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I bet we were on the same load. Not sure they ever did that more than once. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Yes that's correct. They were returning from Dallas where there had been a meet. Houston had blanket fog and they were unsure where they were at. They tried to get under what they thought were clouds and ended up hitting trees. John Lee. Larry (Foghorn) Gallic, Steve Moss and his girlfriend (can't remember her name) were all killed instantly. pics - "The Holy Ghost" with student Steve Moss and Tenafly peas - John Lee 1977 ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

This one is for all the original Spaceland Jumpers. Does anyone remember jumping at the very short lived "Cow Pattie Palace"? It was somewhere in the middle of pastureland close to Brazos Bend State Park just South of Houston. My memories of it are vague. They used a DC-3 with clipped wings. Exit speed out the door was 150 mph. I also remember that on take off, marijuana seeds would come rolling down the isle. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

I have a lot of pics from Spaceland in Dickinson. I'll post a couple here. Exiting - Red - myself White - Landon Kelsey Standing - Red - Gary Ormand - White - Landon Kelsey ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

I'm not sure why Beeville is on this list. They are still operational. I've jumped there a few times as I live in Corpus Christi. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

SCPR struggled after the crash of the Holy Ghost (Our white C-182) in which John Lee and others were killed. I'm unsure as to how long Laird continued to jump there, or who took it over. Spaceland was rapidly growing at that time and we moved our team there in order to get more jumps. I know Laird considered SCPR to be his home DZ. It was a really laid back family of jumpers there. Everyone at SCPR was very friendly and they had great after sunset parties. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Bottom right hand corner. You can still see the runway going west to east. The DZ was located just South from AJ Foyt's Horse racetrack. Look closely and you can see it. AJ showed up at the DZ a few times. He would have his out of town company park their planes at the DZ. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Landon Kelsey's Para Commander - taken at Spring Creek Parachute Ranch near Waller Texas ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Here's a pic of Mike Smith at Houston Gulf Airport Spaceland. ~1978 Can't remember why I took this pic. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Is this a pic of the blue DC3 named "Skytrain"? I had a few jumps out of that? I may even have a pic of it somewhere. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Canopy in the background is a Starlite. This picture was taken in 1982 at Spring Creek Parachute Ranch near Waller Texas. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

I jumped at the original Spaceland (Houston Gulf Airport) from '77 to '82. I was team captain of a 4 way team named "Volitation" (Gary Ormand, Carl Quarford, Landon Kelsey and myself). Most jumpers were into the larger loads back then so my team was utilized as base for a lot of the big loads. There's a lot of talk here about Dave's Metro Otter. I will upload a pic of it with me exiting with Landon Kelsey out behind me. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

"I spent two years of my life trying to put one in Houston along with a few Indian Casino locations across the US." Was this the tunnel that was suppose to be put in at NASA? ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Hey Steve, See if Dave will buy us one Man, I have have to drive 200+ miles just to make a jump. Belinda and I will both chip in for one. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

I jumped Skytrain a few times when it made the rounds to Spaceland in Dickenson TX in the late 70's. I have a few pics of it. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

you gizmo dependant kids of the new school classes. pay attention to the old farts advice kid...... Or...you can always look at the planet! And the well informed youth of today..... In the early eighties I met a man with over 7000 jumps (kinda rare back then) who didn't even own an altimeter. When I asked him how he knew when to pull he replied, "when a Ford looks like a Ford". From that day forward altimeters, to me, were for back up only. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

That video had absolutely nothing to do with turbulence (even though the "expert" claims it did). The jumper had her left steering line break while executing a swoop. It's disturbing to see how people take pleasure from watching other people die. When I ran across the video I flagged it as "inappropriate". I also had a few choice words for the poster. Hope everyone else will do the same. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Why do we Americans always want to know who's fault it is? Take responsibility for what you do. Jumpers are always double checking each other. It can save a life. If you see something not right, speak up, don't jump until you feel it's safe to do so. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Do you walk to the drop zone? Over 40,000 people a year die in car accidents. How many people quit driving because of the danger? And have you ever seen anyone practicing what they would do if an 18 wheeler ran a red light while they are talking on the phone? This isn't helping at all is it I guess the answer is, we are never truly safe in life. So what ever you do just be sure it's fun. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

I miss the people that went there a lot. But you have to admit, the new Spaceland is awesome

I miss my rubber stamp..and my silly suit...and my blast handle...and my piglet...well maybe not the piglet. Man, now I'm depressed. http://www.pauls-online.org/index/skydive.html ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Well I feel very safe when I jump. But people don't skydive and talk on their cell phones at the same time. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

Hey I coached Little League for 14 years so I have this down

SPCR was on Beckner Rd. @ 2920 on the SW corner. ~Paul Creel SCS-5015

We had to have made some jumps together Wendy. There wasn't that many people to jump with.