howardwhite

Old story. We used them at Turners Falls, MA, a long time ago. HW

From the minutes of the Dallas BOD meeting:

I've posted this before, but if you haven't seen it .... It's usually the loudmouth in the group who pukes the most. HW

I have an equally vague recollection that Bill Ottley was also involved. HW

Tom Noonan, who was instrumental in organizing it, wrote me as follows: HW

+1 HW

I've got several Bud Fuchs shots, all virtually the same; you could almost Photoshop in anyone. If you have an original print and can get me a good 400 dpi scan, I might use it. I have a photograph of someone else's jump, (about 18 x 24) but the pic is too for me to scan so I photographed it. Where and when was this? My friend whose pic I have said he had to pay Bud $5 extra to go upside down. HW

Any contact info for the pilot? How did you get out? Wing? Upside down? (barrel roll, loop?) HW

I've tracked down Bud Fuchs to Coral Springs, FL, but he has an unlisted number. I'll try reaching him by snail mail but would still welcome contact info (by PM). HW

IIRC, the guy that flew the biplane at various conventions was named Bud Fuchs. Anyone have contact info for him? (PM me.) A lot of his jumps included exit photos. HW

Yup, Smilin' Joe D. I was there. It was ugly. IIRC, a 'last hope rope' was also involved in the accident. Fortunately, I didn't have to clean up after this one, so I can't be sure. HW

Nice news story about a real pioneer. HW

Here, from his associates, is more information on how to participate in remembering Gary. HW

Ooo, look. Me. New Year's Day. HW

Good news. I'll buy 'em all. It would be nice to get some of the old B.J. Worth, Rande DeLuca etc. movies, too, like "A Day at the Races" and some of the team stories. HW

I'm not sure how it got onto a DVD; no doubt a bootleg initially to tape, since AFAIK no authorized video/DVD copies were ever available -- at least in the U.S. I have this, as well as Masters of the Sky and some others from the same source and on the same DVD. HW

It's from a film by the late Carl Boenish--"Skydive," I guess, shot in 16mm film. This scene was clearly at Elsinore, which was a Parachutes Inc. DZ at the time (70s). That's a PI logo on the tail of one of the DC3s. More later, maybe, when I find it; I have it on DVD somewhere. HW

As Twardo notes, he's already given me that contact. "Published goodies" -- January, prolly. HW

I'm not sure that qualifies for what I'm looking for, but it's cool. HW

If you have a fair amount of experience with jumps from biplanes, (preferably with neat or scary stories and pictures) please PM me. (AN-2s don't count for the purpose of this exercise.) HW

Then there were these..... HW

Does this help? HW

That, in my experience, is not uncommon with Howards. Two at Turners Falls, MA suffered the same fate in the late sixties That's a big engine up front when you step on the brakes. HW

Definitely not a Volplane. I have one in my garage and jumped it a lot. HW

On second thought, you're right; the tail on the Sled is different. But I don't remember the "bulge" in the tail on the Parafoil. Back to the books. HW