headorn was killed. I asked Jerry this rhetorical question after he said he was thinking of quitting. "Who will fly your slot ? Now 30 years later , I can answer that question for Bird. No one could and no one ever will. Blue Skies Jerry. Strange Dave