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Translation for non-German-speakers: objectiv == lens

Six of the "first 400" at the PI reunion held in Orange, MA Sept.15-17. 50226: Lee Guilfoyle (D-50), Jacques-André Istel (D-2), Bill Jolly (D-26) 32569: Anne Batterson (D-325), Nate Pond (D-69) 2212: Kim Emmons Knor (D-221) and Istel. (Lots more pix where these came from). HW

Would "I checked and my reserve just went out of date" do, instead? HW (who will try to be current, at least, for the event)

In the process of doing a web site for the recent Orange/Lakewood PI reunion, I've revisited his Project PI site. A lot of stuff there, and a lot of it inaccurate, some seriously so (like reporting people dead who somehow showed up at the reunion.) If you Google Thom Lyons, you will quickly see that his adventures in Australian politics brought his views and even character into some dispute. In any case, last time I exchanged email with him, he was tired, complaining of health problems, and not interested in correcting facts on his site. You can rub mine. I'll be there. HW

Want it? Make me an offer I really can't refuse. HW

Well,it's not Ontario,but... http://www.nouvelair.ca/ might be worth a try. It's near Montreal. I know a 17-year-old from Massachusetts who has 147 jumps there (worked as a packer to pay for them) and has his Canadian B license.

No toggle switches, either...

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Roger and Marcie Quandt prepared a memorable eulogy for Q, and Marcie read it at the end of the funeral. They gave me a copy after the service and I have just transcribed it. ---- Eulogy for Paul --9/15/06 God blessed us with two wonderful sons, Roger and Paul. Paul "Q" is our second son, who is a member of the fifth generation of the Quandt family here in Wilmington. He was born on November 30, 1967, the year of "The Impossible Dream" for the Boston Red Sox. Paul communicated with us from the very beginning of his life. He was not to be ignored. Since then, he has touched the lives of more people than we could ever have imagined. His smile and zest for life have taken him on his journey from his small town here in Wilmington to many parts of the United States and the world. His years between childhood and adolescence were filled with many experiences; Youth Hockey, Little League Baseball, high school band and track were the highlights of those years. He was also an altar boy, here in this church, during that time. His dad and I have tried to write down a brief story of his life, but this task has proved to be impossible. He has lived more in his 38 years here on earth than most people ever do. We will mention a couple of memories, and you, his friends and family, will have to share other "Q" stories with each other. We are somewhat responsible for introducing Roger and Paul to exploring life and adventure from their earliest days. I took them to gym and swim at the Lawrence "Y" two mornings a week when they were three and eighteen months. They got to visit their grandma and grandpa Praetz. They became fishes. While other parents were watching their toddlers at the edge of the water, ours were diving off the end of the dock at Long Lake, Maine. We anchored our boat near a golf course and they would have a contest to see who could dive down and bring up the most golf balls for dad. When the boys were four and five, we took them skiing. Some of their cousins will remember this well. When Paul was about six, we sent them to hockey camp. Paul called home (collect) one day. He said, "Mom, this call is free. I put in a dime and I got that back." He called several times after that. Paul continued, in his life, to reach out for more. Snow, water, and sky were his playground. He flew little diamond stunt kites that were clipped together. They looked like a rainbow. He could make them loop and soar. He could make them whirl and take the hat off your head before they soared once again into the sky. We didn't know then that he would soar in the sky some day, and look like a birdlike flying rainbow. He was destined to be in the air. We can imagine that Paul was last seen leaving this earth with his life experiences tucked under his arm, headed for the stars. We know that he will arrive early, will land safely, and will be greeted by a shining light that will last forever.

I am slowly recovering from a remarkable reunion at Orange, MA, this weekend -- people who built, jumped at, and supported the parachute centers at Orange and Lakewood, NJ from 1959--1984. Among those attending were: --Four who hold D

Well, since you've bumped this thread back into the present, here's a Smitty picture, probably from Z-Hills in the mid-70s. Smitty is, of course, at left, and the jumpers on the right are thumbing through the book he sold to anyone with a buck or so. On top of the car in the foreground is a canopy, mounted on a steering wheel, used for demo jumps in the Olde Days. (There are pictures of such jumps in the Poynter manual.) HW

Though it's a bit out of date -- still has "projected opening date" for SV New Hampshire, which has been open for a few weeks. So maybe "projected opening" for Universal Studios is also outdated?

I was associated with the Spotter for virtually all the years it was published. Dan Poynter created it as a Northeast Conference newsletter when he was director and it was first published in Orange, then moved to Strong Enterprises in Quincy, MA., where Dan worked and produced the first edition of his Parachute Manual. It was initially mimeographed (remember mimeographs? ) and special subscribers would occasionally get their issue firmly held closed by 97-10 stitching. Later, it was printed, sometimes even with a color cover, and attracted contributors such as Pat Works. It ceased publication in the late '70s as the volunteer staff drifted away. (Poynter had moved to California years before Spotter's demise.) I remember Funky Frappe, and don't remember why it was dropped. The office files, a real treasure trove of neat old articles and pictures, lived in the rafters of Pepperell Skydiving Center for a long time but aren't there any more. I'm hoping they got moved to one of the old 18-wheeler storage units at Pepperell but haven't had a chance to look. I have a reasonably complete collection of back issues and Poynter, a packrat with a big house, says he has all of them. HW

You're not that far from Canada. I know a 17-year-old from Massachusetts who's got close to 150 jumps there. (Helps that he worked as a packer there this summer.) HW

Next time you're there, tell Derek (or whoever is your instructor) you want to track. He'll grip you just below the knee and (so he tells me) you can track as hard as you want.

Alternative answer here: http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Long-Fall

and, from the Boston Herald: http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=155709

Prove it. Get me a copy of the video. I know you know who has it I somehow had severe short-term memory loss when the friendly gentlemen called me, and never appeared anywhere. HW (FK#?)

I would add to Mac and PC list: Avid Xpress DV is what i use, mostly. It's $499.95, though B&H is selling it for $349.99. Has worked well for me, though -- as you suggest -- the learning curve is steep (I had some Final Cut Express experience which helped in the concepts but not the details.) Can be installed on PC and Mac -- same package. It's not clear to me what Avid's long-tem commitment to this product is. There were promises of a port to Intel Mac some time ago, but nothing seems to have happened, and current version doesn't run on dual-core Mac (o.k. sound plays and pictures display but they don't play.) They've announced software-only Symphony, but details are sketchy and pricing info is absent. Avid's having a freebee reception in Boston in Boston next month and they promise more details, so I think I'll check it out. HW

Excellent. My source was almost right, but being at the time an Air Force type (ROTC, soon to be tanker jockey), remembered it as a military thing. So, any pictures? (I jumped at Indiantown on winter visits in the past, and have many Seminole Inn memories -- several involving Ottley. First visit was in January '68 and I have both your signature and John Coppe's in my logbook.) HW

An N-number search says N50JJ is registered to Skydive Factory Inc. of Rochester, NH, along with two Otters and a Beech 99. The 99 was the one involved in a gear-up landing at an Indiana DZ earlier this year. HW

This is a question for Pop (though others are welcome to chime in.) A couple of weeks ago, I had a reunion of sorts with a guy I often jumped with in southeastern Massachusetts many years ago. In the course of our conversation, he said he had been at Indiantown once when McDonnell-Douglas was test flying a DC9 there. He recalled it had to do with a military certification program indended to show it could operate out of "unimproved" airports. The guy knows airplanes (he's a 767 captain) and not known to be a wacko. So....is it true? And if so, do you have pictures? HW

Pretty tough not to in a 228.They are so narrow that all seats are both window and aisle. As to the "bump in the aisle," not that I remember and unlikely in a high-wing aircraft. In their day, they often replaced Twin Otters on commuter routes because they could keep up reasonable airspeeds on approach to busy airports. I only flew as a passenger one time -- a round trip between Boston and Islip, NY. Wierd to be a seated passenger in a plane I'd jumped out of many times. (They just took the seats out when they were being used for jumpers -- were never full-time jump planes.) HW

Elements is a reduced version of the full Photoshop; it is often given away with hardware, such as a scanner (that's why I have an unused copy of it.) If your kids are planning to create documents intended for going to a color printing press, Elements won't do it. But if they're cleaning up digital snapshops for printing on an inkjet or posting on a web site, Elements is fine. HW

Googled from makeithappen.com: Nick Lucas, Dick Giarrusso, Ed Mosher, Mike Johnston, Mike Arbour, Greg Reisinger, John Sherman, Kevin Shea, Chris Price, Roger Nelson