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I don't see a thread about this, so reluctantly, I'll ask here. This CA bill http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB295 was signed by the Governor on Saturday and is aimed at tandem safety (and Lodi) based on a tandem fatality in 2016 there when the tandem master was not legally rated. The following salient points were reported on a local Sacramento news report: 1. the "association" objected "mildly" to the bill saying it would duplicate what is already Federal law. 2. Caltrans would levy fines (the Caltrans Div. of Aeronautics does not have a history of safety enforcement that I know of and would logically leave that to the FAA/NTSB). 3. The FAA said they would not sanction Lodi for that particular incident because they could not hold responsible for "discrepancies" in the tandemmaster's paperwork. (There has to be more to that part of the story). We all have an opinion on Bill and Lodi's ops and have debated those opinions for years. Let's not beat that dead horse here again, BUT, tell me if there are additional facts to a real back story to this bill other than speculation that * the plaintiff's lawyers want to beef up the lawsuit or their reputation or * other DZ owners are tired of Bill's ridiculously low jump rates. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

You're very welcome. Glad to see it go to someone wild and crazy like I was many years ago. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Sure, It's hard and dangerous, but so is a lot of other skydiving disciplines. when & where was the last skysurf jump you saw? Kind of curious: made about 80 myself 20 years ago and have a couple of boards I'd give to anyone who'd want them. See Misc. classifieds Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Thank you. Now I'll go just to see Roger. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

I called and they said there would be organizers. They didn't name any names but I probably would not recognize or remember them anyway. Guess I'll go and check it out. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Have not jumped at Davis since Colin retired. Wondering how their annual boogie is for the old farts these days and if there will be some decent organization for travelling/unknown belly flyers this weekend. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Mike certainly had the talent to jump with Tesseract and win national 4 way medals, but he was too busy chasing down rainbows and making pipe dreams come true to commit to something as boring as 4 way practice. As a new commercial pilot, he had the world to see and experience. It was his brother John who was on Tesseract. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Mike suddenly passed on a couple of days ago and the grapevine is buzzing with a lot of great "Mike stories" going back thru the years to Spokane circa 1970. Anyone got a mind blower they'd like to share? Let's see, I think I have one that includes Boise, the first upside down meet, Mike, Jerry Bird, a van and a rather unique 1st place prize. Details are kinda foggy right now...........stand by. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Mike passed on suddenly in Florida a couple of days ago. http://www.facebook.com/#!/michael.j.culler I have no details; just thought I'd put this out there since he knew so many of us going back 40 years. He will be missed. Many of you will appreciate what an understatement that is. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Here's a picture of the 1st year (1988). This is as close as we got that year at least. We may have completed it in 90 or 91, but by then, it was just Dav3 fun and we didn't really care. Also here's a picture of the pointy end of the formation. It was also impressive just seeing all those Cessna's lined up on the taxiway. Looked tight and squared away. I think I threw away the Norm Kent plane pics as they were very nice but only 5x7's. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

It was at Snohomish as Jamie Woodward had closed Issaquah several years earlier and been running Slow-ho for some time. With Jamie's organization, the logisitics weren't that hard. I brought my 182 over from Spokane and, along with most of the jumpers, had some apprehension about how tight and safe the formations would be. But after the first load, we all relaxed and knew that the challenge was getting all 55 jumpers into the dense slow falling diamond. Norm Kent gave us plane owners some plane to plane shots that give some perspective (as well as just great photography). I'll see if I can find those. I had a great time and I think almost everyone on the load and the pilots did too. Here's a picture of Dave from that era that I still have sitting on my bookshelf and enjoy looking at. When I met him 30+ years ago, I never thought I'd say that. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Jerry, yeah, TC was #11. The attached is my revised guess on jumper seating based on the NTSB report of where the survivors and the injured survivors were in the airplane. TC got his knee/leg smashed up pretty good and Boling was in the hospital for at least a few days. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

here's a resized jpeg Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Eric, here's a pic for you. April 1981 over Issaquah out of 3 Cessnas. Inside facing out: 12 noon; Ted Idlof 8:00 "Bushy" 4:00 Mark King Inside facing in: 10:00 Earl bartell (Paraphernalia) 2:00 Root 6:00 Lani Schroeder Outside: 11;00 Mark Leverenz 1:00 Maggot 9:00 Kari Seppanen 3:00 Debbie (Maggot's squeeze) 5:00 Mike Metcalf (the mouth) 7:00 Lynda Forney (Paraphernalia) Maggott, you'll love this; My log book says you did a steep dive versus a flat track (remember those debates?) and pulled your reserve at 1000' because "there was no clear air!!" That ring a bell?? Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.

Had some old pics out for another reason and stumbled on this sketch I made soon after the fateful day. This is my understanding of where people were in the airplane. Probably not real exact as it obviously it doesnt' jive very well with what I thought Monty Stevens told me recently. But at least it has all the names and generally where they were. The numbers by the names don't make a lot of sense now but those guys got out and lived. Ted D6691 SCR 3975 SCS 2242 NSCR 698 On the road to wrack and ruin………… but making damn good time.