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.. and, of course, dumbness HW

Err, have you tried the contact info on his web site? tel: 1.805.455.3142 Email: [email protected] Just wondering. Google is your friend. HW

Those of you who remember or sort of remember the Herd and its epic boogies may want to refresh your memories here. One sample: HW

Yeah, I jumped with him last month. He's really old . HW

Well, if you have an iPhone and 99 cents, you can track him around the world

So, if you're gonna be pedantic: HW

prolly Swift Aire HW

For those who haven't seen one..... HW

Dunno who Bill Mitchell is, but according to my notes, the jumper is Chris Crittenden. HW

It's packing tape, and it was just used to keep the microphone (on top) from coming off. HW

Photo by Mike Sizemore over Tahlequah, back in the day. HW

Call up the Royal Palace and ask for my buddy, Prince Hamzah. He's the president of the club. He jumped actively in Massachusetts when he was going to college in Boston. I showed him how to turn on his AAD and check his packing data card -- i guess it had always previously been done for him. Nice guy. HW

This is a big (and expensive) video camera on a 206, but the same idea should work on a 182 (and the same mount was also used on a Twin Otter with the same camera.) HW

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Followed by a story about the same Hoop having his unsteerable round reserve pulled at 10 grand by a team member less enthusiastic about discipline. You asked. HW

Well, I finally pulled Swain's book off the shelf. While a picture cutline also calls it an Electra, the text calls it a Lockheed 12. There's a whole chapter about the Cayman Island jump. There's also a not entirely flattering description of Mr. Hooper. HW

I didn't know any of that. I just knew he'd died on a demo. When he was still a student, he wrote a long story for his newspaper about skydiving and dying. It was, as I recall, a positive story. I'll have to find it; it's around here somewhere. HW

Larry was my student on early jumps. I marveled that he did well in freefall, figuring out what to do with his leg -- 'cuz I sure wasn't much help. Didn't know about his airplane residence. He was a newspaper reporter in Springfield, MA when I first knew him. HW

No, but it shows there's a pissing contest going on.

See also the recent and now locked thread: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3799665;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

The link is here. (I think you're right.) HW

Skratch Garrison offers this from a 1956 NPJR Newsletter, written by Joe Crane: HW

A couple of plane pix by Mike Swain, found on an aviation weather website I visit. Captions:"Skydiving out of the bomb bay of a WWII B25, Punta Gorda, Florida, July 4, 1970 " and: "Bruce Harting exits Dave Allyn's antique Lockeed Electra on the first skydive over the Island of Grand Cayman - 10,000 feet 3/12/1972. Bad wind landings left only two of five jumpers uninjured to make a second jump." HW

For those who never saw one..... HW

Ah, why don't we see real skydiving stories like this any more? HW