mccurley

I've read through this thread from start to finish and would like to put in my two cents worth. I started jumping in Aug 73 at Port Severn Ontario with Huronia Skydivers. It was either that summer or the very next I first met Bill Cole. I do remember that I had heard of him before I started jumping and his exploits of jumping chutless and demo jumps into the CNE every summer were the stuff of legends to a younge fellow like myself. Likewise my father "Mac McCurley" and my uncle "Ray Daviou" who took the first jump course with me, were also in awe of this Sky God who had so many adventures and was still around to talk about it. In 73 there wern't that many skygods around, in fact I don't think the term was invented yet. The point is Bill was one at this early stage in the sport. All that aside we got to know Bill, not well, but well enough to know that in spite of his lofty status he was more then willing to share his knowledge,experiance, good humor, and sometimes even his gear, with the lowley newbies on the D.Z. I also got to know over the years some of the people who didn't like Bill for what ever reason. There was a lot of one up manship going on and a lot of self induced ego massage. Needless to say some people look at the world through blinkers and allow personal differances overshadow common sense. It's about time the CSPA pulled it's head out of it's collective arse and does the right thing. He should be given a F*****G medal for inspiring a host of people to take up the sport in the early days, not penalized for doing things others didn't have the guts to do. Steve McCurley CSPA #A693 APF #E663 Judge ratings for NZPF & APF Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI

QuoteQuoteQuote I woun't know, I am not old enough to remember "Satety Stars". lol I do know they were only about 180 sq. ft. Ouch *** I jumped a 'safety flier' ONCE as a main I'd always thought 64 was the first commercial release of the PC After much begging (whining) I was allowed to jump a club PC back inJuly 74 on my 18th jump, it was heaven, you feel the "G" forces in a spiral, and you could cover so much more ground!!! I then moved on to a Niagara Parachutes Cobra which was a version of a PS06 (faster flying) First square reserve ride was on a Safty Flyer after blowing 4 lines off of my 252. Standup landing beside the peas impressed the hell out of my static line students! That dec 84 in Toogoolawa Australia. Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI

QuoteThere was a case in the old days in Ontario when the pilot stalled the jump plane on jump run... He was the first one out the door. This is the one I was refering to. Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI

Hey I remember that one happening, don't remeber who was involved but I think it was either at PAT or at the old drop zone just north of Markham Looked up your profile and think I remeber you from the Coldwater dropzone where they used to call me Easy. (Unfortunatley this nick name had every thing to do with motorcycles and not sex life) Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI

C 8 with a 7TU mod followed the next day on a C-9 7TU both in B12 Containers. Can't say I loved the rigs, but that first one was Aug 19 1973 and I still remember the jumps well. At Port Severn DZ in Ontario. Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI