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That would be Scott Formby. He was my instructor and jumpmaster for my first jump. He lived in Shreveport for years, last saw him at a reunion in Shreveport years ago. The only La Tech jumper i am still in touch with is Tim Garlington, he still lives in Ruston, and comes on dz.com sometimes.....

Soo many memories....a double keeled Dactyl, a cottonbelt conference meet where all COONASS skydivers wore flattened, dead frogs around our necks. (Hey, Vern gave em to us!) A cannon. The safety meetings on the causeway headed to Covington... The "Scream Palace" down in the French quarter... Greggo King, RIP...the demo we did into the Prop Stop on the bend of the Tickfaw River,,,,other jumpers seeking US out at Freak Bros cus "we heard about you guys, and want to skydive w yawl"....BS, BD to YOU Jay Dufour.....Quote

UH...no. They can arrest anyone for any reason. They can arrest you for just giving them a hard time. Ain't saying its right or legal, but they can do it. Nothing may come of it, but you will still spend a few hours with them...

Well... I have a Vector 2 made in '88 with a Glidepath Fury and the same reserve as you, a Firelight. It has been converted to a BOC, and I have NEVER had any trouble at all from this rig. I don't jump much anymore, and in my opinion there are a lot of "gear snobs" in the sport now. As long as it was maintained properly I obviously see no problems with you jumping it. Flame away people.

"In 1971, was it possible to plug-in the the phone lines to make a call like the the Bell linemen used to do? was this suspect familiar with phone technology? " He could have plugged into any splice box, cross box, or a demarc box(on the side of every house/bldg) if he had a "butt-in" test set, which are very commonplace, every phone tech has one. IF he had the knowledge. And I could probably give you enough knowledge on how to do it in under 10 minutes....

WHAT?

One of my buddies who is a Tandem Master to a coworker of mine making his first tandem "Who is your BEST friend"...student sd "my wife" NO DUMBASS you don't have a parachute on I AM YOUR BEST FRIEND!!"

One word....BASE!

You call, we fall..we dive at five, no muff too tuff.

Welll, I remember a conference meet in Bayou La Batre, Vernon Melancon gave all us Coonasses flat, "cg godfrog" frogs with a grommet thru them on a piece of 550 cord to wear as necklaces. And, um, we had a cannon. And someone took the cannon into town, and, well, i left before the police showed up. GOOD TIMES!!

I started jumping at Louisiana Tech and remember jumping there(vaguely, lol). Remember names like Drippy Dick and Bookworm. Also recall jumping a DC-3 the first time one was jumped in Mississippi, in Hattiesburg. Was jumping with the Coonass Skydivers then, and THOSE were GOOD times. Electric Star, anyone? BS, BD

Uhh, say WHAT? Well, I guess I need to inform my old F-111 Fury 220 that all those standup landings never happened?!!!

Nick, thanks for keeping the list for so long. I met you once years ago, and I think you are a stand up guy. FYI, I have printed it and it will always be a memorial to my friends who are on it, and NO ONE can change that. Blue Skies my brother.......

I have one BASE jump but am not a BASE jumper. I have three close friends on the list, including one that coached me thru my one BASE jump. I think the list should remain, it serves more than one purpose. It is a memorial for my friends, and it is a reminder of the ultimate price that we all may have to pay if we BASE.