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So an original two-shot Capewell thingie, definitely not intended for cutting away, does not merit the term "release"? HW (I'll post a picture of the Para-Twin later. I remember seeing a few around back in the day -- but only a few.)

Current Final Cut Pro will import from the camera via USB using Log and Transfer (but not Log and Capture), and will convert from AVCHD on input (slowly). In my experience, it will not transfer files already on disk (but I could be wrong.) My current workflow (though not exactly real time) is to copy the files to an external drive, then use the Convert function of Toast 10 to convert to a format FCP can import. If I have a bunch of files, I just batch up the conversion. HW

A thread about him here. I'm not sure whether it was him on the cover; I'll have to find my issue or ask Peter Lake or Dick Tomkins, both of whom were also on the expedition. Jack Joerns was well known for much more than this. HW

Wouldn't "broadcast quality" also refer to the color being within acceptable specs? HW

I have a copy. Not too hard to find via the usual used book sources. It was written by a Brit in 1964, and is Euro-centric and dated. There is one chapter devoted specifically to skydiving, which includes the following: What do you want to know that you can't figure out by just reading the book? HW HW

No. It is in fact a Pioneer "bumble bee." The end cells, with the cathedral arches, look very much like those on a Volplane. The hump in the tail looks very much like the same feature in the Hornet, which came out (after a fashion) several years after the Volplane and had even less market credibility. The picture (from Parachutist, was taken at CPI in Ellington, CT., near Pioneer's plant; the jumper is the late Bill Womble, who worked for Pioneer at the time. HW

It does, doesn't it? It's not, but that's the best guess so far. (This was not a production canopy, but it contains design elements which were later used in products.) HW

That's what I had in mind when I said "probably not what you think." HW

Probably not what you think. Probably earlier than you think. HW

I paid $60 including shipping for two sets of DVDs containing 69 episodes; there were a few more, but I haven't figured out what's missing. Look

I dunno. I'll have to dredge out the original LIFE and see if there are photo credits. There are also some stories in Sky Diver about Ripcord after Lyle Cameron became part of it. Meanwhile I have recently: -Acquired DVDs of (I think) every episode of Ripcord produced; -Spent a lot of time on the phone and in email contact with a person who was directly involved in the creation and early development of the program. He told me the other day how the series got its name. (But I'm not saying anything else just now.) HW

Well, a month or so later, boredom and silliness set in...and the canopy got jumped!! (not by me). Here it is, as viewed from under a Velo. (also not by me.) Location: Orange, MA, where it was probably first jumped in 1964. More pix (and video) later. HW

I'll take that hour next time you're back East. We'll really put that claim to a test. HW

Jumptown will be remembering our long-time member and international CRW champion Paul 'Q' Quandt again this year with a something-for-everyone CASA boogie Fourth of July weekend The DZ will be be operating and Super Otter flying every day from June 26 through July 5. CRW dogs will be practicing starting Monday, June 29. Gary Pond will run an RW camp starting Monday for aspiring big-way RW jumpers The CASA will be on hand from Thursday, July 2 through Sunday July 5. Organizing and coaching: CRW: Chris Gay, US Parachute Team Wingsuits: Justin Shorb, Flock U Freefly: Dave Brown, Team Mandrin RW: Boxman, Skip Kniley, Rob Desilets, Gary Pond,Tom McLaughlin, Hollie Reno, Jim Rees. HW

AFAIK, they're all skydivers. There was a Canadian skydiver jumping in Massachusetts last year with one leg. He gave someone his crutch when he boarded the Otter, then did a butt-slide landing, after which someone brought the crutch. HW

Second from right in the picture is the late Vic Deveau. Jacques Istel fired him from PI several times, once after his picture appeared on the inside back cover of LIFE magazine, identified as a PI instructor in freefall over Orange -- with a cast on his leg. HW (To Vic's right is the late Jim Bates. The picture was taken at a Connecticut Parachutists Inc. -- CPI -- trip to St. André-Avellin in Canada. Might have been the same trip when I got my Canadian 10-way number there.)

Pretty lame. Check out this one. HW

Yup. I scanned a lot of stuff (not all of it, by any means). Eventually (when I sort out the rest of the stuff I have to do) I'll be asking you about some specific pictures). HW

It's in the design phase now. Needs some adjustments to the shapes and sizes of the various dogs. HW

I don't know what you had to do, but in the case of Skydiving, Bill Ottley, then executive director, was opposed. I was then chair of the USPA Publications Committee (which no longer exists). If I recall approximately correctly, the committee heard a request from Mike Truffer and either directed that his ads be printed or had the BOD make the directive. HW

And thanks for Raeford (Gene Paul and Tony) and Paraclete XP (Tim) for being great and generous hosts and Linda Miller for organizing an amazing event. Here are just a few pix to show you what you missed if you weren't there. -Buddy Blue and Coy McDonald -D-1 signs another logbook -Pop (D-47) about to jump the PAC (He was also later in a seven-way) -Bob Sinclair and admirer HW (who owes beer for his first PAC jump, too)

I see that Sony has announced a new Vegas Pro. Is it a major, must-have upgrade? (And how much?) HW

Not only the tower, but the airport. (Don't let 'em close it.) When? No Skydome. Pre-1986? HW

But it's now "out of stock." HW

Close enough to put an end to this silliness. The canopy was "commissioned" by Mike Lyon, D-175, who was at the time selling Pioneer stuff for PI out of Orange, MA. Pioneer offered all seven colors, but you could order no more than three even in a custom canopy. Mike argued that in order to sell canopies, he needed one that contained all seven, and Pioneer built just one -- this one. It now resides at Jumptown, and we dragged it out this past weekend as part of events marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the country's first commercial parachuting center. Mike (here with Lew Sanborn) got "current" after not having jumped for several years. He sort of knows how to fly -- he's a retired 747 captain. We also dredged out some other old equipment and made several of our current jumpers grateful they never had to jump it. HW