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From: Tami Morrison
Date: June 13, 2015 at 4:24:19 PM CDT
Subject: Tim's Update
Wanted to let everyone know that my love of 35 years, passed away yesterday (Friday, June 12th) shortly after noon.

Since the tracheotomy on Easter weekend, he steadily declined in health, although he was still walking the dog and flying only 3 weeks ago. He went into the hospital on May 28th for 10 days due to high blood sugar brought on by the steroids he was taking. Unfortunately, while he was there, he contracted pneumonia and developed a blood clot in his right arm. He came home Monday afternoon to home hospice care, but the breathing problems persisted. He passed peacefully during an afternoon nap, with me holding his hand, and his sister next to him.

We will be having a memorial service at Davis Greenlawn Funeral Home on July 11 at 10 AM, followed by a party to celebrate his life at our home. There will also be an ash dive, which is tentatively scheduled for June 27th at Spaceland drop zone near Rosharon, TX.

More details of the final arrangements and times will come in the next update.

Best regards to all his/our wonderful friends and family,
Tami

Just heard of the passing of Tim Morrison (Peanut) in Texas. RIP

Anyone seen a news report from Indiana??
Sad to hear, condolences to the family!

Thanks! I just watched the video from the PIA. Has some electronic gadgets as well, like the tracking system for a cutaway main. And a jump tracking implant accessible by smart phone.

Has anyone jump the Plexus tandem system yet and if so any reviews????

Wind sock hanging down, not much wind and maybe crosswind a bit.

Blue Skies to old time jumper and A&P Todd Davis from Midland TX. who passed from this earth May 23rd 2012. Much too young.

I found it! It's ordered!
Thanks!

Would that be Norm Kent??

Thanks! Where can i find that history video?? Guess i could google it.

Does anyone know where i can get (or buy) a copy of the old freak bros. boogie tape? The one with the Rare Earth version of "Hey Freak Brother" vs. Big Brother. Thanks!!

Westex Skysports in Stanton TX. is sad to learn of the passing of long time member and great friend Matt Oehlschlager. He passed away peacefully this morning in Odessa, Texas.
Matt had been a skydiver, rigger, USPA judge, and pilot.. not to mention many other talents, and to those who knew him..well, he finally got to be that Skymaster! His unique sense of humor will be sorely missed around the DZ camp fires. We will miss you Matt.

I have seen lots of scams and they are generally associated with gear sales. Has anyone seen the use if a credit card in a scam? This came straight to our manifest email and is the last reply...
"Hello,

Thanks for the bookings & confirmations .The total cost of the Diving and Certification is quite okay by me and i'm ready to pay the bills. Also want you to help me Charge another 1500 USD to a travel agent who has issued my guests air flight ticket to your city.

The 1500 USD that will be sent to the agent is for the ticket fare for my guests which will be deduct from my credit card.Also, i'm compesating you with the sum of 400 USD for the transfer fee and for your efforts. Please note that i should have given the travel agency my credit card for him to deduct the ticket funds but he told me that he doesn't have the facilities to charge or debit credit card , so that's why i bring my vote of confidence in you and i dont want you to betray the vote of confidence i put in you so i want you to transfer the funds to him after the money charge from my credit card has reflect in your account you can now make the transfer to the agent via western union. So, the charges you'll make on my credit card will be:


Diving and Certification fee : $1000
Agent fee with shipping fare (1500 USD)
Your Commssion (400 USD)


Note that my credit card will be charged for the amounts above.
Please do get back to me if you are in the office right now so that i can forward my credit card details to you , then you can charge full amount and transfer the agent funds to him via western union.


kind regards."

The guy goes by Robin Clark and didn't want to pay a deposit just the full amount plus some! The first red flag was a "travel agent" that could not take a credit card. Anyone seen this before? Your thoughts.

What happened to the Texas Pops Seq.??

I was contacted by a marketing company selling gift certificates for Skydives by "Smartbox" in Borders Books and Amazon.com. they are selling the package for 299.00, does anyone know if they are associated with Sky Ri**?

What is the cost at your DZ for a reserve repack now that we have a 180 pack cycle?
We are looking at 85 bucks is that standard.

Was the Evolution like the Excalibur?

That very same culvert was the villian to a friend of mine, a guy named Bobby Hutchingson femured there on a hook turn.

A lot of girlfriends are lost due to this sport because when you say " I going to go jump today do you want to go?" They think you are going to the airport and get right on the plane and go right up and come right back down and then go to the movies or something. Not knowing it's going to be an all day event and half of the night. Then there is the bond issue skydivers have with each other and that can cause some jelousy.

Rickster was at some point jumping the Saber in Muskogee, dont remember what year. But I do remember the first zero P canopy I saw was there and it was a South African canopy all pink and i believe it was called the Reflex. I made 2 jumps on a demo and was going from a 220 pegasus to a 135 zero P eliptical, talk about downsizing. Of course this was way before we were educated in the art of downsizing and I really considered cutting it away...it was going way too fast to possibly land this thing. Ha Ha

YEAH!!!! your the winner! Thanks! We have been watching the wind blow and tellin stories and that was one we racked our brains over.

Does anyone remember the dude that would swoop thru the camping area and the cars with the Saber when they first came out? Everyone was still jumping the Pegasus and Clouds. What was his name?

Hell I still cant find Terms and Conditions, as an outsider and not even from this part of the country, it seems the website is VERY generic in the sense all the answers to the links refer you to call. Aircraft doesn't tell me what kind of aircraft. If I were a visiting Jumper to this area i don't think i would go there.

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At least they are complying with the ruling about displaying a link to their terms and conditions on the "home" page.

Falcon 74, Eagle 110, NFS 407, GW-2945, DW-1641, DDW-1151, "Inga... elevate me"

Shit it took my 30 mins, to stop looking at this site.

Thanks i didn't know. I was just addressing what Gary73 saw.