Oldest Skydiver

[Krishan 0]

Hey y'all. What's the license number of the oldest skydiver you know? We have an instructor in NM whose license is D-412, now that is OLD. I think he has 15,000 ish jumps. Are there any other really old timers out there?
Blues
Krishan
C31555

[wingnut 0]

while jumping at skydive texas back in 1999 i think the "D" number of a guy i met was 23. could be wrong but i know it was in that area......he still jumped!

"if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows

[DZBone 0]

I saw D-1 at Elsinore. It was on his license plate too. Didn't get his name, but it must be a household one (Lew Sanborne?)

[PalmettoTiger 1]

I had a picture taken during POPS nationals @ X-Keys last year of Lew Sanborn and me! I'll scan it and post it. Eventually.
Blues, squares,
PTiger
*insert witty sig here*

[FallnAngel 0]

Just an interesting side-note: Lew Sanborn is D-1, Jacques Istel is D-2, and Nathan Pond could have been D-3...but he chose D-69 instead. His son, Gary, is D-6969 (they had him slotted for that number long before they even had 6,968 D licensees.) Thought that was funny! Skydivers will be skydivers!
Blues,
Karen

[Emma 0]

I am 789 years old. But then again, I am a vampire, hence one of the undead and thus immortal. Only wish I could arsing well fly properly!
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[Donna 0]

Yup!! And people at our DZ always try to get Gary to sign their logbooks on all jumps ending in 69! Now why couldn't I have been born in that family? I sure wish I had found skydiving sooner in my life.
Blue 1111,
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[jfields 0]

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I am 789 years old. But then again, I am a vampire, hence one of the undead and thus immortal. Only wish I could arsing well fly properly!
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Specializing in night jumps, no doubt.
Justin

[jtval 0]

hey donna--
i always wondered this and your comment makes me wanna ask the question.
do you think that those who were born in to skydiving take it for granted. i'm not insinuating(?) that they are less into it then any body else but . one of the girls in my town is a skydivers kid and she is totally not impressed with skydiving. as for me it always seemed like it was JUST AN UNREACHABLE DREAM. then when i acheived it...my god it feels so good to part of it All! ya know wwhat i mean?
have fun, live free, SKYDIVE
JT

[Emma 0]

I know just what u mean, JT.....sometimes I just think, God, I'm doing this thing that I always wanted to do! Fantastic! And it just GETS BETTER!

[jtval 0]

that amazes me! I don't live where there are a lot of skydivers and i ALWAYS say "it just keeps getting better. the next jump will be better then my previous one." lately i've heard a few people say that. what an awesome sport/society/way-of-life isn't is!!
Have Fun, live free, SKYDIVE!!!
JT

[mouth 0]

I had Robert (Bob) Donahue # 243 (and that is his USPA number...just to give you an idea mine is 163303) sign my logbook back around Christmas. I watched him pack a reserve and heard all his stories....what a great guy.

[MC208B 0]

The guy that's runs the DZ at Estacada, OR is Ralph Hatley D394.