tooslow

Blue skies, Dick.

this may be of interest to the 'younger' jumpers; back in the day, many of us just didn't have much money; TWENTY DOLLARS for a jump???? we made our own gear from retired air force pilot rigs... the ones they sat on (?). we'd modify the heck out of the containers and cut TU's in the back of the 28 foot flat canopies. the reserves were older than dirt. it took quite some time before i could see my way clear to purchase a para-commander and a... tri-conical (?) reserve.

mid-sixties; 5 static line jumps to include 3 good dummy ripcord pulls.

T-10, of course. later, i see 7tu, 5tu gore (?), 9tu, and then mk1 p.c. (i still miss that 'bat' design; custom work, at the time)

gosh... i'll have to check my logbook, but, yes... i jumped there. it had to be the very EARLY 70s. the master riggers were trying to figure out how to get the 'new' chutes to open slower; the openings were BRUTAL. methinks they were v-shaped airfoils; not the flying mattress of today. home of Parachutists over Phorty? sorry... i'm old and VERY forgetful. (TU5, TU7, paracommander mk1) just got home and checked my logbook; december 1968 signed off by: pop (?) d-47, john coppe (?) d265, bill burr c-5961, ed darey(?) d-241. any of these people still around? lee west d-2? is thar even possible (xenia, ohio) some interesting names and license numbers from 'back in the day'. when my daughter wanted to take up skydiving, i brought my logbook, to the DZ, as my credentials. when the owners thumbed through it they, virtually, BEGGED my to jump with them. considering my age and infirmities, i declined; big mistake.